golf tournament
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contested between teams of amateur golfers representing Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It takes its name from
St Andrews
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in
Scotland
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.
It was first played in 1956 and takes place in even-numbered years; Great Britain & Ireland plays in the United States in the Walker Cup in odd-numbered years. It is staged alternately in Great Britain & Ireland and on the Continent, and is organised by
The R&A
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(an offshoot of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews) and the European Golf Association. The St Andrews Trophy itself was presented by the Royal and Ancient Club in 1963.
The event is played on two consecutive days. On both days there are four morning foursomes followed by afternoon singles, eight on the first day and nine on the second.
History
The first event was held at Wentworth on 20 and 21 October 1956 and followed a similar format to that used for the
Joy Cup
The Joy Cup was an annual men's professional team golf competition between teams representing the British Isles and the Rest of Europe. It was played from 1954 to 1958. The British Isles won all four contests that were played. The trophy was provi ...
which featured professional golfers. The teams were called the British Isles and the Rest of Europe. There were five foursomes on the first day and ten singles on the second. All matches were over 36 holes. The British Isles used the same ten players on both days, while the Rest of Europe used a total of twelve players. The British Isles won all five matches on the first day and finished 12½–2½ winners.
The second event was held at Golf de Saint-Cloud in France on 2 and 3 October 1958, retaining the same format as in 1956. Britain used 11 players while the Rest of Europe used 12 as they had in 1956. The British Isles won four of the five foursomes on the first day and, although the Rest of Europe won four singles, Britain won comfortably, 10–5. In 1960 it was held at the Berkshire Golf Club on 3 and 4 September. With 12 players from the Rest of Europe attending, it was decided to extend the format to include six foursomes and twelve singles, all 12 in each team playing both days. Britain won the foursomes 5–1 and the singles 8–4 to win convincingly.
The 1962 event was held at Halmstad GK in Tylösand, Sweden on 11 and 12 August. Matches were reduced to 18 holes with five foursomes and ten singles on each day. Teams were standardised to 11 players. Great Britain and Ireland won the foursomes sessions 4½–½ and 4–1 and, although the Continent of Europe tied the first-day singles and won the second set of singles 5½–4½, Great Britain and Ireland won 18–12 thanks to their domination of the foursomes. The next tournament was held on 31 July and 1 August 1964 at Muirfield and was the first time the St Andrews trophy was contested. Great Britain and Ireland led 12–3 and won by a large margin, 23–7. The 1966 event was held at Real Sociedad de Golf de Neguri near
, Spain on 29 and 30 July. Although Great Britain and Ireland won the first-day foursomes 4–1, the singles and the second-day foursomes were both tied. The Continent of Europe could have won the match with a good final session but they lost the first seven singles matches and the final result was 19½–10½.
Portmarnock Golf Club in Ireland was the host for the 1968 match, held on 2 and 3 August. The match was very one-sided with Great Britain and Ireland leading 12½–2½ after the first day and winning 20–10, despite losing the final singles 6–4. The 1970 event was held at
Royal Zoute Golf Club
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, Belgium on 1 and 2 August. Great Britain and Ireland won all five foursomes on the first morning but after the Continent had won the singles and the second-day foursomes, Britain only led 10½–9½. The Continent were however only able to win three second-day singles and Britain won 17½–12½. The Berkshire was the venue for the 1972 match, played on 4 and 5 August. The Continent won the first set of foursomes 3–2 but Britain won the singles 8½–1½ and the second-day foursomes 4–1 to take a convincing lead. The second set of singles was tied to give Great Britain and Ireland a 19½–10½ win, their ninth successive victory.
