The 1963 European Amateur Team Championship took place 3–7 July at Falsterbo Golf Club in Falsterbo, Sweden. It was the third men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Venue

The hosting club, Sweden's third oldest golf club, was founded in 1909. Its links course, located on a headland peninsula at the south west tip of Sweden, was opened in 1934, initially designed by Robert Turnbull and later redesigned by Gunnar Bauer, Peter Nordwall and Peter Chamberlain.

The course later came to host the 1986 PLM Open on the European Tour.

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 and the last three teams formed flight D.

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 14 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of six players. CountryPlayersHugo Hild, Fritz Jonak, Alexander Maculan, Klaus Nierlich, W. Pollak, H. ThurnherEddy Carbonelle, Eric Tavernier, Philippe Washer, Freddy Rodesch, Paul Rolin, L. VelgeSteen Andersen, John Jacobsen, Mogens Jørgensen, Peter Palsby, Erik Staerk, Ole Wiberg-JørgensenMichael Bonallack, Michael Burgess, Rodney Foster, Peter Green, David Moffat, David Palmer, Alan ThirlwellJalo Grönlund, Veikko Hämäläinen, Pentti Nurminen, Börje Nordman, Torsten Nyström, T. Savolainen, Mauri Vikström, Juhani ÖrmäGuy d'Arcangues, Yves Caillol, Patrick Cros, Jean-Louis Dupont, Roger Lagarde, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue, VisscauxNadi Berruti, Franco Bevione, Brenciaglia, C. Bordogna, Angelo Croce, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo SilvaRobbie E. van Erven Dorens, I.P. Eschauizer, Joan F. Dudok van Heel, Jani A.R. Roland Holst, Ajef F. Knappert, Olland, W.F. SmitJan Aaseth, Ellingsen, Frank Jacobsen, John Johansen, Kåre Kittelsen, Svein Knutsen, Arve PedersenNuno de Brito e Cunha, Fernando da Costa Cabral, Duarte Espirito Santo Silva, T. Lagos, Fernando Pinto Coelho, Manuel LeaoEnrigue Muro, Luis Alvarez de Bohorques, Duke of Fernán-Núñez, Iván Maura, Francisco Sanchiz, Ángel SartoriusJohny Anderson, Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Sten Eriksson, Göran Göransson, Claes Jöhncke, Rune Karlfeldt, Lennart Leinborn, Göran LindebladOlivier Barras, G. Jacques-Dalcroze, Otto Dillier, Peter Gutermann, Max Lamm, Michael ReyWalter Brühne, P. van Elten, Peter Jochums, Dietrich von Knoop, Peter Möller, Helge Rademacher, Erik Sellschopp

Winners Team England, making its second appearance in the championship, won the gold, earning 6 points in flight A. Defending champion and host country Sweden took the silver medal on 4 points and West Germany, for the first time on the podium in the three-year history of the championship, earned the bronze on third place.

Individual winner in the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Rune Karlfeldt, Sweden, with a score of 3-under-par 139, three shots ahead of nearest competitor. Angelo Croce, Italy, shot a new course record in the second round, with a score of 67 over 18 holes on the Falsterbo course.

Results Qualification rounds

Team standings PlaceCountryScoreTo par1291-289=580+122292-291=583+153291-293=584+164304-281=585+175305-286=591+236301-294=595+277307-299=606+388305-302=607+399308-300=608+4010310-310=620+5211311-317=628+6012320-310=630+6213314-319=633+6514331-318=649+81

Individual leaders PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Rune Karlfeldt71-68=139−32Rodney Foster71-71=142ET3Michael Bonallack71-72=143 +1Angelo Croce76-67=143Patrick Cros74-69=143Alan Thirwell72-71=143 Note: There was no official recognition for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Team matches

2054 207.51.5

2063 2063

207.51.5 2063

Team standings CountryPlaceWTLGame pointsPoints130018.5–8.56220116.5–10.5431029–182400310–170 Flight B

Team matches

207.51.5 205.53.5

205.53.5 2054

2090 206.52.5

Team standings CountryPlaceWTLGame pointsPoints520117.5–9.54620115.5–11.5472111–164800010–170 Flight C

Team standings CountryPlace91011

Flight D

Team standings CountryPlace121314

Final standings PlaceCountry4567891011121314 Sources:

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