1973 European Amateur Team Championship

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1973 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates28 June – 1 July 1973
LocationPortimão, Algarve, Portugal
37°09′40″N 8°34′52″W / 37.161°N 8.581°W / 37.161; -8.581
Course(s)Penina Golf & Resort
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 18 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par73
Length6,940 yards (6,350 m)
Field18 teams
circa 108 players
Champion
 England
, Rodney Foster,
, ,
Michael King,
Qualification round: 376 (+11)
Final: 4–3
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The 1973 European Amateur Team Championship took place 28 June – 1 July at Penina Golf & Resort in Portimão, Algarve, Portugal. It was the eighth men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

The tournament was played at the resort's 18-hole Championship Course, originally called The Penina, founded by John Stilwell and designed by Sir Henry Cotton. The course was set up with par 35 over the first nine holes and par 38 on the second nine, finishing with two par 5 holes.

All participating teams played one qualification round of stroke-play with 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 use six players during the team matches, selecting four of them in the morning foursome matches and five players in to the afternoon single 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.

The whether was warm and sunny during the whole tournament.

Defending champions England won the gold medal, earning their fourth title, beating, just as at the previous event, Scotland in the final, this time with 4–3. Team Sweden, 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 , England, , Switzerland and , Scotland, tied first, each with a score of 2-under-par 71. There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.

Teams[]

18 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Country Players
 Austria Johann Egger, Michel Kotchwar, Ekki Lantschner, Peter Nierlich, Helmuth Reichel, Lampert Stolz
 Belgium John Bigwood, Yves Brose, Michel Eaton, Yves Mahain, Freddy Rodesch, Jean Rolin
 Denmark Kjeld Friche, Klaus Hove, Henry Knudsen, John Nielsen, Hans Stenderup, Ole Wiberg-Jørgensen
 England , Rodney Foster, , , Michael King,
 Finland Asko Arkola, Juhani Hämäläinen, Harry Safonoff, Kari Salonen, Juha Utter, Lauri Wirkala
 France Patrick Cotton, , , , George Leven,
 Iceland Torbjörn Kjaerbo, Einar Gudnason, J. Guomundsson, Lofter Olafsson, , Ottar Yngvarson
 Ireland , , , , Des Smyth,
 Italy Alberto Croze, Franco Gigliarelli, Delio Lovato, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva, Carlo Tadini
 Netherlands Carel Braun, Lout Meertens, Jaap van Neck, Teun Rozenburg, Piet-Hein Streutgers, Victor Swane
 Norway Per Aarum, Erik Dønnestad, Petter Dønnestad, Yngve Eriksen, Johan Horn, Christian Staubo
 Portugal Rodrico M. Bivar, Nuno A. de Brito a Cunha, Pedro d'Hommee Caupers, Antonio Carmona Santos, Jorge H. Soares, José Lara de Sousa e Melo
 Scotland , Charlie Green, Ian Hutcheon, , ,
 Spain Santiago Fernández, , Nicasio Sagardia, Francisco Sanchiz, Miguel Taya,
 Sweden Olle Dahlgren, Jan Grönkwist, Hans Hedjerson, Staffan Mannerström, Jan Rube, Per-Roland Quist
  Switzerland Yves Hofstetter, Martin Kessler, Uli Lamm, Jürg Pesko, Michel Rey, Johnny Storjohann
 Wales , Simon Cox, , , ,
 West Germany Heinrich Adam, Hans Lampert, , ,

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place Country Score To par
1  Scotland 374 +9
2  England 376 +11
3  France 377 +12
4  Sweden 378 +13
5   Switzerland 381 +16
6  Spain 389 +24
7  Wales 390 +25
8  West Germany 391 +26
9  Denmark 395 +30
10  Italy 396 +31
11  Ireland 398 +33
12  Finland 399 +34
13  Netherlands 403 +38
14  Norway 407 +42
15  Belgium 409 +44
16  Portugal 414 +49
T17  Austria * 429 +64
 Iceland 429

* 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  England 71 −2
  Switzerland 71
 Scotland 71
T4 Hans Hedjerson  Sweden 72 −1
Charlie Green  Scotland 72
T6 Rodney Foster  England 73 E
 France 73
 Finland 73
 Spain 73

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

Flight A

Quarter finals

 Sweden   Switzerland
4 3
 Spain  France
4 3
 England  Wales
5 2
 Scotland  West Germany
7 0

Elimination matches

  Switzerland  West Germany
4.5 2.5
 France  Wales
4.5 2.5

Match for 7th place

 West Germany  Wales
5.5 1.5

Match for 5th place

 France   Switzerland
5.5 1.5

Semi finals

 England  Spain
6 1
 Scotland  Sweden
5 2

Bronze match

 Sweden  Spain
4 3

Final

 England  Scotland
4 3
Hedges / King 7 & 6 Stuart / Milne
Foster / Homer 20th Green / MacGregor
John Davies Stuart 3 & 2
Rodney Foster 2 & 1 Charlie Green
Michael King Willie Milne 1 hole
Peter Hedges 2 & 1 George MacGregor
Trevor Homer Ian Hurcheon 3 & 2

Flight B

Elimination matches

 Norway  Ireland
4 3
 Netherlands  Finland
4 3
 Norway  Italy
4 3
 Denmark  Netherlands
6 1

Match for 13th place

 Ireland  Finland
5 2

Match for 11th place

 Italy  Netherlands
4 3

Match for 9th place

 Denmark  Norway
4 3

Flight C

Elimination matches

 Portugal  Austria
5.5 1.5
 Belgium  Iceland
7 0
 Portugal  Iceland
5 2
 Belgium  Austria
7 0

Match for 17th place

 Iceland  Austria
4.5 2.5

Match for 15th place

 Belgium  Portugal
4 3

Final standings

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

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. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  2. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  4. ^ Lindberg, Magnus (August 1973). "Dagbok från EM" [Dairy from the European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. pp. 16–18, 54. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  5. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (2 July 1973). "Scots just fail after brave fight in singles". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  7. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results 1973 Penina". European Golf Association. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

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