1979 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates27 June – 1 July 1979
LocationEsbjerg, Denmark
55°34′N 08°20′E / 55.567°N 8.333°E / 55.567; 8.333
Course(s)Esbjerg Golf Club (Marbæk Course)
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par71
Length6,974 yards (6,377 m)
Field19 teams
114 players
Champion
 England
Ian Bradshaw, Peter Deeble,
Paul Downes, Geoffrey Godwin,
Michael Kelley, Peter McEvoy
Qualification round: 755 (+45)
Final match: 5.5–1.5
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Esbjerg Golf Club is located in Denmark
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Location in Denmark

The 1979 European Amateur Team Championship took place 27 June – 1 July at Esbjerg Golf Club, Esbjerg, Denmark. It was the 11th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Venue

The tournament was played at the club's Marbæk Course, 15 kilometres north of Esbjerg, Denmark, built in 1975. There were hard winds blowing during the whole tournament on the par 71 course, not far from the North Sea.

Format

Each team consisted of 6 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 meet each other, to decide their final positions.

Teams

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

Country Players
 Austria R. Bodenseer, J. Gross-Saurau, Johann Lamberg, Max Lamberg, Klaus Nierlich, Christoph Prasthofer
 Belgium Benoit Dumont, Michel Eaton, Eric Boyer de la Giroday, Thierry Goosens, M. Moerman, Freddy Rodesch
 Czechoslovakia Jiri Dvorac, P. Fulin, A. Kopta, Jan Kunsta, Jiri Kunsta, Miroslav Nemec
 Denmark Henry Knudsen, Jan Lindberg, John Nielsen, Christian Pein, Jacob Rasmussen, Anders Sørensen
 England Ian Bradshaw, Peter Deeble, Paul Downes, Geoffrey Godwin, Michael Kelley, Peter McEvoy
 Finland J. Alatalo, Patrick Halamaa, K. Ikola, Pekka Kuivasaari, Timo Sipponen, J. Vilmunen
 France Sven Boinet, Hervé Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, François Illouz, Roger Lagarde, Philippe Ploujoux
 Iceland Hannes Eyvindsson, J.H. Gudlaugsson, S. Hafsteinsson, Sigurdur Sigurdsson, Geir Svansson, Björgvin Thorsteinsson
 Ireland Mark Gannon, Raymond Kane, David Long, Mick Morris, Pat Mulcare, Hugh Smyth
 Italy Andrea Canessa, Franco Gigliarelli, F. Lang, Antonio Lionello, Lorenzo Silva, M. Zanchello
 Luxembourg B. Clasen, A, Graas, N. Graas, Y. Görgen, J. Lamparski, C. Schock, G. Schumann
 Netherlands Carel Braun, J. Heinen, Bart Nolte, Toby Rijks, P. Streutgers, Victor Swane
 Norway Erik Dønnestad, Petter Dønnestad, Ole-Christian. Hammer, Johan Horn, Asbjörn Ramnefjell, K. Vinter
 Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr, Allan Brodie, Iain Carslaw, Charlie Green, Ian Hutcheon, Brian Marchbank
 Spain José Luis de Bernardo, Gonzaga Escauriaza, Santiago Fernández, José Gancedo, Alejo Ollé, Román Taya
 Sweden Dag Aurell, Anders Johnsson, Krister Kinell, Björn Svedin, Jan Rube, Mikael Sorling
  Switzerland C.A. Bagnoud, Martin Frank, T. Henz, Yves Hofstetter, Martin Kessler, Johnny Storjohann
 Wales Hugh Evans, John Roger Jones, David McLean, Terry Melia, Jonathan Morrow, Mark Mouland
 West Germany Thomas Hübner, Veit Pagel, Hans-Günther Reiter, Frank Schlig, J. Schuchmann, Ulrich Schulte

Winners

Team England won the gold medal, earning their fifth title, beating Wales in the final 5.5–1.5. Team Ireland earned the bronze on third place, after beating host nation Denmark 5.5–1.5 in the bronze match.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score in the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition, but individual leader was Paul Downes, England, with a score of 5-over-par 147, three strokes ahead of nearest competitors, his two teammates Peter McEvoy and Michael Kelley.

Björn Svedin, Sweden, shot a new course record 72 over 18 holes on the first day of competition. The course record was equaled by Michael Kelley, England, in the second round the next day, also scoring 72.

Results

Qualification round

Flight A

Flight B

Bracket

Flight C

Final standings

Place Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Wales
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ireland
4  Denmark
5  Scotland
6  France
7  Sweden
8  West Germany
9  Italy
10  Norway
11  Spain
12   Switzerland
13  Netherlands
14  Austria
15  Belgium
16  Iceland
17  Finland
18  Czechoslovakia
19  Luxembourg

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 232. ISBN 9172603283. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  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. ↑ Ohlson, Jörgen (July 1979). "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. pp. 24–27. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Jacobs, Raymond (3 July 1979). "Coaching grant for Scots golfers". The Glasgow Herald. p. 28. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
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