2020 European Amateur Team Championship
golf competition
The 2020 European Amateur Team Championship took place 10–12 September at Hilversumsche Golf Club in the Netherlands. It was the 37th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
Venue
The club was founded in 1895, as the fourth golf club in the Netherlands. Its course for the championship consisted of nine holes opened in 1918, designed by Henry Burrows, and nine holes opened in 1928, designed by Harry Colt. Latest major course changes were designed by Kyle Philips in 2009.
The championship course was set up with par 72.
Format
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the championship was played in a reduced format, with 14 teams participating, each of them with four players. All competitors played one 18-hole-round of stroke-play on the first day. The team scores were based on the leading three scores of each team.
After the first day the leading eight teams formed flight A and competed in knock-out match-play over the next three days.
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