The 2018 European Golf Team Championships was a golf tournament played in August 2018 at Gleneagles, Scotland. It was the inaugural event and consisted of three competitions – men's, women's and mixed team format. 16 two-player teams took part in both men's and women's competitions.
The event was part of the 2018 European Championships, the inaugural edition of the European Championships, a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland from 2 to 12 August 2018.
Iceland topped the medal table, with a surprise win in the mixed team event the highlight of a campaign that returned two medals. Hosts Great Britain and Sweden both returned two medals, the latter including the gold in the women's team event, while Spain triumphed in the men's team.
The format failed to attract the highest ranked players, with Great Britain's Georgia Hall, ranked 10th in the world, the only player from the top 200 in the World of either sex to participate. No further championships were arranged after the inaugural event, and golf did not reappear in the list of European Championships events in 2022.
Format The European Golf Team Championships took place at Gleneagles in Scotland from 8−12 August 2018, featuring a 50/50 gender split in the field with male and female professionals competing for equal prize money in a men's team match play championship, a women's team match play championship, and a mixed team 18-hole foursomes stroke play championship.
The field consisted of 16 teams of two players competing in the men's and women's team events, before combining to form teams of four (two men and two women) in the mixed team championship.
The men's and women's team championships featured a round-robin group fourball format, on 8–10 August, with winners of each of the four groups progressing to the semi-finals where foursomes will determine the winners, on 12 August. In the group stage, two points were awarded for a win, one point for a halved match, and no points for a loss. Ties between two teams in the standings were determined by their head-to-head result and if teams were still tied for first place then a sudden-death playoff would occur.
The mixed team championship comprised teams of four (2 men and 2 women) playing in 18-hole mixed foursomes stroke play on 11 August, with combined scores used for team's total score. Ties for medal positions were determined by a sudden-death playoff involving the low-scoring foursome from each team involved.
Qualification Qualification for the Championships was via the European Golf Team Championships points tables for men and women, which were based on men's Official World Golf Ranking points and women's Women's World Golf Rankings points earned from tournaments finishing between 10 July 2017 and 9 July 2018 with a maximum of three teams representing any one nation in each event.
Competitors The following competitors were announced for the championships. Rank is the Official World Golf Ranking (men) or Women's World Golf Rankings (women) in the week prior to the championship.
Men Seed Country Players (rank)1 1 Callum Shinkwin (230) & Lee Slattery (233)2 1 Lorenzo Gagli (275) & Guido Migliozzi (593)3 1 Pedro Oriol (355) & Scott Fernández (476)4 2 Rhys Enoch (396) & Charlie Ford (509)5 3 Connor Syme (322) & Liam Johnston (381)6 José-Filipe Lima (341) & Ricardo Santos (738)7 Jarand Ekeland Arnøy (668) & Kristian Krogh Johannessen (493)8 2 Santiago Tarrío (391) & David Borda (649)9 1 Per Längfors (468) & Johan Edfors (759)10 Birgir Hafþórsson (586) & Axel Bóasson (663)11 Adrian Meronk (588) & Mateusz Gradecki (947)12 2 Francesco Laporta (566) & Alessandro Tadini (858)13 Michael Hoey (536) & Neil O'Briain (983)14 Martin Ovesen (828) & Niklas Nørgaard (1040)15 Christopher Mivis (537) & Lars Buijs (1782)16 2 Daniel Jennevret (843) & Oscar Florén (1749)
Women Seed Country Players (rank)1 1 Georgia Hall (10) & Laura Davies (201)2 2 Catriona Matthew (211) & Holly Clyburn (250)3 Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir (269) & Valdís Þóra Jónsdóttir (357)4 1 Céline Herbin (242) & Astrid Vayson de Pradei (334)5 1 Olivia Cowan (247) & Karolin Lampert (252)6 3 Meghan MacLaren (273) & Michele Thomson (310)7 1 Emma Nilsson (322) & Lina Boqvist (419)8 Noemí Jiménez Martín (350) & Silvia Banon (422)9 2 Isi Gabsa (349) & Leticia Ras-Anderica (410)10 Marianne Skarpnord (345) & Marita Engzelius (389)11 Ursula Wikström (308) & Noora Komulainen (447)12 2 Justine Dreher (479) & Manon Mollé (396)13 2 Johanna Gustavsson (441) & Julia Engström (455)14 Christine Wolf (398) & Sarah Schober (494)15 3 Cajsa Persson (469) & Linda Wessberg (437)16 Chloe Leurquin (554) & Manon De Roey (663)
