2009 European Amateur Team Championship

Conwy Golf Club was formed in 1890. Its links course in Conwy County Borough, on the north coast of Wales, was designed by Jack Morris, club professional at Royal Liverpool Golf Club and nephew of Old Tom Morris, the first nine holes in 1875 and additional nine holes in 1895.[2]

The championship course was set up with par 72.

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.

20 nation teams contested the event, the same number of teams as at the previous event one year earlier. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Denmark	Sebastian Cappelen, Joachim B. Hansen, Andreas Hartø, Morten Ørum Madsen, Jacob Roth, Kristian Nielsen
England	Tommy Fleetwood, Charlie Ford, Luke Goddard, Matt Haines, Sam Hutsby, Dale Whitnell
Finland	Toni Hakula, Janne Kaske, Tapio Pulkkanen, Kalle Samooja, Henri Satama, Miro Veijalainen
France	Guillaume Cambis, Victor Dubuisson, Alexandre Kaleka, Alexander Levy, Johan Lopez Lazaro, Romain Wattel
Germany	Sean Einhaus, Max Glauert, Stephan Gross, Allen John, Maximilian Kieffer, Alexander Knappe
Iceland	Axel Bóasson, Kristjan Einarsson, Hlynur Hjartarson, Sigurthór Jónsson, Ólafur Loftsson, Sigmundur Masson
Ireland	Clan Curley, Paul Cutler, Alan Dunbar, Niall Kearney, Dara Lernihan, Simon Ward
Italy	Nino Bertasio, Joon Kim, Matteo Manassero, Leonardo Motto, Andrea Pavan, Niccolò Quintarelli
Netherlands	Tristan Bierenbroodspot, Sven Maurits, Reinier Saxton, Tim Sluiter, Jurrian Van Der Vaart, Willem Vork
Norway	Elias Bertheussen, Knut Børsheim, Are Friestad, Espen Kofstad, Anders Kristiansen, Joakim Mikkelsen
Scotland	Wallace Booth, Glenn Campbell, Gavin Dear, Ross Kellett, Paul O'Hara, Michael Stewart
Spain	Moises Cobo, Nacho Elvira, Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez, Pedro Oriol, Carlos Pigem, Juan Francisco Sarasti
Sweden	Pontus Gad, Jesper Kennegård, David Lingmerth, Henrik Norlander, Pontus Widegren, Robin Wingårdh
Wales	Nigel Edwards, Rhys Enoch, Oliver Farr, Adam Runcie, Ben Westgate, Joe Vickery

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Greece
Portugal
Turkey

Team Norway won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 30-under-par score of 690, three strokes ahead of team Italy. Neither host nation Wales or defending champions Ireland mad it to the quarter-finals, finishing 10th and 11th respectively.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but tied individual leaders were 16-year-old Matteo Manassero, Italy and Pontus Widegren, Sweden, each with a 10-under-par score of 134, one stroke ahead of Andrea Pavan, Italy.

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

Team Italy, earned the bronze on third place, after beating Norway 5–2 in the bronze match.

Qualification round

Team standings Place Country Score To par 1  Norway 347-343=690 −30 2  Italy 347-346=693 −27 3  Sweden 348-349=697 −23 4  England 344-356=700 −20 5  France 351-356=707 −13 T6  Scotland * 355-361=716 −4  Germany 358-358=716 8  Finland 364-354=718 −2 9  Netherlands 364-355=719 −1 10  Wales 354-366=720 E 11  Ireland 372-356=728 +8 12  Denmark 358-371=729 +9 13  Belgium 372-364=736 +16 T14  Portugal * 373-365=738 +18  Iceland 370-368=738 16  Spain 376-366=742 +22 17  Austria 377-369=746 +26 18  Czech Republic 391-393=784 +64 19  Greece 397-389=786 +66 20  Turkey 410-401=811 +91 * 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 Matteo Manassero  Italy 66-68=134 −10 Pontus Widegren  Sweden 67-67=134 3 Andrea Pavan  Italy 67-68=135 −9 4 Matt Haines  England 67-69=136 −8 T5 Espen Kofstad  Norway 72-65=137 −7 David Lingmerth  Sweden 68-69=137 Joakim Mikkelsen  Norway 68-69=137 Romain Wattel  France 69-68=137 T9 Wallace Booth  Scotland 72-66=138 −6 Allen John  Germany 67-71=138 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

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

Final games  Scotland  England 5 2 G. Dear / G. Campbell 1 hole D. Whitnell / C. Ford W. Booth / M. Stewart 2 & 1 M. Haines / T. Fleetwood Gavin Dear Matt Haines 19th hole Wallace Booth Sam Hutsby 5 & 4 Michael Stewart 5 & 4 Dale Whitnell Ross Kellett 1 hole Tommy Fleetwood Paul O'Hara 2 & 1 Luke Goddard

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1 Round 2 Match for 9th place                                Spain 3        Netherlands 2    Denmark 3        Spain 2    Denmark 3        Belgium 2    Ireland 3        Denmark 2    Ireland 3        Portugal 2    Ireland 4        Iceland 1 Match for 11th place    Iceland 3        Wales 2    Spain 3      Iceland 2

Elimination matches Match for 13th place                        Netherlands 3        Belgium 2    Netherlands 4        Portugal 1    Portugal 3.5      Wales 1.5   Match for 15th place            Belgium 3      Wales 2

Flight C

First round  Czech Republic  Greece 4 1  Austria  Turkey 4 1

Second round  Czech Republic  Turkey 5 0  Austria  Greece 3 2

Third round  Austria  Czech Republic 3 2  Greece  Turkey 3 2

Final standings

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

Sources:[3][4][5]

• 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