1959 European Amateur Team Championship

1959 European Amateur Team Championship

Tournament information
Dates	22–27 June 1959
Location	Barcelona, Spain 41°34′12″N 2°03′18″E / 41.570°N 2.055°E / 41.570; 2.055
Course(s)	Real Club de Golf El Prat
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	36 holes stroke play round-robin system match play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,359 yards (5,815 m)
Field	9 teams circa 60 players
Champion
Sweden Ola Bergqvist, Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Gunnar Carlander, Per-Olof Johansson, Göran Lindeblad, Bengt Möller, Nils Odqvist (captain and substitute player), Elis Werkell
Qualification round: 612 (+36) Flight A matches: 5 points
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The 1959 European Amateur Team Championship took place 22–27 June on the Real Club de Golf El Prat outside Barcelona, Spain. It was the first men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

All participating teams played two qualification rounds of stroke-play, counting the four best scores out of up to six players for each team. The four best teams formed flight A. The next four best teams formed flight B.

The winner in each flight was determined by a round-robin system. All teams in the flight met each other and the team with most points for team matches in flight A won the tournament, using the scale, win=2 points, halved=1 point, lose=0 points. In each match between two nation teams, three foursome games and six single games were played.

Nine nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
France	Henri de Lamaze, Marius Bardana, Yves Caillol, Philippe Chassigny, Jean-Louis Dupont, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
Spain	Juan Antonio Andreu, Iván Maura, Enrigue Muro, Eduardo de la Riva, Fransisco Sanchiz, Ignacio Urguijo
Sweden	Ola Bergqvist, Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Gunnar Carlander, Per-Olof Johansson, Göran Lindeblad, Bengt Möller, Nils Odqvist,* Elis Werkell
West Germany	Hermann Ernst, Jost Burghartz, Werner Götz, Hans Lampert, Dietrich von Knoop, Hermann Tissies

* Note: Odqvist entered the tournament as non-playing captain, but since Lindeblad and Möller was not able to play on June 25th in Sweden's match against Spain and Bielke and Carlander was not able to play on June 26th in Sweden's match against West Germany, due to food poisoning, Odqist played in these two matches.

Other participating teams

Country
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Switzerland

Team Sweden won the championship, earning 5 points in flight A. Team France finished second, ahead of host country Spain.

Individual winner in the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Dietrich von Knoop, West Germany, with a score of 2-over-par 146. Henri de Lamaze, France, shot a new course record in the second round, with a score of 69 over 18 holes at the El Prat course.

Qualification rounds

Team standings Place Country Score To par 1  Sweden 304-308=612 +36 2  France 320-295=615 +39 3  West Germany 311-311=622 +46 4  Spain 319-305=624 +48 T5  Belgium 315-319=634 +58  Switzerland 315-319=634 7  Italy 321-316=637 +61 8  Netherlands 327-319=646 +70 9  Portugal 335-343=678 +102

Individual leader Place Player Country Score To par 1 Dietrich von Knoop  West Germany 74-72=146 +2 Note: There was no official recognition for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Team matches

2  Sweden  Spain 0 6 3 2  France  West Germany 0 5.5 3.5

1  Sweden  West Germany 1 4.5 4.5 2  France  Spain 0 5 4

2  Sweden  France 0 5 4 2  Spain  West Germany 0 7 2

Team standings

Country	Place	W	T	L	Game points	Points
Sweden	1	2	1	0	15.5–11.5	5
France	2	2	0	1	14.5–12.5	4
Spain	3	1	0	2	14–13	2
West Germany	4	0	1	2	12–15	1

Flight B

Team matches

2  Belgium  Netherlands 0 8.5 0.5 2  Italy  Switzerland 0 5.5 3.5

2  Belgium  Switzerland 0 5.5 3.5 2  Italy  Netherlands 0 6 3

2  Italy  Belgium 0 8.5 0.5 2  Switzerland  Netherlands 0 7 2

Team standings

Country	Place	W	T	L	Game points	Points
Italy	5	3	0	0	20–7	6
Belgium	6	2	0	1	14.5–12.5	4
Switzerland	7	1	0	2	14–13	2
Netherlands	8	0	0	3	21.5–5.5	0

Final standings

Place	Country
	Sweden
	France
	Spain
4	West Germany
5	Italy
6	Belgium
7	Switzerland
8	Netherlands
9	Portugal

Sources:^[1][2][3][4]

• 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.

• European Golf Association: Full results