The Continent of Europe had their first success on 2 and 3 August 1974 at Golf Club Punta Ala on the
in Italy. On the first day the foursomes were tied but the Continent won the singles and led 8–7, the first time they had been ahead after the first day. On the second day the Continent won the foursomes 3–2 and with 5 wins in the singles they took the trophy by a 16–14 margin. The
Old Course at St Andrews
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hosted the 1976 match, played on 30 and 31 July. Although the Continent lost 18½–11½, it was their best performance on British soil. The 1978 event was held on 4 and 5 August at
Club zur Vahr
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Bremen
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, Germany. Britain won comfortably by a margin of 20½–9½. Royal St George's Golf Club hosted the 1980 match, played on 27 and 28 June. Great Britain and Ireland led 12–3 after the first day and had ensured success after leading 16–4 after the second-day foursomes. The Continent won the second-day singles session, Britain winning by a score of 19½–10½.
The format was revised in 1982 with only four foursomes and eight singles on each day. Teams were reduced from 11 to 9. The Continent of Europe gained their second success. The match was played at Rosendaelsche Golfclub,
Arnhem
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in the Netherlands on 25 and 26 June. The Continent led 8–4 after the first day. On the second day they halved both the sessions and won 14–10. The 1984 match, played on 30 and 31 May at Saunton Golf Club, was the first time the Continent came close to winning in Britain. Great Britain and Ireland led 6½–5½ after the first day and 8½–7½ after the second-day foursomes. In the afternoon five of the eight singles went to the final green with Britain winning two of these and halving the other three, giving Britain a close 13–11 win. Halmstad hosted the event for the second time on 27 and 28 June 1986. The Continent had an immediate disadvantage when
Anders Haglund
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Haglund was born in Borås, Sweden and played college golf at the University of South Florida in the United States. As an amateur golfer, he won the inaugural Europea ...
, who had the inaugural
European Amateur
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earlier in the year, had to withdraw because of illness. This meant that the same eight players had to play in each session. Britain won the first-day singles 7–1 to lead 9–3. The Continent won the second-day foursomes but Britain again won the singles for a 14½–9½ win.
The 1988 match was held at St Andrews on 29 and 30 June. Great Britain and Ireland led 7½–4½ after the first day and won easily, 15½–8½.
The 2020 match was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
Results
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Royal Porthcawl
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, Wales
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The following are those who have played in at least one of the matches.
Sam Bairstow
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Warren Bennett
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1966
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Warren Bladon
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Sam Brough
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1960
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Ian Caldwell
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1956, 1960
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Jonathan Caldwell
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Caldwell attended the University of South Alabama from 2004 to 2008. He competed in the 2007 Walker Cup.
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Jim Carvill
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Craig Cassells __NOTOC__
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Todd Clements
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Lee Corfield
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Bruce Critchley
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1982
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Archie Davies
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Robin Dawson
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Robert Dinwiddie
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Paul Downes
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Paul Dunne
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Arron Edwards-Hill
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Duncan Evans
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1980
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Ryan Evans
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2014
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Richard Eyles
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1974
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Rodney Foster
Rodney Foster (born 13 October 1941) is an English amateur golfer. He was one of the leading British amateurs of the 1960s and early 1970s. He represented Great Britain and Ireland in five successive Walker Cup matches from 1965 to 1973 and twic ...
Mark Gannon
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1974, 1978
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Ian Garbutt
Ian David Garbutt (born 3 April 1972) is an English professional golfer.
Garbutt was born in Doncaster. He started playing golf at the age of 8, and by the age of 16, he had become a scratch player. He won the English Amateur at the age of 18, ...
Graham Gordon
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Gordon was born in Stratford in 1927, the third son of William Patteson Pollock Gordon and Doris Clifton Gordon (née Jo ...
Stuart Grehan
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James Heath James Heath may refer to:
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Trevor Homer
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Jack Hume
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2016
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Warren Humphreys
Warren Humphreys (born 1 April 1952) is an English professional golfer.
Humphreys was born in Kingston. He had a successful amateur career, winning the 1971 English Amateur, and playing on that year's winning Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup ...
Ian Hutcheon
Ian Colin Hutcheon (born February 1942) is a Scottish amateur golfer. He was one of the leading British amateurs of the 1970s. As an individual, he won the Scottish Amateur in 1973 and was Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Champion three times. He r ...
