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European Senior Men's Championship

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The European Senior Men's Championship is a European amateur golf championship for men over 50 (previously 55) organized by the European Golf Association.[1]

The inaugural event was held in 1996, with 25 editions have been contested so far. It is now played annually in conjunction with the European Senior Ladies' Championship.[2]

Format

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The championship is open to players aged above 50 years old.

The format of this competition consists of three rounds of stroke play, with a cut after the second round out of which the lowest 54 men's scores can qualify for the final round.

Past results

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Year Venue, Location Winner Runner(s)-up Third place Ref
2024 Kikuoka Country Club, Luxembourg France Rodrigo Lacerda Soares, 213 Ireland Joseph Lyons, 213 Ireland Declan O'Neill, 213 [3]
2023 Douglas Golf Club, Ireland Ireland Edward McCormack, 207 Ireland Alan Condren, 209
Ireland Jody Fanagen, 209
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2022 Pärnu Bay Golf Links, Estonia England James Crampton, 215 Sweden Mattias Pernheden, 218 England Edward Richardson, 219 [5]
2021 Golf de Morfontaine, France Germany Martin Birkholz, 210 Republic of Ireland Karl Bornemann, 211 Sweden Tord Nilsson, 211 [6]
2020 Golf Club d'Hossegor, France Spain Jacobo Cestino, 216 France Pierre Carpentier, 217 Germany Rainer Gödeke, 218
2019 Golf Patriziale Ascona, Switzerland Sweden Mattias Pernheden, 203 England Edward Richardson, 205 Sweden Thomas Nilsson, 207
2018 Royal Bled GC, Slovenia Germany Martin Birkholz, 222 Sweden Mattias Pernheden, 223 Denmark Tony Jensen, 225
2017 GC Schloss Schönborn, Austria Switzerland Markus Frank, 218 Germany Martin Birkholz, 220 Sweden Thomas Nilsson, 220
2016 Pula Golf, Spain Republic of Ireland Adrian Morrow, 217 England Clive Jones, 218 Republic of Ireland Karl Bornemann, 219
2015 Pannonia G&CC, Hungary England Clive Jones, 217 Norway Tore Sviland, 223 England Stephen East, 223
2014 R.C.G. Puerta de Hierro, Spain England Clive Jones, 221 Germany Christian Domin, 222 Germany Ulrich Schulte, 222
2013 Estonian G&CC, Estonia Italy Lorenzo Sartori, 217 Switzerland Markus Frank, 219 Sweden Hans Bäckkström, 220
2012 Golf & Landclub Achensee, Austria Republic of Ireland Adrian Morrow, 212 Sweden Tomas Persson, 213 Netherlands Bart Nolte, 217
2011 Golf & Landclub Achensee, Austria Sweden Tomas Persson, 212 Germany Hans-Günter Reiter, 212 Norway Knut Skabo, 219
2010 Golf & Landclub Achensee, Austria Sweden Mats Andersson, 218 Sweden Per Hildebrand, 218 Sweden Ernie Ahsberg, 219
2009 Porto Carras, Greece Italy Frederico Lang, 216 Republic of Ireland Maurice Kelly, 217 Greece Georgios Vafeiadis, 218
2008 Oceanico (Pinhal), Portugal Republic of Ireland Adrian Morrow, 211 Republic of Ireland Arthur Pierse, 214 Republic of Ireland Maurice Kelly, 219
2007 Vilamoura (Old Course), Portugal United States Norman Swenson, 216 Republic of Ireland Maurice Kelly, 219 Spain Miguel Preysler De La Riva, 221
2006 Ribagolfe, Portugal Spain Miguel Preysler De La Riva, 145 Italy Francesco Ghirardi, 148 Republic of Ireland Hugh Smyth, 150
2005 Golf de Chantilly, France England Roy Smethurst, 218 Germany Hans-Günter Reiter, 219 France Alexis Godillot, 222
2004 La Baule , France Scotland David J. Smith, 213 England Roy Smethurst, 213 Sweden Per Hildebrand, 218
2003 Chantaco, France Scotland David J. Smith, 216 Spain Luis Javier Trenor, 216 England Douglas Arnold, 216
2002 La Manga Club, Spain England Andrew Morrison, 212 Scotland David J. Smith, 221 Germany Veit Pagel, 223
2001 Torremirona GC, Spain England Graham Steel, 216 Spain Luis Javier Trenor, 219 Republic of Ireland Peter Cowley, 224
2000 La Manga, Spain Germany Hans-Hubert Giesen, 217 France Alexis Godillot, 219 Germany Klaus-Rudiger Bez, 222
1999 Ascona Golf Club, Switzerland Germany Hans-Jürgen Ecklebe, 216 France Alexis Godillot, 217 Italy Ernesto Brognieri, 221
1998 Ascona Golf Club, Switzerland England David G. Lane, 213 Spain Juan Sanchez, 218 Germany Hans Jürgen Ecklebe, 221
1997 Ascona Golf Club, Switzerland Italy Carlo Tadini, 147 Germany Klaus Boose, 149 England David G. Lane, 149
1996 Royal Hague Golf Club, Netherlands England D. Frame, 228 Italy Franco Gigliarelli, 228 England Gordon Edwards, 228

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Nations Cup

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From 2000 to 2006, a Nations Cup was contested. This was discontinued when a separate European Senior Men's Team Championship was introduced.

Year Winner Runner(s)-up Third place
2005  England (298)
G. Broster
H. Moxon
R. Smethurst
 Ireland (304)
M. F. Morris
M. Kelly
H. Mackeown

 Italy (304)
F. Lang
G. Vigna Suria
P Vigliani
(No third place awarded -
duplicate runners-up)
2004  Scotland (290)
H. Brown
D.J. Smith
B. Grieve
 England (291)
D. Arnold
D. Lane
R. Smethurst
 Ireland (296)
M.F. Morris
J. Murphy
I. Stewart
2003  Scotland (293)
A.D. Ferguson
D.J. Smith
G. Steel
 Germany (294)
H-J. Ecklebe
H-H. Giesen
V. Pagel
 Italy (296)
A. Croze
V. Mandelli
L. Vigliani
2002  England (285)
A. Morrison
R. Smethurst
R. Turner
 Germany (292)
H-H. Giesen,
V. Pagel
U. Printzen
 Scotland (302)
A.D. Ferguson,
B.R.N. Grieve
D.J. Smith
2001  Ireland (298)
P. Cowley
D. Jackson
H. McKinney
 Spain (299)
L. Mora Argemi
J. Sanchez Herrero
L.J. Trenor
 England (302)
B.N. Dick
D. Lane
R. Smethurst
2000  Germany (293)
H-J. Ecklebe
H-H. Giesen
J. Harder
 France (299)
R. Fontagnères
A. Godillot
G. Roumeas
 England (3039
G. Clay
D. Lane
A. Waterson

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "European Seniors Championship". Amateur Golf. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  2. ^ "European Senior Men's Championship". EGA. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  3. ^ "2024 European Seniors' Championship". WAGR. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  4. ^ "2023 European Seniors' Championship". WAGR. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  5. ^ "2022 European Seniors' Championship". WAGR. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  6. ^ "2021 European Seniors' Championship". WAGR. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b "European Senior Men's Championship Results – European Golf Association" (PDF). Retrieved 27 August 2020.
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