1973 European Amateur Team Championship

1973 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates	28 June – 1 July 1973
Location	Portimão, Algarve, Portugal; 37°09′40″N 8°34′52″W / 37.161°N 8.581°W
Course(s)	Penina Golf & Resort
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 18 holes stroke play; Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	73
Length	6,940 yards (6,350 m)
Field	18 teams; circa 108 players
Champion
	England; John Davies, Rodney Foster,; Peter Hedges, Trevor Homer,; Michael King, Roger Revell
	Qualification round: 376 (+11); Final: 4–3
Location map
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The 1973 European Amateur Team Championship took place 28 June – 1 July at Penina Golf & Resort in Portimão, Algarve, Portugal. It was the eighth men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Venue[edit]

The tournament was played at the resort's 18-hole Championship Course, originally called The Penina, founded by John Stilwell and designed by Sir Henry Cotton. The course was set up with par 35 over the first nine holes and par 38 on the second nine, finishing with two par 5 holes.

The weather was warm and sunny during the whole tournament.

Format[edit]

All participating teams played one qualification round of stroke-play with 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. 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. In each match between two nation teams, two 18-hole foursome games and five 18-hole single games were played. Teams were allowed to use six players during the team matches, selecting four of them in the morning foursome matches and five players in to the afternoon single matches.

The six teams placed 9–14 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B to play similar knock-out play and the four teams placed 15–18 formed Flight C to meet each other, to decide their final positions.

Teams[edit]

18 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Country	Players
Austria	Johann Egger, Michel Kotchwar, Ekki Lantschner, Peter Nierlich, Helmuth Reichel, Lampert Stolz
Belgium	John Bigwood, Yves Brose, Michel Eaton, Yves Mahain, Freddy Rodesch, Jean Rolin
Denmark	Kjeld Friche, Klaus Hove, Henry Knudsen, John Nielsen, Hans Stenderup, Ole Wiberg-Jørgensen
England	John Davies, Rodney Foster, Peter Hedges, Trevor Homer, Michael King, Roger Revell
Finland	Asko Arkola, Juhani Hämäläinen, Harry Safonoff, Kari Salonen, Juha Utter, Lauri Wirkala
France	Patrick Cotton, Hervé Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde, George Leven, Philippe Ploujoux
Iceland	Torbjörn Kjaerbo, Einar Gudnason, J. Guomundsson, Lofter Olafsson, Björgvin Thorsteinsson, Ottar Yngvarson
Ireland	David Corcoran, Hugh MacKeown, Vincent Nevin, Robert Pollin, Des Smyth, Rupert Staunton
Italy	Alberto Croze, Franco Gigliarelli, Delio Lovato, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva, Carlo Tadini
Netherlands	Carel Braun, Lout Meertens, Jaap van Neck, Teun Rozenburg, Piet-Hein Streutgers, Victor Swane
Norway	Per Aarum, Erik Dønnestad, Petter Dønnestad, Yngve Eriksen, Johan Horn, Christian Staubo
Portugal	Rodrico M. Bivar, Nuno A. de Brito a Cunha, Pedro d'Hommee Caupers, Antonio Carmona Santos, Jorge H. Soares, José Lara de Sousa e Melo
Scotland	Allan Brodie, Charlie Green, Ian Hutcheon, George MacGregor, Willie Milne, Hugh Stuart
Spain	Santiago Fernández, José Gancedo, Nicasio Sagardia, Francisco Sanchiz, Miguel Taya, Román Taya
Sweden	Olle Dahlgren, Jan Grönkwist, Hans Hedjerson, Staffan Mannerström, Jan Rube, Per-Roland Quist
Switzerland	Yves Hofstetter, Martin Kessler, Uli Lamm, Jürg Pesko, Michel Rey, Johnny Storjohann
Wales	Clive Brown, Simon Cox, Ted Davies, John Roger Jones, Jeff Toye, John Povall
West Germany	Heinrich Adam, Hans Lampert, Christoph Städler, Veit Pagel, Jürgen Weghmann

Winners[edit]

Defending champions England won the gold medal, earning their fourth title, beating, just as at the previous event, Scotland in the final, this time with 4–3. Team Sweden, 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 John Davies, England, Yves Hofstetter, Switzerland and Willie Milne, Scotland, tied first, each with a score of 2-under-par 71. There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.

Results[edit]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	Scotland	374	+9
2	England	376	+11
3	France	377	+12
4	Sweden	378	+13
5	Switzerland	381	+16
6	Spain	389	+24
7	Wales	390	+25
8	West Germany	391	+26
9	Denmark	395	+30
10	Italy	396	+31
11	Ireland	398	+33
12	Finland	399	+34
13	Netherlands	403	+38
14	Norway	407	+42
15	Belgium	409	+44
16	Portugal	414	+49
T17	Austria *	429	+64
T17	Iceland	429	+64

* 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	John Davies	England	71	−2
	Yves Hofstetter	Switzerland	71
	Willie Milne	Scotland	71
T4	Hans Hedjerson	Sweden	72	−1
T4	Charlie Green	Scotland	72	−1
T6	Rodney Foster	England	73	E
	Alexis Godillot	France	73
	Kari Salonen	Finland	73
	Román Taya	Spain	73

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

Flight A

Bracket

Quarter finals		Semi finals		Final



England	5

Wales	2
		England	6

		Spain	1
Spain	4

France	3
				England	4

				Scotland	3
Sweden	4

Switzerland	3
		Scotland	5

		Sweden	2	Bronze match
Scotland	7

West Germany	0
				Sweden	4

				Spain	3

Elimination matches		Match for 5th place



France	4.5

Wales	2.5
		France	5.5

		Switzerland	1.5
Switzerland	4.5

West Germany	2.5
		Match for 7th place



		West Germany	5.5

		Wales	1.5

Final games

England	Scotland
4	3
P. Hedges / M. King 7 & 6	H. Stuart / W. Milne
R. Foster / T. Homer 20th	C. Green / G. MacGregor
John Davies	Hugh Stuart 3 & 2
Rodney Foster 2 & 1	Charlie Green
Michael King	Willie Milne 1 hole
Peter Hedges 2 & 1	George MacGregor
Trevor Homer	Ian Hurcheon 3 & 2

Flight B

Elimination matches

Norway	Ireland
4	3

Netherlands	Finland
4	3

Norway	Italy
4	3

Denmark	Netherlands
6	1

Match for 13th place

Ireland	Finland
5	2

Match for 11th place

Italy	Netherlands
4	3

Match for 9th place

Denmark	Norway
4	3

Flight C

Round 1

Portugal	Austria
5.5	1.5

Belgium	Iceland
7	0

Round 2

Portugal	Iceland
5	2

Belgium	Austria
7	0

Round 3

Iceland	Austria
4.5	2.5

Belgium	Portugal
4	3

Final standings

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

Sources:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References[edit]

^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 153–158. ISBN 9172603283. Retrieved 22 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 22 March 2021.
^ "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ Lindberg, Magnus (August 1973). "Dagbok från EM" [Dairy from the European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. pp. 16–18, 54. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ Jacobs, Raymond (2 July 1973). "Scots just fail after brave fight in singles". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results 1973 Penina". European Golf Association. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

External links[edit]

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 22 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 22 March 2021.

[3] "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 March 2021.

[4] Lindberg, Magnus (August 1973). "Dagbok från EM" [Dairy from the European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. pp. 16–18, 54. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

[5] Jacobs, Raymond (2 July 1973). "Scots just fail after brave fight in singles". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

[6] "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

[7] "European Amateur Team Championship Results 1973 Penina". European Golf Association. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

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