1991 European Amateur Team Championship

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]

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.

19 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the teams

Country	Players
Austria	Marcus Brier, Fritz Poppmeier, Alexander Peterskovki, Rudi Sailer, Hans-Christian Winkler, Mattias Wittman
Belgium	Christophe Bosmans, Filip Govaerts, Arnaud Langenaeken, Dany Vanbegin, Nicolas Vanhootegem, Didier de Vooght
Czechoslovakia	Miroslav Brtek, Pavel Fulin, Jan Kunsta, Jaroslav Hanek, Peter Miruzek, Karel Skopovy
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
Finland	Riku Aarnio, Petri Jyras, Petri Pulkkinen, Mikko Rantanen, Juha Selin, Kalle Vainola
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
Iceland	Sigurjor Arnarsson, Thorsteinn Hallgrimeson, Ulfar Jonsson, Svein Sigurbergason, Gudmundur Sveinbjornsson, Bjorn Knutsson
Ireland	Niall Goulding, Pádraig Harrington, Pádraig Hogan, Garth McGimpsey, Paul McGinley, Liam McNamara
Italy	Emanuele Canonica, Massimo Florioli, Marco Cortana, 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
Portugal	Alexandre Barroso, Joao Pedro Carvalhosa, Antonio Castelo, Jose Correia, Ricardo Oliveira, Filipe S. Sousa
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

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.

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  Austria 360-374=734 9  Denmark 372-363=735 +15 10  Ireland 379-357=736 +16 11  Germany 371-368=739 +19 T12  Wales * 379-366=745 +25  Sweden 371-374=745 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 Anders Hansen  Denmark 72-70=142 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]