European Senior Men's Championship

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

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.

Format

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

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

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Nations Cup

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