1991 European Amateur Team Championship

The 1991 European Amateur Team Championship took place 26–30 June at Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain. It was the 17th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

1991 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates26–30 June 1991
LocationMadrid, Spain
40°27′40″N 3°44′13″W / 40.461°N 3.737°W / 40.461; -3.737
Course(s)Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par72
Length7,043 yards (6,440 m)
Field19 teams
114 players
Champion
 England
Gary Evans, Ian Garbutt,
Jim Payne, Andrew Sandywell,
Ricky Willison, Liam White
Qualification round: 715 (−5)
Final match: 5–2
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Venue

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The hosting club was established in 1895 as a polo club. Its first 18-hole golf course, located in the northwest of Madrid, Spain, in the district of Moncloa, 5 kilometres from the city center, designed by Harry Colt, opened in 1914. Tom Simpson designed a new 9-hole course in the 1940s and John Harris designed another nine holes in 1968. The two 18-hole courses at Puerta de Hierro had previously hosted the Open de España and Madrid Open on the European Tour and the 1970 Eisenhower Trophy.[1]

Format

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Each team consisted of six players, playing two rounds of stroke-play over two days, counting the five best scores each day 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. Teams were allowed to use six players during the team matches, selecting four of them in the two morning foursome games and five players in to the afternoon single games. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.

The seven teams placed 9–15 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the four teams placed 16–19 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, to decide their final positions.

Teams

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

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
  Austria Marcus Brier, Fritz Poppmeier, Alexander Peterskovki, Rudi Sailer, Hans-Christian Winkler, Mattias Wittman
  Denmark Jan Andersen, Thomas Bjørn, Jakob Greisen, Anders Hansen, Henrik Simonsen, Ben Tinning
  England Gary Evans, Ian Garbutt, Jim Payne, Andrew Sandywell, Ricky Willison, Liam White
  France Ramuntcho Basurco, Christian Cévaër, Frederic Cupillard, François Illouz, Christophe Pottier, Fabrice Tarnaud
  Germany Philip Drewes, Sacha Krauß, Hans-Günther Reiter, Jan-Erik Schapmann, Ekkehart Schieffer, Ulrich Schulte
  Ireland Niall Goulding, Pádraig Harrington, Pádraig Hogan, Garth McGimpsey, Paul McGinley, Liam McNamara
  Italy Emanuele Canonica, Massimo Florioli, Marco Gortana, Marcello Santi, Massimo Scarpa, Manuel Zerman
  Netherlands Niels Boysen, Stephane Lovey, Harold Moss, Rolf Muntz, Bart Nolte, Michael Vogel
  Norway Knut Ekjord, Christer Gavelstad, Øyvind Rojahn, Ole Christian Selbekk, Hans-Helge Strøm-Olsen
  Scotland Andrew Coltart, Derek Crawdord, Craig Everett, Garry Hay, Gavin Lawrie, Jim Milligan
  Spain Carlos Beautell, Diego Borrego, Luis Gabarda, Ignacio Garrido, Tomás Jesús Muñoz Borja Queipo de Llano
  Sweden Fredrik Andersson, Max Anglert, Klas Eriksson, Niclas Fasth, Pehr Magnebrant, Rikard Strångert
  Switzerland Andreas Bauer, Dimitri Bieri, Christophe Bovet, Markus Frank, Thomas Gottstein, Dominique Rey
  Wales Andrew Barnett, Garry Houston, Richard Johnson, Andrew Jones, James Lee, Calvin O'Carroll

Other participating teams

Country
  Belgium
  Czechoslovakia
  Finland
  Iceland
  Portugal

Winners

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Team England won the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition, with a 5-under-par score of 715, six strokes ahead of host nation Spain.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Liam White, England, with a 6-under-par score of 138, two strokes ahead of nearest competitors.

Team England won the gold medal, earning their eighth title, beating team Italy in the final 5–2.

The Netherlands, for the first time on the podium in the history of the championship, earned the bronze on third place, after beating Scotland 4–3 in the bronze match.

Results

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Qualification round

Flight A

Flight B

Bracket

Flight C

 
Round 1Match for 16th place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Iceland5
 
 
 
  Finland2
 
  Belgium5.5
 
 
 
  Iceland1.5
 
  Belgium6
 
 
  Czech Republic1
 
Match for 18th place
 
 
 
 
 
  Finland5
 
 
  Czech Republic2

Final standings

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

Sources:[2][3][4][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro (Abajo) - Top 100 Golf Courses of Europe". www.top100golfcourses.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  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. ^ "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1991. pp. 59, 65. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. ^ "17th European Amateur Team Championship, Real Club Puerta de Hierro, Madrid - Spain 1991" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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