9th July 2024
The Stroke Play Qualifying got underway at 7.30am at Royal Park I Roveri near Turin, Italy.
Click here to view the Stroke Play Qualifying Leaderboards – Teams and Individuals
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7th July 2024
Introduction
The 41st European Men’s Amateur Team Championship will be played between Tuesday 9th and Saturday 13th July 2024 at Royal Park I Roveri in Italy.
Teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales will all be competing this week.
Spain are the two time defending champions having most recently beaten Denmark in last year’s final at Royal Waterloo G.C. in Belgium.
Royal Park Club House (Photo: Royal Park)
The European Ladies’, Boys’ and Girls’ Team Championships are also being played elsewhere in Europe this week.
I will provide daily updates on play in the Men’s event on this page throughout the competition and score links to all of the other Championships on the Results page of this website.
2024 Teams
16 national teams of 6 players will contest the 2024 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.
The teams competing are Austria, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales.
The home nation teams are made up of the following players (3rd July 2024 WAGR’s in brackets): –
ENGLAND – Jack BIGHAM (#44), Dominic CLEMONS (#178), Matty DODD-BERRY (#151), Will HOPKINS (#69), Harley SMITH (#563), Tyler WEAVER (#88). Total Team WAGR = 1,093.
England (Photo: EGA)
IRELAND – Hugh FOLEY (#693), Seán KEELING (#320), Max KENNEDY (#35), Matt MCCLEAN (#82), Liam NOLAN (#87), Caolan RAFFERTY (#65). Total Team WAGR = 1,282.
Ireland (Photo: EGA)
SCOTLAND – Cameron ADAM (#222), Connor GRAHAM (#173), Gregor GRAHAM (#128), Jack MCDONALD (#1,060), Calum SCOTT (#15), Gregor TAIT (#450). Total Team WAGR = 2,048.
Scotland (Photo: EGA)
WALES – James ASHFIELD (#29), Jonathan BALE (#388), Tom BASTOW (#975), Tomi BOWEN (#213), Tom MATTHEWS (#1,811), Matt ROBERTS (#431). Total Team WAGR = 3,847.
Wales (Photo: EGA)
On paper Denmark, England, Ireland, Scotland, Spain and Sweden appear to be the strongest teams likely to challenge for the medals.
5th Hole, Royal Park (Photo: Royal Park)
Format / Schedule
The Championship is run by the European Golf Association, this year in partnership with The Italian Golf Federation.
Two rounds of stroke play qualifying are completed on the first two days, with the lowest five scores from each team counting. All ties will be broken by reference to each team’s non-counting scores.
These results then determine a seeded match play draw. The top 8 qualifying teams will play in a first flight (A), which will determine the medalists, and the next eight a second flight (B).
Fight A therefore starts off with 1st v. 8th, 2nd v. 7th, 3rd v. 6th and 4th v. 5th. Winning teams advance in their brackets while losing teams play against other defeated nations to determine the final positions 1-19.
The teams in Flight A play 2 foursomes and 5 singles whilst losing teams and those in Flight B play 1 foursomes and 4 singles.
A win earns 1 point, a draw half a point and a loss no points in all of the individual games that make up a match.
The teams that finish 14th to 16th in the match play stage will be relegated to the Division 2 Championship for 2025.
The European Amateur Team Championship Trophy (Photo: EGA)
Royal Park I Roveri, Italy
Royal Park I Roveri is located 20km north of Turin in north west Italy.
The highly regarded Allianz Course was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr in 1971. It is tree lined and features a number of bunkers, meandering brooks and larger lakes.
Off the Championship tees the course plays to 7,181 yards (6,566m) and a par of 72. It has a Slope of 143 and a Course Rating of 74.4.
The Club hosted the Italian Open Championship between 2009 and 2012.
Royal Park Allianz Course Map (Photo: Royal Park)
Weather Forecast
This week’s weather forecast for north west Italy looks sunny with little wind, albeit with a risk of thunder and lightning throughout.
Tue 9th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 5 mph NE. Temp. Min. 19°C / Max. 30°C.
Wed 10th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 6 mph E. Temp. Min. 20°C / Max. 30°C.
Thur 11th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 6 mph SE. Temp. Min. 20°C / Max. 30°C.
Fri 12th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 5 mph NE. Temp. Min. 22°C / Max. 28°C.
Sat 13th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 6 mph NE. Temp. Min. 20°C / Max. 27°C.
EGA Website Links – 2024 Scores / Information
Stroke Play Qualifying Leaderboards – Teams and Individuals
Match Play Draw / Results – Flight A and Flight B
European Golf Association Championship Website
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2023 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship
Match Play Stage
Flight A (1-8)
Spain (2) beat Denmark (1) 4-3 to win the 2023 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship Final at Royal Waterloo G.C. in Belgium.
The Victorious Spanish Team (Photo: EGA)
Ireland (4) beat England (3) 6-1 to win the bronze medal in a one-sided 3rd and 4th Place Match.
Click here to view the – Match Play Flight A Final Results
Flight B (9-16)
Finland (10) beat Wales (12) 3-2 in the Flight B Final to earn 9th place in the Championship.
Click here to view the – Match Play Flight B Final Results
Stroke Play Qualifying
Denmark (-32) earned medalist honours in the 36 hole Stroke Play Qualifying competition.
Spain (-29), England (-27), Ireland (-23), France (-20), Netherlands (-17), Italy (-16) and Sweden were the other teams to qualify for the top 8 Flight A Match Play Stage.
Team Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)
José BALLESTER (ESP) -11 took the individual honours with Barclay BROWN (ENG) -10 finishing 2nd and 2024 Amateur champion Jacob Skov OLESEN (DEN) -9 3rd.
Individual Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Top 30 (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)
Click here to view the Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Teams and Individuals
In overall terms Matt MCCLEAN (IRL), Barclay BROWN (ENG) and James ASHFIELD (WAL) were the leading home nation players in 2023.
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History / Previous Results
The European Men’s Amateur Team Championship was first played in 1959.
It was played every second year until 2007. Since then it has been played annually save for 2012 when no Championship was held.
To date England have won 11 times, Scotland 8, Ireland and Spain 6, Sweden 3 and Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Wales once each.
Click here to view the full list of – European Men’s Amateur Team Championship Past Winners
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