1965 European Amateur Team Championship

The 1965 European Amateur Team Championship took place 23–27 June at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England and at nearby Royal Cinque Ports in Deal. It was the fourth men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

1965 European Amateur Team Championship
Royal St George's Golf Club clubhouse
Tournament information
Dates23–27 June 1965
LocationSandwich, Kent, England
51°16′26″N 1°22′01″E / 51.274°N 1.367°E / 51.274; 1.367
Course(s)Royal St George's Golf Club
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
Format36 holes stroke play
round-robin system match play
Statistics
Par70
Length6,742 yards (6,165 m)
Field17 teams
circa 120 players
Champion
 Ireland
Joe Carr, Tom Craddock, Michael Craigan,
Bill McCrea, Vincent Nevin, David Sheahan,
Rupert Staunton
Qualification round: 599 (+39)
Flight A matches: 4 points
Location map
Royal St George's GC is located in Europe
Royal St George's GC
Royal St George's GC
Location in Europe
Royal St George's GC is located in British Isles
Royal St George's GC
Royal St George's GC
Location in the British Isles
Royal St George's GC is located in England
Royal St George's GC
Royal St George's GC
Location in England
Royal St George's GC is located in Kent
Royal St George's GC
Royal St George's GC
Location in Sandwich, Kent
← 1963
1967 →

Venue

edit

Royal St George's Golf Club was founded in 1887 and had previously hosted The Open Championship nine times, but not since 1949. It came back to the Open Championship rotation in 1981. For the 1965 European Amateur Team Championship, the course was set up with par 70 over 6,742 yards. The teams in flights A, B and C played their matches at Royal St George's, while the teams in flights D and E played their matches at Royal Cinque Ports.

Format

edit

All participating teams played two qualification rounds of stroke-play, counting the four best scores out of up to six players for each team. The four best teams formed flight A, the next four teams formed flight B, the next three teams formed flight C, the next three teams formed flight D and the last three teams formed flight E.

The standings in each flight was determined by a round-robin system. All teams in the flight met each other and the team with most points for team matches in flight A won the tournament, using the scale, win=2 points, halved=1 point, lose=0 points. In each match between two nation teams, three foursome games and six single games were played. Teams were allowed to switch players during the team matches and select other players in to the afternoon single games after the morning foursome games.

Teams

edit

17 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
  Belgium John Bigwood, Jacky Moerman, Freddy Rodesch, Paul Rolin, Phiilippe Washer
  Denmark Steen Andersen, Niels Elsøe Jensen, Klaus Friche, John Jacobsen, Peter Palsby, Ole Pfeiffer, Niels Thygesen, Ole Wiberg-Jørgensen
  England Michael Bonallack, Martin Christmas, Clive Clark, Gordon Clark, Rodney Foster, Michael Lunt, Peter Townsend
  France Didier Charmat, Patrick Cros, Hervé Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
  Ireland Joe Carr, Tom Craddock, Michael Craigan, Bill McCrea, Vincent Nevin, David Sheahan, Rupert Staunton
  Scotland Findlay Black, Hugh Campbell, Gordon Cosh, Charlie Green, Alistair Low, Sandy Saddler, Ronnie Shade
  Spain Iván Maura, Duke of Fernán-Núñez, Santiago Fernández, Javier Viladomiu
  Sweden Johny Anderson, Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Per-Olof Johansson, Claes Jöhncke, Rune Karlfeldt, Göran Lindeblad, Bengt Möller, Nils Odqvist
  Wales Edward Davies, Charles Gilford, John Llewellyn Morgan, John Povall, Hew Squirell, Jeff Toye, Iestyn Tucker
  West Germany Walter Brühne, Dietrich von Knoop, Hans Lampert, Peter Möller, Helge Rademacher, Erik Sellschopp, Nils Wirichs

Other participating teams

Country
  Austria
  Finland
  Italy
  Norway
  Netherlands
  Switzerland
  Portugal

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

Winners

edit

Team Ireland, making its first appearance in the championship, won the gold medal, earning 4 points in flight A. Scotland took the silver medal, also on 4 team match points, but with lesser won game points. Defending champion and host country England earned the bronze on third place.

Individual leader in the first round of the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Michael Bonallack, England, with a score of 1-under-par 69. Iestyn Tucker, Wales, shot the only under par score in the second round, also scoring 69. The total individual honor belonged to Michael Bonallack, with a 7-over-par score of 147 over 36 holes, but there was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Results

edit

Qualification rounds

Flight A

Team matches

Team standings

Country Place W T L Game points Points
  Ireland 1 2 0 1 17–10 4
  Scotland 2 2 0 1 15.5–11.5 4
  England 3 2 0 1 15–12 4
  Wales 4 0 0 3 6.5–20.5 0

Flight B

Team matches

Team standings

Country Place W T L Game points Points
  France 5 2 1 0 17–10 5
  Sweden 6 1 1 1 14–13 3
  West Germany 7 1 1 1 12.5–14.5 3
  Denmark 8 0 1 2 10.5–16.5 1

Final standings

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

Sources:[3][5][6][7]

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 153–158. ISBN 9172603283.
  2. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007.
  3. ^ a b "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Anglosaxiskt storslam i stormigt EM" [British slam in windy European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. September 1965. pp. 2–5, 32. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b Jacobs, Raymond (28 June 1965). "European title for Ireland, Decided on game points". The Glasgow Herald. p. 4. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  6. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (25 June 1965). "European event no longer, Home countries qualify to Play Each Other". The Glasgow Herald. p. 6. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  7. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (26 June 1965). "Ireland again beat Scotland, European Team Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
edit