1971 European Amateur Team Championship

1971 European Amateur Team Championship

Tournament information
Dates	24–27 June 1971
Location	Lausanne, Switzerland 46°33′40″N 6°40′34″E / 46.561°N 6.676°E / 46.561; 6.676
Course(s)	Golf Club de Lausanne
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 18 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,885 yards (6,296 m)
Field	17 teams circa 102 players
Champion
England Michael Bonallack, Rodney Foster, Warren Humphreys Michael King, , David Marsh
Qualification round: 368 (+13) Final: 4.5–2.5
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The 1971 European Amateur Team Championship took place 24–27 June at Golf Club de Lausanne, in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was the seventh 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. The first placed team were drawn to play the quarter final against the eight placed team, the second against the seventh, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth. 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 three teams placed 15–17 formed Flight C, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

During three practice days before the tournament, the whether was warm and sunny, but on the first day of competition, play was interrupted several times due to heavy rain.

Defending champions England won the gold medal, earning their third title, beating Scotland 5–2 in the final. Team Norway, for the first time on the podium, earned the bronze on third place, after beating Spain 4–3 in the bronze match.

Individual leaders in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Martin Kessler, Switzerland, Klaus Nierlich, Austria and Hugh Stuart, Scotland, tied first, each with a score of 1-over-par 73. There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.

Teams[]

17 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, Kjeld Friche, Klaus Hove, Henry Knudsen, John Nielsen, Hans Stenderup
England	Michael Bonallack, Rodney Foster, Warren Humphreys, Michael King, , David Marsh
France	, , , ,
Ireland	, , , , ,
Italy	Stefano Cimatti, L. Fabrini, Franco Gigliarelli, Delio Lovato, Lorenzo Silva, Carlo Tadini
Norway	Erik Dønnestad, Olaf Eie, Yngve Eriksen, Johan Horn, Svend Knutsen, Asbjørn Ramnefjell
Scotland	Charlie Green, , , , ,
Spain	Álvaro Arana, Santiago Fernández, José Gancedo, José Luis Noguer, Roman Taya, Javier Viladomiu
Sweden	Olle Dahlgren, Hans Hedjerson, Claes Jöhncke, , Gunnar Mueller, Jan Rube
Switzerland	Thomas Fortmann, Yves Hofstetter, Martin Kessler, Uli Lamm, Peter Müller, Jürg Pesko
Wales	, Simon Cox, , , ,
West Germany	Freidrich Janssen, H.G. Heinrigs, , Jan Müller, ,

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Netherlands

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	Scotland	380	+20
2	Spain	384	+24
3	France	386	+26
T4	Norway *	387	+27
	Switzerland	387
6	England	388	+28
7	Wales	391	+31
8	Ireland	392	+32
9	Denmark	393	+33
10	West Germany	395	+35
11	Sweden	396	+36
T12	Netherlands *	397	+37
	Austria	397
14	Italy	407	+47
15	Finland	409	+49
16	Belgium	412	+52
17	Czechoslovakia	422	+62

* 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	Martin Kessler	Switzerland	73	+1
	Klaus Nierlich	Austria	73
		Scotland	73
T4	Yngve Eriksen	Norway	74	+2
	Thomas Fortmann	Switzerland	74
		Scotland	74

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

Flight A

Quarter finals

Spain	Wales
4	3

England	France
4	3

Norway	Switzerland
4.5	2.5

Scotland	Ireland
4	3

Elimination matches

Ireland	Switzerland
5	2

Wales	France
7	0

Match for 7th place

France	Switzerland
5	2

Match for 5th place

Ireland	Wales
5	2

Semi finals

England	Spain
6	1

Scotland	Norway
7	0

Bronze match

Norway	Spain
4	3

Final

England	Scotland
5	2
Bonallack/Humhpreys 19th	Green/MacGrecor
Foster/Marks	Stuart/Thomson 20th
Rodney Foster 3 & 2	Charlie Green
Geoff Marks 1 hole	Scott MacDonald
Michael Bonallack 2 holes	Hugh Smart
Warren Humphreys	Matt Lygate 1 hole
Michael King 4 & 3	George MacGregor

Flight B

Elimination matches

Sweden	Italy
5.5	1.5

Netherlands	Austria
5.5	1.5

Denmark	Netherlands
4	3

Sweden	West Germany
5	2

Match for 13th place

Italy	Austria
5	2

Match for 11th place

West Germany	Netherlands
4	3

Match for 9th place

Denmark	Sweden
4	3

Flight C

Elimination matches

Czechoslovakia	Finland
6	1

Belgium	Finland
4	3

Match for 15th place

Belgium	Czechoslovakia
6	1

Final standings

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

Sources:^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

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