1965 European Amateur Team Championship

1965 European Amateur Team Championship

Royal St George's Golf Club clubhouse
Tournament information
Dates	23–27 June 1965
Location	Sandwich, Kent, England 51°16′26″N 1°22′01″E / 51.274°N 1.367°E / 51.274; 1.367
Course(s)	Royal St George's Golf Club
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	36 holes stroke play round-robin system match play
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,742 yards (6,165 m)
Field	17 teams circa 120 players
Champion
Ireland Joe Carr, , , , , ,
Qualification round: 599 (+39) Flight A matches: 4 points
Location Map
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The 1965 European Amateur Team Championship took place 23–27 June at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England and at nearby Royal Cinque Ports in Deal. It was the fourth 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 teams formed flight B, the next three teams formed flight C, the next three teams formed flight D and the last three teams formed flight E.

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. Teams were allowed to switch players during the team matches and select other players in to the afternoon single games after the morning foursome games.

The teams in flights A, B and C played their matches at Royal St George's, while the teams in flights D and E played their matches at Royal Cinque Ports.

Team Ireland, making its first appearance in the championship, won the gold medal, earning 4 points in flight A. Scotland took the silver medal, also on 4 team match points, but with lesser won game points. Defending champion and host country England earned the bronze on third place.

Individual leader in the first round of the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Michael Bonallack, England, with a score of 1-under-par 69. , Wales, shot the only under par score in the second round, also scoring 69. The total individual honor belonged to Michael Bonallack, with a 7-over-par score of 147 over 36 holes, but there was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Teams[]

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

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Belgium	John Bigwood, Jacques Moerman, Freddy Rodesch, Paul Rolin, Phiilippe Washer
Denmark	Steen Andersen, Niels Elsøe Jensen, Klaus Friche, John Jacobsen, Peter Palsby, Ole Pfeiffer, Niels Thygesen, Ole Wiberg-Jørgensen
England	Michael Bonallack, , Clive Clark, , Rodney Foster, Michael Lunt, Peter Townsend
France	, , , , , Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
Ireland	Joe Carr, , , , , ,
Scotland	, , , Charlie Green, , Sandy Saddler, Ronnie Shade
Spain	Iván Maura, Duke of Fernán-Núñez, Santiago Fernández, Javier Viladomiu
Sweden	, , , Claes Jöhncke, , , ,
Wales	, , , , , ,
West Germany	Walter Brühne, , Hans Lampert, Peter Möller, Helge Rademacher, Erik Sellschopp, Nils Wirichs

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Finland
Italy
Norway
Netherlands
Switzerland
Portugal

Sources: ^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Results[]

Qualification rounds

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	England	300-297=597	+37
2	Ireland	300-299=599	+39
3	Scotland	299-304=603	+43
4	Wales	307-302=609	+49
5	France	311-309=620	+60
T6	Sweden*	317-314=631	+71
	West Germany	313-318=631
8	Denmark	319-318=637	+77
9	Italy	324-314=638	+78
10	Spain	329-314=643	+83
11	Belgium	317-334=651	+91
T12	Switzerland*	347-326=673	+113
	Finland	341-332=673
14	Norway	327-348=675	+115
15	Portugal	340-339=679	+119
16	Netherlands	340-341=681	+121
17	Austria	343-355=698	+138

* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score.

Individual leaders

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Michael Bonallack	England	69-78=147	+7
T2	Joe Carr	Ireland	71-78=149	+9
		Ireland	76-73=149
		Wales	75-74=149

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

Flight A

Team matches

2	England	Wales	0
6.5		2.5

2	Ireland	Scotland	0
7		2

2	Scotland	England	0
6.5		2.5

2	Ireland	Wales	0
7		2

2	England	Ireland	0
6		3

2	Scotland	Wales	0
7		2

Team standings

Country	Place	W	T	L	Game points	Points
Ireland	1	2	0	1	17–10	4
Scotland	2	2	0	1	15.5–11.5	4
England	3	2	0	1	15–12	4
Wales	4	0	0	3	6.5–20.5	0

Flight B

Team matches

2	West Germany	Sweden	0
5		4

2	France	Denmark	0
6.5		2.5

2	Sweden	Denmark	0
5.5		3.5

2	France	West Germany	0
6		3

1	France	Sweden	1
4.5		4-5

1	Denmark	West Germany	1
4.5		4.5

Team standings

Country	Place	W	T	L	Game points	Points
France	5	2	1	0	17–10	5
Sweden	6	1	1	1	14–13	3
West Germany	7	1	1	1	12.5–14.5	3
Denmark	8	0	1	2	10.5–16.5	1

Flight C

Team standings

Country	Place	Points
Spain	9	3
Belgium	10	2
Italy	11	1

Flight D

Team standings

Country	Place	Points
Norway	12	4
Switzerland	13	2
Finland	14	0

Flight E

Team standings

Country	Place	Points
Netherlands	15	3
Portugal	16	3
Austria	17	0

Final standings

Place	Country
	Ireland
	Scotland
	England
4	Wales
5	France
6	Sweden
7	West Germany
8	Denmark
9	Spain
10	Belgium
11	Italy
12	Norway
13	Switzerland
14	Finland
15	Netherlands
16	Portugal
17	Austria

Sources:^[3][5][6][7]

See also[]

• Eisenhower Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation.
• European Ladies' Team Championship – European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association.

References[]

External links[]

• European Golf Association: Full results