Lee S. James
Lee Scott James (born 27 January 1973) is an English former professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career
James was born in Poole, Dorset. He won the 1994 Amateur Championship with a 2 & 1 victory over Gordon Sherry.
Professional career
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Matthew Jordan
Matthew Jordan (born 18 January 1996) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.
Amateur career
Jordan had a successful amateur career. He won the St Andrews Links Trophy in 2017 and in 2018 he won the Lytham Trophy by 9 ...
2018
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Raymond Kane
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1974
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Ross Kellett Ross or ROSS may refer to:
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Lorne Kelly Lorne is a given name and place name especially popular in Canada, due to the Marquess of Lorne, who was Governor General of Canada (1878–1883). Lorne may refer to:
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Michael King Michael King may refer to:
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1970, 1972
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Craig Laurence __NOTOC__
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Scott Macdonald
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Nick Marsh
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Matthew McClean
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Paul McKellar
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1978
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Jamie McLeary
James Robert Ewan McLeary (born 2 April 1981) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour.
Career
McLeary was born in Peterhead, Scotland. In 2004 he represented Scotland at the Eisenhower Trophy and represented Great Br ...
Colin Montgomery
Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE (born 23 June 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer. He has won a record eight European Tour Order of Merit titles, including a streak of seven consecutively from 1993 to 1999. He has won 31 European Tour events, ...
1986
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Peter Moody
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* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
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1972
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Robert Moran
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A native of Denver, Moran studied twelve-tone music privately with Hans Apostel in Vienna and ...
Stuart Murray
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Eoghan O'Connell
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1988
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Steven O'Hara
Steven Owen O'Hara (born 17 July 1980) is a Scottish professional golfer.
O'Hara was born in Bellshill, and started playing golf at 7 years of age at Calderbraes Golf Club before moving to Colville Park GC. He had a successful amateur career wh ...
Peter Oosterhuis
Peter Arthur Oosterhuis (born 3 May 1948) is an English professional golfer
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1968
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Sam Osborne Samuel or Sam Osborne or Osborn may refer to:
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Arthur Pierse
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1980, 1982
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Sandy Pirie
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Nick Poppleton
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Mark Power
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Richie Ramsay
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Richie Ramsay (born 15 June 1983) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.
Ramsay played in the 2005 Walker Cup and, in 2006, became the first British golfer in almost a century to win the U.S. Amateur.
Ramsay tur ...
2006
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Graham Rankin
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Neil Roderick
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Jamie Savage
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2014
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Zane Scotland
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Scotland was born in Manchester and educated at The John Fisher School in Surrey. In 1997 he won a competition to find a British Tiger Woods. He went on to have a succes ...
Ronnie Shade
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Shade was born in Edinburgh and grew up playing golf at Duddingston Golf Club in that city. He enjoyed unrivalled ...
1962, 1964, 1966, 1968
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David Sheahan
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Andrew Sherborne
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Sherborne was born in Bristol. He was the leading amateur at The Open Championship in 1984 and turned professional later that year. He played on the European Tour for near ...
1984
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Gordon Sherry
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Dickson Smith
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Matt Stanford
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Keith Tate
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Ricky Willison Ricky may refer to:
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José Luis Adarraga
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In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...
Anton Albers
Anton may refer to: People
*Anton (given name), including a list of people with the given name
*Anton (surname)
Places
*Anton Municipality, Bulgaria
**Anton, Sofia Province, a village
*Antón District, Panama
**Antón, a town and capital of th ...
Christian Aronsen
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρισ ...
1998
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Morten Backhausen
Morten is a common given name in Norway and Denmark. Approximately 22,138 have this name as a given name in Norway and about 52 people have it as a surname. Notable people with the name include:
*Morten Abel, Norwegian singer
*Morten Andersen, Dan ...
