Intense drama as Gross wins gold
The battle for the podium places at the European Amateur Championship in Esbjerg was intense on the final day of competition

 
Where the championship is won and lost
Three holes on the back-nine will decide who will win the European Amateur Championship

 
Tricky Saturday greens
Steen Groth Clausen has prepared the greens for the final round at the European Amateur Championship. His advice to the players is to be cautious with their approaches

 
Ace sends Cutler in pole position
After a day of sunshine and perfect conditions, Irish player Paul Cutler took the lead in the European Amateur Championship in Esbjerg. Hen now enters an interesting final day one stroke ahead of Germanys Stephan Gross and Luke Goddard from England

 
Two Irish players in top
Getting better and better during the tournament Paul Cutler ended in 68 today and is now the leader of the European Amateur Championship

 
Play is resumed
After an hour with rainshowers and thunder, play resumed again at 2.45 pm.

Play is delayed due to thunder
Play was temporarily cancelled around 1.45 pm due to thunder.

Livescoring behind the scenes
Par, par, bogey, birdie. You can follow the live scores from the European Championships both on the web and on the big scoreboard in front of the clubhouse in Esbjerg. But how does it get there? This series of photos shows you how

 
Birdie weather in Esbjerg
Conditions are perfect for the 55 players that made the cut for Fridays third round in The European Amateur Championship in Esbjerg

 
Flying Dutchman takes the lead
Dutchman Jurrian Van der Vaart goes into the final two rounds of the European Championship with a solid three stroke lead. Sean Einhaus from Germany is in the hunting position

 
First hole in one in Esbjerg
Italian player Joon Kim happy for his eight-iron on hole no. 17 in Esbjerg

 
No driver - no problem
Dutchman Jurrian Van der Vaart took a chance and got rewarded. Now he’s in the lead of the European Championship in Esbjerg

 
66 best round for the present
Sharpened concentration gave Niall Kearney, Ireland, a completely different score today

 
Thomas Bjorn, beware!
The future stars of European golf are launching some serious attacks on the course record in Esbjerg Golf Club. A record which is still kept by Danish star Thomas Bjorn.

 
Windy countries top the leaderboard in windy Esbjerg
Only six players managed to break par on the first day of the European Championship in Denmark. Tough weather conditions kept most players in black numbers on the leaderboard

 
No Lucky Luke
Englishman Luke Goddard didn't need any luck when he posted an impressive first round of 68 (-3) to take the early lead in harsh conditions in Esbjerg

 
Early start an advantage
The norwegian player Are Friestad ended the first round in two under and calls the early start an advantage

 
Difficult conditions
Strong winds means high scores in Esbjerg where only a few players are able to get under par

 
Dutch and German starters
Two of Europes biggest talents will be hitting the first shots of the European Championship early Wednesday morning

 
Esbjerg is ready
The greenkeeper predicts fast greens and carpet-like fairways

 
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