1973 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 28 June – 1 July 1973 |
Location | Portimão, Algarve, Portugal 37°09′40″N 8°34′52″W / 37.161°N 8.581°W |
Course(s) | Penina Golf & Resort |
Organized by | European Golf Association |
Format | Qualification round: 18 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play |
Statistics | |
Par | 73 |
Length | 6,940 yards (6,350 m) |
Field | 18 teams circa 108 players |
Champion | |
England , Rodney Foster, , , Michael King, | |
Qualification round: 376 (+11) Final: 4–3 | |
Location Map | |
Penina Golf & Resort Location in Europe | |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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England | |
Scotland | |
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 |
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[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (2 July 1973). "Scots just fail after brave fight in singles". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results 1973 Penina". European Golf Association. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
External links[]
- European Amateur Team Championship
- Golf tournaments in Portugal
- 1973 in golf
- 1973 in Portuguese sport
- June 1973 sports events in Europe
- July 1973 sports events in Europe