The 2005 European Amateur Team Championship took place 28 June – 2 July at Hillside Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the 24th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Venue

The club was founded in 1911. The course, located in Southport, 20 kilometres north of the city center of Liverpool, England, is a links course, with all the holes being between and on mainly large dunes and local indigenous pinewoods, typical of the area. It is physically close to both the Royal Birkdale Golf Club, near its south-western boundaries, and to the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club.

Format 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 20 nation teams contested the event, the same nations as at the previous event two years earlier. Each team consisted of six players. CountryPlayersKajetan Kromer, Anton Ortner, Peter Lepitschnik, Florian Praegant, Roland Steiner, Bernd WiesbergerYannick Bode, Rutger Dhondt, Hervé Gevers, Pierre Relecom, Guillaume Watremez, Sebastien WulfOndrej Lebl, Petr Nic, Marek Novy, Jakum Stanislav, Roman Svoboda, Lukas TinteraJanik Bolinder, Peter Baunsee, Philip Drost, Mark Haastrup, Christoffer Lang, Peter MeldegaardOliver Fisher, Gary Lockerbie, Jamie Moul, Matthew Richardson, Steven Tiley, Gary WolstenholmeAntti Ahokas, Peter Erofejeff, Joonas Granberg, Jarmo Hovila, Tommi Laitto, Heikki MantylaFrançois Calmels, Sebastien Clement, Julien Forêt, Joachim Fourquet, Julien Guerrier, Mike Lorenzo-VeraFlorian Fritsch, Martin Kaymer, Stefan Kirstein, Benjamin Miarka, Christian Schunck, Christopher TrunzerHeidar Bragason, Örn Ævar Hjartarson, Magnus Larusson, Sigmundur Einar Masson, Otto Sigurdsson, Stefan Mar StefanssonJim Carvill, Darren Crowe, Rory McIlroy, Brian McElhinney, Michael McGeady, Sean McTernanSimone Brizzolari, Matteo Delpodio, Lorenzo Gagli, Edoardo Molinari, Andrea Romano, Andrea SignorWil Besseling, Jan Willem van Hoof, Joost Luiten, Robert Niemer, Taco Remkes, Robin SwanePetter Enger, Johann Gudjonsson, Eirik-Tage Johansen, Kim Kristoffersen, Marcus Leandersson, Torstein NevestadGoncalo Brito, Salvador Castro, Tiago Cruz, Pedro Figueiredo, Antonio Rosado, Ricardo SantosJonathan King, Andrew McArthur, George Murray, Eric Ramsay, Richie Ramsay, Lloyd SaltmanGaber Burnik, Matjaz Gojcic, Grega Perne, Rok Pisek, Miha Studen, Jaka VidmarPol Bech, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Jorge Campillo, Alejandro Cañizares, Pablo Martín, Álvaro VelascoJonas Blixt, Kalle Edberg, Oscar Florén, Andreas Högberg, Niklas Lemke, Alexander NorénRoger Furrer, Martin Rominger, Nicolas Sulzer, Sandro Tan-Piaget, Damian Ulrich, Tino WeissRhys Davies, Tim Dykes, Nigel Edwards, Zachariah Gould, Gareth Wright, James Williams

Winners Host nation and eight-time-winners team England won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 16-under-par score of 704, two strokes ahead of team Wales on 2nd place. Neither four-times-champions Ireland, with 16-year-old future professional major winner Rory McIlroy in the team, or two-times-champions Sweden did make it to the quarter-finals, finishing tenth and eleventh respectively.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Edoardo Molinari, Italy, with a 6-under-par score of 138, one stroke ahead of Nigel Edwards, Wales, Julien Guerrier, France, Gary Lockerbie, England and Mike Lorenzo-Vera, France.

Team England won the gold medal, earning their ninth title and first since 1991, beating team Germany in the final 6–1. The winning English team included 45-year-old Gary Wolstenholme and 16-year-old Oliver Fisher.

Team Switzerland, for the first time on the podium, earned the bronze on third place, after beating France 5–2 in the bronze match.

Results Qualification round

Team standings PlaceCountryScoreTo par1362-342=704−162359-347=706 −143362-347=709 −114359-353=712 −85362-360=722 +26381-353=734 +147373-362=735 +158375-361=736 +169377-363=740 +2010378-364=742 +22T11 *380-364=744 +24388-356=744T13 *382-366=748 +28379-369=748T15 *387-374=761 +41380-381=76117384-380=764 +4418388-390=778 +5819403-385=788 +6820414-377=791+71 * 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 PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Edoardo Molinari69-69=138 −6T2Nigel Edwards69-70=139 −5Julien Guerrier73-66=139Gary Lockerbie70-69=139Mike Lorenzo-Vera69-70=1396James Williams70-70=140−4T7Oliver Fisher73-68=141 −3Richie Ramsay74-67=141Gary Wolstenholme72-69=141Gareth Wright73-69=141 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket

Final games 61J. Moul / O. FisherS. Kirstein / C. Trunzer 2 & 1G. Wolstenholme /M. Richardson 1 holeM. Kaymer / B. MiarkaGary Lockerbie 3 & 2Martin KaymerMatthew Richardson 1 holeChristopher TrunzerJamie Moul 4 & 3Stefan KirsteinOliver Fisher 4 & 3Benjamin MiarkaSteven Tiley 6 & 4Florian Fritsch

Flight B

Bracket

Flight C

First round 41 32

Second round 41

41

Third round 41

32

Final standings PlaceCountry4567891011121314151617181920

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See also European Golf Association – Organizer of European amateur golf championships 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

External links European Golf Association: Full results