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HALMSTAD GOLF CLUB TUESDAY 7 - SATURDAY 11 JULY
SCHEDULE
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SUNDAY 5 JULY
FRIDAY 10 JULY
First official practice day
Forth official match day
From 08:00
Foursome matches from 07:30 Single matches from 07:40 Last tee time 15:06
MONDAY 6 JULY Second official practice day From 08:00 15:00 Championship Committee meeting 15:30 Referee meeting 16:00 Captains meeting 17:00 Official team photographs 19:00 Opening ceremony and welcome party at Halmstad Castle
THUESDAY 7 JULY First official match day Stroke play qualifying from 07:00 Last tee time 14:50
WEDNESDAY 8 JULY Second official match day Stroke play qualifying from 07:00 Last tee time 14:50
THURSDAY 9 JULY Third official match day Foursome matches from 07:00 Singels matches from 08:30 Last tee time 15:06
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SATURDAY 11 JULY Final match day Foursome matches from 07:30 Singel matches from 07:40 Medal matches from 14:07 Prize giving ceremony at the golf club Closing dinner at Hotel Tylรถsand at 19:30
SWEDISH GOLF FEDERATION
COLIN WOOD
WELCOME TO SWEDEN
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
IT IS MY PRIVILEGE AND GREAT HONOUR, as President of the Swedish Golf Federation, to welcome all players, captains and officials to the 2015 edition of the European Amateur Team Championship.
ON BEHALF OF the European Golf Association it is my pleasure to welcome all competitors, officials and supporters to the 2015 European Amateur Team Championship.
It is also a great honour to have Halmstad Golf Club as host club with the beautiful and demanding North Course. In this tournament programme you will find tournament history and other useful information. My guess is that we have future major winners among all talented players in the 16 teams. May the best team win! CHRISTER BERGFORS President Swedish Golf Federation
My thanks go to the Swedish Golf Federation for organising this event, to the officials, staff and volunteers who work so hard to make these tournaments so enjoyable for everyone. I also extend my thanks to Halmstad Golf Club and its members for making their superb golf course available for this championship. The Team Championships are looked forward to with great enthusiasm and are the highlight of the season for most players, it brings together the most talented amateurs in Europe to compete at the highest level of team golf in a competitive and friendly manner. My best wishes to all teams, officials and supporters, have an enjoyable week and I hope you make many lasting friendships. COLIN WOOD President European Golf Association
URBAN JANSSON
WELCOME MOST WELCOME TO TYLÖSAND AND HALMSTAD GOLF CLUB 7 – 11TH OF JULY 2015 Halmstad Golf Club is very proud to host the 2015 European Amateur Team Championship and we hope that you will find the beloved North Course both challenging and beautiful. As the president of Halmstad Golf Club I welcome all players, supporters, coaches and officials to our club. Halmstad Golf Club was founded in 1930 and has been the venue for numerous international and national championships. In recent years Halmstad Golf Club has been the venue for the 2007 Solheim Cup and the 2011 European Amateur Championship. In 1985 Halmstad Golf Club hosted the European Amateur Team Championship and many of us have great memories of all the excellent golf that we enjoyed. Among the players that participated in 1985 the most recognized today are Colin Montgomerie, José Maria Olazabal and Jesper Parnevik. They all battled against the course and each other to the delight of the spectators. I am sure that you will provide us with the same thrilling experience in 2015. On behalf of the board, members and staff of Halmstad Golf Club I wish you most welcome and hope to see you in July 2015. URBAN JANSSON President Halmstad Golfklubb
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HONORARY COMMITTEE
REFEREES
Lena Sommestad Colin Wood George Macgregor Urban Jansson Christer Bergfors Rollo McClure Hans Malmström
County Governor President EGA R&A Captain President Halmstad Golf Club President SGF EGA Executive Committee EGA Executive Committee
Pierre Bechmann David Bird Claes Grönberg Stefan Ågren Gustaf Appelberg Kjell Kristiansson Lars Andersson Bertil Johansson
CHAMPIONSHIP COMMITTEE Pierre Bechmann David Bird Sten-Erik Carlsson Christian Jakobsson Claes Grönberg
Chairman, EGA EGA Halmstad Golf Club Halmstad Golf Club SGF
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Sten-Erik Carlsson Christian Jakobsson Claes Grönberg Philip Arneryd Filip Morell Eva Kjellgard Lars Lindblom Peter Lerner Anders Torstensson Carin Carlsson-Lindberg Rikard Hansson Rolf Rybäck Lars Karlsson Cecilia Bjöörn Carlos Agi Hans Bergelin Ulf Svensson Jan-Olof Jakobsson
