1987_European_Amateur_Team_Championship
1987 European Amateur Team Championship
Golf competition
The 1987 European Amateur Team Championship took place from 24 to 28 June at Golfclub Murhof, in Frohnleiten, Austria. It was the 15th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 24–28 June 1987 |
| Location | Frohnleiten, Austria 47.230°N 15.324°E / 47.230; 15.324 |
| Course(s) | Golfclub Murhof |
| Organized by | European Golf Association |
| Format | Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,705 yards (6,131 m) |
| Field | 19 teams 114 players |
| Champion | |
 IrelandNeil Anderson, Pádraig Hogan, Garth McGimpsey, John McHenry, Liam McNamara, Eoghan O'Connell | |
| Qualification round: 717 (−3) Final match: 41⁄2–21⁄2 | |
| Location map | |
The club was founded in 1963 and its course, located 15 kilometers north of Graz in Styria, Austria, was constructed by Dr. Bernhard von Limburger.
The championship course was set up with par 72.[1]
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 seven teams placed 9–15 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the four teams placed 16–19 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.
19 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.[2]
Players in the leading teams
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
 England |
Paul Broadhurst, David Curry, Robert Eggo, Peter McEvoy, Jeremy Robinson, Roger Roper |
 France |
Patrice Barques, Eric Giraud, François Illouz, Thomas Levet, Marc Pendariès, Romain Victor |
| Ireland |
Neil Anderson, Pádraig Hogan, Garth McGimpsey, John McHenry, Liam McNamara, Eoghan O'Connell |
 Scotland |
David Carrick, Paul Girvan, George Macgregor, Jim Milligan, Colin Montgomerie, Graem Shaw |
 Sweden |
Dennis Edlund, Anders Haglund, Cristian Härdin, Per-Ulrik Johansson, John Lindberg, Fredrik Lindgren |
 Wales |
Stephen Dodd, Michael Macara, Paul Mayo, Richard Morris, Phillip Price, D. K. Wood |
 West Germany |
Rainer Mund, Hans-Günther Reiter, Andreas Riß, Andreas Roehrich, Ulrich Schulte, Sven Strüver |
Other participating teams
| Country |
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 Austria |
 Czechoslovakia |
 Denmark |
 Finland |
 Iceland |
 Italy |
 Netherlands |
 Norway |
 Portugal |
 Spain |
 Switzerland |
 Yugoslavia |
Team England won the opening 36-hole competition, with a score of 6 under par 714.
Individual leader was Jeremy Robinson, England, with a 6-under-par score of 138, one stroke ahead of John McHenry, Ireland.
Team Ireland won the gold medal, earning their fourth title, beating England in the final 4.5–2.5. Team France earned the bronze on third place, after beating Sweden 5.5–1.5 in the bronze match.[3]
Qualification round
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Team standings
* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the best total of the two non-counting scores of the two rounds. |
Individual leaders
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual scores. |
Flight A
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Bracket
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Final games
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Flight B
Bracket
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Flight C
| Round 1 | Match for 16th place | |||||
| Czech Republic | 4 | |||||
| Portugal | 3 | |||||
| Finland | 5 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 2 | |||||
| Finland | 6 | |||||
| Yugoslavia | 1 | |||||
| Match for 18th place | ||||||
| Portugal | 6 | |||||
| Yugoslavia | 1 | |||||
Final standings
| Place | Country |
|---|---|
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Ireland |
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England |
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France |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Scotland |
| 6 | Wales |
| 7 | West Germany |
| 8 | Spain |
| 9 | Switzerland |
| 10 | Italy |
| 11 | Netherlands |
| 12 | Austria |
| 13 | Denmark |
| 14 | Iceland |
| 15 | Norway |
| 16 | Finland |
| 17 | Czechoslovakia |
| 18 | Portugal |
| 19 | Yugoslavia |
- Eisenhower Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation.
- European Ladies' Team Championship – European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association.
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- "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- "European Amateur Team Championship, 1987 – Murhof, Austria". European Golf Association. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- Burnside, Elsbeth (27 June 1987). "Missed 30-inch putt costs Scots European crown". The Glasgow Herald. p. 21. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- Hennesy, John (25 June 1987). "England calling the tune in chase for European crown". The Times. p. 42.
- Hennesy, John (26 June 1987). "Another fine round by Robinson as British teams reach next stage". The Times. p. 39.
- Hennesy, John (29 June 1987). "O'Connell is Irish hero in triumph". The Times. p. 38.