1985 European Amateur Team Championship

The tournament was played at the club's North course. The club was founded in 1930. Its first 18-hole course, located in Tylösand, Halmstad Municipality, 9 kilometers west of Halmstad city center in Halland County, Sweden, was constructed by Rafael Sundblom and approved in 1938. A new course was inaugurated in 1967. Together with the last nine holes of the old course, this formed the new course, called the North Course.[1]

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.[2] Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.

The seven teams placed 9–15 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the four teams placed 16–19 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

19 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of five or six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Denmark	Ole Eskildsen, Rolf Nissen, Leif Nyholm, Jan Frej Petersen, Jacob Rasmussen, Anders Sørensen
England	Peter Baker, David Gilford, John Hawksworth, Graham Homewood, Craig Lawrence, Peter McEvoy
Finland	Johan Hirn, Tapio Jalo, Markku Louhio, Sauli Mäkiluoma, Juha Selin, Erkki Välimää
France	Alexis Godillot, François Illouz, Laurent Lasalle, Marc Pendariès, Philippe Ploujoux, Jean-François Remésy
Greece	George Arasonis, George Nikitaidis, Craigen Pappas, Sean Pappas, Stefan Vafiiadis, Chris Valasakis
Ireland	Neil Anderson, Jim Feeney, Mark Gannon, Garth McGimpsey, Liam McNamara, Arthur Pierse
Italy	Alberto Binaghi, Marco Durante, Guido Grappasoni, Giorgio Merlitti, Enrico Nistri, Sergio Prati
Netherlands	Ruud Bos, Carel Braun, Bart Nolte, Daan Slooter, Piet-Hein Streutgers, Siemon Vegter
Norway	Erik Dønnestad, Tom Fredriksen, Per Haugsrud, Gard Midtvåge, Tore Christian Sviland, Lars-Erik Underthun
Scotland	Cecil Bloice, Ian Brotherston, George Macgregor, Angus Moir, Colin Montgomerie, Sandy Stephen
Spain	Ignacio Gervás, Luis Gabarda, Dionisio Garcia, José María Olazábal, Borja Queipo de Llano, Eduardo de la Riva
Sweden	Magnus Hennberg, John Lindberg, Jesper Parnevik, Johan Ryström, Carl-Magnus Strömberg, Johan Tumba
Wales	John Jones, Stephen Jones, Michael Macara, Paul Mayo, Richard Morris, Neil Roderick
West Germany	Thomas Hübner, Rainer Mund, Hans-Günther Reiter, Christoph Städler, Andreas Stamm, Ralf Thielemann

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Iceland
Switzerland

Host country Sweden won the opening 36-hole competition, with a score of 14 over par 734.[3]

Individual leaders were Jesper Parnevik, Sweden and Erkki Välimää, Finland, each of them with a score of 2-under-par 142, two strokes ahead of Peter McEvoy, England.[3]

Team Scotland won the gold medal, earning their third title, beating Sweden in the final 4.5–2.5. Team Spain earned the bronze on third place, after beating England 4.5–2.5 in the bronze match.[4]

José María Olazábal, Spain, made a hole-in-one on the 13th hole, during his 3 and 2 single match win over Colin Montgomerie in the semi-final between Spain and Scotland.[3]

Qualification round

Team standings Place Country Score To par 1  Sweden 368-366=734 +14 2  Denmark 372-370=742 +22 3  Spain 376-371=747 +27 T4  Ireland * 377-376=753 +33  England 378-375=753 6  France 383-373=756 +36 7  Scotland 375-385=760 +40 8  West Germany 384-381=765 +45 9  Finland 381-386=767 +47 10  Norway 388-380=768 +48 11  Wales 378-392=770 +50 12  Italy 393-379=772 +52 13  Netherlands 383-393=776 +56 14  Greece 389-391=780 +60 15   Switzerland 404-380=784 +64 16  Austria 387-402=789 +69 17  Iceland 398-396=794 +74 18  Belgium 402-399=801 +81 19  Czechoslovakia 418-406=824 +104 * 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 Place Player Country Score To par T1 Jesper Parnevik  Sweden 72-70=142 −2 Erkki Välimää  Finland 67-75=142 3 Peter McEvoy  England 71-73=144 E 4 Colin Montgomerie  Scotland 72-73=145 +1 T5 Alexis Godillot  France 73-73=146 +2 Paul Mayo  Wales 72-74=146 Jacob Rasmusson  Denmark 71-75=146 T8 Johan Ryström  Sweden 75-72=147 +3 Anders Sørensen  Denmark 72-75=147 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.

Flight A

Bracket   Quarter finals Semi finals Final                                Scotland 4.5        Denmark 2.5    Scotland 5.5        Spain 1.5    Spain 4        France 3    Scotland 4.5        Sweden 2.5    England 7        Ireland 0    Sweden 5        England 2 Bronze match    Sweden 5.5        West Germany 1.5    Spain 4.5      England 2.5     Elimination matches Match for 5th place                        Denmark 4.5        France 2.5    Denmark 4        Ireland 3    Ireland 5      West Germany 2   Match for 7th place            West Germany 4      France 3

Final games  Scotland  Sweden 4.5 2.5 C. Mongomerie / G. MagGregor J. Lindberg / J. Parnevik 3 & 2 C. Bloice / S. Stephen 1 hole J. Ryström / M. Hennberg Colin Montgomerie AS * Johan Ryström AS * George MacGregor 1 hole Jesper Parnevik Ian Brotherston John Lindberg 3 & 2 Cecil Bloice 4 & 3 Johan Tumba Sandy Stephen 4 & 3 Carl-Magnus Strömberg * Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1 Round 2 Match for 9th place                                Norway 4         Switzerland 3    Norway 4.5        Wales 2.5    Wales 4        Greece 3    Norway 5        Finland 2    Italy 6        Netherlands 1    Finland 4      Italy 3 Match for 11th place            Wales 4.5      Italy 2.5

Elimination match Match for 13th place                        Greece 5         Switzerland 2    Netherlands 5.5      Greece 1.5

Flight C

Bracket

	Round 1				Match for 16th place
	Belgium	5.5
	Iceland	1.5
					Austria	5.5
					Belgium	1.5
	Austria	4
	Czech Republic	3
					Match for 18th place
					Czech Republic	4
					Iceland	3

Final standings

Place	Country
	Scotland
	Sweden
	Spain
4	England
5	Denmark
6	Ireland
7	West Germany
8	France
9	Norway
10	Finland
11	Wales
12	Italy
13	Netherlands
14	Greece
15	Switzerland
16	Austria
17	Belgium
18	Czechoslovakia
19	Iceland

Sources:[1][3][2][4][5][6]

• 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.

• European Golf Association: Full results