1965 European Amateur Team Championship Explained

1965 European Amateur Team Championship
Dates:23–27 June 1965
Location:Sandwich, Kent, England
Coordinates:51.274°N 1.367°W
Course:Royal St George's Golf Club
Org:European Golf Association
Format:36 holes stroke play
round-robin system match play
Par:70
Yardage:6742yd
Field:17 teams
circa 120 players
Champion: Ireland
Joe Carr, Tom Craddock, Michael Craigan,
Bill McCrea, Vincent Nevin, David Sheahan,
Rupert Staunton
Score:Qualification round: 599 (+39)
Flight A matches: 4 points
Map:Europe#British Isles#England#Kent
Map Label:Royal St George's GC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:220
Previous:1963
Next:1967

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.

Venue

See main article: Royal St George's Golf Club. 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

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

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

Players in the leading teams

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

Other participating teams

Sources: [1] [2] [3]

Winners

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

Qualification roundsTeam standings

PlaceCountryScoreTo par
1300-297=597+37
2 Ireland300-299=599+39
3299-304=603+43
4307-302=609+49
5311-309=620+60
T6317-314=631+71
313-318=631
8319-318=637+77
9324-314=638+78
10329-314=643+83
11317-334=651+91
T12347-326=673+113
341-332=673
14327-348=675+115
15340-339=679+119
16340-341=681+121
17343-355=698+138
* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score.Individual leaders
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Michael Bonallack69-78=147+7
T2Joe Carr Ireland71-78=149+9
Vincent Nevin Ireland76-73=149
John Povall75-74=149
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.Flight A

Team matches

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72
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Team standings
CountryPlaceWTLGame pointsPoints
Ireland120117–104
220115.5–11.54
320115–124
40036.5–20.50
Flight B

Team matches

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Team standings
CountryPlaceWTLGame pointsPoints
521017–105
611114–133
711112.5–14.53
801210.5–16.51
Flight C

Team standings

CountryPlacePoints
93
102
111
Flight D

Team standings

CountryPlacePoints
124
132
140
Flight E

Team standings

CountryPlacePoints
153
163
170
Final standings
PlaceCountry
Ireland
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Sources:[4] [5] [6] [7]

See also

External links

Notes and References

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

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