2009 European Amateur Team Championship
 Clubhouse at Conwy Golf Club | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 30 June – 4 July 2009 |
| Location | Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom 53°17′28″N 3°50′37″W / 53.2912°N 3.8435°W |
| Course(s) | Conwy Golf Club |
| Organized by | European Golf Association |
| Format | Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,910 yards (6,320 m) |
| Field | 20 teams 120 players |
| Champion | |
 ScotlandWallace Booth, Glenn Campbell, Gavin Dear, Ross Kellett, Paul O'Hara, Michael Stewart | |
| Qualification round: 716 (−4) Final match: 5–2 | |
| Location map | |
The 2009 European Amateur Team Championship took place 30 June – 4 July at Conwy Golf Club in Conwy County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom. It was the 27th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.[1]
Venue[edit]
Conwy Golf Club was formed in 1890. Its links course in Conwy County Borough, on the north coast of Wales, was designed by Jack Morris, club professional at Royal Liverpool Golf Club and nephew of Old Tom Morris, the first nine holes in 1875 and additional nine holes in 1895.[2]
The championship course was set up with par 72.
Format[edit]
Each team consisted of 6 players, playing two rounds of stroke-play 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. Teams knocked out after the quarter-finals played one foursome game and four single games in each of their remaining matches. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.
The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.
The four teams placed 17–20 formed flight C, to play each other in a round-robin system, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.
Teams[edit]
20 nation teams contested the event, the same number of teams as at the previous event one year earlier. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the leading teams
Other participating teams
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 Austria
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 Belgium
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 Czech Republic
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 Greece
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 Portugal
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 Turkey
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Winners[edit]
Team Norway won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 30-under-par score of 690, three strokes ahead of team Italy. Neither host nation Wales or defending champions Ireland mad it to the quarter-finals, finishing 10th and 11th respectively.
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but tied individual leaders were 16-year-old Matteo Manassero, Italy and Pontus Widegren, Sweden, each with a 10-under-par score of 134, one stroke ahead of Andrea Pavan, Italy.
Team Scotland won the gold medal, earning their sixth title, beating team England in the final 5–2.
Team Italy, earned the bronze on third place, after beating Norway 5–2 in the bronze match.
Results[edit]
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 score. |
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
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First round
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Second round
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Third round
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Final standings
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Scotland
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 England
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 Italy
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| 4 |  Norway
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| 5 |  France
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| 6 |  Sweden
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| 7 |  Finland
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| 8 |  Germany
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| 9 |  Ireland
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| 10 |  Denmark
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| 11 |  Spain
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| 12 |  Iceland
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| 13 |  Netherlands
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| 14 | Portugal
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| 15 | Belgium
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| 16 |  Wales
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| 17 | Austria
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| 18 | Czech Republic
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| 19 | Greece
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| 20 | Turkey
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See also[edit]
- 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.
References[edit]
- ^ Jones, Dave (25 June 2009). "Golf: Conwy hosts European Amateur Team Golf Championships". North Wales Live. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "One of the finest links courses in Wales, Explore the Course". Conwy Golf Club. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "European Amateur Team Championship , Results, 2009 - Conwy GC, Conwy, Wales". European Golf Association. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Golf: Great start for Wales In European Amateur Team Championship". WalesOnline. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2021.