1973 European Amateur Team Championship
# 1973 European Amateur Team Championship

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

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 weather 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

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Scotland | 374 | +9 |
| 2 | England | 376 | +11 |
| 3 | France | 377 | +12 |
| 4 | Sweden | 378 | +13 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 381 | +16 |
| 6 | Spain | 389 | +24 |
| 7 | Wales | 390 | +25 |
| 8 | West Germany | 391 | +26 |
| 9 | Denmark | 395 | +30 |
| 10 | Italy | 396 | +31 |
| 11 | Ireland | 398 | +33 |
| 12 | Finland | 399 | +34 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 403 | +38 |
| 14 | Norway | 407 | +42 |
| 15 | Belgium | 409 | +44 |
| 16 | Portugal | 414 | +49 |
| T17 | Austria * | 429 | +64 |
| T17 | Iceland | 429 | +64 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| T1 | John Davies | England | 71 | −2 |
| T1 | Yves Hofstetter | Switzerland | 71 | −2 |
| T1 | Willie Milne | Scotland | 71 | −2 |
| T4 | Hans Hedjerson | Sweden | 72 | −1 |
| T4 | Charlie Green | Scotland | 72 | −1 |
| T6 | Rodney Foster | England | 73 | E |
| T6 | Alexis Godillot | France | 73 | E |
| T6 | Kari Salonen | Finland | 73 | E |
| T6 | Román Taya | Spain | 73 | E |

Flight A

| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| England | 5 | | |
| Wales | 2 | | |
| Wales | 2 | England | 6 |
| | | Spain | 1 |
| Spain | 4 | Spain | 1 |
| France | 3 | | | | |
| France | 3 | | | England | 4 |
| | | | | Scotland | 3 |
| Sweden | 4 | | | Scotland | 3 |
| Switzerland | 3 | | | | |
| Switzerland | 3 | Scotland | 5 | | |
| | | Sweden | 2 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Scotland | 7 | Sweden | 2 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| West Germany | 0 | | | | |
| West Germany | 0 | | | Sweden | 4 |
| | | | | Spain | 3 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| France | 4.5 |
| Wales | 2.5 | | |
| Wales | 2.5 | France | 5.5 |
| | | Switzerland | 1.5 |
| Switzerland | 4.5 | Switzerland | 1.5 |
| West Germany | 2.5 | | |
| West Germany | 2.5 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | West Germany | 5.5 |
| | | Wales | 1.5 |
| England | Scotland |
| 4 | 3 |
| P. Hedges / M. King 7 & 6 | H. Stuart / W. Milne |
| R. Foster / T. Homer 20th | C. Green / G. MacGregor |
| John Davies | Hugh Stuart 3 & 2 |
| Rodney Foster 2 & 1 | Charlie Green |
| Michael King | Willie Milne 1 hole |
| Peter Hedges 2 & 1 | George MacGregor |
| Trevor Homer | Ian Hurcheon 3 & 2 |

Flight B

| Norway | Ireland |
| - | - |
| 4 | 3 |
| Netherlands | Finland |
| 4 | 3 |
| Norway | Italy |
| 4 | 3 |
| Denmark | Netherlands |
| 6 | 1 |
| Ireland | Finland |
| 5 | 2 |
| Italy | Netherlands |
| 4 | 3 |
| Denmark | Norway |
| 4 | 3 |

Flight C

| Portugal | Austria |
| - | - |
| 5.5 | 1.5 |
| Belgium | Iceland |
| 7 | 0 |
| Portugal | Iceland |
| 5 | 2 |
| Belgium | Austria |
| 7 | 0 |
| Iceland | Austria |
| 4.5 | 2.5 |
| Belgium | Portugal |
| 4 | 3 |

Final standings

| Place | Country |
| - | - |
| | England |
| | Scotland |
| | 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 |

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