1961 European Amateur Team Championship

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1961 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates20–25 July 1961
LocationBrussels, Belgium
50°49′N 4°29′E / 50.817°N 4.483°E / 50.817; 4.483
Course(s)
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
Format36 holes stroke play
round-robin system match play
Statistics
Par73
Length6,627 yards (6,060 m)
Field10 teams
circa 70 players
Champion
 Sweden
, , , , , ,
Qualification round: 591 (+7) (2nd place)
Flight A matches: 5 points
Location Map
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Royal GC de Belgique
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The 1961 European Amateur Team Championship took place 20 – 25 July on the in Brussels, Belgium. It was the second 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 three teams formed flight B and the next three teams formed flight C.

The standings 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.

Defending champion team Sweden won the gold medal, earning 5 points in flight A. Team England, on their first appearance in the championship, took the silver medal on 4 points and France earned, just as in the inaugural edition two years before, the bronze on third place.

On the last day of the tournament, Sweden and England met in the deciding match, were a tie was enough to give Sweden the championship. In the game between Bengt Möller, Sweden, and Warren, England, Möller made a 14-meter putt on the 18th green, to tie the hole, win his game by one hole and secure a tie of the team match and the championship for Sweden, despite another two ongoing games.

Individual winner in the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue, France, with a score of 3-under-par 143. , Sweden, shot a new course record in the second round, with a score of 69 over 18 holes at the Belgique course.

Teams[]

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

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
 England , G. Evans, , , D.G. Neech, D. Rawlinson,
 France , , , , , , , Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
 Italy Eduardo Bergamo, Nadi Berruti, Franco Bevione, Angelo Croce, E. Remigi, Alberto Schiaffino
 Sweden , , , , , ,
 West Germany Walter Brühne, Hans Lampert, Peter Möller, Jean Philipps, Helge Rademacher, Erik Sellschopp, Henning Sostmann

Other participating teams

Country
 Austria
 Belgium
 Netherlands
 Spain
  Switzerland

Results[]

Qualification rounds

Team standings

# Country Score To par
1  England 292-298=590 +6
2  Sweden 299-292=591 +7
3  France 301-297=598 +14
4  Italy 303-297=600 +16
5  West Germany 306-299=605 +21
6  Belgium 307-306=613 +29
7  Spain 311-307=618 +34
8  Netherlands 318-313=631 +47
9   Switzerland 323-313=636 +52
10  Austria 324-323=647 +63

Individual leader

# Player Country Score To par
1 Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue  France 72-71=143 −3

Note: There was no official recognition for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Team matches

2  Sweden  France 0
5 4
2  England  Italy 0
6.5 2.5
2  Sweden  Italy 0
7 2
1  England  France 1
4.5 4.5
1  Sweden  England 1
4.5 4.5
2  France  Italy 0
5 4

Team standings

Country Place W T L Game points Points
 Sweden 1 2 1 0 16.5–10.5 5
 England 2 1 2 0 15.5–11.5 4
 France 3 1 1 1 13.5–13.5 3
 Italy 4 0 0 3 8.5–18.5 0

Flight B

Team standings

Country Place
 West Germany 5
 Belgium 6
 Spain 7

Flight C

Team standings

Country Place
 Netherlands 8
  Switzerland 9
 Austria 10

Final standings

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

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. ^ "Fantomputt gav EM åt Sverige" [Great putt gave Sweden the European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. July–August 1961. pp. 2–5. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

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