1991 European Amateur Team Championship

1991 European Amateur Team Championship
	Course at Puerta de Hierro
Tournament information
Dates	26–30 June 1991
Location	Madrid, Spain; 40°27′40″N 3°44′13″W / 40.461°N 3.737°W
Course(s)	Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play; Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,043 yards (6,440 m)
Field	19 teams; 114 players
Champion
	England; Gary Evans, Ian Garbutt,; Jim Payne, ,; ,
	Qualification round: 715 (−5); Final match: 5–2
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The 1991 European Amateur Team Championship took place 26 –30 June at Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in the northwest of Madrid, Spain, in the district of Moncloa, 5 kilometres from the city center. It was the 17th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

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

Team England won the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition, with a 5-under-par score of 715, six strokes ahead of host nation Spain.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Liam White, England, with a 6-under-par score of 138, two strokes ahead of nearest competitors.

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 seven teams placed 9–15 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the four teams placed 16–19 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, to decide their final positions.

Team England won the gold medal, earning their eighth title, beating team Italy in the final 5–2.

The Netherlands, for the first time on the podium in the history of the championship, 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 six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Austria	Marcus Brier, Fritz Poppmeier, Alexander Peterskovki, Rudi Sailer, Hans-Christian Winkler, Mattias Wittman
Denmark	, Thomas Bjørn, , Anders Hansen, ,
England	Gary Evans, Ian Garbutt, Jim Payne, , ,
France	, Christian Cévaër, , , ,
Germany	Philip Drewes, Sacha Krauß, Hans-Günther Reiter, Jan-Erik Schapmann, Ekkehart Schieffer, Ulrich Schulte
Ireland	, Pádraig Harrington, , Garth McGimpsey, Paul McGinley,
Italy	Emanuele Canonica, Massimo Florioli, , , Massimo Scarpa,
Netherlands	Niels Boysen, Stephane Lovey, Harold Moss, Rolf Muntz, Bart Nolte, Michael Vogel
Norway	, , , ,
Scotland	Andrew Coltart, Derek Crawdord, Craig Everett, Garry Hay, Gavin Lawrie,
Spain	, Diego Borrego, , Ignacio Garrido,
Sweden	Fredrik Andersson, Max Anglert, Klas Eriksson, Niclas Fasth, Pehr Magnebrant,
Switzerland	Andreas Bauer, , Christophe Bovet, Markus Frank, Thomas Gottstein, Dominique Rey
Wales	, Garry Houston, Richard Johnson, , ,

Other participating teams

Country
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Iceland
Portugal

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	England	355-360=715	−5
2	Spain	364-357=721	+1
3	Italy	362-360=722	+2
4	Scotland	375-351=726	+6
5	France	366-361=727	+7
6	Switzerland	370-359=729	+9
T7	Netherlands *	368-359=734	+14
T7	Austria	360-374=734	+14
9	Denmark	372-363=735	+15
10	Ireland	379-357=736	+16
11	Germany	371-368=739	+19
T12	Wales *	379-366=745	+25
T12	Sweden	371-374=745	+25
14	Norway	387-372=759	+39
15	Portugal	390-372=762	+42
16	Belgium	393-377=770	+50
17	Iceland	387-386=773	+53
18	Finland	392-390=782	+62
19	Czechoslovakia	409-402=811	+91

* 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		England	68-70=138	−6
T2	Christian Cévaër	France	69-71=140	−4
		Spain	73-67=140
		France	69-71=140
		France	73-67=140
6	Jim Payne	England	67-74=141	−3
T7		Switzerland	70-72=142	−2
T7	Anders Hansen	Denmark	72-70=142	−2
T9	Thomas Gottstein	Switzerland	70-73=143	−1
	Rudi Sailer	Austria	67-76=143
		Italy	71-72=143
	Massimo Scarpa	Italy	73-70=143
	Hans-Helge Strøm-Olsen	Norway	74-69=143

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

Flight A

Quarter finals

Netherlands	Spain
4.5	2.5

Italy	Switzerland
4.5	2.5

Scotland	France
5	2

England	Austria
6	1

Elimination matches

Spain	Switzerland
6	1

France	Austria
6.5	0.5

Match for 7th place

Switzerland	Austria
5	2

Match for 5th place

Spain	France
4	3

Semi finals

Italy	Netherlands
4	3

England	Scotland
5	2

Bronze match

Netherlands	Scotland
4	3

Final

England	Italy
5	2
Evans/White 1 hole	Gortana/Santi
Garbutt/Sandywell	Florioli/Zerman 3 & 2
Willison 2 holes	Scarpa
Payne AS *	Florioli AS *
Sandywell 6 & 4	Cortana
White 5 & 4	Zerman
Evans AS *	Santi AS *

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

Flight B

First round elimination matches

Ireland	Portugal
6	1

Germany	Norway
4	3

Wales	Sweden
5	2

Second round elimination matches

Germany	Ireland
4	3

Wales	Denmark
4.5	2.5

Norway	Portugal
5.5	1.5

Match for 13th place

Sweden	Norway
4	3

Match for 11th place

Ireland	Denmark
4	3

Match for 9th place

Germany	Wales
5.5	1.5

Flight C

Elimination matches

Iceland	Finland
5	2

Belgium	Czechoslovakia
6	1

Match for 18th place

Finland	Czechoslovakia
5	2

Match for 16th place

Belgium	Iceland
5.5	1.5

Final standings

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

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

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.
^ "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1991. pp. 59, 65. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
^ "17th European Amateur Team Championship, Real Club Puerta de Hierro, Madrid - Spain 1991" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

External links[]

European Golf Association: Full results

[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] "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1991. pp. 59, 65. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

[3] "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

[4] "17th European Amateur Team Championship, Real Club Puerta de Hierro, Madrid - Spain 1991" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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1991 European Amateur Team Championship

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