1975 European Amateur Team Championship

The 1975 European Amateur Team Championship took place 28 June – 1 July at Killarney Golf & Fishing Club, Killarney, Ireland. It was the ninth men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Venue

The tournament was played at the club's 18-hole Mahony's Point Course, opened in 1939 on the shore of Lough Leane, 3 kilometres west of Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland.

The course was set up with par 35 over the first nine holes and par 38 on the second nine, finishing with a par 3 hole.

The course was dry and the whether warm and sunny during the whole tournament. Course layout HoleMetersParHoleMetersPar132541032642346411368431763124615432541343755448514346461483152504736841647458387417370494114181853Out2,93435In3,21738Source:Total6,15173

Format All participating teams played one qualification round of stroke-play with six players, and 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 was 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 national 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. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.

The six teams placed 9–14 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions. 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. CountryPlayersUli Berlinger, M. Gohn, J. Göss-Saurau, E. Huber, Lampert Stolz, W. WewalkaJohn Bigwood, Benoit Dumont, Thierry Goosens, Yves Mahain, Freddy Rodesch, Jean Rolin, R. de VooghtKjeld Friche, Lars Jacobsen, Niels Elsøe.Jensen, Henry Knudsen, John Nielsen, Jens ThomasenJohn Davies, Richard Eyles, Peter Hedges, Mark James, Geoff Marks, Martin PoxonPatrick Halamaa, Hannu Kussaari, Harry Safonoff, Kari Salonen, Juha Utter, Lauri WirkalaSven Boinet, Hervé Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, George Leven, Tim Planchin, Philippe PloujouxTorbjörn Kjaerbo, Einar Gudnason, Ragnar Olafsson, Oskar Saemundsson, Björgvin Thorsteinsson, S. ThorarensenEddie Dunne, Ian Elliott, Jack Harrington, Brian Malone, Pat Mulcare, Hugh SmythStefano Betti, Franco Gigliarelli, Antonio Lionello, Lorenzo Silva, Giuseppe Sita, Carlo TadiniA, Graas, N. Graas, Y. Görgen, C. Schock, J. Schock, G. SchumannCarel Braun, Barend van Dam, T. Krol, Bart Nolte, Jaap van Neck, Victor SwaneErik Dønnestad, Petter Dønnestad, Ole-Christian Hammer, Johan Horn, Asbjörn Ramnefjell, Leif StensrudCharlie Green, Ian Hutcheon, George MacGregor, Gordon Murray, Sandy Stephen, Hugh StuartSantiago Fernández, José Gancedo, Ivan Maura, A. Perales, Nicasio Sagardia, Román TayaDag Aurell, Bob Bäckstedt, Hans Hedjerson, Göran Lundqvist, Jan Rube, Michael ÖrtegrenYves Hofstetter, Thomas Fortmann, Martin Kessler, Carlo Rampone, Michel Rey, Johnny StorjohannJohn Jermine, David McLean, Hew Squirell, Jeff Toye, John Povall, Iestyn TuckerHans-Hubert Giesen, Freidrich Janssen, Christoph Kilian, Hans Lampert, Veit Pagel, Christian Strenger

Winners Scotland won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating Italy in the final 4.5–2.5. The Scottish team won the qualifying competition for the fourth consecutive occasion and had previously in the history of the championship finished second three times, losing the last two finals to England.

Team Sweden, earned the bronze on third place, just as at the previous event two years earlier, after beating Switzerland 4–3 in the bronze match.

Defending champions England did not make it to the quarter-finals, finishing tied 8th in the qualifying competition and losing the tie-breaker to France with a one stroke higher non-counting sixth score. Team Wales' low scorer Jeff Toye holed from eight feet on both of his last two greens, giving his team a final one-stroke advantage over England and France, but the sixth score for Wales would not have beaten the sixth scores of neither England or France in the event of a tie.

Individual leader in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Ian Hutcheon, Scotland, with a score of 3-under-par 70. There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Results Qualification round

Team standings PlaceCountryScoreTo par1368 +32377 +12T3 *378 +13 *3783786380 +157382 +17T8 *383 +1838310395 +3011402 +37T12 *403 +3840314405 +4015412 +4716426 +61T17 *431 +66431 * Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score.

Individual leaders PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Ian Hutcheon70−32Geoff Marks71−2T3Stefano Betti72−1Lorenzo Silva72Giuseppe Sita72T6Göran Lundqvist73EPhilippe Ploujoux73Jeff Toye73T9Charlie Green74+1Yves Hofstetter74Freidrich Janssen74Christoph Kilian74George MacGregor74John Povall74Jan Rube74Johnny Storjohann74 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

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Flight A

Bracket

Final games 4.52.5I. Hutcheon / C. GreenL. Silva / A. Lionelli 19thH. Stuart / G. MacGregor 5 & 3S. Betti / G. SitaHugh Stuart 2 & 1Carlo TadiniIan Hutcheon AS*Antonio Lionelli AS*Sandy StephenGiuseppe Sita 1 holeCharlie Green 3 & 2Stefano BettiGeorge MacGregor 6 & 5Lorenzo Silva * Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

Elimination matches 52 52

43 52

Match for 13th place 52 Match for 11th place 43 Match for 9th place 52

Flight C

First round 52 4.52.5

Second round 61 43

Third round 4.52.5

Final standings PlaceCountry456789101112131415161718 Sources:

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