1981 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 24–28 June 1981 |
Location | St Andrews, Scotland 56°20′35″N 2°48′11″W / 56.343°N 2.803°W |
Course(s) | Old Course at St Andrews |
Organized by | European Golf Association |
Format | Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,933 yards (6,340 m) |
Field | 19 teams 114 players |
Champion | |
England Roger Chapman, , , , Peter McEvoy, Paul Way | |
Qualification round: 747 (+27) Final match: 4–3 | |
Location Map | |
Location in Europe | |
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.
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 |
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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 |
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Austria |
Belgium |
Czechoslovakia |
Finland |
Iceland |
Italy |
Luxembourg |
Netherlands |
Norway |
Portugal |
Spain |
Switzerland |
Results[]
Qualification round
Team standings
Place | Country | Score | To par |
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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 |
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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 |
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England | |
Scotland | |
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 |
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 (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ Ohlson, Jörgen (July 1981). "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. pp. 20–22. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (29 June 1981). "New course of action is vital". The Glasgow Herald. p. 30. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (26 June 1981). "Change of fortune gives Scots a brighter outlook". The Glasgow Herald. p. 21. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (27 June 1981). "Scotland into last four by tight margins". The Glasgow Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
External links[]
- European Amateur Team Championship
- Golf tournaments in Scotland
- 1981 in golf
- 1981 in British sport
- June 1981 sports events in the United Kingdom