1961 European Amateur Team Championship

The 1961 European Amateur Team Championship took place 20 – 25 July on the Royal Golf Club de Belgique in Brussels, Belgium. It was the second men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

1961 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates20–25 July 1961
LocationBrussels, Belgium
50°49′N 4°29′E / 50.817°N 4.483°E / 50.817; 4.483
Course(s)Royal Golf Club de Belgique
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
Format36 holes stroke play
round-robin system match play
Statistics
Par73
Length6,627 yards (6,060 m)
Field10 teams
circa 70 players
Champion
 Sweden
Johny Anderson, Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Ola Bergqvist, Gunnar Carlander, Lennart Leinborn, Magnus Lindberg, Bengt Möller
Qualification round: 591 (+7) (2nd place)
Flight A matches: 5 points
Location map
Royal GC de Belgique is located in Europe
Royal GC de Belgique
Royal GC de Belgique
Location in Europe
Royal GC de Belgique is located in Belgium
Royal GC de Belgique
Royal GC de Belgique
Location in Belgium
Royal GC de Belgique is located in Brussels
Royal GC de Belgique
Royal GC de Belgique
Location in Brussels
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Format

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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 three teams formed flight B and the next three teams formed flight C.

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

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Ten nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of six players. England took part for the first time.

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
  England Gordon Clark, George Evans, Peter Green, David Moffat, David Neech, Dixon Rawlinson, Keith Warren
  France Guy d'Arcangues, Marius Bardana, Yves Caillol, Jean Pierre Cros, Patrick Cros, Jean-Pierre Hirigoyen, Henri de Lamaze, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
  Italy Eduardo Bergamo, Nadi Berruti, Franco Bevione, Angelo Croce, E. Remigi, Alberto Schiaffino
  Sweden Johny Anderson, Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Ola Bergqvist, Gunnar Carlander, Lennart Leinborn, Magnus Lindberg, Bengt Möller
  West Germany Walter Brühne, Hans Lampert, Peter Möller, Jean Philipps, Helge Rademacher, Erik Sellschopp, Henning Sostmann

Other participating teams

Country
  Austria
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Spain
  Switzerland

Winners

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Defending champion team Sweden won the gold medal, earning 5 points in flight A. Team England, on their first appearance in the championship, took the silver medal on 4 points and France earned, just as in the inaugural edition two years before, the bronze on third place.

On the last day of the tournament, Sweden and England met in the deciding match, where a tie was enough to give Sweden the championship. In the game between Bengt Möller, Sweden, and Keith Warren, England, Möller made a 14-meter putt on the 18th green, to tie the hole, win his game by one hole and secure a tie of the team match and the championship for Sweden, despite another two ongoing games.

Individual winner in the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue, France, with a score of 3-under-par 143. Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Sweden, shot a new course record in the second round, with a score of 69 over 18 holes at the Belgique course.

Results

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Qualification rounds

Flight A

Team matches

Team standings

Country Place W T L Game points Points
  Sweden 1 2 1 0 16.5–10.5 5
  England 2 1 2 0 15.5–11.5 4
  France 3 1 1 1 13.5–13.5 3
  Italy 4 0 0 3 8.5–18.5 0

Flight B

Team standings

Country Place
  West Germany 5
  Belgium 6
  Spain 7

Flight C

Team standings

Country Place
  Netherlands 8
  Switzerland 9
  Austria 10

Final standings

Place Country
    Sweden
    England
    France
4   Italy
5   West Germany
6   Belgium
7   Spain
8   Netherlands
9   Switzerland
10   Austria

Sources:[1][2][3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 153–158. ISBN 9172603283.
  2. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007.
  3. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Fantomputt gav EM åt Sverige" [Great putt gave Sweden the European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. July–August 1961. pp. 2–5. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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