2001 European Amateur Team Championship

The 2001 European Amateur Team Championship took place 3–7 July at Ljunghusen Golf Club in Höllviken, Sweden. It was the 22nd men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

2001 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates3–7 July 2001
LocationHöllviken, Sweden
55°24′N 12°55′E / 55.400°N 12.917°E / 55.400; 12.917
Course(s)Ljunghusen Golf Club
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par71
Length6,447 yards (5,895 m)
Field23 teams
138 players
Champion
 Scotland
Craig Heap, Barry Hume,
Simon Mackenzie, Steven O'Hara,
Marc Warren, Craig Watson
Qualification round: 720 (+10)
Final match: 5–2
Location map
Ljunghusen GC is located in Europe
Ljunghusen GC
Ljunghusen GC
Location in Europe
Ljunghusen GC is located in Sweden
Ljunghusen GC
Ljunghusen GC
Location in Sweden
Ljunghusen GC is located in Scania
Ljunghusen GC
Ljunghusen GC
Location in Scania province
← 1999
2003 →

Venue

edit

The club was founded in 1932 and by 1965 it was the first golf club in Scandinavia to feature 27 holes, one of three clubs with links courses at the south west tip of Sweden, in Vellinge Municipality, Scania County. The championship was played at holes 1–18, set up with par 71 (after the tournament changed to 72).

Format

edit

Each team consisted of six players, playing two rounds of an opening stroke-play qualifying competition over two days, counting the five best scores each day for each team.

The eight best teams formed flight A, in knock-out match-play over the next three days. The teams were seeded based on their positions after the stroke play. The first placed team were drawn to play the quarter-final against the eight placed team, the second against the seventh, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth. Teams were allowed to use six players during the team matches, selecting four of them in the two morning foursome games and five players in to the afternoon single games. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided. The elimination matches and the bronze match were decided with one foursome game and four single games.

The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the seven teams placed 17–23 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.

Teams

edit

A record number of 23 nation teams contested the event. A team representing Slovenia took part in the championship for the first time. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
  Austria Oliver Herti, Clemens Conrad Prader, Thomas Kogler, Michael Moser, Martin Wiegele, Matthias Wittmann
  Denmark Christian Bindslev, Anders Bruun, Anders Schmidt Hansen, Allan Madsen, Fredrik Jacob Neltoft, Alexander Renard
  England Graeme Clark, Luke Donald, Nick Dougherty, Jamie Elson, Richard McEvoy, Gary Wolstenholme
  Germany Manuel Kempe, Andre Kruse, Benjamin Miarka, Christian Reimbold, Helge Schmedt, Markus Zoller
  Ireland Stephen Browne, Noel Fox, Michael Hoey, Graeme McDowell, Michael McDermott, Tim Rice
  Iceland Björgium Sigurbergsson, Ólafur Már Sigurðsson, Helgi Pórisson, Örn Ævar Hjartarson, Haraldur Heimisson, Ottó Sigurdsson
  Italy Simone Brizzocari, Stefano Mali, Edoardo Molinari, Francesco Molinari, Michele Rigone, Massimiliano Secci
  Scotland Craig Heap, Barry Hume, Simon Mackenzie, Steven O'Hara, Marc Warren, Craig Watson
  Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Carlos de Corral, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Alfredo Garcia, Alejandro Larrazábal, Inaki Alustiza
  Sweden Niclas Bruzelius, Lars Johansson, Pär Nilsson, Linus Pettersson, Wilhelm Schauman, Rickard Sundgren,
  Switzerland Julien Clement, Raphael de Sousa, Bilbp Perrot, Martin Rominger, Nicolas Sulzer, Ronnie Zimmermann
  Wales Ian Campbell, Nigel Edwards, Matthew Griffiths, Lee Harpin, Kyron Sullivan, Craig Williams

Other participating teams

Country
  Belgium
  Croatia
  Czech Republic
  Estonia
  Finland
  France
  Greece
  Netherlands
  Norway
  Portugal
  Slovenia

Winners

edit

Eight-time-winners team England won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 25-under-par score of 685, 14 strokes ahead of team Ireland on 2nd place and host nation Sweden another eight strokes behind. Neither former champions Spain or two-times-silver medalists France did make it to the quarter-finals, finishing ninth and tied tenth respectively.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Rickard Sundgren, Sweden, with an 11-under-par score of 131, two strokes ahead of Nick Dougherty, England. Sundgren was a substitute player, replacing Anders Hultman in the Swedish team just before the start of the tournament.

Luke Donald, England shot a new course record, with an 8-under-par-score of 63 in his first 18-hole round, including 8 birdies and 10 par.

Team Scotland won the gold medal, earning their fifth title, beating team Ireland in the final 5–2.

Team England earned the bronze on third place, after beating Iceland 4–1 in the bronze match. Iceland reached the semi-finals for the first time in the history of the championship, after beating host nation Sweden in the quarter-finals.

Results

edit

Qualification round

Flight A

Flight B

Bracket

Flight C

Bracket

Final standings

Place Country
    Scotland
    Ireland
    England
4   Iceland
5   Wales
6   Germany
7   Finland
8   Sweden
9   Spain
10   Switzerland
11   France
12   Netherlands
13   Denmark
14   Austria
15   Italy
16   Portugal
17   Norway
18   Belgium
19   Czech Republic
20   Slovenia
21   Croatia
22   Estonia
23   Greece

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  2. ^ "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 2001. pp. 112–114. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2001 - Ljunghusen GC, Sweden". European Golf Association. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Ireland cruise past Germany". Irish Independent. 6 July 2001. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  6. ^ Gilleece, Dermot (7 July 2001). "Irish face giant-killing Scots". Irish Times. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  7. ^ James, Laurie (7 July 2001). "Ireland on verge of Euro title". Irish Independent. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  8. ^ Aitken, Mike (9 July 2001). "Scots maintain shock tactics in Euro triumph". The Scotsman. p. 5.
  9. ^ Smart, Chris (9 July 2001). "Mack the knife". Evening News. p. 1.
edit