1967 European Amateur Team Championship

1967 European Amateur Team Championship

Tournament information
Dates	22–25 June 1967
Location	Turin, Italy 45°12′10″N 07°33′00″E / 45.20278°N 7.55000°E / 45.20278; 7.55000
Course(s)	Circolo Golf Torino – La Mandria
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 18 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Field	16 teams circa 96 players
Champion
Ireland Joe Carr, , , , ,
Qualification round: 366 (+6) Final: 4–3
Location Map
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The 1967 European Amateur Team Championship took place 22–25 June at Circolo Golf Torino – La Mandria, 18 kilometres north of central Turin, Italy. It was the fifth men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

All participating teams played one qualification round of stroke-play with up to six players, counted the five best scores for each team.

The eight best teams formed flight A, in knock-out match-play over the next three days. The teams were seeded based on their position after the stroke play. Each of the four best placed teams were drawn to play the quarter final against one of the teams in the flight placed in the next four positions. In each match between two nation teams, two 18-hole foursome games and five 18-hole single games were played. Teams were allowed to switch players during the team matches, selecting other players in to the afternoon single games after the morning foursome games.

The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight, B to play a similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

Defending champions team Ireland won the gold medal, beating team France 4–3 in the final. England earned the bronze on third place, after beating Scotland 4.5–2.5 in the bronze match.

Individual leaders in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was , Ireland, and Charlie Green, Scotland, tied on first place, each with a score of 3-under-par 69. There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.

Teams[]

16 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of five players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Belgium	John Bigwood, Eddy Carbonnelle, Jacques Moerman, Freddy Rodesch, Paul Rolin, Phiilippe Washer
England	, , , Rodney Foster, ,
France	, , , , , Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
Ireland	Joe Carr, , , , ,
Italy	Franco Bevione, Carlo Bordogna, Stefano Cimatti, Angelo Croce, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva
Scotland	, Charlie Green, , Sandy Saddler, Ronnie Shade,
Spain	Gonzalo Arana, Duke of Fernán-Núñez, Santiago Fernández, José Gancedo, D. Las Nieves, Roman Taya
Sweden	, Hans Hedjerson, Claes Jöhncke, , ,
Wales	, , , , ,
West Germany	Walter Brühne, Gerhard König, Jan Müller, Helge Rademacher, Christian Strenger,

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Denmark
Finland
Norway
Netherlands
Switzerland
West Germany

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	Ireland	366	+6
2	Scotland	371	+11
T3	England *	373	+13
	France	373
5	Sweden	376	+16
6	Spain	384	+24
7	Belgium	385	+25
8	Italy	386	+26
9	West Germany	390	+30
10	Wales	392	+32
11	Netherlands	396	+36
12	Denmark	397	+37
13	Switzerland	399	+39
14	Austria	403	+43
15	Norway	404	+44
16	Finland	407	+47

* 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
T1		Ireland	69	−3
	Charlie Green	Scotland	69
T3	Roger Lagarde	France	70	−2
	Geoff Marks	England	70
5	Ronnie Shade	Scotland	71	−1
T6	Joe Carr	Ireland	72	E
	Magnus Lindberg	Sweden	72
	David Sheahan	Ireland	72

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

Flight A

Quarter finals

Ireland	Sweden
5	2

England	Belgium
4.5	2.5

Scotland	Spain
5.5	1.5

France	Italy
5	2

Match for 7th place

Belgium	Spain
4	3

Match for 5th place

Italy	Sweden
4	3

Semi finals

Ireland	England
5	2

France	Scotland
4	3

Bronze match

England	Scotland
4.5	2.5

Final

Ireland	France
4	3
Carr / Craddock 5 & 3	Cros / Morgue d'Algue
Egan / Flaherty	Godillot / Lagarde 5 & 3
Joe Carr	Patrick Cros 1 hole
Tom Craddock	Alexis Godillot 2 & 1
David Sheahan 4 & 3	Gaetan Morgue d'Algue
Peter Flaharty 5 & 4	Jean-Charles Desbordes
Tom Egan 1 hole	Roger Lagarde

Flight B

First round elimination

Wales	Austria
5.5	1.5

Denmark	Finland
4.5	2.5

Norway	Netherlands
4	3

West Germany	Switzerland
6	1

Second round elimination

West Germany	Norway
7	0

Wales	Denmark
4	3

Netherlands	Switzerland
4	3

Austria	Finland
5	2

Match for 15th place

Switzerland	Finland
5.5	1.5

Match for 13th place

Austria	Netherlands
4	3

Match for 11th place

Denmark	Norway
4	3

Match for 9th place

Wales	West Germany
4	3

Final standings

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

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