European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande

Golf tournament

European Nations Cup – Copa SotograndeTournament information

Location| Sotogrande, Spain
Established| 1970
Course(s)| Real Club de Golf Sotogrande
Par| 72
Length| 6,492 m (men)
5,382 m (women)
Organised by| Real Club de Golf Sotogrande
Format| Stroke play
Month played| April
Current champion
Kevin Jegers (men)
Benedicte Brent-Buchholz (women)

The European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande is an annual amateur golf tournament held at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande in Spain.[1]

The tournament is a stroke play event held over 72 holes. In 1970, Brandy de Jerez Regulatory Council started to sponsor of the tournament, and it became known as the Sherry Cup. The champions were presented with the Gold Sherry Wine Trophy and a yellow Amateur Masters Jacket. Typically attracting a strong field from the British Isles, sometimes it is considered the fifth most prestigious amateur event in Europe after the British Amateur, the European Amateur, European Amateur Team Championship and the Spanish Amateur.[2]

In 1998, a team element was introduced, where the three best scores each day count towards a European Nations Championship. If the championship ends in a tie, a sudden-death play-off is held with one player per team.[3]

Past champions include major winners such as Pádraig Harrington, Sergio García, Francesco Molinari, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry. Veit Pagel and Gary Wolstenholme has won the event a record four times.

## Men's winners

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Year  | Champion  | Runner(s)-up  | Nations Cup winners  | Ref.

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European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande
2025 |  Kevin Jegers |  Harley Smith |  |  England

Harley Smith
Daniel Hayes
Eliot Baker
Tom Osborne

[4]
2024 |  James Ashfield |  Gregor Graham |  |  Ireland

Jack Hearn
Sean Keeling
Mathew McClean
Hugh Foley

2023 |  Albert Hansson |  John Gough |  |  England

Josh Berry
Arron Edwards-Hill
John Gough
Dylan Shaw-Radford

[5]
2022 |  Jaime Montojo |  Luis Masaveu |  |  Spain

Jaime Montojo
Luis Masaveu
Alejandro Aguilera
Angel Ayora

[6]
2021 | Cancelled |
2020 |
2019 |  Tom Sloman |  Victor Pastor Rufian
Jannik de Bruyn |  |  England

Bailey Gill
Ben Jones
Thomas Plumb
Tom Sloman

[7][8]
2018 |  Todd Clements |  Alex Gleeson
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Gian-Marco Petrozzi |  |  England

David Hague
Gian-Marco Petrozzi
Todd Clements
Matthew Jordan

[9]
2017 |  Jack Davidson |  Robin Dawson |  |  Wales

Josh Davies
David Boote
Jack Davidson
Owen Edwards

[10]
2016 |  Jack Hume |  Romain Langasque
Owen Edwards |  |  Ireland

Stuart Grehan
Alex Gleeson
Jack Hume
Dermot McElroy

[11]
2015 |  Mario Galiano |  Robbie van West |  |  England

Ashley Chesters
Ben Stow
Nick Marsh
Paul Howard

[12]
2014 |  Guido Migliozzi |  Mario Galiano
Bradley Neil |  |  Scotland

Bradley Neil
Jack McDonald
Scott Borrowman
Graeme Robertson

[13]
2013 |  Adrien Saddier |  Maximilian Roehrig |  |  England

Toby Tree
Max Orrin
Garrick Porteous
Nathan Kimsey

[14]
2012 |  Robin Kind |  Jon Rahm
Kristoffer Ventura |  |  France

Édouard España
Kenny Subregis
Adrien Saddier
Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon

