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1967 European Amateur Team Championship

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1967 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates22–25 June 1967
LocationTurin, Italy
45°12′10″N 07°33′00″E / 45.20278°N 7.55000°E / 45.20278; 7.55000
Course(s)Circolo Golf Torino – La Mandria
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 18 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par72
Field16 teams
circa 96 players
Champion
 Ireland
Joe Carr, Tom Craddock,
Tom Egan, Peter Flaherty,
Vincent Nevin, David Sheahan
Qualification round: 366 (+6)
Final: 4–3
Location map
Circolo Golf Torino – La Mandria is located in Europe
Circolo Golf Torino – La Mandria
Circolo Golf Torino – La Mandria
Location in Europe
Circolo Golf Torino – La Mandria is located in Italy
Circolo Golf Torino – La Mandria
Circolo Golf Torino – La Mandria
Location in the Italy
Circolo Golf Torino – La Mandria is located in Piedmont
Circolo Golf Torino – La Mandria
Circolo Golf Torino – La Mandria
Location in Piedmont
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The 1967 European Amateur Team Championship took place 22–25 June at Circolo Golf Torino – La Mandria, 18 kilometres north of central Turin, Italy. It was the fifth men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Format

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All participating teams played one qualification round of stroke-play with up to 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 position after the stroke play. Each of the four best placed teams were drawn to play the quarter-final against one of the teams in the flight placed in the next four positions. In each match between two nation teams, two 18-hole foursome games and five 18-hole single games were played. Teams were allowed to switch players during the team matches, selecting other players in to the afternoon single games after the morning foursome games.

The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight, B to play a similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

Teams

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16 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of five players.

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
 Belgium John Bigwood, Eddy Carbonnelle, Jacky Moerman, Freddy Rodesch, Paul Rolin, Phiilippe Washer
 England Michael Attenborough, Michael Burgess, Bob Durrant, Rodney Foster, Geoff Marks, Dudley Millensted
 France Patrick Cros, Jean-Charles Desbordes, Hervé Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
 Ireland Joe Carr, Tom Craddock, Tom Egan, Peter Flaherty, Vincent Nevin, David Sheahan
 Italy Franco Bevione, Carlo Bordogna, Stefano Cimatti, Angelo Croce, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva
 Scotland Findlay Black, Charlie Green, Sandy Pirie, Sandy Saddler, Ronnie Shade, Colin Strachan
 Spain Gonzalo Arana, Duke of Fernán-Núñez, Santiago Fernández, José Gancedo, D. Las Nieves, Roman Taya
 Sweden Per-Olof Johansson, Hans Hedjerson, Claes Jöhncke, Johan Jöhncke, Magnus Lindberg, Jonas Peil
 Wales Jimmy Buckley, Edward Davies, Paul Dunn, John Povall, Hew Squirell, Iestyn Tucker
 West Germany Walter Brühne, Gerhard König, Jan Müller, Helge Rademacher, Christian Strenger, Jürgen Weghmann

Other participating teams

Country
 Austria
 Denmark
 Finland
 Norway
 Netherlands
 Switzerland
 West Germany

Winners

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Defending champions team Ireland won the gold medal, beating team France 4–3 in the final. England earned the bronze on third place, after beating Scotland 4.5–2.5 in the bronze match.

Individual leaders in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Tom Craddock, Ireland, and Charlie Green, Scotland, tied on first place, each with a score of 3-under-par 69. There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.

Results

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Qualification round

Flight A

Flight B

Bracket

Final standings

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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 153–158. ISBN 9172603283.
  2. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007.
  3. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Lennart Bunke om Turin" [Lennart Bunke about Turin]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. August 1967. pp. 1–3, 30–31. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. ^ Ward Thomas, P.A. (26 June 1967). "Ireland retain European Team Championship". The Glasgow Herald. p. 7. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. ^ Ward Thomas, P.A. (23 June 1967). "Golf: Ireland and Scotland lead qualifiers". The Glasgow Herald. p. 6. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  7. ^ Ward Thomas, P.A. (24 June 1967). "Scotland in European team semi-finals". The Glasgow Herald. p. 4. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
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