The 1985 European Amateur Team Championship took place from 26 to 30 June at Halmstad Golf Club, in Tylösand, Sweden. It was the 14th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Venue

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.

Format 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. 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.

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

Players in the leading teams CountryPlayersAndreas Brier, Christian Czerny, Martin Kerscher, Max Lamberg, Matthias Nemes, Klaus NierlichOlivier Buysse, Alain Eaton, Thierry Goosens, Michel Moerman, Ivan Nyssen, Freddy RodeschJiri Dvorac, Jan Juhaniak, Jan Kunsta, Jiri Kunsta, Miroslav Nemec, Jiri ZavazalOle Eskildsen, Rolf Nissen, Leif Nyholm, Jan Frej Petersen, Jacob Rasmussen, Anders SørensenPeter Baker, David Gilford, John Hawksworth, Graham Homewood, Craig Lawrence, Peter McEvoyJohan Hirn, Tapio Jalo, Markku Louhio, Sauli Mäkiluoma, Juha Selin, Erkki VälimääAlexis Godillot, François Illouz, Laurent Lasalle, Marc Pendariès, Philippe Ploujoux, Jean-François RemésyGeorge Arasonis, George Nikitaidis, Craigen Pappas, Sean Pappas, Stefan Vafiiadis, Chris ValasakisHannes Eyvindsson, Ulfar Jonsson, Ragnar Olafsson, Sigurdur Petursson, Sigurdur Sigurdsson, Björgvin ThorsteinssonNeil Anderson, Jim Feeney, Mark Gannon, Garth McGimpsey, Liam McNamara, Arthur PierseAlberto Binaghi, Marco Durante, Guido Grappasoni, Giorgio Merlitti, Enrico Nistri, Sergio PratiRuud Bos, Carel Braun, Bart Nolte, Daan Slooter, Piet-Hein Streutgers, Siemon VegterErik Dønnestad, Tom Fredriksen, Per Haugsrud, Gard Midtvåge, Tore Christian Sviland, Lars-Erik UnderthunCecil Bloice, Ian Brotherston, George Macgregor, Angus Moir, Colin Montgomerie, Sandy StephenIgnacio Gervás, Luis Gabarda, Dionisio Garcia, José María Olazábal, Borja Queipo de Llano, Eduardo de la RivaMagnus Hennberg, John Lindberg, Jesper Parnevik, Johan Ryström, Carl-Magnus Strömberg, Johan TumbaMarcus Gottstein, Thomasa Gottstein, Carlo Rampone, Dominique Rey, Johhny Storjohann, Erwin VonlanthenJohn Jones, Stephen Jones, Michael Macara, Paul Mayo, Richard Morris, Neil RoderickThomas Hübner, Rainer Mund, Hans-Günther Reiter, Christoph Städler, Andreas Stamm, Ralf Thielemann

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

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.

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.

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.

Results Qualification round

Team standings PlaceCountryScoreTo par1368-366=734 +142372-370=742 +223376-371=747 +27T4 *377-376=753 +33378-375=7536383-373=756 +367375-385=760 +408384-381=765 +459381-386=767 +4710388-380=768 +4811378-392=770 +5012393-379=772 +5213383-393=776 +5614389-391=780 +6015404-380=784 +6416387-402=789 +6917398-396=794 +7418402-399=801 +8119418-406=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 PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parT1Jesper Parnevik72-70=142−2Erkki Välimää67-75=1423Peter McEvoy71-73=144E4Colin Montgomerie72-73=145 +1T5Alexis Godillot73-73=146 +2Paul Mayo72-74=146Jacob Rasmusson71-75=146T8Johan Ryström75-72=147 +3Anders Sørensen72-75=147

Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.

Flight A

Bracket

Final games 4.52.5C. Mongomerie / G. MagGregorJ. Lindberg / J. Parnevik 3 & 2C. Bloice / S. Stephen 1 holeJ. Ryström / M. HennbergColin Montgomerie AS *Johan Ryström AS *George MacGregor 1 holeJesper ParnevikIan BrotherstonJohn Lindberg 3 & 2Cecil Bloice 4 & 3Johan TumbaSandy Stephen 4 & 3Carl-Magnus Strömberg * Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

Bracket

Flight C

Bracket

Final standings PlaceCountry45678910 111213141516171819 Sources:

See also 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