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Europe’s leading men’s amateur teams will compete on the famed Albatros course in 2028
Le Golf National, alongside the French Golf Federation, have been confirmed as hosts for the 2028 European Amateur Team Championship, bringing one of the EGA’s oldest and most prestigious championships to one of Europe’s leading venues.
The 45th edition of the championship will be contested on the Albatros course, which has welcomed many of golf’s biggest events and players over more than three decades.
The 2028 championship will mark the first time the European Amateur Team Championship has been played at Le Golf National and the third time it has been staged in France. Golf de Chantilly hosted the two previous French editions, with Ireland taking the title in 1983 and Scotland lifting the trophy in 2016.
The announcement also continues a particularly active period for EGA championships and international matches in France. In recent years, the country has hosted the European Young Masters, the European Ladies, Girls’, Mid-Amateur and Senior Men’s Team Championships, as well as the European Men’s Club Trophy in each of 2024, 2025 and 2026.
That programme will continue in 2027, with France set to host the European Mid-Amateur Championships as well as the Jacques Léglise Trophy and Junior Vagliano Trophy, before the European Amateur Team Championship arrives at Le Golf National the following year.
A Stage for Golf’s Biggest Events
Located near Versailles, to the west of Paris, Le Golf National is the flagship venue of the French Golf Federation and has established itself as one of the continent’s foremost championship venues.
Its Albatros course was the stage for Europe’s memorable Ryder Cup victory in 2018 before welcoming the world’s best players once again for the Olympic golf competitions at Paris 2024. The venue is also the long-time home of the Open de France and has twice hosted the World Amateur Team Championships, in 1994 and 2022.
Designed by Hubert Chesneau and opened in 1990, the Albatros was created with major championship golf in mind. Its stadium-style layout, sculpted mounding, demanding approach shots and extensive water hazards have produced some of the most recognisable scenes in European golf, particularly across its dramatic closing stretch.
The course reopened in 2026 following an extensive programme of renovation, further strengthening the challenge and infrastructure of a venue already proven at the highest levels of the game.
In 2028, that stage will belong to Europe’s leading amateur teams.
One of European Amateur Golf’s Great Championships
First contested in 1959, the European Amateur Team Championship is among the longest-running events on the EGA calendar and has developed into one of the most competitive weeks in elite amateur golf.
Six-player national teams begin the five-day championship with two rounds of stroke play qualifying. The leading eight nations advance to Flight A, where three days of head-to-head match play decide the European title.
That format has repeatedly brought together generations of Europe’s best players before they reached the highest levels of the professional game.
Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Ludvig Åberg, Viktor Hovland, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry, Henrik Stenson, Francesco Molinari and Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard are among the players to have represented their countries in the championship.
The championship has also played an important role in the development of French golf. Ryder Cup players Thomas Levet and Victor Dubuisson are among those to have represented France in the event, alongside Raphaël Jacquelin, Grégory Havret, Alexander Lévy, Romain Langasque and Antoine Rozner.
France will also be looking to make the most of home advantage to end a more than 15-year wait for the title when the championship comes to Le Golf National. Their sole victory to date came in 2011 at Oceânico Victoria in Portugal, where they defeated Switzerland in the final.
The championship will head to Royal Bled in Slovenia in 2027 before making its return to France the following year, when the Albatros course will provide a fitting test for the next generation of Europe’s leading players.
