1969 European Amateur Team Championship

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1969 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates26–29 June 1969
LocationHamburg, Germany
53°34′29″N 9°45′55″E / 53.57472°N 9.76528°E / 53.57472; 9.76528
Course(s)Hamburger Golf Club – Falkenstein
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 18 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par71
Length6,655 yards (6,085 m)
Field18 teams
circa 108 players
Champion
 England
, Michael Bonallack,
Bruce Critchley, Rodney Foster,
,
Qualification round: 368 (+13)
Final: 4.5–2.5
Location Map
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The 1969 European Amateur Team Championship took place 26–29 June at Hamburger Golf Club – Falkenstein, 20 kilometres west of central Hamburg, Germany. It was the sixth 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 positions 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 matches after the morning foursome matches.

The six teams placed 9–14 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B and the four teams placed 15–18 formed Flight C, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

England won the gold medal, earning their second title, beating host country West Germany 4.5–2.5 in the final. Defending champions team Ireland earned the bronze on third place, after beating Italy 5.5–1.5 in the bronze match.

Individual leader in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was , Scotland, with a course record score of 3-under-par 68, one stroke ahead of , Ireland. There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Teams[]

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

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
 Denmark , Nils Elsøe Jensen, Klaus Friche, Klaus Hove, Ole Wiberg-Jørgensen
 England , Michael Bonallack, Bruce Critchley, Rodney Foster, ,
 Ireland Joe Carr, , , , John O'Leary,
 Italy Franco Bevione, P. Cora, Baldovino Dassù, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva, Carlo Tadini
 Scotland , , Charlie Green, , ,
 Sweden , Hans Hedjerson, Claes Jöhncke, , ,
 Wales , , , , ,
 West Germany , , Hans Lampert, , , Nils Wirichs

Other participating teams

Country
 Austria
 Belgium
 Czechoslovakia
 Finland
 France
 Norway
 Netherlands
 Portugal
 Spain
  Switzerland

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place Country Score To par
1  Scotland 367 +11
2  England 368 +13
3  Denmark 370 +15
T4  Wales * 371 +16
 Ireland 371
6  Sweden 379 +24
T7  West Germany * 384 +29
 Italy 384
T9  Spain * 386 +31
 Belgium 386
11  Austria 388 +33
12  France 389 +34
13  Norway 390 +35
14  Finland 394 +39
15   Switzerland 397 +42
16  Netherlands 401 +46
17  Portugal 410 +55
18  Czechoslovakia 415 +60

* 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  Scotland 68 −3
2  Ireland 70 −1
T3  Denmark 71 E
 Ireland 71

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

Flight A

Quarter finals

 England  Sweden
4 3
 Ireland  Scotland
4 3
 West Germany  Denmark
4.5 2.5
 Italy  Wales
5 2

Match for 7th place

 Wales  Denmark
4 3

Match for 5th place

 Scotland  Sweden
5.5 1.5

Semi finals

 England  Italy
4.5 2.5
 West Germany  Ireland
4.5 2.5

Bronze match

 Ireland  Italy
5.5 1.5

Final

 England  West Germany
4.5 2.5

Flight B

Elimination matches

 France  Finland
6 1
 Norway  Austria
4 3
 France  Belgium
4 3
 Norway  Spain
4.5 2.5

Match for 13th place

 Finland  Austria
4.5 2.5

Match for 11th place

 Belgium  Spain
5 2

Match for 9th place

 France  Norway
4.5 2.5

Flight C

Elimination matches

 Netherlands  Czechoslovakia
5 2
  Switzerland  Portugal
5 2
  Switzerland  Czechoslovakia
4 3
 Netherlands  Portugal
5 2

Match for 17th place

 Portugal  Czechoslovakia
4 3

Match for 15th place

  Switzerland  Netherlands
5 2

Final standings

Place Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ireland
4  Italy
5  Scotland
6  Sweden
7  Wales
8  Denmark
9  France
10  Norway
11  Belgium
12  Spain
13  Finland
14  Austria
15   Switzerland
16  Netherlands
17  Portugal
18  Czechoslovakia

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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. ^ "England blev vårt Waterloo i dramatisk EM-uppgörelse" [England became our Waterloo in dramatic European Championship fight]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. August 1969. pp. 9–12. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (30 June 1969). "England beat Germany for European title". The Glasgow Herald. p. 4. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  6. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (27 June 1969). "Cosh leads Scotland to unexpected first qualifying place". The Glasgow Herald. p. 6. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

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