1959 European Amateur Team Championship Explained

1959 European Amateur Team Championship
Dates:22–27 June 1959
Location:Barcelona, Spain
Coordinates:41.57°N 2.055°W
Course:Real Club de Golf El Prat
Org:European Golf Association
Format:36 holes stroke play
round-robin system match play
Par:72
Yardage:6359yd
Field:9 teams
circa 60 players
Champion:
Ola Bergqvist, Gustaf Adolf Bielke,
Gunnar Carlander, Per-Olof Johansson,
Göran Lindeblad, Bengt Möller,
Nils Odqvist (captain and substitute player),
Elis Werkell
Score:Qualification round: 612 (+36)
Flight A matches: 5 points
Map:Europe#Spain#Spain Province of Barcelona
Map Label:Real Club de Golf El Prat
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:220
Next:1961

The 1959 European Amateur Team Championship took place 22–27 June on the Real Club de Golf El Prat outside Barcelona, Spain. It was the first men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

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 best teams formed flight B.

The winner 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

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

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
Henri de Lamaze, Marius Bardana, Yves Caillol, Philippe Chassigny, Jean-Louis Dupont, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
Juan Antonio Andreu, Iván Maura, Enrigue Muro, Eduardo de la Riva, Fransisco Sanchiz, Ignacio Urguijo
Ola Bergqvist, Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Gunnar Carlander, Per-Olof Johansson, Göran Lindeblad, Bengt Möller, Nils Odqvist,* Elis Werkell
Hermann Ernst, Jost Burghartz, Werner Götz, Hans Lampert, Dietrich von Knoop, Hermann Tissies
* Note: Odqvist entered the tournament as non-playing captain, but since Lindeblad and Möller was not able to play on June 25th in Sweden's match against Spain and Bielke and Carlander was not able to play on June 26th in Sweden's match against West Germany, due to food poisoning, Odqist played in these two matches.

Other participating teams

Winners

Team Sweden won the championship, earning 5 points in flight A. Team France finished second, ahead of host country Spain.

Individual winner in the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Dietrich von Knoop, West Germany, with a score of 2-over-par 146. Henri de Lamaze, France, shot a new course record in the second round, with a score of 69 over 18 holes at the El Prat course.

Results

Qualification roundsTeam standings

Place Country Score To par
1 304-308=612 +36
2 320-295=615 +39
3 311-311=622 +46
4 319-305=624 +48
T5 315-319=634 +58
315-319=634
7 321-316=637 +61
8 327-319=646 +70
9 335-343=678 +102
Individual leader Note: There was no official recognition for the lowest individual score.Flight A

Team matches

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Team standings
Country Place W T L Game points Points
1 2 1 0 15.5–11.5 5
2 2 0 1 14.5–12.5 4
3 1 0 2 14–13 2
4 0 1 2 12–15 1
Flight B

Team matches

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7 2
Team standings
Country Place W T L Game points Points
5 3 0 0 20–7 6
6 2 0 1 14.5–12.5 4
7 1 0 2 14–13 2
8 0 0 3 21.5–5.5 0
Final standings
Place Country
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Sources:[1] [2] [3] [4]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jansson, Anders . Golf - Den gröna sporten . sv . Golf - The green sport . Swedish Golf Federation . 1979 . 9172603283 . 153–158.
  2. Book: Jansson, Anders . Golf - Den stora sporten . sv . Golf - The great sport . Swedish Golf Federation . 2004 . 91-86818007 . 188–190.
  3. Web site: European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association . 18 December 2017.
  4. Sverige första Europamästaren . sv . Sweden first European Champions . Svensk Golf . 6 . August 1959 . 12 March 2021 . 2–5.

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