1979 European Amateur Team Championship

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, Frederico 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
	England
	Wales
	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

• Eisenhower Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation.
• European Ladies' Team Championship – European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association.

References

External links

• European Golf Association: Full results