2001 European Amateur Team Championship

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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
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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.

Venue[edit]

Main article: Ljunghusen Golf Club

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Scotland
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ireland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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.

External links[edit]

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