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1973 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates28 June – 1 July 1973
LocationPortimão, Algarve, Portugal
37°09′40″N 8°34′52″W / 37.161°N 8.581°W / 37.161; -8.581
Course(s)Penina Golf & Resort
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 18 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par73
Length6,940 yards (6,350 m)
Field18 teams
circa 108 players
Champion
 England
John Davies, Rodney Foster,
Peter Hedges, Trevor Homer,
Michael King, Roger Revell
Qualification round: 376 (+11)
Final: 4–3
Location map
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Location in Europe
Penina Golf & Resort is located in Portugal
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The 1973 European Amateur Team Championship took place 28 June – 1 July at Penina Golf & Resort in Portimão, Algarve, Portugal. It was the eighth men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Venue

Main article: Penina Golf and Resort

The tournament was played at the resort's 18-hole Championship Course, originally called The Penina, founded by John Stilwell and designed by Sir Henry Cotton. The course was set up with par 35 over the first nine holes and par 38 on the second nine, finishing with two par 5 holes.

The whether was warm and sunny during the whole tournament.

Format

All participating teams played one qualification round of stroke-play with 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 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. In each match between two nation teams, two 18-hole foursome games and five 18-hole single games were played. Teams were allowed to use six players during the team matches, selecting four of them in the morning foursome matches and five players in to the afternoon single matches.

The six teams placed 9–14 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B to play similar knock-out play and the four teams placed 15–18 formed Flight C to meet each other, to decide their final positions.

Teams

18 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Country Players
 Austria Johann Egger, Michel Kotchwar, Ekki Lantschner, Peter Nierlich, Helmuth Reichel, Lampert Stolz
 Belgium John Bigwood, Yves Brose, Michel Eaton, Yves Mahain, Freddy Rodesch, Jean Rolin
 Denmark Kjeld Friche, Klaus Hove, Henry Knudsen, John Nielsen, Hans Stenderup, Ole Wiberg-Jørgensen
 England John Davies, Rodney Foster, Peter Hedges, Trevor Homer, Michael King, Roger Revell
 Finland Asko Arkola, Juhani Hämäläinen, Harry Safonoff, Kari Salonen, Juha Utter, Lauri Wirkala
 France Patrick Cotton, Hervé Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde, George Leven, Philippe Ploujoux
 Iceland Torbjörn Kjaerbo, Einar Gudnason, J. Guomundsson, Lofter Olafsson, Björgvin Thorsteinsson, Ottar Yngvarson
 Ireland David Corcoran, Hugh MacKeown, Vincent Nevin, Robert Pollin, Des Smyth, Rupert Staunton
 Italy Alberto Croze, Franco Gigliarelli, Delio Lovato, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva, Carlo Tadini
 Netherlands Carel Braun, Lout Meertens, Jaap van Neck, Teun Rozenburg, Piet-Hein Streutgers, Victor Swane
 Norway Per Aarum, Erik Dønnestad, Petter Dønnestad, Yngve Eriksen, Johan Horn, Christian Staubo
 Portugal Rodrico M. Bivar, Nuno A. de Brito a Cunha, Pedro d'Hommee Caupers, Antonio Carmona Santos, Jorge H. Soares, José Lara de Sousa e Melo
 Scotland Allan Brodie, Charlie Green, Ian Hutcheon, George MacGregor, Willie Milne, Hugh Stuart
 Spain Santiago Fernández, José Gancedo, Nicasio Sagardia, Francisco Sanchiz, Miguel Taya, Román Taya
 Sweden Olle Dahlgren, Jan Grönkwist, Hans Hedjerson, Staffan Mannerström, Jan Rube, Per-Roland Quist
 Switzerland Yves Hofstetter, Martin Kessler, Uli Lamm, Jürg Pesko, Michel Rey, Johnny Storjohann
 Wales Clive Brown, Simon Cox, Ted Davies, John Roger Jones, Jeff Toye, John Povall
 West Germany Heinrich Adam, Hans Lampert, Christoph Städler, Veit Pagel, Jürgen Weghmann

Winners

Defending champions England won the gold medal, earning their fourth title, beating, just as at the previous event, Scotland in the final, this time with 4–3. Team Sweden, earned the bronze on third place, after beating Spain 4–3 in the bronze match.

Individual leaders in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was John Davies, England, Yves Hofstetter, Switzerland and Willie Milne, Scotland, tied first, each with a score of 2-under-par 71. There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.

Results

Qualification round

Flight A

Flight B

Flight C

Final standings

Place Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Scotland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden
4  Spain
5  France
6  Switzerland
7  West Germany
8  Wales
9  Denmark
10  Norway
11  Italy
12  Netherlands
13  Ireland
14  Finland
15  Belgium
16  Portugal
17  Iceland
18  Austria

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 153–158. ISBN 9172603283. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  2. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  4. ^ Lindberg, Magnus (August 1973). "Dagbok från EM" [Dairy from the European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. pp. 16–18, 54. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  5. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (2 July 1973). "Scots just fail after brave fight in singles". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  7. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results 1973 Penina". European Golf Association. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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