[15]
2011 |  Julien Brun |  Lukas Nemecz |  |  England

Laurie Canter
Andy Sullivan
Jack Senior
Tom Lewis

[16]
2010 |  Nino Bertasio |  Tommy Fleetwood |  |  England

Tommy Fleetwood
Matt Haines
Chris Paisley
Tom Lewis

[17]
2009 |  Sam Hutsby |  Carlos Pigem |  |  England

Sam Hutsby
Luke Goddard
Charlie Ford
Dale Whitnell

[18]
2008 |  Shane Lowry |  Benjamin Hébert |  Scotland | [19]
European Nations Cup – Grey Goose Cup
2007 |  Rory McIlroy |  Marius Thorp |  Denmark | [20]
European Nations Cup – Sherry Cup
2006 |  Nigel Edwards |  |  Spain |
2005 |  Gary Wolstenholme |  |  Spain | [21]
2004 |  Francesco Molinari |  |  England |
2003 |  Gary Wolstenholme |  |  England |
2002 |  Lee Harpin |  |  Wales |
2001 |  Gary Wolstenholme |  |  England |
2000 |  Gary Wolstenholme |  |  England |
1999 |  Marcel Siem |  |  Germany |
1998 |  Sergio García |  |  Spain |
Sherry Cup
1997 |  Sergio García |  |  |
1996 |  Álvaro Salto |  |
1995 |  José María Zamora |  |
1994 |  Francisco Cea |  |
1993 |  Francisco Valera |  |
1992 |  Frederic Cupillar |  |
1991 |  Pádraig Harrington |  |
1990 |  Alvaro Prat |  |
1989 |  Diego Borrego |  |
1988 |  Yago Beamonte |  |
1987 |  Yago Beamonte |  |
1986 |  Borja Queipo de Llano |  |
1985 |  José L. Padila |  |
1984 |  John Marks |  |
1983 |  José L. de Bernardo |  |
1982 |  Borja Queipo de Llano |  |
1981 |  Veit Pagel |  |
1980 |  Jesús López |  |
1979 |  Veit Pagel |  |
1978 |  José L. de Bernardo |  |
1977 |  F. Jiménez |  |
1976 |  Alberto Croze |  |
1975 |  Veit Pagel |  |
1974 |  Veit Pagel |  |
1973 |  Alberto Croze |  |
1972 |  E. de la Riva & J. Gancedo |  |
1971 |  Alberto Croze |  |
1970 |  Henric Adam |  |

### Nations Cup results

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Country | Wins

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England | 13
Spain | 4
Scotland | 2
Wales | 2
Ireland | 2
Denmark | 1
France | 1
Germany | 1
Total | 26

## Women's winners

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Year  | Champion  | Runner(s)-up  | Nations Cup winners  | Ref

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European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande
2025 |  Benedicte Brent-Buchholz |  Rosanne Boere |  |  Sweden

Moa Stridh
Ebba Lundqvist
Matilda Björkman

Spain

Nagore Martínez
Lucia Iraola Paniagua
Amanda Revuelta

[22]
2024 |  Elin Pudas Remler |  Meja Örtengren |  |  Sweden

Elin Pudas Remler
Meja Örtengren
Nora Sundberg

2023 |  Rocío Tejedo |  Katri Bakker |  |  Spain

Rocío Tejedo
Andrea Revuelta
Anna Cañadó

[23]
2022 |  Helen Briem |  Paula Martín Sampedro |  |  Germany

Helen Briem
Charlotte Back
Emily Krause

[24]
2021 | Cancelled |
2020 |
2019 |  Marta Llorca García |  Elena Moosmann
Clarisse Louis |  |  Netherlands

Romy Meekers
Zhen Bontan
Lauren Holmey

France

Mathilde Claisse
Gala Dumez
Lucie Malchirand

[25][26]
2018 |  Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen |  Candice Mahe |  | [27]
2017 |  Chloe Salort |  Puk Lyng Thomsen |  | [28]
2016 |  Emma Spitz |  María Parra |  | [29]
2015 |  Dewi Weber |  Natalia Escuriola |  | [30]
2014 |  Nanna Koerstz Madsen |  Albane Valenzuela |  France | [31]
2013 |  Patricia Sanz |  Chloe Williams |  | [32]
2012 |  Céline Boutier |  Nicole Broch Larsen |  | [33]
2011 |  Camilla Hedberg |  Lara Katzy |  | [34]
2010 |  Mireia Prat |  Linda Henriksson
Klára Spilková |  | [35]
2009 |  Marieke Nivard |  Marion Ricordeau |  | [36]
2008 |  Carlota Ciganda |  Caroline Hedwall |  | [37]

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## External links

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* Copa Sotogrande at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande official website