# 1977 European Amateur Team Championship

The 1977 European Amateur Team Championship took place 22–26 June at Royal The Hague Golf & Country Club in Wassenaar, Netherlands. It was the tenth men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

## Venue

The course, situated in an undulating dune landscape in Wassenaar, 10 kilometres north of the city center of The Hague, Netherlands, was designed in 1938, by Harry Colt and C.H. Alison.
The championship course was set up with par 72.

## Format

Each team consisted of 6 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 eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

## Teams

16 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.
| Country | Players |
| Austria | Uli Berlinger, Johann Lamberg, Max Lamberg, Franz Lamier, Klaus Nierlich, Fritz Porstendorfer |
| Belgium | John Bigwood, B. Chaput, Benoit Dumont, Freddy Rodesch, Jean Rolin, R. de Vooght |
| Denmark | Kjeld Friche, Hans Jacobsen, Henry Knudsen, Jan Lindberg, John Nielsen, Hans Sternderup |
| England | John Davies, Paul Downes, Peter Hedges, Michael Kelley, Sandy Lyle, Peter McEvoy |
| France | Sven Boinet, Marc Farry, Michel Gayon, Alexis Godillot, Tim Planchin, Philippe Ploujoux |
| Ireland | Declan Branigan, John Dickson, Brian Hoey, Liam McNamara, Paddy O'Boyle, Denis O'Sullivan |
| Italy | Carlo Acutis, Angelo Croze, Franco Gigliarelli, Antonio Lionello, A. Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva |
| Netherlands | Carel Braun, Barend van Dam, G. van Dam, Bart Nolte, Jaap van Neck, Victor Swane |
| Norway | Erik Dønnestad, Ole-Christian. Hammer, Johan Horn, Asbjörn Ramnefjell, Tore Sviland, Alexander Vik |
| Portugal | Rodrico M. Bivar, A, Dantas, J. Figuireido, José Lara de Sousa e Melo, J. Santos, R. Soares, |
| Scotland | Allan Brodie, Iain Carslaw, Charlie Green, Ian Hutcheon, Steve Martin, Gordon Murray |
| Spain | Gonzaga Escauriaza, Santiago Fernández, Luis Gabarda, José Gancedo, Nicasio Sagardia, Román Taya |
| Sweden | Jan Andhagen, Bob Bäckstedt, Krister Kinell, Göran Lundqvist, Jan Rube, Mikael Sorling |
| Switzerland | Martin Frank, Yves Hofstetter, Martin Kessler, René Kessler, Michel Rey, Johnny Storjohann, R. Valsiangiancomo |
| Wales | John Jermine, David McLean, Terry Melia, Jeff Toye, John Povall, David Stevens |
| West Germany | Kai Flint, Freidrich Janssen, Christoph Kilian, Jan Müller, Veit Pagel, Christian Strenger |

## Winners

Defending champions Scotland won the gold medal, earning their second title, in their fourth consecutive final beating Sweden 5–2. Scottish team member Ian Hurcheon, individual leader at the previous championship two years ago as well as at the 1976 Eisenhower Trophy, did not play in the final because of an injury.
Team France, earned the bronze on third place, after beating Denmark 5–2 in the bronze match.
There was no official award for the lowest individual score in the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition, but individual leader was Peter McEvoy, England, with a score of 4-under-par 140, four strokes ahead of nearest competitor. He scored the only sub-70-round of the first day, carding a 69. In the match-play rounds in flight A, McEvoy won all his five games.
The best score of the second round belonged to Jan Lindberg, Denmark, also scoring a 3-under-par 69 round.
Future professional two-time major winner, Sandy Lyle, at 19 years of age, represented England and finished tied 7th individually.
Fritz Porstendorfer, team Austria, made a hole-in-one on the 12th hole.

