1965 European Amateur Team Championship

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

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 and was played in windy whether conditions. 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.

Course layout Royal St George's Golf Club HoleMetersParHoleMetersPar140341034742338411351432183123104442141340545412414475561513154154745151614948167317387393624184034Out2,92334In3,24236Source:Total6,16570

Format 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 17 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of six players.

Players in the leading teams CountryPlayersJohn Bigwood, Jacky Moerman, Freddy Rodesch, Paul Rolin, Phiilippe WasherSteen Andersen, Niels Elsøe Jensen, Klaus Friche, John Jacobsen, Peter Palsby, Ole Pfeiffer, Niels Thygesen, Ole Wiberg-JørgensenMichael Bonallack (playing captain), Martin Christmas, Clive Clark, Gordon Clark, Rodney Foster, Michael Lunt, Peter TownsendDidier Charmat, Patrick Cros, Hervé Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde, Gaëtan Mourgue D'AlgueJoe Carr, Tom Craddock, Michael Craigan, Bill McCrea, Vincent Nevin, David Sheahan, Rupert StauntonE. Bergamo, Carlo Bordogna, Stefano Cimatti, P. Cora, Angelo Croce, Lorenzo SilvaJan Aaseth, Per Heidenreich, John Johansen, Arve PedersenFindlay Black, Hugh Campbell, Gordon Cosh, Charlie Green, Alistair Low, Sandy Saddler, Ronnie ShadeIván Maura, Duke of Fernán-Núñez, Santiago Fernández, Javier ViladomiuJohny Anderson, Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Per-Olof Johansson, Claes Jöhncke, Rune Karlfeldt, Göran Lindeblad, Bengt Möller, Nils Odqvist (playing captain)Edward Davies, Charles Gilford, John Llewellyn Morgan, John Povall, Hew Squirell, Jeff Toye, Iestyn TuckerWalter Brühne, Dietrich von Knoop, Hans Lampert, Peter Möller, Helge Rademacher, Erik Sellschopp, Nils Wirichs

Other participating teams Country Sources:

Winners 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 Qualification rounds

Team standings PlaceCountryScoreTo par1300-297=597+372300-299=599+393299-304=603+434307-302=609+495311-309=620+60T6*317-314=631+71313-318=6318319-318=637+779324-314=638+7810329-314=643+8311317-334=651+91T12*347-326=673+113341-332=67314327-348=675+11515340-339=679+11916340-341=681+12117343-355=698+138 * Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score.

Individual leaders PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Michael Bonallack69-78=147+7T2Joe Carr71-78=149+9Vincent Nevin76-73=149John Povall75-74=149T5Tom Craddock76-74=150 +10Sandy Saddler78-72=150Iestyn Tucker81-69=150T8Clive Clark78-73=151 +11Gordon Cosh72-79=15T10Angelo Croce79-73=152 +12Rodney Foster76-76=152Erik Sellschopp78-74=152Ronnie Shade72-80=152 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Team matches

206.52.5 2072

2063 2072

Team standings CountryPlaceWTLGame pointsPoints120117–104220115.5–11.54320115–12440036.5–20.50 Flight B

Team matches

2054 206.52.5

205.53.5 2063

114.54-5 114.54.5

Team standings CountryPlaceWTLGame pointsPoints521017–105611114–133711112.5–14.53801210.5–16.51

Flight C

Team standings CountryPlacePoints93102111

Flight D

Team standings CountryPlacePoints124132140

Flight E

Team standings CountryPlacePoints153163170

Final standings PlaceCountry4567891011121314151617 Sources:

1965 European Amateur Team Championship

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