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QUALIFIED COUNTRIES
BELGIUM
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
ENGLAND
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
IRELAND
ITALY
NETHERLANDS
POLAND
SCOTLAND
SPAIN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
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WALES
PREVIOUS WINNERS AND RUNNER-UPS
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HISTORY ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT AND HALMSTAD GOLF CLUB TUESDAY 7 - SUNDAY 11 JULY 2015 HALMSTAD GOLF CLUB, SWEDEN
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
The very first European Amateur Team Championship was played in 1959 at El Prat Golf Club outside Barcelona, Spain. The winning Swedish team included two players from Halmstad Golf Club – Gunnar Carlander and P-O Johansson. This and many other great accomplishments earned them an almost iconic stature at Halmstad Golf Club, and Gunnar Carlander is an honorary member. Sadly, P-O Johansson passed away in 2012. The Swedish team from 1959 also included Göran Lindeblad, G A Bielke, Bengt Möller, Ola Bergqvist, Elis Werkell and the team captain Nils Odqvist.
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Halmstad Golf Club previously hosted the European Amateur Team Championship in 1985, and there are still many fond memories of the event, now three decades ago. In the end, the Swedish team could not hold off the Scottish players, who after the final could take the impressive trophy back to Scotland. The amateur teams back then included many great players who would go on to professional golf, and we were very fortunate to see players like Colin Montgomerie, José Maria Olazábal and Jesper Parnevik before they became golfing superstars. One of the best amateur players of all time, Peter McEvoy, also played in the event, and showed the many spectators how to strike a golf ball.
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EUROPEAN AMATEUR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION
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Conditions of Competition
c) Decision of Ties A tie for any place in the match play order shall be decided using the lowest total of the two noncounting scores. If a tie still exists, the sum of the two lowest scores, one from each day, shall be used. For further ties, the sum of the two second lowest scores, the third lowest scores, the fourth lowest scores and, finally, the sum of the two fifth lowest scores, one from each day, shall be used. Any further tie will be decided based on the final stipulated 18, 9, 6, 3 holes or last hole of the best score from each of the tied teams.
1. GENERAL 1.1 Eligibility of Teams Teams are nominated by European Golf Association (EGA) Member National Golf Authorities based on invitations to: a) the teams placed 1st to 13th from the previous championship; b) the Host Nation’s team; c) the first two/three teams (see Note 1) of the previous European Amateur Team Championship, Division 2. The results of the previous European Amateur Team Championship, Division 2 will constitute a reserve-list order to be used when an invited team is unable to participate.
d) Substitutes If a substitute player is required, the Committee must be notified, at the latest, 30 minutes before the first tee time of Day 1. After this deadline, the team must remain with the same players for the entire Championship. A substitute player is permitted for any reason, but may not participate in the practice rounds until he has been officially substituted for a team member with permission from the Committee. A breach of this Condition may result in the substitute player not being permitted to compete.
Note 1: If the Host Nation is not eligible under category (a) nor (c) and all teams eligible under category (a) have entered, category (c) will be reduced to the first two teams of the previous European Amateur Team Championship, Division 2.
1.2 Eligibility of Players All players nominated to teams by their national golf authority must be: a) amateur golfers in accordance with the Rules of Amateur Status as approved by R&A Rules Limited; b) citizens of the country represented. Players with dual citizenship may only represent one country per year; c) playing with a handicap of 6.0 or better.
e) Absentee Player In the event that a registered team member cannot participate in a stipulated stroke play round, the team’s five scores will count. In the case of a decision of ties, the team with the absentee player shall finish last. If more than one player is absent, the team shall automatically assume last place in the match play draw. The remaining players shall be permitted to play their stroke play rounds, which the committee may use to determine match play seeding when more than one team has two or more absentee players.
