The 1991 European Amateur Team Championship took place 26–30 June at Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain. It was the 17th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Venue

The hosting club was established in 1895 as a polo club. Its first 18-hole golf course, located in the northwest of Madrid, Spain, in the district of Moncloa, 5 kilometres from the city center, designed by Harry Colt, opened in 1914. Tom Simpson designed a new 9-hole course in the 1940s and John Harris designed another nine holes in 1968. The two 18-hole courses at Puerta de Hierro had previously hosted the Open de España and Madrid Open on the European Tour and the 1970 Eisenhower Trophy.

Format Each team consisted of six players, playing two rounds of stroke-play over two days, counting the five best scores each day 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. Teams were allowed to use six players during the team matches, selecting four of them in the two morning foursome games and five players in to the afternoon single games. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.

The seven teams placed 9–15 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the four teams placed 16–19 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, to decide their final positions.

Teams 19 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the teams CountryPlayers Marcus Brier, Fritz Poppmeier, Alexander Peterskovki, Rudi Sailer, Hans-Christian Winkler, Mattias Wittman Christophe Bosmans, Filip Govaerts, Arnaud Langenaeken, Dany Vanbegin, Nicolas Vanhootegem, Didier de Vooght Miroslav Brtek, Pavel Fulin, Jan Kunsta, Jaroslav Hanek, Peter Miruzek, Karel Skopovy Jan Andersen, Thomas Bjørn, Jakob Greisen, Anders Hansen, Henrik Simonsen, Ben Tinning Gary Evans, Ian Garbutt, Jim Payne, Andrew Sandywell, Ricky Willison, Liam White Riku Aarnio, Petri Jyras, Petri Pulkkinen, Mikko Rantanen, Juha Selin, Kalle Vainola Ramuntcho Basurco, Christian Cévaër, Frederic Cupillard, François Illouz, Christophe Pottier, Fabrice Tarnaud Philip Drewes, Sacha Krauß, Hans-Günther Reiter, Jan-Erik Schapmann, Ekkehart Schieffer, Ulrich Schulte Sigurjor Arnarsson, Thorsteinn Hallgrimeson, Ulfar Jonsson, Svein Sigurbergason, Gudmundur Sveinbjornsson, Bjorn Knutsson Niall Goulding, Pádraig Harrington, Pádraig Hogan, Garth McGimpsey, Paul McGinley, Liam McNamara Emanuele Canonica, Massimo Florioli, Marco Cortana, Marcello Santi, Massimo Scarpa, Manuel Zerman Niels Boysen, Stephane Lovey, Harold Moss, Rolf Muntz, Bart Nolte, Michael Vogel Knut Ekjord, Christer Gavelstad, Øyvind Rojahn, Ole Christian Selbekk, Hans-Helge Strøm-Olsen Andrew Coltart, Derek Crawdord, Craig Everett, Garry Hay, Gavin Lawrie, Jim Milligan Alexandre Barroso, Joao Pedro Carvalhosa, Antonio Castelo, Jose Correia, Ricardo Oliveira, Filipe S. Sousa Carlos Beautell, Diego Borrego, Luis Gabarda, Ignacio Garrido, Tomás Jesús Muñoz, Borja Queipo de Llano Fredrik Andersson, Max Anglert, Klas Eriksson, Niclas Fasth, Pehr Magnebrant, Rikard Strångert Andreas Bauer, Dimitri Bieri, Christophe Bovet, Markus Frank, Thomas Gottstein, Dominique Rey Andrew Barnett, Garry Houston, Richard Johnson, Andrew Jones, James Lee, Calvin O'Carroll

Winners Team England won the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition, with a 5-under-par score of 715, six strokes ahead of host nation Spain.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Liam White, England, with a 6-under-par score of 138, two strokes ahead of nearest competitors.

Team England won the gold medal, earning their eighth title, beating team Italy in the final 5–2.

The Netherlands, for the first time on the podium in the history of the championship, earned the bronze on third place, after beating Scotland 4–3 in the bronze match.

Results Qualification round

Team standings PlaceCountryScoreTo par1355-360=715−52364-357=721+13362-360=722+24375-351=726+65366-361=727+76370-359=729+9T7 *368-359=734+14360-374=7349372-363=735+1510379-357=736+1611371-368=739 +19T12 *379-366=745+25371-374=74514387-372=759+3915390-372=762+4216393-377=770+5017387-386=773+5318392-390=782+6219409-402=811+91 * Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the best total of the two non-counting scores of the two rounds.

Individual leaders PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Liam White68-70=138−6T2Christian Cévaër69-71=140−4Luis Gabarda73-67=140François Illouz69-71=140Christophe Pottier73-67=1406Jim Payne67-74=141 −3T7Dimitri Bieri70-72=142 −2Anders Hansen72-70=142T9Thomas Gottstein70-73=143 −1Rudi Sailer67-76=143Marcello Santi71-72=143Massimo Scarpa73-70=143Hans-Helge Strøm-Olsen74-69=143 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket

Final games 52G. Evans / L. White 1 holeM. Gortana / M. SantiI. Garbutt / A. SandywellM. Florioli / M. Zerman 3 & 2Ricky Willison 2 holesMassimo ScarpaJim Payne AS *Massimo Florioli AS *Andrew Sandywell 6 & 4Marco CortanaLiam White 5 & 4Manuel ZermanGary Evans AS *Marcello Santi AS * * Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

Bracket

Flight C

Final standings PlaceCountry45678910111213141516171819 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