1981 European Amateur Team Championship

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1981 European Amateur Team Championship
18th Green and Clubhouse.jpg
18th green at the Old Course at St Andrews
Tournament information
Dates24–28 June 1981
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
56°20′35″N 2°48′11″W / 56.343°N 2.803°W / 56.343; -2.803
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par72
Length6,933 yards (6,340 m)
Field19 teams
114 players
Champion
 England
Roger Chapman, ,
, ,
Peter McEvoy, Paul Way
Qualification round: 747 (+27)
Final match: 4–3
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The 1981 European Amateur Team Championship took place 24–28 June at the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. It was the 12th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Each team consisted of five or six players, playing two rounds of stroke-play over two days, counting the five best scores each day for each team.

Team France won the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition, despite playing with only five players and having to count all five scores, because of an arm injury to team member , who could not play.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was , France, with a score of 2-under-par 142, one stroke ahead of Philip Walton, Ireland.

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. Teams were allowed to use six players during the team matches, selecting four of them in the two morning foursome games and five players in to the afternoon single games. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.

The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B, to play similar knock-out play, and the three teams placed 17–19 formed flight C, to play all against each other, to decide their final positions.

Defending champions team England won the gold medal, earning their sixth title, beating host country Scotland in the final 4–3. The last and deciding game, between , England, and Ian Hutcheon, Scotland, went on to the 20th hole, in beginning darkness. Hutcheon had made a necessary birdie on the 18th to tie the match and holed a chip shot on the first extra hole to survive after hitting in to the Swilcan Burn, but Deeble won the 20th hole and the championship for England.

The Swilcan Bridge spanning the Swilcan Burn on the Old Course

Team Wales earned the bronze on third place, after beating France 4–3 in the bronze match.

Teams[]

19 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of five or six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
 Denmark Erik Groth-Andersen, Per Sørgaard-Jensen, John Nielsen, Leif Nyholm, Jacob Rasmussen, Anders Sørensen
 England Roger Chapman, , , , Peter McEvoy, Paul Way
 France J.-C. Gassiat, , , , ,
 Ireland D. Brannigan, , Garth McGimpsey, , Ronan Rafferty, Philip Walton
 Scotland , , Barclay Howard, , Ian Hutcheon,
 Sweden Per Andersson, Anders Forsbrand, Krister Kinell, Göran Lundqvist, Jan Rube, Ove Sellberg
 Wales R.D. Broad, Duncan Evans, , , ,
 West Germany , , , J. Schuchmann, ,

Other participating teams

Country
 Austria
 Belgium
 Czechoslovakia
 Finland
 Iceland
 Italy
 Luxembourg
 Netherlands
 Norway
 Portugal
 Spain
  Switzerland

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place Country Score To par
1  France 367-367=734 +14
2  Wales 736 +16
3  Scotland 739 +19
4  Ireland 740 +20
5  England 747 +27
6  Sweden 750 +30
7  West Germany 753 +33
8  Denmark 760 +40
9  Italy 762 +42
10  Spain 765 +45
11   Switzerland 768 +48
12  Norway 773 +53
13  Iceland 776 +56
14  Finland 782 +62
15  Austria 791 +71
16  Netherlands 792 +72
17  Belgium 795 +75
18  Portugal 805 +85
19  Luxembourg 837 +117

Individual leaders

Place Player Country Score To par
1  France 71-71=142 −2
2 Philip Walton  Ireland 75-68=143 −1
T3 Duncan Evans  Wales 67-77=144 E
Per Sørgaard-Jensen  Denmark 72-72=144
T5 Hugh Evans  Wales 73-72=145 +1
John Huggan  Scotland 75-70=145
T7  Scotland 74-72=146 +2
Ragnar Olafsson  Iceland 74-72=146

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

Flight A

Quarter finals

 Wales  West Germany
5 2
 Scotland  Sweden
4 3
 England  Ireland
5 2
 France  Denmark
4 3

Elimination matches

 West Germany  Sweden
4 3
 Ireland  Denmark
5 2

Match for 7th place

 Sweden  Denmark
4 3

Match for 5th place

 Ireland  West Germany
6 1

Semi finals

 Scotland  Wales
5.5 0.5
 England  France
7 0

Bronze match

 Wales  France
4 3

Final

 England  Scotland
4 3
McEvoy/Deeble Howard/Hutcheon 19th hole
Chapman/Way 5 & 4 Coults/Dalgleish
Deeble 20th hole Hutcheon
McEvoy 4 & 3 Dalgleisg
Godwin 4 & 2 Howard
Way Coults 4 & 3
Chapman MacGregor 1 hole

Flight B

First round elimination

 Austria  Spain
4 3
  Switzerland  Finland
5.5 1.5
 Iceland  Norway
5 2
 Netherlands  Italy
4 3

Second round elimination

  Switzerland  Austria
4.5 2.5
 Netherlands  Iceland
4 3
 Spain  Finland
4 3
 Norway  Italy
5 2

Match for 15th place

 Italy  Finland
5.5 1.5

Match for 13th place

 Norway  Spain
4 3

Match for 11th place

 Austria  Iceland
5 2

Match for 9th place

  Switzerland  Netherlands
4 3

Flight C

 Luxembourg  Portugal
4 3
 Belgium  Luxembourg
4 3
 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)  Wales
4  France
5  Ireland
6  West Germany
7  Sweden
8  Denmark
9   Switzerland
10  Netherlands
11  Austria
12  Iceland
13  Norway
14  Spain
15  Italy
16  Finland
17  Belgium
18  Luxembourg
19  Portugal

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Ohlson, Jörgen (July 1981). "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. pp. 20–22. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  3. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (29 June 1981). "New course of action is vital". The Glasgow Herald. p. 30. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  4. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (26 June 1981). "Change of fortune gives Scots a brighter outlook". The Glasgow Herald. p. 21. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  5. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (27 June 1981). "Scotland into last four by tight margins". The Glasgow Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

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