The 1989 European Amateur Team Championship took place 28 June – 2 July at

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. It was the 16th men's golf

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Venue

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

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and

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in Wales. It had previously hosted

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on five occasions, including in 1988. 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. Royal Porthcawl Golf Club - geograph

Format

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.

Teams

20 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players. Players in the leading teams Other participating teams

Winners

Team

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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

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, England, with a 1-under-par score of 143, five strokes ahead of nearest competitors. Team

won the gold medal, earning their seventh title, beating team

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in the final 5–2. Defending champions team

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earned the bronze on third place, after beating

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5–2 in the bronze match.

Results

Qualification round ''Team standings'' *'' 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'' '' Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.'' Flight A ''Bracket'' ''Final games'' Final standings Sources:

References

External links

European Golf Association: Full results
{{European Amateur Team Championship European Amateur Team Championship Golf tournaments in Scotland