Europcar Cup

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Europcar Cup
Tournament information
Location Biarritz, France
Established1985
Course(s)Golf de Biarritz Le Phare
Par69
Tour(s) European Tour
Format4-man team stroke play
Month playedNovember
Final year1988
Final champion
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
(Persson, Ryström, Lanner, Parnevik)

The Europcar Cup was a professional team golf tournament played yearly in Biarritz, France, from 1985 to 1988.

The tournament was designated as an "Approved Special Event" on the European Tour schedule. A further event was planned in 1989 but was cancelled. [1]

The event was contested by national teams of four players. Each golfer played four stroke-play rounds; the best three scores for each round being used for the team's score for that round.

The 1988 Europcar Cup took place 3-6 November. Sweden won the 1988 event by 6 strokes with a score of 810, 18 under par. The Swedish team was Magnus Persson, Johan Ryström, Mats Lanner and Jesper Parnevik. [2]

The following teams competed: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Wales, West Germany. [3]

Winners

YearTeam winnersTeam membersScoreMargin of
victory
Runners-upTeam membersIndividual
winner
Ref
1988 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Mats Lanner
Jesper Parnevik
Magnus Persson
Johan Ryström
8107 strokesFlag of Spain.svg  Spain Juan Anglada
Antonio Garrido
José Gervas
Miguel Ángel Martin
Flag of Ireland.svg David Jones [4]
1987Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Juan Anglada
Manuel Calero
Antonio Garrido
Miguel Angel Martin
8138 strokesFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Peter Carsbo
Johan Ryström
Carl-Magnus Strömberg
Magnus Sunesson
Flag of Spain.svg Manuel Calero [5]
1986Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Per-Arne Brostedt
Anders Forsbrand
Magnus Grankvist
Magnus Sunesson
8172 strokesFlag of Spain.svg  Spain Antonio Garrido
Miguel Ángel Martin
Juan Quiros
Emilio Rodriguez
Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Forsbrand [6]
1985Flag of France.svg  France Marc Farry
Bernard Pascassio
8301 strokeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy Silvano Locatelli Flag of Italy.svg Silvano Locatelli
Flag of France.svg Marc Farry
[7]

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