2017 European Amateur Team Championship

The hosting Diamond Championship Course at Diamond Country Club, surrounding a centrally located 10-hectare artificial lake, located in Atzenbrugg in the district of Tulln in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, 35 kilometres west of the city center of capital Vienna, was designed by Jeremy Pern and opened in 2002. It had previously been home for several Austrian Open tournaments on the European Tour.

The championship course was set up with par 72 over 7,457 yards.[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.[2]

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 was 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.

16 nation teams contested the event. Iceland, Wales and the Czech Republic qualified after finishing first, second and third at the 2016 Division 2. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Austria	Luca Denk, Christopher Fisher, Gerold Folk, Lukas Lipold, Markus Maukner, Oliver Rath
Czech Republic	Jakob Bares, Vojtech Kostelka, Vitek Novak, Dominik Pavoucek, Michal Pospisil, Simon Zach
Denmark	Oskar Ambrosius, John Axelsen, Peter Launer Bæk, Gustav Frimodt, Marcus Garfield Hansen, Marcus Helligkilde
England	Harry Ellis, Scott Gregory, Josh Hilleard, Matthew Jordan, Gian-Marco Petrozzi, Alfie Plant
France	Edgar Catherine, Alexandre Fuchs, Jeremy Gandon, Sebastien Gandon, Frédéric Lacroix, Pierre Mazier
Germany	Raphael Geissler, Marc Hammer, Alexander Hermann, Hurly Long, Yannik Paul, Max Schmitt
Iceland	Runar Arnorsson, Aron Snaer Juliusson, Bjarki Petursson, Henning Darri Thordarson, Fannar Steingrimsson, Gisli Sveinbergsson
Ireland	Colm Campbell, Robin Dawson, John Ross Galbraith, Stuart Grehan, Paul McBride, Conor O'Rourke
Italy	Alberto Castagnara, Luca Cianchetti, Giacomo Fortini, Philip Geerts, Stefano Mazzoli, Lorenzo Scalise
Norway	Markus Braadlie, Viktor Hovland, Knud Krokeide, Kristoffer Reitan, Kristoffer Ventura, Jarle Volden
Scotland	Craig Howie, Liam Johnston, Ryan Lumsden, Robert MacIntyre, Jamie Stewart, Connor Syme
Spain	Adri Arnaus, Alejandro del Rey, Manuel Elvira, Ángel Hidalgo, Victor Pastor, Javier Sainz
Sweden	Adam Blommé, Fredrik Niléhn, Christoffer Pålsson, Jesper Svensson, Marcus Svensson, Tim Widing

Other participating teams

Country
Belgium
Switzerland
Wales

Leader of the opening 36-hole competition was team England, with an 8-under-par score of 712, seven strokes ahead of team Norway. Team Sweden, on third place, was another stroke behind.[3]

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Kristoffer Reitan, Norway, with a 5-under-par score of 139, two strokes ahead of six players tied on second place.[4]

Team Spain won the gold medal, earning their fourth title, beating team England in the final 4–3.[5]

Italy earned the bronze on third place, after beating Sweden 4–3 in the bronze match.

Belgium, Switzerland and Wales placed 14th, 15th and 16th and was moved to Division 2 for 2018.

Qualification round

Team standings Place Country Score To par 1  England 358-354=712 −8 2  Norway 360-359=719 −1 3  Sweden 361-359=720 E 4  Italy 372-354=726 +6 5  Ireland 368-359=727 +7 6  Scotland 372-363=735 +15 7  Spain 374-364=738 +18 8  France 375-364=739 +19 9  Denmark 375-369=744 +24 10  Wales 382-366=748 +28 11  Iceland 384-365=749 +29 12  Germany 384-367=751 +31 13  Czech Republic 384-375=759 +39 14  Belgium 391-373=764 +44 15  Austria 390-383=773 +53 16   Switzerland 394-382=776 +56

Individual leaders Place Player Country Score To par 1 Kristoffer Reitan  Norway 70-69=139 −5 T2 Alexander Hermann  Germany 70-71=141 −3 Matthew Jordan  England 72-69=141 Paul McBride  Ireland 72-69=141 Lorenzo Scalise  Italy 73-68=141 Jesper Svensson  Sweden 71-70=141 Alfie Plant  England 71-70=141 T8 Harry Ellis  England 77-65=142 −2 Stefano Mazzoli  Italy 75-67=142 Connor Syme  Scotland 70-72=142 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket   Quarter finals Semi finals Final                                England 4        France 3    England 6.5        Italy 0.5    Italy 4.5        Ireland 2.5    Spain 4        England 3    Sweden 4        Scotland 3    Spain 4        Sweden 3 Bronze match    Spain 4        Norway 3    Italy 4      Sweden 3     Elimination matches Match for 5th place                        France 3        Ireland 2    Scotland 3        France 2    Scotland 3.5      Norway 1.5   Match for 7th place            Ireland 3      Norway 2

Final games  Spain  England 4 3 A. Hidalgo / J. Sainz H. Ellis / A. Plant 2 & 1 A. Arnaus / V. Pastor 19th hole S. Gregory / M. Jordan Alejandro Del Rey 2 & 1 Harry Ellis Manuel Elvira Scott Gregory 1 up Victor Pastor 2 & 1 Alfie Plant Adri Arnaus 1 up Matthew Jordan Javier Sainz G.-M. Petrozzi 3 & 2

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1 Round 2 Match for 9th place                                Denmark 5         Switzerland 0    Denmark 3.5        Czech Republic 1.5    Czech Republic 3        Germany 2    Denmark 3        Austria 2    Iceland 3.5        Belgium 1.5    Austria 3        Iceland 2 Match for 11th place    Austria 3        Wales 2    Czech Republic 3      Iceland 2

Elimination matches Match for 13th place                        Germany 3         Switzerland 2    Germany 4        Belgium 1    Belgium 3      Wales 2   Match for 15th place             Switzerland 3      Wales 2

Final standings

Place	Country
	Spain
	England
	Italy
4	Sweden
5	Scotland
6	France
7	Ireland
8	Norway
9	Denmark
10	Austria
11	Czech Republic
12	Iceland
13	Germany
14	Belgium
15	Switzerland
16	Wales

Sources:[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