Europcar Cup

Europcar Cup
Tournament information
LocationBiarritz, 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
 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]

  1. ^ "The Times calendar of world sport for 1989". The Times. 31 December 1988. p. 48.
  2. ^ "Biarritz". The Times. 7 November 1988. p. 46.
  3. ^ "For the Record". The Times. 4 November 1988. p. 43.