1965 European Amateur Team Championship
 Royal St George's Golf Club clubhouse | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 23–27 June 1965 |
| Location | Sandwich, Kent, England 51°16′26″N 1°22′01″E / 51.274°N 1.367°E |
| Course(s) | Royal St George's Golf Club |
| Organized by | European Golf Association |
| Format | 36 holes stroke play round-robin system match play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 6,742 yards (6,165 m) |
| Field | 17 teams circa 120 players |
| Champion | |
 IrelandJoe Carr, Tom Craddock, Michael Craigan, Bill McCrea, Vincent Nevin, David Sheahan, Rupert Staunton | |
| Qualification round: 599 (+39) Flight A matches: 4 points | |
| Location map | |
  Royal St George's GC Location in Europe  Royal St George's GC Location in the British Isles  Royal St George's GC Location in England  Royal St George's GC Location in Sandwich, Kent | |
The 1965 European Amateur Team Championship took place 23–27 June at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England and at nearby Royal Cinque Ports in Deal. It was the fourth men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
Venue[edit]
Royal St George's Golf Club was founded in 1887 and had previously hosted The Open Championship nine times, but not since 1949. It came back to the Open Championship rotation in 1981. For the 1965 European Amateur Team Championship, the course was set up with par 70 over 6,742 yards. The teams in flights A, B and C played their matches at Royal St George's, while the teams in flights D and E played their matches at Royal Cinque Ports.
Format[edit]
All participating teams played two qualification rounds of stroke-play, counting the four best scores out of up to six players for each team. The four best teams formed flight A, the next four teams formed flight B, the next three teams formed flight C, the next three teams formed flight D and the last three teams formed flight E.
The standings in each flight was determined by a round-robin system. All teams in the flight met each other and the team with most points for team matches in flight A won the tournament, using the scale, win=2 points, halved=1 point, lose=0 points. In each match between two nation teams, three foursome games and six single games were played. Teams were allowed to switch players during the team matches and select other players in to the afternoon single games after the morning foursome games.
Teams[edit]
17 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of six players.
Players in the leading teams
Other participating teams
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 Austria
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 Finland
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 Italy
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 Norway
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 Netherlands
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 Switzerland
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 Portugal
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Winners[edit]
Team Ireland, making its first appearance in the championship, won the gold medal, earning 4 points in flight A. Scotland took the silver medal, also on 4 team match points, but with lesser won game points. Defending champion and host country England earned the bronze on third place.
Individual leader in the first round of the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Michael Bonallack, England, with a score of 1-under-par 69. Iestyn Tucker, Wales, shot the only under par score in the second round, also scoring 69. The total individual honor belonged to Michael Bonallack, with a 7-over-par score of 147 over 36 holes, but there was no official award for the lowest individual score.
Results[edit]
Qualification rounds
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Team standings
* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score. |
Individual leaders
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score. |
Flight A
Team matches
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Team standings
| Country | Place | W | T | L | Game points | Points |
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| Ireland
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17–10 | 4 |
 Scotland
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2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15.5–11.5 | 4 |
 England
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15–12 | 4 |
 Wales
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4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.5–20.5 | 0 |
Flight B
Team matches
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Team standings
| Country | Place | W | T | L | Game points | Points |
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 France
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5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17–10 | 5 |
 Sweden
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6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14–13 | 3 |
 West Germany
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7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12.5–14.5 | 3 |
 Denmark
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8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10.5–16.5 | 1 |
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Flight C Team standings
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Flight D Team standings
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Flight E Team standings
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Final standings
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Ireland
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Scotland
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England
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| 4 | Wales
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| 5 | France
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| 6 | Sweden
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| 7 | West Germany
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| 8 | Denmark
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| 9 |  Spain
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| 10 |  Belgium
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| 11 | Italy
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| 12 | Norway
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| 13 | Switzerland
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| 14 | Finland
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| 15 | Netherlands
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| 16 | Portugal
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| 17 | Austria
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See also[edit]
- 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[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.
- ^ a b "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ^ "Anglosaxiskt storslam i stormigt EM" [British slam in windy European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. September 1965. pp. 2–5, 32. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ a b Jacobs, Raymond (28 June 1965). "European title for Ireland, Decided on game points". The Glasgow Herald. p. 4. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (25 June 1965). "European event no longer, Home countries qualify to Play Each Other". The Glasgow Herald. p. 6. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (26 June 1965). "Ireland again beat Scotland, European Team Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 16 March 2021.