Penalty for Breach of Condition: Disqualification of player.
1.3 Format A maximum of 16 teams shall be eligible to participate and each shall comprise six players. The Championship comprises two stages played in accordance with the Rules of Golf as approved by R&A Rules Limited, the EGA Generic Conditions, EGA Hard Card and the Local Rules as approved by the Championship Committee at the championship. 1.3.1
Stage 1 - Stroke Play There shall be two rounds of 18 holes stroke play on Days 1 and 2 to decide the draw for the match play, which commences on Day 3. a) Order of Play Team Captains will determine the order of play within their teams for Days 1 and 2 using an official order of play form. If the order of play form is not submitted to the Committee: I. For Day 1, by 17h00 on the day preceding the Championship, the order of play will be determined alphabetically by surname. II. For Day 2, by 17h00 on Day 1, the order of play will be the same as for Day 1. b) Scoring The lowest five scores from each team’s six players will count each day. The aggregate of the five lowest stroke play scores from play on Days 1 and 2 will constitute each team’s score for determining the match play stage seeded draw.
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1.3.2
Stage 2 - Match Play Irrespective of the number of teams entered, only teams in contention for a medal will play a match format of two foursomes and five singles. All other teams will play a one foursome and four singles match format. The stroke play will determine a seeded order for the match play. A maximum of 16 teams will be divided into a first flight of eight teams: 1 vs 8; 2 vs 7; 3 vs 6; and 4 vs 5 and a second flight of eight teams: 9 vs 16; 10 vs 15; 11 vs 14 and; 12 vs 13. If there are fewer than 16 teams, the seeded draw will change according to a standardised EGA structure. A win in either a foursomes or singles match shall return one point, a halved match, half a point (see 1.3.2 (d)) and a loss, zero points to the team’s score. Note: Teams placed 14th to 16th shall be relegated to the European Amateur Team Championship, Division 2.
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e) Absentee Players In the event that one (several) registered team member(s) cannot participate in a stipulated match play round, that (these) player(s)’s match(s) shall be forfeited at a position within the order of play determined according to the following principles. I. Foursome matches must not be forfeited and must always be played. Exception: in a medal-contention match, if a team has three absentee players, one foursome will be forfeited.
1.4 Practice A Team Player, Team Captain or Team Advisor will not be allowed to practice on the championship course for a period of thirty days prior to the first official practice day, unless he or she is a member of the golf club at which the championship is being played. Only registered team players will be permitted to practice during the official practice rounds and in official practice areas. See Section 1.3 1 (d) for information on practice for substitutes.
II. Non-Medal Contention Matches i. If the “withdrawal” occurs before the official deadline to submit the order of play form has expired, the Team Captain will return the order of play form with the absentee player placed in the position of his or her choice in the singles and that match will be forfeited. ii. If the “withdrawal” occurs after the official deadline to submit the order of play form has expired, • if the absentee player is listed to play in the singles: his match shall be forfeited, • if the absentee player is listed to play in the foursome, he will be replaced by one of the players listed to play in the singles. The replacement will be determined by lot and his single match shall be forfeited. If fewer than four players are available to represent a team, that team must forfeit its match.
1.5 Advice (Note to Rule 8) Each team may appoint a “Team Advisor” who may give advice to members of that team from either: a) a Team Captain, who must be an amateur golfer in accordance with the Rules of Amateur Status as approved by R&A Rules Limited; or b) another person who may or may not be a professional golfer. Penalty for Breach of a): Disqualification of Team. Exception: The appointed person may not walk on a putting green. A Team Advisor must be identified to the Committee prior to the start of the Championship and the position must not be interchanged. Note: A Team Captain may be named in addition to a Team Advisor. Only the Team Advisor may offer advice. Please refer to 1.6 for caddying permissions. Any other person accompanying the team is considered as a spectator and should behave accordingly. Penalty for Breach of Condition: Match Play - Loss of hole; Stroke Play - Two strokes.