## Results

Qualification round
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | England | 366-377=743 | +23 |
| 2 | Scotland | 373-377=750 | +30 |
| 3 | Denmark | 388-375=763 | +43 |
| T4 | France * | 380-389=769 | +49 |
| T4 | West Germany | 394-375=769 | +49 |
| 6 | Italy | 386-385=771 | +51 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 384-388=772 | +52 |
| T8 | Sweden * | 392-383=775 | +55 |
| T8 | Wales | 384-391=775 | +55 |
| 10 | Ireland | 392-385=777 | +57 |
| T11 | Norway * | 395-385=780 | +60 |
| T11 | Spain | 395-385=780 | +60 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 399-388=787 | +67 |
| 14 | Austria | 415-391=806 | +86 |
| 15 | Belgium | 410-404=814 | +94 |
| 16 | Portugal | 418-413=831 | +111 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Peter McEvoy | England | 69-71=140 | −4 |
| 2 | Iain Carslaw | Scotland | 70-74=144 | E |
| 2 | Alexis Godillot | France | 72-72=144 | E |
| T4 | Allan Brodie | Scotland | 74-71=145 | +1 |
| T4 | Brian Hoey | Ireland | 71-74=145 | +1 |
| T6 | Jan Lindberg | Denmark | 77-69=146 | +2 |
| T6 | Philippe Ploujoux | France | 72-74=146 | +2 |
| T8 | Michael Kelley | England | 73-74=147 | +3 |
| T8 | Sandy Lyle | England | 72-75=147 | +3 |
| T8 | Veit Pagel | West Germany | 75-72=147 | +3 |
Flight A
| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| Scotland | 5 | | |
| Switzerland | 2 | | |
| Switzerland | 2 | Scotland | 6 |
| | | Denmark | 1 |
| Denmark | 4 | Denmark | 1 |
| Italy | 3 | | | | |
| Italy | 3 | | | Scotland | 5 |
| | | | | Sweden | 2 |
| France | 5.5 | | | Sweden | 2 |
| West Germany | 1.5 | | | | |
| West Germany | 1.5 | Sweden | 4 | | |
| | | France | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Sweden | 5 | France | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| England | 2 | | | | |
| England | 2 | | | France | 4 |
| | | | | Denmark | 3 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Switzerland | 4.5 |
| Italy | 2.5 | | |
| Italy | 2.5 | England | 5.5 |
| | | Switzerland | 1.5 |
| England | 6.5 | Switzerland | 1.5 |
| West Germany | 0.5 | | |
| West Germany | 0.5 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | Italy | 4 |
| | | West Germany | 3 |
| Scotland | Sweden |
| 5 | 2 |
| S. Martin / C. Green 3 & 2 | B. Bäckstedt / J. Rube |
| A. Brodie / G. Murray | G. Lundqvist / M. Sorling 1 hole |
| Gordon Murray 3 & 2 | Krister Kinell |
| Steve Martin 6 & 5 | Jan Andhagen |
| Charlie Green 19th | Mikael Sorling |
| Allan Brodie | Göran Lundqvist 3 & 2 |
| Iain Carslaw 2 & 1 | Jan Rube |
Flight B
Bracket
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| Wales | 6 | | |
| Portugal | 1 | | |
| Portugal | 1 | Wales | 4 |
| | | Spain | 3 |
| Spain | 4 | Spain | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | | | | |
| Netherlands | 3 | | | Wales | 4 |
| | | | | Norway | 3 |
| Norway | 5 | | | Norway | 3 |
| Austria | 2 | | | | |
| Austria | 2 | Norway | 4 | | |
| | | Ireland | 3 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Ireland | 6 | Ireland | 3 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Belgium | 1 | | | | |
| Belgium | 1 | | | Spain | 4 |
| | | | | Ireland | 3 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 13th place | Match for 13th place |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Portugal | 2 | | |
| Portugal | 2 | Netherlands | 4 |
| | | Belgium | 3 |
| Belgium | 5 | Belgium | 3 |
| Austria | 2 | | |
| Austria | 2 | Match for 15th place | Match for 15th place |
| | | Austria | 4 |
| | | Portugal | 3 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
| | Scotland |
| | Sweden |
| | France |
| 4 | Denmark |
| 5 | England |
| 6 | Switzerland |
| 7 | Italy |
| 8 | West Germany |
| 9 | Wales |
| 10 | Norway |
| 11 | Spain |
| 12 | Ireland |
| 13 | Netherlands |
| 14 | Belgium |
| 15 | Austria |
| 16 | Portugal |
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