1969 European Amateur Team Championship
Golf competition
Golf tournament
Hamburger Golf Club – Falkenstein
Location in the Europe
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Hamburger Golf Club – Falkenstein
Location in Germany
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Hamburger Golf Club – Falkenstein
Location in Hamburg
Show map of HamburgThe 1969 European Amateur Team Championship took place 26–29 June at Hamburger Golf Club – Falkenstein, 20 kilometres west of central Hamburg, Germany. It was the sixth men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
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 four teams placed 15–18 formed Flight C to meet each other, to decide their final positions.
Teams
18 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of five or six players.
Players in the leading teams
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
 Denmark | John Jacobsen, Nils Elsøe Jensen, Klaus Friche, Klaus Hove, Ole Wiberg-Jørgensen |
 England | Peter Benka, Michael Bonallack, Bruce Critchley, Rodney Foster, Geoff Marks, Peter Tupling |
 Ireland | Joe Carr, Tom Craddock, Tom Egan, Peter Flaherty, John O'Leary, Vincent Nevin |
 Italy | Franco Bevione, P. Cora, Baldovino Dassù, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva, Carlo Tadini |
 Scotland | Andrew Brooks, Gordon Cosh, Charlie Green, Bill Murray, Sandy Pirie, Hugh Stuart |
 Sweden | Ulf Bexelius, Hans Hedjerson, Claes Jöhncke, Johan Jöhncke, Magnus Lindberg, Jan Rosell |
 Wales | Jimmy Buckley, John Povall, Hew Squirell, David Stevens, Iestyn Tucker, Martin Walters |
 West Germany | Walter Brühne, Peter Jochums, Hans Lampert, Veit Pagel, Jürgen Weghmann, Nils Wirichs |
Other participating teams
| Country |
|---|
 Austria |
 Belgium |
 Czechoslovakia |
 Finland |
 France |
 Norway |
 Netherlands |
 Portugal |
 Spain |
 Switzerland |
Winners
England won the gold medal, earning their second title, beating host country West Germany 4.5–2.5 in the final. Defending champions team Ireland earned the bronze on third place, after beating Italy 5.5–1.5 in the bronze match.
Individual leader in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Gordon Cosh, Scotland, with a course record score of 3-under-par 68, one stroke ahead of Tom Craddock, Ireland. There was no official award for the lowest individual score.
Results
Qualification round
| Team standings
* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score. | Individual leaders
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score. |
Flight A
Bracket
| Final games
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Flight B
Bracket
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | ||||||||
| France | 4 | |||||||||
| Belgium | 3 | |||||||||
| France | 6 | |||||||||
| Finland | 1 | |||||||||
| France | 4.5 | |||||||||
| Norway | 2.5 | |||||||||
| Norway | 4 | |||||||||
| Austria | 3 | |||||||||
| Norway | 4.5 | |||||||||
| Spain | 2.5 | Match for 11th place | ||||||||
| Belgium | 5 | |||||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||||||
| Round 1 | Match for 13th place | |||||
| Finland | 4.5 | |||||
| Austria | 2.5 | |||||
Flight C
| Round 1
| Round 2
| Round 3
|
Final standings
| Place | Country |
|---|---|
 | England |
 | West Germany |
 | Ireland |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | Scotland |
| 6 | Sweden |
| 7 | Wales |
| 8 | Denmark |
| 9 | France |
| 10 | Norway |
| 11 | Belgium |
| 12 | Spain |
| 13 | Finland |
| 14 | Austria |
| 15 | Switzerland |
| 16 | Netherlands |
| 17 | Portugal |
| 18 | Czechoslovakia |
Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
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
- ^ Ryde, Peter (26 June 1969). "European Golf Title". The Times (London, England). p. 13.
- ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 153–158. ISBN 9172603283.
- ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007.
- ^ "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ^ "England blev vårt Waterloo i dramatisk EM-uppgörelse" [England became our Waterloo in dramatic European Championship fight]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. August 1969. pp. 9–12. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (30 June 1969). "England beat Germany for European title". The Glasgow Herald. p. 4. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (27 June 1969). "Cosh leads Scotland to unexpected first qualifying place". The Glasgow Herald. p. 6. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ Ryde, Peter (27 June 1969). "European Golf". The Times (London, England). p. 15.
- ^ Ryde, Peter (28 June 1969). "European Golf". The Times (London, England). p. 6.
- ^ Ryde, Peter (30 June 1969). "European Golf England regain championship". The Times (London, England). p. 11.
External links
- European Golf Association: Full results