Mixed team Seed Country Foursome 1 Foursome 21 1 Callum Shinkwin & Laura Davies Lee Slattery & Georgia Hall2 2 Rhys Enoch & Holly Clyburn Charlie Ford & Catriona Matthew3 3 Connor Syme & Michele Thomson Liam Johnston & Meghan MacLaren4 Pedro Oriol & Silvia Banon Scott Fernández & Noemí Jiménez Martín5 Jarand Ekeland Arnøy & Marita Engzelius Kristian Krogh Johannessen & Marianne Skarpnord6 1 Per Längfors & Lina Boqvist Johan Edfors & Emma Nilsson7 2 Daniel Jennevret & Julia Engström Oscar Florén & Johanna Gustavsson8 Birgir Hafþórsson & Valdis Thora Jonsdottir Axel Bóasson & Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir9 Christopher Mivis & Manon De Roey Lars Buijs & Chloe Leurquin– Lorenzo Gagli & Stefania Avanzo (782) Guido Migliozzi & Diana Luna (649)– Clemens Gaster (1230) & Sarah Schober Bernard Neumayer (1332) & Christine Wolf
Results Men's team
Pool play Teams were divided into 4 groups of 4 teams and played round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday using the fourball format. Round 1 – 8 August Round 2 – 9 August Round 3 – 10 August
+ Group A Round Winner Score Loser1 Great Britain 1 halved Spain 2 Sweden 2 1 up Sweden 12 Great Britain 1 6 & 5 Sweden 1 Spain 2 1 up Sweden 23 Sweden 2 3 & 2 Great Britain 1 Spain 2 3 & 2 Sweden 1 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 8 2 2 0 1 5 1 16 2 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 9 1 0 3 0 0 4
+ Group B Round Winner Score Loser1 Great Britain 3 4 & 3 Great Britain 2 Italy 2 2 & 1 Ireland2 Italy 2 2 & 1 Great Britain 2 Great Britain 3 2 & 1 Ireland3 Ireland 4 & 3 Great Britain 2 Italy 2 1 up Great Britain 3 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 12 2 3 0 0 6 1 5 3 2 1 0 4 2 13 1 2 0 2 3 4 2 0 3 0 0 4
+ Group C Round Winner Score Loser1 Spain 1 2 & 1 Portugal Poland 1 up Denmark2 Spain 1 2 & 1 Poland Portugal 2 & 1 Denmark3 Denmark 4 & 3 Spain 1 Portugal 5 & 3 Poland Seed Player W L H Points Finish 3 1 2 1 0 4 1 6 2 1 0 4 2 11 1 2 0 2 3 14 1 2 0 2 4
+ Group D Round Winner Score Loser1 Norway 4 & 3 Italy 1 Iceland 6 & 5 Belgium2 Iceland 2 & 1 Italy 1 Norway 1 up Belgium3 Italy 1 4 & 3 Belgium Iceland 2 up Norway Seed Player W L H Points Finish 10 3 0 0 6 1 7 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 3 15 0 3 0 0 4
Medal bracket Sunday, 12 August
Women's team
Pool play Teams were divided into 4 groups of 4 teams and played round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday using the fourball format. Round 1 – 8 August Round 2 – 9 August Round 3 – 10 August
+ Group A Round Winner Score Loser1 Great Britain 1 5 & 4 Spain Germany 2 5 & 3 Belgium2 Great Britain 1 4 & 3 Germany 2 Spain halved Belgium3 Great Britain 1 4 & 2 Belgium Germany 2 2 up Spain Seed Player W L H Points Finish 1 1 3 0 0 6 1 9 2 2 1 0 4 2 8 0 2 1 1 T3 16 0 2 1 1 T3
+ Group B Round Winner Score Loser1 France 1 4 & 3 Germany 1 France 2 2 & 1 Sweden 22 France 1 halved France 2 Sweden 2 3 & 2 Germany 13 Sweden 2 4 & 3 France 1 France 2 1 up Germany 1 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 12 2 2 0 1 5 1 13 2 2 1 0 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 3 3 5 1 0 3 0 0 4
+ Group C Round Winner Score Loser1 Great Britain 3 5 & 4 Iceland Finland 3 & 2 Austria2 Iceland halved Finland Great Britain 3 5 & 3 Austria3 Iceland halved Austria Great Britain 3 halved Finland Seed Player W L H Points Finish 6 3 2 0 1 5 1 11 1 0 2 4 2 3 0 1 2 2 3 14 0 2 1 1 4
+ Group D Round Winner Score Loser1 Great Britain 2 3 & 2 Sweden 1 Sweden 3 5 & 4 Norway2 Great Britain 2 1 up Norway Sweden 1 5 & 4 Sweden 33 Sweden 3 2 up Great Britain 2 Norway 2 & 1 Sweden 1 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 15 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 2 2 1 0 4 2 10 1 2 0 2 3 7 1 1 2 0 2 4
Medal bracket Sunday, 12 August
Mixed team
The mixed team championship comprised eleven teams of four (2 men and 2 women) playing in 18-hole mixed foursomes stroke play on 11 August, with combined scores used for team's total score. Ties for medal positions were determined by a sudden-death playoff involving the low-scoring foursome from each team involved.
PlaceNationScoreTo par 70-71=141 −3 3 72-70=142 −2 2 70-73=143 −14 75-68=143T5 1 76-69=145 +1 1 72-73=1457 75-72=147 +38 77-71=148 +4T9 2 76-73=149 +5 73-76=14911 76-74=150 +6 Sweden 2 defeated Spain with a birdie at the first hole of the bronze medal playoff.
Medalists Men's team Spain 1Pedro OriolScott Fernández IcelandBirgir HafþórssonAxel Bóasson Italy 2 Francesco LaportaAlessandro TadiniWomen's team Sweden 3Cajsa PerssonLinda Wessberg France 2Justine DreherManon Mollé Great Britain 3Meghan MacLarenMichele Thomson Mixed team IcelandÓlafía Þórunn KristinsdóttirBirgir HafþórssonValdis Thora JonsdottirAxel Bóasson Great Britain 3Meghan MacLaren Liam JohnstonMichele ThomsonConnor Syme Sweden 2Daniel JennevretOscar FlorénJohanna GustavssonJulia Engström
Medal summary
References
External links
European Championships Glasgow 2018 site Results book − Golf Coverage on the European Tour site Coverage on the Ladies European Tour site