European Amateur
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship (June 23-26). Second-placed 21-year-old Ludvig Åberg (Swe) finished 2 shots behind 22-year-old Christoffer Bring (Den). [Châteaux course, Golf du Médoc, nr Bordeaux].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship (June 22-25). [Parador de El Saler, nr Valencia, Spain].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship (June 26-29). Second-placed 23-year-old Euan Walker (Scot) finished 3 shots behind 21-year-old "Matti" Schmid (Ger). [Diamond CC, Atzenbrugg, Austria].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship (June 27-30). Second-placed Robin Dawson (Ire), Jerry Ji (Neth), Viktor Hovland (Nor) and Mitch Waite (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Hojgaard (Den). [Koninklijke (Royal) Haagsche G&CC, Wassenaar, nr The Hague].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship (Jun 28-Jul 1). Plant (Eng) beat Lorenzo Scalise (Italy) with a birdie at the fifth playoff hole (par-4 2nd). Defending champion Luca Cianchetti (Italy) was eliminated at the first playoff hole. [Old course, Walton Heath GC, Walton on the Hill, Surrey].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Cianchetti (Italy) beat Viktor Hovland (Nor) with a par at the seventh playoff hole (par-3 10th). [Estonian G&CC, Jõelähtme, Harju, Estonia].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Gary Hurley (Ire) finished 1 shot behind Mazzoli (Italy). [Legend course, Penati Resort, Senica, Slovakia].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Max Roehrig (Ger) and Gary Hurley (Ire) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Ashley Chesters (Eng). [The Duke's Golf Club, St Andrews, Fife].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed David Morago (Esp) finished 1 shot behind Chesters (Eng). [Real (Royal) GC El Prat, Terrassa, Barcelona].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed James Frazer (Wales) finished 1 shot behind Rhys Pugh (Wales). [Montgomerie course, Carton House, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Manuel Trappel (Aut) beat Steven Brown (Eng) by 1 shot in a three-hole playoff. [North course, Halmstad GK, Tylosand, nr Halmstad, Sweden].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Andrea Pavan (Italy) and Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Bjerregaard (Den). [Linna Golf, Harviala, Hameenlinna, Finland].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Ross Kellett (Scot) finished 1 shot behind Dubuisson (Fra). [Vineuil course, Golf de Chantilly, nr Paris].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Richard Kind (Neth) finished 1 shot behind Gross (Ger). [Marbaek course, Esbjerg GK, Esbjerg, Denmark].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Hebert (Fra) beat Joel Sjoholm (Swe) in a playoff. Danny Willett (Eng) finished in third place 3 shots behind the leaders. [Sporting Club Berlin, Bad Saarow, nr Berlin].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Stephen Lewton (Eng) finished 3 shots behind 17-year-old McIlroy (N.Ire). [La Betulle course, GC Biella, Magnano, nr Biella, Italy].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Matthew Cryer (Eng) and Rafael Cabrera (Esp) finished 1 shot behind Thorp (Nor). Rory McIlroy (N.Ire) and Joost Luiten (Neth) were a further 3 shots back in joint fourth place. [Ch'ship course, Rinkven GC, 's Gravenwezel, nr Antwerp].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Gary Lockerbie (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Richardson (Eng). [Skovde GC, Vastergotland, Sweden].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Pablo Martin Benavides (Esp), Matthew Richardson (Eng) and Michael Thannhauser (Ger) finished 1 shot behind McElhinney (Ire). Martin Kaymer (Ger) finished 1 shot further back. [Nairn GC, Nairn, nr Inverness, Scotland].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed James Heath (Eng) finished 5 shots behind Pellicioli (Fra). [Troia Golf, Carvahal, nr Setubal, Portugal].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Stuart Wilson (Scot) finished 5 shots behind Browne (Ire). [Odense Eventyr GK, Odense, Fyn, Denmark].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Panu Kylliainen (Fin) and Graeme McDowell (N.Ire) finished 5 shots behind Pettersson (Swe). [GC Murhof, Frohnleiten, Steiermark, Austria].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Barry Hume (Scot) finished 2 shots behind Havret (Fra). Paul Casey (Eng) was 2 shots further back in third place. [Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, South Wales].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Craig Williams (Wales) and Gary Wolstenholme (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Gribben (Ire). [Châteaux course, Golf du Médoc, nr Bordeaux].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Sergio Garcia (Esp), Luke Donald (Eng) and Robert Duck (Eng) finished 3 shots behind de Vooght (Belg). [GC Domaine Imperial, Gland, Lake Geneva, Switzerland].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Maarten Lafeber (Neth) and Howard Barclay (Scot) finished 1 shot behind Olsson (Den). [Karlstad GK, Karlstad, Sweden].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Mattias Eliasson (Swe) finished 1 shot behind 15-year-old Garcia (Esp). David Howell (Eng) was 1 shot further back in third place. [Real (Royal) GC El Prat, El Prat de Llobregat, nr Barcelona Airport. Club now located in Terrassa, nr Barcelona].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Gordon Sherry (Scot) and Lee James (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Gallacher (Scot). [Aura Golf, Ruissalo, nr Turku, Finland].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Backhausen (Den) beat Lee Westwood (Eng) in a playoff. [East course, Dalmahoy Hotel & CC, nr Edinburgh].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Bradley Dredge (Wales) and Fredrik Andersson (Swe) finished 4 shots behind Scarpa (Italy). [Golf Nazionale, Sutri, nr Rome; at the time called Le Querce GC].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed A. Prat (Esp) finished 4 shots behind Payne (Eng). [Hillside GC, Southport, Merseyside].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Paul Maloney (Aus) finished 5 shots behind Eriksson (Swe). [Aalborg GK, Aalborg, North Jutland].
Amateur
EGA
Championship not played in 1989.
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Christian Hardin (Swe) and Borja Queipo de Llano (Esp) finished 1 shot behind Ecob (Aus). [Hamburg GC-Falkenstein, Blankenese, nr Hamburg].
Amateur
EGA
Championship not played in 1987.
Amateur
EGA
Played as the inaugural European Amateur Championship. Second-placed David Gilford (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Haglund (Swe). [Eindhovensche Golf, Valkenswaard, nr Eindhoven].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship (Sept 22-25; postponed from June 24-27 due to world coronavirus pandemic). Second-placed Nick Bachem (Ger) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Matthias Schmid (Ger), who became only the second player after Ashley Chesters (Eng; 2013 & 2014) to record back-to-back wins in this event. [G&CC Zurich, Zumikon, nr Zurich, Switzerland; originally planned for Golf du Médoc, nr Bordeaux].
Tournaments:
PGA Championship: the year’s second men’s major championship is hosted by Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, amidst doubt as to whether reigning champion Phil Mickelson will defend his title (May 19-22).
Soudal Open: Belgium’s return to European Tour golf sees 36-hole Rinkven International GC host the Soudal Open, the country’s national open championship (May 12-15).
Who's Who:
Scottie Scheffler: bags the 2022 Masters Tournament title, and with it a fourth win in six starts on the PGA Tour and his first major championship victory.
Stephen Dodd: took the European Senior Tour’s 2021 Order of Merit honours following the abandonment due to rain of the season’s final event, the MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius (April 1-3, 2022).
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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