1994
*
Marius Bardana
Marius may refer to:
People
*Gaius Marius (157 BC-86 BC), Roman statesman, seven times consul.
Arts and entertainment
* ''Marius'' (play), a 1929 play by Marcel Pagnol
* "Marius" (short story), a 1957 story by Poul Anderson
* ''Marius'' (193 ...
Nino Bertasio
Nino Bertasio (born 30 July 1988) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and is currently attached to the Gardagolf Country Club.
Professional career
After turning professional in 2011, he joined the Alps Tour. His fi ...
Gustaf Adolf Bielke
Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to:
*Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin
Art, entertainment, and media
* ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film
* ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short cart ...
1956, 1962
*
Alberto Binaghi
Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...
1984
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Thomas Bjørn
Thomas Bjørn (born 18 February 1971) is a professional golfer from Denmark who plays on the European Tour. He is the most successful Danish golfer to have played the game having won fifteen tournaments worldwide on the European Tour. In 1997 he ...
1990
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Pietro Bovari
Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
People
* Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice
* Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death
* Pietro II ...
Jorge Campillo
Jorge "Popeye" Campillo Hidalgo (born August 10, 1978) is a Mexican former right-handed pitcher.
Career Atlanta Braves
Campillo was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Atlanta Braves on February 14, .
Seattle Mariners
Campillo was relea ...
Ivan Cantero Gutierrez
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulga ...
2016
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Gunnar Carlander
Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (''Gunnarr'' in Old Norse). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (''gunnr'' "war" and ''arr'' "warrior ...
Didier Charmat
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Didier is a French masculine given name and surname common throughout the Romance languages. It comes from the Ancient Roman names Didius and Desiderius. During the 5th century AD, with the Christianisation of ancient pagan names, it ha ...
Patrick Cros Patrick may refer to:
*Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name
*Patrick (surname), list of people with this name
People
*Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
* Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick o ...
Olivier David
Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to:
* Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Olivier (surname), a list of people
* Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery
* Olivier, Louisiana, a rural p ...
Henri de Lamaze
Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry.
People with this given name
; French noblemen
:'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.''
* Henri I de Montm ...
Marco Durante Marco Durante may refer to:
* Marco Durante (golfer)
Marco Durante (born 24 October 1962) is an Italian golfer.
Biography
Durante was born in Sanremo. He was introduced to golf in 1969 under the guidance of Franco Zanini in Garlenda, Italy. H ...
Mathias Eggenberger
Mathias, a given name and a surname which is a variant of Matthew (name), may refer to:
Places
* Mathias, West Virginia
* Mathias Township, Michigan
People with the given name or surname ''Mathias'' In music
* Mathias Eick, Norwegian Jazz Musici ...
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (born 13 October 1980) is a Spanish professional golfer. He has played on the European Tour, winning seven times, and on the PGA Tour.
Early life
Fernández-Castaño was born in Madrid. He started playing golf at ...
2004
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Markus Frank
Markus Lukas Frank (born 1969) is a German horn player and conductor.
Life and career
Born in Schwäbisch Hall, Frank studied at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold from 1988, with scholarships from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, the D ...
1982
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Hervé Frayssineau
Hervé is a French masculine given name of Breton origin, from the name of the 6th-century Breton Saint Hervé. The common latinization of the name is Herveus (also ''Haerveus''), an early (8th-century) latinization was ''Charivius''. Anglicized ...
1966
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Lorenzo Gagli
Lorenzo Gagli (born 14 October 1985) is an Italian professional golfer. He won the 2018 Barclays Kenya Open, his first win on the Challenge Tour.
Professional career
Gagli turned professional in 2006.
He spent 2007 on the Alps Tour, where he f ...
José Gancedo
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ).
In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...
1968, 1970, 1972, 1974
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Jordi García del Moral
Jordi () is the Catalan form of the ancient Greek name Georgios. Jordi is a popular name in Catalonia and is also given in the Netherlands and in Spanish-, English- and German-speaking countries.
Jordi may also refer to:
*Sant Jordi – patron sa ...
