European Mid-Amateur Men's Championship

Last updated January 03, 2025

The European Mid-Amateur Men's Championship is a European amateur golf championship opened to men aged 25 or plus years old, organized by the European Golf Association.^[1]

Format

The top 90 amateur players, aged from 25 years old, compete in a format consisting 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

Year	Venue, Location	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
2024	Jurmala Golf Club & Hotel, Latvia	Markus Habeler, 208	Christopher Dlaska, 216	Jussi Sahravuo, 217 Dario Gabriel, 217
2023	Bogogno Golf Resort, Italy	Michael Thannhaeuser, 208	Ben Welch, 210	Steven Rojas, 211 Marian Luwig, 211
2022	Golf du Médoc Resort, France	Joe Armstrong, 206	Miko Apfel, 210	Jonas Wallmo, 210
2021	Pula Golf Resort, Spain	Steven Rojas, 218	Joonas Hinkkanen, 219	Stefan Wiedergrün, 219
2020	Golf du Domaine Impérial, Switzerland	Rodrigo Lacerda Soares, 207	Stephan Gross, 211	Richard Heath, 212
2019	St Laurence Golf, Finland	Richard Heath, 203	Nicolas Schmieding, 211	Christophe de Grancey, 211
2018	Blacksearama Golf Resort, Bulgaria	Carlos de Corral, 211	Michael Thannhäuser, 211	Steffen Alvang, 212
2017	Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro, Spain	Carlos de Corral, 219	Erik Persson, 222	Richard Heath, 222
2016	Golf Resort Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic	Marc Mazur, 141	Claudio Consul, 142	Henrik Henningsson, 143
2015	GC Hubbelrath, Germany	Richard Heath, 215	Nicolas Singer, 217	Eduardo Corsini, 218
2014	Pravets GC, Bulgaria	Alexander Koller, 210	Felix Banzhaf, 210	Richard Heath, 210
2013	Penati Golf Resort, Slovakia	Bertrand Noël, 220	Richard Heath, 220	Albert Türklitz, 220
2012	Estonian G&CC, Estonia	Morten Findsen Schou, 221	Alexander Koller, 222	Timo Tuunanen, 222
2011	Sola GC, Norway	Marco Willberg, 221	Jacobo Cestino, 222	Niklas Rosenkvist, 223 Morten Findsen Schou, 223 Jani Michelsson, 223
2010	Morfontaine, France	François Illouz, 210	Jacobo Cestino, 210	Mark Wharton, 210
2009	Rio Real (Marbella), Spain	Stephen East, 217	Nigel Sweet, 218	Rodrigo Lacerda Soares, 219
2008	Postołowo GC, Poland	Michael Flindt, 218	Niklas Rosenkvsit, 221	Roger Roper, 224
2007	Golf Club Domaine Impérial, Switzerland	Gary Wolstenholme, 213	Mika Wikström, 222	Ulrich Schulte, 222
2006	Golf Club Grand Ducal, Luxembourg	Gary Wolstenholme, 210	Jakob Thomsen, 210	Roger Roper, 213
2005	Royal Bled Golf Club, Slovenia	José María Zamora, 216	Graham Ruth, 220	François Illouz, 220
2004	Varese Golf Club, Italy	Filippo Clerici, 210	Rodolfo Pesati, 213	François Illouz, 215
2003	Mosjö Golf Club, Sweden	Hans-Günter Reiter, 216	Roger Roper, 218	François Illouz, 219
2002	Kärtner Golf Club Dellach, Austria	Hans-Günter Reiter, 210	Karl Bornemann, 215	Christian Sommer, 215
2001	Gloria Golf Club, Turkey	Barry Downing, 216	François Illouz, 217	Thomas Nilsson, 218
2000	Notts Golf Club, England	François Illouz, 221	Robert Sallis, 222	Gary Wolstenholme, 222
1999	Golf Club Grand-Ducal, Luxembourg	Hans-Günter Reiter, 215	John Lindberg, 216	Martin Galway, 220
1998	Roma Golf Club, Italy	Víctor Fernández, 215	Miguel Preysler, 218	Per Anders Winge, 218
1997	Karlovy Vary Golf Club, Czech Republic	Markus Frank, 211	Charles Banks, 217	Marcello Grabau, 223
1996	Golf de Chantilly, France	Markus Frank, 214	François Illouz, 215	John Paramor, 217
1995	Estoril Golf Club, Portugal	John Marks, 219	Ian Glantz, 219	Barry Downing, 220
1994	El Saler Golf Club, Spain	Lane McKenzie, 221	Veit Pagel, 222	Luis Gabarda, 222
1993	Royal Waterloo Golf Club, Belgium	Hans Ivarsson, 220	François Natali, 221	Veit Pagel, 221
1992	Venice Golf Club, Italy	Luis Gabarda, 216	Carlos Rampone, 217	Veit Pagel, 220
1991	Ascona Golf Club, Switzerland	Alexis Godillot, 216	Pierre-Alain Rey, 217	Luis Javier Trenor, 218

Source:^[3]

Multiple winners

3 wins: Hans-Günter Reiter
2 wins: Carlos de Corral, Markus Frank, Richard Heath, François Illouz, Gary Wolstenholme

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References

↑ "European Mid-Amateur Championship". Amateur Golf. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
↑ "European Mid-Amateur Men's Championship". EGA. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
↑ "European Mid-Amateur Men's Championship Results – European Golf Association" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2020.

External links

European Golf Association: Full results

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[1] "European Mid-Amateur Championship". Amateur Golf. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

[2] "European Mid-Amateur Men's Championship". EGA. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

[Results-3] "European Mid-Amateur Men's Championship Results – European Golf Association" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2020.

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v t e Amateur Championships of the European Golf Association
Individual events	European Amateur Championship Men's Women's Mid-Amateur Championship Men's Women's Senior Championship Men's Women's
Team events	Amateur Team Championship Men's Women's Under-18 Championship Boys' Girls' Under-22 Championship^† Boys' Girls' Under-16 Championship Mixed Senior Championship Men's Women's
Other events	Team Shield Men's Women's Club Trophy Men's Women's Disabled Golfers' Championship Individual Team
International matches¹	EGA-R&A Matches Men's Women's Boys U-18 Girls U-16 Boys U-21 ^‡ Asia-Pacific Matches Men's Women's Junior Ryder Cup
Affiliated events	IGF World Amateur Team Championship Men's Women's
¹The EGA is involved in the organisation of, or selection of teams, for a number of international matches. ^†Played 1961/68–2006. ^‡Played 1967–1994.