1971 European Amateur Team Championship

1971 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates	24–27 June 1971
Location	Lausanne, Switzerland; 46°33′40″N 6°40′34″E / 46.561°N 6.676°E
Course(s)	Golf Club de Lausanne
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 18 holes stroke play; Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,885 yards (6,296 m)
Field	17 teams; circa 102 players
Champion
	England; Michael Bonallack,; Rodney Foster, Warren Humphreys; Michael King, Geoff Marks, David Marsh
	Qualification round: 368 (+13); Final: 4.5–2.5
Location map
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The 1971 European Amateur Team Championship took place 24–27 June at Golf Club de Lausanne, in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was the seventh men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

During three practice days before the tournament, the weather was warm and sunny, but on the first day of competition, play was interrupted several times due to heavy rain.

Format

All participating teams played one qualification round of stroke-play with up to six players, counted the five best scores for each team.

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. Each of the four best placed teams were drawn to play the quarter-final against one of the teams in the flight placed in the next four positions. In each match between two nation teams, two 18-hole foursome games and five 18-hole single games were played. Teams were allowed to switch players during the team matches, selecting other players in to the afternoon single matches after the morning foursome matches.

The six teams placed 9–14 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B to play similar knock-out play and the three teams placed 15–17 formed Flight C to meet each other, to decide their final positions.

Teams

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

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Denmark	Nils Elsøe Jensen, Kjeld Friche, Klaus Hove, Henry Knudsen, John Nielsen, Hans Stenderup
England	Michael Bonallack, Rodney Foster, Warren Humphreys, Michael King, Geoff Marks, David Marsh
France	Didier Charmat, Jean-Charles Desbordes, Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde, Henri de Lamaze
Ireland	Roddy Carr, Tom Craddock, Brian Hoey, Raymond Kane, Brian Malone, Martin O'Brien
Italy	Stefano Cimatti, L. Fabrini, Franco Gigliarelli, Delio Lovato, Lorenzo Silva, Carlo Tadini
Norway	Erik Dønnestad, Olaf Eie, Yngve Eriksen, Johan Horn, Svend Knutsen, Asbjørn Ramnefjell
Scotland	Charlie Green, Matt Lygate, Scott Macdonald, George MacGregor, Alistair Thomson, Hugh Stuart
Spain	Álvaro Arana, Santiago Fernández, José Gancedo, José Luis Noguer, Roman Taya, Javier Viladomiu
Sweden	Olle Dahlgren, Hans Hedjerson, Claes Jöhncke, Johan Jöhncke, Gunnar Mueller, Jan Rube
Switzerland	Thomas Fortmann, Yves Hofstetter, Martin Kessler, Uli Lamm, Peter Müller, Jürg Pesko
Wales	David Adams, Simon Cox, Ted Davies, Hew Squirell, Jeff Toye, John Povall
West Germany	Freidrich Janssen, Hans-Günther Heinrigs, Peter Jochums, Jan Müller, Veit Pagel, Jürgen Weghmann

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Netherlands

Winners

Defending champions England won the gold medal, earning their third title, beating Scotland 5–2 in the final. Team Norway, for the first time on the podium, earned the bronze on third place, after beating Spain 4–3 in the bronze match.

Individual leaders in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Martin Kessler, Switzerland, Klaus Nierlich, Austria and Hugh Stuart, Scotland, tied first, each with a score of 1-over-par 73. There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.

Results

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	Scotland	380	+20
2	Spain	384	+24
3	France	386	+26
T4	Norway *	387	+27
T4	Switzerland	387	+27
6	England	388	+28
7	Wales	391	+31
8	Ireland	392	+32
9	Denmark	393	+33
10	West Germany	395	+35
11	Sweden	396	+36
T12	Netherlands *	397	+37
T12	Austria	397	+37
14	Italy	407	+47
15	Finland	409	+49
16	Belgium	412	+52
17	Czechoslovakia	422	+62

* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score.

Individual leaders

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Martin Kessler	Switzerland	73	+1
	Klaus Nierlich	Austria	73
	Hugh Stuart	Scotland	73
T4	Yngve Eriksen	Norway	74	+2
	Thomas Fortmann	Switzerland	74
	Scott MacDonald	Scotland	74

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

Flight A

Bracket

Quarter finals		Semi finals		Final



Spain	4

Wales	3
		England	6

		Spain	1
England	4

France	3
				England	5

				Scotland	2
Norway	4.5

Switzerland	2.5
		Scotland	7

		Norway	0	Bronze match
Scotland	4

Ireland	3
				Norway	4

				Spain	3

Elimination matches		Match for 5th place



Wales	7

France	0
		Ireland	5

		Wales	2
Ireland	5

Switzerland	2
		Match for 7th place



		France	5

		Switzerland	2

Final games

England	Scotland
5	2
M. Bonallack / W. Humphreys 19th	C. Green / G. MacGrecor
R. Foster / G. Marks	H. Stuart / A. Thomson 20th
Rodney Foster 3 & 2	Charlie Green
Geoff Marks 1 hole	Scott MacDonald
Michael Bonallack 2 holes	Hugh Smart
Warren Humphreys	Matt Lygate 1 hole
Michael King 4 & 3	George MacGregor

Flight B

Elimination matches

Sweden	Italy
5.5	1.5

Netherlands	Austria
5.5	1.5

Denmark	Netherlands
4	3

Sweden	West Germany
5	2

Match for 13th place

Italy	Austria
5	2

Match for 11th place

West Germany	Netherlands
4	3

Match for 9th place

Denmark	Sweden
4	3

Flight C

Czechoslovakia	Finland
6	1

Belgium	Finland
4	3

Belgium	Czechoslovakia
6	1

Final standings

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

Sources:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 153–158. ISBN 9172603283. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Grattis Norge till EM-framgången, Svenskt bottennapp med tiondeplats" [Congratulations Norway for European Championship success, Swedish failure with tenth place]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. August 1971. pp. 23–27. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ Jacobs, Raymond (30 June 1971). "Lygate only singles winner as Scots are beaten in final". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

External links

European Golf Association: Full results

[1] Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 153–158. ISBN 9172603283. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

[2] Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

[3] "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 21 March 2021.

[4] "Grattis Norge till EM-framgången, Svenskt bottennapp med tiondeplats" [Congratulations Norway for European Championship success, Swedish failure with tenth place]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. August 1971. pp. 23–27. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

[5] Jacobs, Raymond (30 June 1971). "Lygate only singles winner as Scots are beaten in final". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

[6] "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

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