Sergio García
Sergio García Fernández (; born 9 January 1980) is a Spanish professional golfer. He has played on the European Tour, PGA Tour and LIV Golf Invitational Series. García has won 36 international tournaments as a professional, most notably ...
Ignacio Gervás
Ignacio is a male Spanish language, Spanish and Galician Language, Galician name originating either from the Roman family name Egnatius (disambiguation), Egnatius, meaning born from the fire, of Etruscan origin, or from the Latin name "Ignatius" ...
Anders Haglund
Anders Haglund (born 4 November 1964) is a Swedish former professional golfer.
Haglund was born in Borås, Sweden and played college golf at the University of South Florida in the United States. As an amateur golfer, he won the inaugural Europea ...
1986^, 1988
*
Marc Hammer Marc or MARC may refer to:
People
* Marc (given name), people with the first name
* Marc (surname), people with the family name
Acronyms
* MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging,
* MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system of ...
2018
*
Chris Hanell
Per Arne Christopher Hanell (born 30 May 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career
Hanell was born in Västervik. He attended Arizona State University in the United States and was part of the winning NCAA Division I c ...
1994
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Herluf Hansen Herluf is a masculine given name which is common in Scandinavian countries. People with the name include:
People
*Herluf Andersen (1931–2013), Danish archer
*Herluf Bidstrup (1912–1988), Danish painter, cartoonist and illustrator
* Herluf Chris ...
1962
*
Peter Hanson
Peter Daniel Hanson (born 4 October 1977) is a Swedish former professional golfer who played on the European Tour and has played on the PGA Tour.
Early life
Hanson was born in Svedala, in Skåne county in the south of Sweden. He was first int ...
1998
*
Cristian Härdin
Per Tomas Cristian Härdin (born 5 October 1967) is a Swedish professional golfer, who was the first Scandinavian player to win The Amateur Championship and to play in the Masters Tournament.
Härdin's first name is officially spelled Cristian, b ...
Hans Hedjerson
Hans Göran Hedjerson (born 3 November 1943) is a Swedish professional golfer, who was one of the best amateur players in Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s.
Early life
Hedjerson was born in a family with a lot of sport background. His father was the ...
Matias Honkala Matias is a form of the given name Matthew. In German-speaking Europe it is most often written as Matthias. It appears in this form in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Alternate spellings are: Mathias, Mattias, Mattis, Mats and Matti. Matias ...
2018
*
François Illouz
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, King ...
1980, 1982, 1988
*
Mikko Ilonen
Mikko Ilonen (born 18 December 1979) is a retired Finnish professional golfer who played on the European Tour, winning five times. He is considered to be the greatest golfer from Finland.
Career
Ilonen was born in Lahti, Finland. He won the 2000 ...
2000
*
Peter Jochums
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a ...
Claes Jöhncke
Claës Lennart Jöhncke (born 23 June 1941) is a Swedish professional golfer, who was one of the best amateur players in Sweden in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Early life
Jöhncke was born in Stockholm, Sweden, as the oldest of two sons to Lenna ...
Alexandre Kaleka
Alexandre Kaleka (born 6 March 1987) is a French professional golfer.
Kaleka turned professional in July 2009 and won his first tournament as a professional, the Allianz EurOpen de Lyon on the Challenge Tour. The win gave him a full exemption on ...
2008
*
Rune Karlfeldt
Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write various Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, and for special ...
Jesper Kennegård
Jesper Theodor Kennegård (born 11 July 1988) is a Swedish professional golfer and Challenge Tour player. He won the Junior Golf World Cup in 2007 and the Nordic Golf League Order of Merit in 2013.
Early life and amateur career
Kennegård was b ...
Jeroen Krietemeijer Jeroen () is a Dutch male given name originating from the Greek Hieronymus, and is equivalent to the English name Jerome. In the Netherlands, there are around 52,000 people who are named Jeroen, while in Belgium there are around 11,000 people of tha ...
