1959 European Amateur Team Championship

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1959 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates22–27 June 1959
LocationBarcelona, Spain
41°34′12″N 2°03′18″E / 41.570°N 2.055°E / 41.570; 2.055
Course(s)
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
Format36 holes stroke play
round-robin system match play
Statistics
Par72
Length6,359 yards (5,815 m)
Field9 teams
circa 60 players
Champion
 Sweden
, ,
, ,
, ,
(captain and substitute player),
Qualification round: 612 (+36)
Flight A matches: 5 points
Location Map
Real Club de Golf El Prat is located in Spain
Real Club de Golf El Prat
Real Club de Golf El Prat
Location in Spain
1961 →

The 1959 European Amateur Team Championship took place 22–27 June on the outside Barcelona, Spain. It was the first men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

All participating teams played two qualification rounds of stroke-play, counting the four best scores out of up to six players for each team. The four best teams formed flight A. The next four best teams formed flight B.

The winner in each flight was determined by a round-robin system. All teams in the flight met each other and the team with most points for team matches in flight A won the tournament, using the scale, win=2 points, halved=1 point, lose=0 points. In each match between two nation teams, three foursome games and six single games were played.

Team Sweden won the championship, earning 5 points in flight A. Team France finished second, ahead of host country Spain.

Individual winner in the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was , West Germany, with a score of 2-over-par 146. , France, shot a new course record in the second round, with a score of 69 over 18 holes at the El Prat course.

Teams[]

Nine nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
 France , , , , Jean-Louis Dupont, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
 Spain Juan Antonio Andreu, Iván Maura, Enrigue Muro, Eduardo de la Riva, Fransisco Sanchiz, Ignacio Urguijo
 Sweden , , , , ,
, ,*
 West Germany , , , , ,

* Note: Odqvist entered the tournament as non-playing captain, but since Lindeblad and Möller was not able to play on June 25th in Sweden's match against Spain and Bielke and Carlander was not able to play on June 26th in Sweden's match against West Germany, due to food poisoning, Odqist played in these two matches.

Other participating teams

Country
 Belgium
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Portugal
  Switzerland

Results[]

Qualification rounds

Flight A

Flight B

Final standings

# Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
4  West Germany
5  Italy
6  Belgium
7   Switzerland
8  Netherlands
9  Portugal

Sources: [1][2][3][4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 153–158. ISBN 9172603283.
  2. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007.
  3. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Sverige första Europamästaren" [Sweden first European Champions]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. August 1959. pp. 2–5. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

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