The 1959 European Amateur Team Championship took place 22–27 June on the Real Club de Golf El Prat outside Barcelona, Spain. It was the first men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 22–27 June 1959 |
| Location | Barcelona, Spain 41°17′49″N 002°04′42″E / 41.29694°N 2.07833°E |
| Course(s) | Real Club de Golf El Prat |
| Organized by | European Golf Association |
| Format | 36 holes stroke play round-robin system match play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,359 yards (5,815 m) |
| Field | 9 teams circa 60 players |
| Champion | |
 SwedenOla Bergqvist, Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Gunnar Carlander, Per-Olof Johansson, Göran Lindeblad, Bengt Möller, Nils Odqvist (captain and substitute player), Elis Werkell | |
| Qualification round: 612 (+36) Flight A matches: 5 points | |
| Location map | |
Venue
editThe championship took place in strong heat at Real Club de Golf El Prat, Barcelona, Spain.[1] The club was founded in 1912. It was at the time a private club and the course was situated in El Prat de Llobregat, 15 kilometers south of the city center, close to the Barcelona-El Prat Airport. In 1997, when the airport expanded, the club had to move its course and in 2003 the club established 45 holes in Terrassa, 30 kilometers north of Barcelona. The club hosted the professional tournament Open de Espana in both 1956 and 1959 and had done so several times since.[2][3]
Course layout
edit| Hole | Meters | Par | Hole | Meters | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 365 | 4 | 10 | 450 | 5 | |
| 2 | 250 | 4 | 11 | 130 | 3 | |
| 3 | 150 | 3 | 12 | 430 | 5 | |
| 4 | 285 | 4 | 13 | 320 | 4 | |
| 5 | 360 | 4 | 14 | 400 | 4 | |
| 6 | 160 | 3 | 15 | 480 | 5 | |
| 7 | 355 | 4 | 16 | 380 | 4 | |
| 8 | 335 | 4 | 17 | 150 | 3 | |
| 9 | 440 | 5 | 18 | 345 | 4 | |
| Out | 2,730 | 35 | In | 3,085 | 37 | |
| Source:[1] | Total | 5,815 | 72 | |||
Format
editAll participating teams played two qualification rounds of stroke-play over two days, counting the four best scores out of up to six players for each team. The four best teams formed flight A. The next four best teams formed flight B.
The winner in each flight was determined by a round-robin system. All teams in the flight met each other with six players in each team 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. The teams were allowed to change players from one day to another, but not during a day from morning to afternoon.
Teams
editNine nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of six players.
Players in the leading teams
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
 France |
Henri de Lamaze, Marius Bardana, Yves Caillol, Philippe Chassigny, Jean-Louis Dupont, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue |
 Spain |
Juan Antonio Andreu, Iván Maura, Enrigue Muro, Eduardo de la Riva, Fransisco Sanchiz, Ignacio Urguijo |
| Sweden |
Ola Bergqvist, Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Gunnar Carlander, Per-Olof Johansson, Göran Lindeblad, Bengt Möller, Nils Odqvist,* Elis Werkell |
 West Germany |
Hermann Ernst, Jost Burghartz, Werner Götz, Hans Lampert, Dietrich von Knoop, Hermann Tissies |
* Note: Odqvist entered the tournament as non-playing captain, but since Lindeblad and Möller was not able to play on 25 June in Sweden's match against Spain and Bielke and Carlander was not able to play on 26 June in Sweden's match against West Germany, due to food poisoning, Odqist played in those two matches.
Other participating teams
| Country |
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 Belgium
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 Italy
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 Netherlands
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 Portugal
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 Switzerland
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Winners
editTeam Sweden won the championship, earning 5 points in flight A. Team France finished second, ahead of host country Spain.
Individual winner in the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Dietrich von Knoop, West Germany, with a score of 2-over-par 146. Henri de Lamaze, France, shot a new course record in the second round, with a score of 69 over 18 holes at the El Prat course.
Results
editQualification rounds
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Team standings
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Individual leader
Note: There was no official recognition 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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| Sweden |
1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15.5–11.5 | 5 |
| France |
2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14.5–12.5 | 4 |
| Spain |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14–13 | 2 |
| West Germany |
4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12–15 | 1 |
Flight B
Team matches
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Team standings
| Country | Place | W | T | L | Game points | Points |
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| Italy |
5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20–7 | 6 |
| Belgium |
6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14.5–12.5 | 4 |
| Switzerland |
7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14–13 | 2 |
| Netherlands |
8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21.5–5.5 | 0 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
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Sweden
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France
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Spain
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| 4 | West Germany
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| 5 | Italy
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| 6 | Belgium
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| 7 | Switzerland
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| 8 | Netherlands
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| 9 | Portugal
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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- ^ a b c "Sverige första Europamästaren" [Sweden first European Champions]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. August 1959. pp. 2–5. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Golf El Prat". Outofbounds Golfresor. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Golf El Prat, History". Real Club de Golf El Prat. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ 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.