Frédéric Lacroix
Frédéric and Frédérick are the French versions of the common male given name Frederick. They may refer to:
In artistry:
* Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator
* Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor
* Frédéric Bazille, Impress ...
2018
*
Maarten Lafeber
Maarten Lafeber (born 11 December 1974) is a Dutch professional golfer who won the Dutch, Swiss and Spanish amateur championships before turning professional in 1997.
Lafeber was born in Eindhoven, North Brabant. He earned a European Tour card ...
Moritz Lampert
Moritz Horst Lampert (born 14 May 1992) is a German professional golfer who currently plays on the Challenge Tour. He played on the European Tour in 2013 and 2015 but failed to regain his card on both occasions. He won three events on the 2014 Ch ...
2012
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José Manuel Lara
José Manuel Lara (born 21 May 1977) is a Spanish professional golfer.
Lara was born in Valencia, Spain. He turned professional in 1997, and has competed on the European Tour since 2001, having finished 11th in the previous seasons Challenge ...
Mika Lehtinen
Mika Lehtinen (born 23 May 1975 in Turku) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for A. S. Asiago Hockey in Italy's Serie A league.
Lehtinen began his career with hometown team TPS in 1991 where he spent eleven ...
1996
*
Lennart Leinborn
Lennart or Lennarth is a Germanic variant of the name Leonard, most common in Scandinavia and German-speaking countries as a surname or masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Camilla Lennarth (born 1988), Swedish ...
Jochen Lupprian
Jochen is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Jochen Asche, East German luger, competed during the 1960s
*Jochen Böhler (born 1969), German historian, specializing in the history of World War II
*Jochen Babock (born 1953), East G ...
Klaus Nierlich
Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas.
Notable persons whose family name is Klaus
*Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseb ...
1970, 1974
*
Fredrik Niléhn
Fredrik is a masculine Germanic given name derived from the German name ''Friedrich'' or Friederich, from the Old High German ''fridu'' meaning "peace" and ''rîhhi'' meaning "ruler" or "power". It is the common form of Frederick in Norway, Finlan ...
2018
*
Enrico Nistri
Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from ''Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Henri (French), En ...
Daniel Olsson
Daniel Olsson (born 27 April 1975) is a Swedish professional golfer. He won the European Amateur in 1996.
Career
Representing the Swedish National Team, Olsson collected medals both in European and World championships. He won the 1993 European ...
Jacobo Pastor
Jacobo is both a surname and a given name of Spanish origin. Based on the name Jacob. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
*Alfredo Jacobo (born 1982), Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Mexico
*Cesar Chavez Jacobo, Dominican professional ...
Magnus Persson
Magnus Persson (born 17 December 1990) is a Swedish handball player for HK Malmö
HK Malmö is a handball club based in Malmö, Sweden. The club was formed in May 2007 and plays in the highest handball division in Sweden.
The club has quick ...
Philippe Ploujoux Philippe is a masculine sometimes feminin given name, cognate to Philip. It may refer to:
* Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present)
* Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
* Prince Philippe, Count ...
Jacob Rasmussen
Jacob Vandsø Ryfeldt Rasmussen (born 28 May 1997) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Danish Superliga club Brøndby.
Club career Early career
Born in Odense, Rasmussen began his youth career at age five for N ...
Stefano Reale
Stefano is the Italian form of the masculine given name Στέφανος (Stefanos, Stephen). The name is of Greek origin, Στέφανος, meaning a person who made a significant achievement and has been crowned. In Orthodox Christianity the ac ...
Lorenzo Scalise
Lorenzo may refer to:
People
* Lorenzo (name)
Places Peru
* San Lorenzo Island (Peru), sometimes referred to as the island of Lorenzo
United States
* Lorenzo, Illinois
* Lorenzo, Texas
* San Lorenzo, California, formerly Lorenzo
* Lorenzo State ...
