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1981 European Amateur Team Championship

The 1981 European Amateur Team Championship took place 24–28 June at the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. It was the 12th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

1981 European Amateur Team Championship
18th green at the Old Course at St Andrews
Tournament information
Dates24–28 June 1981
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
56°20′35″N 2°48′11″W / 56.343°N 2.803°W / 56.343; -2.803
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par72
Length6,933 yards (6,340 m)
Field19 teams
114 players
Champion
 England
Roger Chapman, Peter Deeble,
Paul Downes, Geoffrey Godwin,
Peter McEvoy, Paul Way
Qualification round: 747 (+27)
Final match: 4–3
Location map
Location in Europe
Location in the British Isles
Location in Scotland
Location in Fife, Scotland
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The Swilcan Bridge spanning the Swilcan Burn on the Old Course

Venue edit

Main article: Old Course at St Andrews

The Old Course at St Andrews is considered to be the "home of golf" because the sport was first played on the links at St Andrews in the early 15th century. It had previously hosted The Open Championship 22 times, more than any other course, and has since continued to be one of the golf courses in the Open Championship hosting course rotation.

For the 1981 European Amateur Team Championship, the course was set up with par 72 over 6,933 yards.

Format edit

Each team consisted of five or 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 eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B, to play similar knock-out play, and the three teams placed 17–19 formed flight C, to play all against each other, to decide their final positions.

Teams edit

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

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
  Denmark Erik Groth-Andersen, Per Sørgaard-Jensen, John Nielsen, Leif Nyholm, Jacob Rasmussen, Anders Sørensen
  England Roger Chapman, Peter Deeble, Paul Downes, Geoffrey Godwin, Peter McEvoy, Paul Way
  France Jean-Charles Gassiat, Alexis Godillot, François Illouz, Roger Lagarde, Tim Planchin, Philippe Ploujoux
  Ireland D. Brannigan, Mark Gannon, Garth McGimpsey, Arthur Pierse, Ronan Rafferty, Philip Walton
  Scotland Frank Coutts, Colin Dalgleish, Barclay Howard, John Huggan, Ian Hutcheon, George MacGregor
  Sweden Per Andersson, Anders Forsbrand, Krister Kinell, Göran Lundqvist, Jan Rube, Ove Sellberg
  Wales R.D. Broad, Duncan Evans, Hugh Evans, John Roger Jones, David McLean, Jonathan Morrow
  West Germany Kai Flint, Thomas Hübner, Hans-Günter Reiter, J. Schuchmann, Ulrich Schulte, Ralf Thielemann

Other participating teams

Country
  Austria
  Belgium
  Czechoslovakia
  Finland
  Iceland
  Italy
  Luxembourg
  Netherlands
  Norway
  Portugal
  Spain
  Switzerland

Winners edit

Team France won the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition, despite playing with only five players and having to count all five scores, because of an arm injury to team member Roger Lagarde, who could not play.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was François Illouz, France, with a score of 2-under-par 142, one stroke ahead of Philip Walton, Ireland.

Defending champions team England won the gold medal, earning their sixth title, beating host country Scotland in the final 4–3. The last and deciding game, between Peter Deeble, England, and Ian Hutcheon, Scotland, went on to the 20th hole, in beginning darkness. Hutcheon had made a necessary birdie on the 18th to tie the match and holed a chip shot on the first extra hole to survive after hitting in to the Swilcan Burn, but Deeble won the 20th hole and the championship for England.

Team Wales earned the bronze on third place, after beating France 4–3 in the bronze match.

Results edit

Qualification round

Flight A

Flight B

Bracket

Flight C

Final standings

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

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Ohlson, Jörgen (July 1981). "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. pp. 20–22. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  3. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (29 June 1981). "New course of action is vital". The Glasgow Herald. p. 30. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  4. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (26 June 1981). "Change of fortune gives Scots a brighter outlook". The Glasgow Herald. p. 21. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  5. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (27 June 1981). "Scotland into last four by tight margins". The Glasgow Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

External links edit

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