1983 European Amateur Team Championship

1983 European Amateur Team Championship

Tournament information
Dates	22–26 June 1983
Location	Paris, France 49°12′20″N 2°29′00″E / 49.20556°N 2.48333°E / 49.20556; 2.48333
Course(s)
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	71
Length	7,108 yards (6,500 m)
Field	19 teams 114 players
Champion
Ireland , , Garth McGimpsey, , , Philip Walton
Qualification round: 730 (+20) Final match: 5–2
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The 1983 European Amateur Team Championship took place 22–26 June at , in Chantilly in the Hauts-de-France region of Northern France, 38 kilometres (24 miles) north of the centre of Paris. It was the 13th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

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

Team Scotland won the opening 36-hole competition, with a score of 8 over par 718.

Individual leader was Peter McEvoy, England, with a score of 8-under-par 134, five strokes ahead of , Norway. In his second round, McEvoy scored 8 birdies and 10 pars for an 8-under-par 63 score on the Chantilly course, set up with par 71 over 7,108 yards .

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 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.

Team Ireland won the gold medal, earning their third title, beating Spain in the final 5–2. Team Italy earned the bronze on third place, after beating Scotland 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	Henry Knudsen, Leif Nyholm, Jacob Rasmussen, Søren Rolner, Anders Sørensen, Steen Tinning
England	, Stephen Keppler, Peter McEvoy, Andrew Oldcorn, ,
France	, , Marc Pendaries, , ,
Ireland	, , Garth McGimpsey, , , Philip Walton
Italy	Mauro Bianco, , , , Silvio Grappasonni, Sergio Prati
Norway	Eric Bjerkholt, Tom Fredriksen, Gard Midtvåge, Ragnvald Risan, , Lars-Erik Underthun
Scotland	, , , , Stephen McAllister, J.A. Thomson
Spain	, Julián García-Mayoral, José María Olazábal, , ,
Sweden	, , , , ,
Wales	R.D. Broad, G. Davies, , , Philip Parkin, D.K. Wood
West Germany	, , , , ,

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Finland
Greece
Iceland
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Switzerland

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	Scotland	718	+8
2	England	721	+11
3	Italy	725	+15
4	Ireland	730	+20
5	France	733	+23
6	Denmark	737	+27
7	Spain	739	+29
T8	Norway *	747	+37
	West Germany	747
10	Sweden	748	+38
11	Wales	750	+40
12	Switzerland	754	+44
13	Belgium	758	+48
14	Finland	773	+63
15	Greece	775	+65
16	Netherlands	781	+71
17	Austria	785	+75
18	Iceland	808	+88
19	Luxembourg	849	+139

* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the best total of the two non-counting scores of the two rounds.

Individual leaders

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Peter McEvoy	England	71-63=134	−8
2		Norway	69-70=139	−3
T3		Italy	70-71=141	−1
		Scotland	71-70=141
T5		Scotland	71-71=142	E
T6		Belgium	72-71=143	+1
	Philip Parkin	Wales	73-70=143
	Steen Tinning	Denmark	74-69=143

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

Flight A

Quarter finals

Spain	England
4	3

Italy	Denmark
4	3

Ireland	France
6	1

Scotland	Norway
4	3

Elimination matches

England	Denmark
6	1

France	Norway
7	0

Match for 7th place

Denmark	Norway
5	2

Match for 5th place

England	France
4.5	2.5

Semi finals

Spain	Italy
4.5	2.5

Ireland	Scotland
4	3

Bronze match

Italy	Scotland
4	3

Final

Ireland	Spain
5	2
Walton/McGimpsey 4 & 3	Ollé/Garcia-Mayoral
Pierse/Carr 22nd hole	Olazábal/Gervas
Walton 4 & 3	Ollé
Pierse AS *	Quiepo de Llano AS *
McGimpsey 2 & 1	Taya 2 & 1
Morris AS *	Gervas AS *
Cleary	Olazábal 8 & 7

* Note: Games declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

Elimination matches

Sweden	Greece
6	1

Wales	Finland
5	2

Switzerland	Belgium
4	3

Sweden	Wales
6	1

Switzerland	West Germany
4	3

Match for 13th place

Finland	Belgium
4.5	2.5

Match for 11th place

West Germany	Wales
4.5	2.5

Match for 9th place

Sweden	Switzerland
5	2

Flight C

Elimination matches

Austria	Iceland
5	2

Netherlands	Luxembourg
4.5	2.5

Match for 18th place

Iceland	Luxembourg
5	2

Match for 16th place

Austria	Netherlands
5	2

Final standings

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

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

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