1991 European Amateur Team Championship

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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.^[1]

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 leading teams

Country	Players
Austria	Marcus Brier, Fritz Poppmeier, Alexander Peterskovki, Rudi Sailer, Hans-Christian Winkler, Mattias Wittman
Denmark	Jan Andersen, Thomas Bjørn, Jakob Greisen, Anders Hansen, Henrik Simonsen, Ben Tinning
England	Gary Evans, Ian Garbutt, Jim Payne, Andrew Sandywell, Ricky Willison, Liam White
France	Ramuntcho Basurco, Christian Cévaër, Frederic Cupillard, François Illouz, Christophe Pottier, Fabrice Tarnaud
Germany	Philip Drewes, Sacha Krauß, Hans-Günther Reiter, Jan-Erik Schapmann, Ekkehart Schieffer, Ulrich Schulte
Ireland	Niall Goulding, Pádraig Harrington, Pádraig Hogan, Garth McGimpsey, Paul McGinley, Liam McNamara
Italy	Emanuele Canonica, Massimo Florioli, Marco Gortana, Marcello Santi, Massimo Scarpa, Manuel Zerman
Netherlands	Niels Boysen, Stephane Lovey, Harold Moss, Rolf Muntz, Bart Nolte, Michael Vogel
Norway	Knut Ekjord, Christer Gavelstad, Øyvind Rojahn, Ole Christian Selbekk, Hans-Helge Strøm-Olsen
Scotland	Andrew Coltart, Derek Crawdord, Craig Everett, Garry Hay, Gavin Lawrie, Jim Milligan
Spain	Carlos Beautell, Diego Borrego, Luis Gabarda, Ignacio Garrido, Tomás Jesús Muñoz Borja Queipo de Llano
Sweden	Fredrik Andersson, Max Anglert, Klas Eriksson, Niclas Fasth, Pehr Magnebrant, Rikard Strångert
Switzerland	Andreas Bauer, Dimitri Bieri, Christophe Bovet, Markus Frank, Thomas Gottstein, Dominique Rey
Wales	Andrew Barnett, Garry Houston, Richard Johnson, Andrew Jones, James Lee, Calvin O'Carroll

Other participating teams

Country
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Iceland
Portugal

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

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	England	355-360=715	−5
2	Spain	364-357=721	+1
3	Italy	362-360=722	+2
4	Scotland	375-351=726	+6
5	France	366-361=727	+7
6	Switzerland	370-359=729	+9
T7	Netherlands *	368-359=734	+14
T7	Austria	360-374=734	+14
9	Denmark	372-363=735	+15
10	Ireland	379-357=736	+16
11	Germany	371-368=739	+19
T12	Wales *	379-366=745	+25
T12	Sweden	371-374=745	+25
14	Norway	387-372=759	+39
15	Portugal	390-372=762	+42
16	Belgium	393-377=770	+50
17	Iceland	387-386=773	+53
18	Finland	392-390=782	+62
19	Czechoslovakia	409-402=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

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Liam White	England	68-70=138	−6
T2	Christian Cévaër	France	69-71=140	−4
	Luis Gabarda	Spain	73-67=140
	François Illouz	France	69-71=140
	Christophe Pottier	France	73-67=140
6	Jim Payne	England	67-74=141	−3
T7	Dimitri Bieri	Switzerland	70-72=142	−2
T7	Anders Hansen	Denmark	72-70=142	−2
T9	Thomas Gottstein	Switzerland	70-73=143	−1
	Rudi Sailer	Austria	67-76=143
	Marcello Santi	Italy	71-72=143
	Massimo Scarpa	Italy	73-70=143
	Hans-Helge Strøm-Olsen	Norway	74-69=143

Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket

Quarter finals		Semi finals		Final



Netherlands	4.5

Spain	2.5
		Italy	4

		Netherlands	3
Italy	4.5

Switzerland	2.5
				England	5

				Italy	2
Scotland	5

France	2
		England	5

		Scotland	2	Bronze match
England	5

Austria	1
				Netherlands	5

				Scotland	3

Elimination matches		Match for 5th place



Spain	6

Switzerland	1
		Spain	4

		France	3
France	6.5

Austria	0.5
		Match for 7th place



		Switzerland	5

		Austria	2

Final games

England	Italy
5	2
G. Evans / L. White 1 hole	M. Gortana / M. Santi
I. Garbutt / A. Sandywell	M. Florioli / M. Zerman 3 & 2
Ricky Willison 2 holes	Massimo Scarpa
Jim Payne AS *	Massimo Florioli AS *
Andrew Sandywell 6 & 4	Marco Cortana
Liam White 5 & 4	Manuel Zerman
Gary Evans AS *	Marcello Santi AS *

* Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1		Round 2		Match for 9th place



Ireland	6

Portugal	1
		West Germany	4

		Ireland	3
West Germany	4

Norway	3
				West Germany	5.5

				Wales	1.5
Wales	5

Sweden	2
		Wales	4.5

		Denmark	2.5	Match for 11th place



				Ireland	4

				Denmark	3

Elimination match		Match for 13th place



Norway	5.5

Portugal	1.5
		Sweden	4

		Norway	3

Flight C

Round 1		Match for 16th place



Iceland	5

Finland	2
		Belgium	5.5

		Iceland	1.5
Belgium	6

Czech Republic	1
		Match for 18th place



		Finland	5

		Czech Republic	2

Final standings

Place	Country
	England
	Italy
	Netherlands
4	Scotland
5	Spain
6	France
7	Switzerland
8	Austria
9	Germany
10	Wales
11	Ireland
12	Denmark
13	Sweden
14	Norway
15	Portugal
16	Belgium
17	Iceland
18	Finland
19	Czechoslovakia

Sources:^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro (Abajo) - Top 100 Golf Courses of Europe". www.top100golfcourses.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1991. pp. 59, 65. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
^ "17th European Amateur Team Championship, Real Club Puerta de Hierro, Madrid - Spain 1991" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 8 April 2021.