III. Medal Contention Matches i. If the “withdrawal” occurs before the official deadline to submit the order of play form has expired, the Team Captain will return the order of play form with the absentee player(s) placed in the position(s) of his or her choice and that(these) match(es) shall be forfeited. ii. If the “withdrawal” occurs after the official deadline to submit the order of play form has expired, the absentee player(s) match(es) shall be forfeited. If fewer than three players are available to represent a team, that team must forfeit its match. In the event that opposing teams would each have one or more absentee players, then these players would be deemed to have been paired together and to have halved their match. Should this require the re‐pairing of matches, the player(s) in the match(es) impacted higher up the order of play will drop down to play the player(s) in the other impacted match(es). A team match tied result would be decided by stroke play qualification position.
For 1.6 (b): Any unauthorised use of an electric golf trolley shall be discontinued immediately upon discovery that a breach has occurred. Otherwise, the player is disqualified. 1.7 Disqualification A penalty of disqualification for a breach of the Rules or the Conditions of Competition applies only to the round in which the breach occurred unless otherwise determined by the Committee. A disqualified team will assume last place in the Championship.
2. PRIZES
2.1 Title and Awards The winning team of the Championship shall be the European Amateur Team Champion for a period of one year. The Championship Trophy shall be held by the winners’ National Golf Authority, who will be responsible for the cost of engraving, insuring and maintaining the Trophy and returning it, before the next Championship, to an address named by the EGA Secretary. The EGA will present medals to the members of the winning team and to the members of the second and third placed teams. Professional golfers nominated as Team Advisors may receive a medal in the absence of a nonplaying amateur Team Captain. The EGA will present the host club with a memento. The host country will present all participants with a memento. EGA Championship Committee Revised: 20 February 2015
1.6 Caddies / Electric Trolleys a) No caddies are permitted except for fellow team players. b) Electric golf trolleys are only permitted if there is a sufficient number to be equally distributed among the teams. Penalty for Breach of Condition: Match Play - At the conclusion of the hole at which the breach is discovered, the state of the match is adjusted by deducting one hole for each hole at which a breach occurred; maximum deduction per round - two holes. Stroke Play - Two strokes for each hole at which any breach occurred; maximum penalty per round - four strokes (two strokes at each of the first two holes at which any breach occurred). Match Play or Stroke Play – If a breach is discovered between the play of two holes, it is deemed to have been discovered during play of the next hole and the penalty must be applied accordingly. For 1.6 (a): A player having a caddie in breach of this Condition must, immediately upon discovery that a breach has occurred, ensure that he conforms to this Condition for the remainder of the stipulated round. Otherwise, the player is disqualified.
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THE COURSE
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HALMSTAD GOLF CLUB
GENERAL INFORMATION HALMSTAD GOLF CLUB is located on the beautiful west coast of Sweden, about 2 hours from Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city. Gothenburg Airport (Landvetter) is the official airport of the championship.
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Halmstad Golf Club was founded in 1930, and the North Course is constantly ranked as one of the top courses in Sweden, and among the Top 50 courses on the European continent. Halmstad Golf Club has on numerous occasions hosted national and international championships. In 2007, Halmstad Golf Club was the venue for the Solheim Cup, and in 2011 the International European Amateur Championship was played on the North Course. During the first few years, golf was played on a temporary course that had been laid out on the
Halland Regiment training grounds in Halmstad. The construction of an 18 holecourse in Tylösand, designed by noted architect Rafael Sundblom, began in 1935. The course was approved by the Swedish Golf Association on May 25, 1938. In 1963 the Swedish National Forest Enterprise gave the club permission to use an area for an additional nine holes, north of the existing course. The new course was inaugurated on May 13, 1967. Together with the last nine holes of the old course, this formed the new 18 holecourse which we today call the North Course. Halmstad Golf Club Address: Golfbanevägen, SE 302 73 Halmstad Phone: +46 35 17 68 00 E-mail: info@hgk.se Web: http://www.hgk.se
Hotel Tylösand
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Oljevägen, Östra Stranden, 302 50 Halmstad