Ulrich Schulte Ulrich (), is a German given name, derived from Old High German ''Uodalrich'', ''Odalric''. It is composed of the elements ''Othala rune, uodal-'' meaning "(noble) heritage" and ''-rich'' meaning "rich, powerful". Attested from the 8th century as th ...
1982
*
Tino Schuster
Tino is an Italian name or nickname, often a diminutive of the names Agostino, Costantino, Martino, Antonino, Valentino, Giustino, Sabatino, Faustino, and other names ending in -tino.
Tino may refer to:
People Given name
* Tino Ausenda (1 ...
Lorenzo Silva
Lorenzo Manuel Silva Amador (born 7 June 1966 in Carabanchel, Madrid) is a Spanish award-winning writer.
After earning a law degree at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, he worked as a lawyer from 1992 to 2002.
He has written stories, artic ...
Tim Sluiter
Tim Sluiter (born 17 May 1989) is a Dutch professional golfer.
Sluiter was born in Enschede. After showing promise as an amateur, including winning the French Amateur, Sluiter took a golf scholarship to the University of Southern California in th ...
2008
*
Anders Sørensen
Anders Sørensen (born 20 February 1962) is a Danish professional golfer.
Professional career
Sørensen qualified for the European Tour before the 1988 season. In his first two seasons, he made the cut in slightly more than half the events and ...
Mikael Sorling
Nils Mikael Leslie Sorling (born 8 March 1953) is a retired Swedish professional golfer and golf administrator. He won six Scandinavian titles as an amateur and was awarded Swedish Golfer of the Year in 1977 and 1978.
Early life
Sorling grew u ...
Thomas Sundström
Thomas may refer to:
People
* List of people with given name Thomas
* Thomas (name)
* Thomas (surname)
* Saint Thomas (disambiguation)
* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
* Thomas the Ap ...
2002
*
Björn Svedin
Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...
1980
*
Tore Sviland
Tore is a Scandinavian masculine name. It is derived from the Old Norse name ''Thórir'', which is composed of ''thorr'' which means thunder, and ''arr'' which means warrior. So Thunder Warrior or Thor's Warrior. The most famous person by this nam ...
Jacques Thalamy
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...
Manuel Trappel
Manuel Trappel (born 16 September 1989) is an Austrian professional golfer who in 2011 became the first Austrian winner of the European Amateur. This title brought Trappel an invitation to the 2012 Open Championship.
Trappel won his National Cham ...
2012
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Damian Ulrich Damian ( la, links=no, Damianus) may refer to:
*Damian (given name)
*Damian (surname)
*Damian Subdistrict, in Longquanyi District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
See also
*Damiani, an Italian surname
*Damiano (disambiguation)
*Damien (disambiguation)
*Dam ...
2006
*
Francisco Valera
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Nicknames
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...
Nicolas Vanhootegem
Nicolas Vanhootegem (born 7 October 1972) is a Belgian professional golfer.
Career
Vanhootegem was born in Brussels. He won several tree international tournaments as an amateur, including the Belgium international, the Luxembourg international a ...
Victor Veyret
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to:
* Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname
Arts and entertainment
Film
* ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film
* ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...
2016
*
Adam Wallin
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...
Elis Werkell
Elis or Ilia ( el, Ηλεία, ''Ileia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it was ...
1956, 1960
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Leif Westerberg
Leif Westerberg (born 28 August 1974) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Westerberg was born in Stockholm and turned professional in 1997. He has played predominantly on Europe's second tier Challenge Tour where he has won two tournaments. He has ...
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Niki may refer to:
People
* Niki (given name)
* NIKI (singer), Indonesian singer and songwriter
* Niki DeMar, American singer
* Niki Etsuko (1928–1986), Japanese author of mystery fiction
Places
* Niki, Hokkaido, a town in Japan
* Ni ...
1994
See also
* Vagliano Trophy – the equivalent event for women (since 1959)
* Jacques Léglise Trophy – the equivalent event for boys (since 1958)
* Seve Trophy – the equivalent event for professionals (2000–2013)