1967 European Amateur Team Championship

1967 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates	22–25 June 1967
Location	Turin, Italy; 45°12′10″N 07°33′00″E / 45.20278°N 7.55000°E
Course(s)	Circolo Golf Torino – La Mandria
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 18 holes stroke play; Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Field	16 teams; circa 96 players
Champion
	Ireland; Joe Carr, Tom Craddock,; Tom Egan, Peter Flaherty,; Vincent Nevin, David Sheahan
	Qualification round: 366 (+6); Final: 4–3
Location map
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The 1967 European Amateur Team Championship took place 22–25 June at Circolo Golf Torino – La Mandria, 18 kilometres north of central Turin, Italy. It was the fifth men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Format[edit]

All participating teams played one qualification round of stroke-play with up to six players, counted the five best scores 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 position after the stroke play. Each of the four best placed teams were drawn to play the quarter-final against one of the teams in the flight placed in the next four positions. In each match between two nation teams, two 18-hole foursome games and five 18-hole single games were played. Teams were allowed to switch players during the team matches, selecting other players in to the afternoon single games after the morning foursome games.

The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight, B to play a similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

Teams[edit]

16 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of five players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Belgium	John Bigwood, Eddy Carbonnelle, Jacky Moerman, Freddy Rodesch, Paul Rolin, Phiilippe Washer
England	Michael Attenborough, Michael Burgess, Bob Durrant, Rodney Foster, Geoff Marks, Dudley Millensted
France	Patrick Cros, Jean-Charles Desbordes, Hervé Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
Ireland	Joe Carr, Tom Craddock, Tom Egan, Peter Flaherty, Vincent Nevin, David Sheahan
Italy	Franco Bevione, Carlo Bordogna, Stefano Cimatti, Angelo Croce, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva
Scotland	Findlay Black, Charlie Green, Sandy Pirie, Sandy Saddler, Ronnie Shade, Colin Strachan
Spain	Gonzalo Arana, Duke of Fernán-Núñez, Santiago Fernández, José Gancedo, D. Las Nieves, Roman Taya
Sweden	Per-Olof Johansson, Hans Hedjerson, Claes Jöhncke, Johan Jöhncke, Magnus Lindberg, Jonas Peil
Wales	Jimmy Buckley, Edward Davies, Paul Dunn, John Povall, Hew Squirell, Iestyn Tucker
West Germany	Walter Brühne, Gerhard König, Jan Müller, Helge Rademacher, Christian Strenger, Jürgen Weghmann

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Denmark
Finland
Norway
Netherlands
Switzerland
West Germany

Winners[edit]

Defending champions team Ireland won the gold medal, beating team France 4–3 in the final. England earned the bronze on third place, after beating Scotland 4.5–2.5 in the bronze match.

Individual leaders in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Tom Craddock, Ireland, and Charlie Green, Scotland, tied on first place, each with a score of 3-under-par 69. There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.

Results[edit]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	Ireland	366	+6
2	Scotland	371	+11
T3	England *	373	+13
T3	France	373	+13
5	Sweden	376	+16
6	Spain	384	+24
7	Belgium	385	+25
8	Italy	386	+26
9	West Germany	390	+30
10	Wales	392	+32
11	Netherlands	396	+36
12	Denmark	397	+37
13	Switzerland	399	+39
14	Austria	403	+43
15	Norway	404	+44
16	Finland	407	+47

* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score.

Individual leaders

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Tom Craddock	Ireland	69	−3
T1	Charlie Green	Scotland	69	−3
T3	Roger Lagarde	France	70	−2
T3	Geoff Marks	England	70	−2
5	Ronnie Shade	Scotland	71	−1
T6	Joe Carr	Ireland	72	E
	Magnus Lindberg	Sweden	72
	David Sheahan	Ireland	72

Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket

Quarter finals		Semi finals		Final



Ireland	5

Sweden	2
		Ireland	5

		England	2
England	4.5

Belgium	2.5
				Ireland	4

				France	3
Scotland	5.5

Spain	1.5
		France	4

		Scotland	3	Bronze match
France	5

Italy	2
				England	4.5

				Scotland	2.5

Elimination matches		Match for 5th place



Sweden	5

Belgium	2
		Italy	4

		Sweden	3
Italy	6

Spain	1
		Match for 7th place



		Belgium	4

		Spain	3

Final games

Ireland	France
4	3
J. Carr / T. Craddock 5 & 3	P. Cros / G. Morgue d'Algue
T. Egan / P. Flaherty	A. Godillot / R. Lagarde 5 & 3
Joe Carr	Patrick Cros 1 hole
Tom Craddock	Alexis Godillot 2 & 1
David Sheahan 4 & 3	Gaetan Morgue d'Algue
Peter Flaharty 5 & 4	Jean-Charles Desbordes
Tom Egan 1 hole	Roger Lagarde

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1		Round 2		Match for 9th place



Wales	5.5

Austria	1.5
		Wales	4

		Denmark	3
Denmark	4.5

Finland	2.5
				Wales	4

				West Germany	3
Norway	4

Netherlands	3
		West Germany	7

		Norway	0	Match for 11th place
West Germany	6

Switzerland	1
				Denmark	4

				Norway	3

Elimination matches		Match for 13th place



Austria	5

Finland	2
		Austria	4

		Netherlands	3
Netherlands	4

Switzerland	3
		Match for 15th place



		Switzerland	5.5

		Finland	1.5

Final standings

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

Sources:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References[edit]

^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 153–158. ISBN 9172603283.
^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007.
^ "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 18 December 2017.
^ "Lennart Bunke om Turin" [Lennart Bunke about Turin]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. August 1967. pp. 1–3, 30–31. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
^ Ward Thomas, P.A. (26 June 1967). "Ireland retain European Team Championship". The Glasgow Herald. p. 7. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
^ Ward Thomas, P.A. (23 June 1967). "Golf: Ireland and Scotland lead qualifiers". The Glasgow Herald. p. 6. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ Ward Thomas, P.A. (24 June 1967). "Scotland in European team semi-finals". The Glasgow Herald. p. 4. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

External links[edit]

European Golf Association: Full results

[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] "Lennart Bunke om Turin" [Lennart Bunke about Turin]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. August 1967. pp. 1–3, 30–31. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

[5] Ward Thomas, P.A. (26 June 1967). "Ireland retain European Team Championship". The Glasgow Herald. p. 7. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

[6] Ward Thomas, P.A. (23 June 1967). "Golf: Ireland and Scotland lead qualifiers". The Glasgow Herald. p. 6. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

[7] Ward Thomas, P.A. (24 June 1967). "Scotland in European team semi-finals". The Glasgow Herald. p. 4. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

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