1989 European Amateur Team Championship

The hosting club was founded in 1891. In 1895, the course, designed by Ramsey Hunter, was located close to Pink Bay Beach on the Glamorgan Coast between Cardiff and Swansea in Wales. It had previously hosted The Amateur Championship on five occasions, including in 1988.[1]

On the first day of the tournament, there were strong winds and rain on the course, set up with par 72 over 6,643 yards.[2]

The course at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club

Each team consisted of six 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. 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 and the four teams placed 17–20 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, to decide their final positions.

20 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
England	Russell Claydon, Andrew Hare, Peter McEvoy, Carl Suneson, Darren Prosser, Ricky Willison
France	Christian Cévaër, Olivier Edmond, Eric Giraud, François Illouz, Romain Victor
Ireland	Neil Anderson, J. Carvill, D. Clark, Mark Gannon, Garth McGimpsey, Eoghan O'Connell
Norway	Tom Edseth, Knut Ekjord, Tom Fredriksen, Christian Gavelstad, Thomas Nielsen, Øyvind Rojahn
Scotland	David Carrick, Andrew Coltart, Stephen Easingwood, Craig Everett, Andrew Elliot, Jim Milligan
Sweden	Mathias Grönberg, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Lars Herne, Robert Karlsson, Per Nyman, Raimo Sjöberg
Wales	Stephen Dodd, Keith Jones, Michael Macara, J. Peters, Philip Price, Neil Roderick
West Germany	Hans-Günther Reiter, C. Schapmann, Jan-Erik Schapmann, Ulrich Schulte, Sven Strüver, Ulrich Zilg

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Iceland
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland

Team England won the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition, with a 37-over-per score of 757.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Russell Claydon, England, with a 1-under-par score of 143, five strokes ahead of nearest competitors.

Team England won the gold medal, earning their seventh title, beating team Scotland in the final 5–2.

Defending champions team Ireland earned the bronze on third place, after beating Sweden 5–2 in the bronze match.

Qualification round

Team standings Place Country Score To par 1  England 396-361=757 +37 2  Ireland 397-365=762 +42 3  Wales 403-363=766 +46 T4  France * 399-379=778 +58  Sweden 402-376=778 6  Scotland 416-368=784 +64 7  West Germany 415-371=786 +66 8  Norway 413-380=793 +73 9  Denmark 422-373=795 +75 10  Spain 412-384=796 +76 11  Netherlands 417-382=799 +79 12  Italy 419-383=802 +82 13  Iceland 418-386=804 +84 14   Switzerland 429-388=817 +97 15  Finland 440-389=829 +109 16  Portugal 431- 406=837 +117 17  Belgium 440-402=842 +122 18  Greece 443-403=846 +126 T19  Czechoslovakia * 441-409=850 +130  Austria 433-417=850 * 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 1 Russell Claydon  England 72-71=143 −1 T2 Rene Budde  Denmark 78-70=148 +4 Garth McGimpsey  Ireland 77-71=148 T4 Robert Karlsson  Sweden 76-73=149 +5 Peter McEvoy  England 79-70=149 Eoghan O'Connell  Ireland 77-72=149 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket   Quarter finals Semi finals Final                                Ireland 4.5        West Germany 2.5    Scotland 4.5        Ireland 2.5    Scotland 4        Wales 3    England 5        Scotland 2    Sweden 4        France 3    England 6        Sweden 1 Bronze match    England 5.5        Norway 1.5    Ireland 5      Sweden 2     Elimination matches Match for 5th place                        Wales 4.5        West Germany 2.5    Wales 5        Norway 2    Norway 4.5      France 2.5   Match for 7th place            West Germany 4      France 3

Final games  England  Scotland 5 2 R. Claydon / A. Hare J. Milligan / A. Elliot 2 & 1 P. McEvoy / R. Willison 20th hole D. Carrick / C. Everett Andrew Hare 4 & 3 Jim Milligan Russell Claydon 2 & 1 Stephen Easingwood Peter McEvoy 3 & 1 David Carrick Carl Suneson Andrew Elliot 4 & 2 Ricky Willison 5 & 4 Craig Everett

Final standings

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

Sources:[3][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