1979 European Ladies' Team Championship

1979 European Ladies' Team Championship

Entrance to Hermitage Golf Club
Tournament information
Dates	4–8 July 1979
Location	Lucan, Dublin, Republic of Ireland 53.3632°N 6.4132°W / 53.3632; -6.4132
Course(s)	Hermitage Golf Club
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	73
Field	14 teams 84 players
Champion
Ireland Rona Hegarty, Mary Gorry, Susan Gorman, Maureen Madill, Mary McKenna, Claire Nesbitt
Qualification round: 769 (+39) Final match 6–1
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The 1979 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 4–8 July at Hermitage Golf Club in Lucan, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It was the eleventh women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue

The hosting club was founded in 1905 and the course, a mature parkland setting, situated 12 kilometers west of the city center of Dublin, was designed by James McKenna.[1]

The championship course was set up with par 73.

Format

All participating teams played two qualification rounds 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 was 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 switch players during the team matches, selecting other players in to the afternoon single games after the morning foursome games. Games all square after 18 holes were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.

The six teams placed 9–14 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

Teams

14 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players. Austria took part for the first time.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
England	Christine Barker, Julia Greenhalgh, Sue Hedges, Janet Melville, Linda Moore, Julie Walter
France	Eliane Berthét, Nathalie Jeanson, Catherine Lacoste de Prado, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue, Marie-Christine Ubald-Bocquet
Ireland	Rona Hegarty, Mary Gorry, Susan Gorman, Maureen Madill, Mary McKenna, Claire Nesbitt
Scotland	Wilma Aitken, Fiona Anderson, Lesley Hope, Joan Smith, Gillian Stewart, M. Stavert
Spain	Ana Monfort de Albox, Marta Figueras-Dotti, Cristina Marsans, Carmen Maestre de Pellon, Emma Villacieros de García-Ogara
Sweden	Hillevi Hagström, Viveca Hoff, Gisela Linnér, Charlotte Montgomery, Birgitta Werneskog, Liv Wollin
Switzerland	Annette Hadorn, Landolt, L. Ruckstuhl, Priscilla Staible, Pia Ullman, Marie-Christine de Werra
Wales	Audrey Briggs, Lisa Isherwood, Ann Johnson, Tegwen Perkins, Vicki Rawlings, Pamela Whitley Valentine
West Germany	Sabine Blecher, Barbara Böhm, Nicolle Eicke, Christine Felixmüller, Marion Thannhäuser, Ines Umsen

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
Norway

Winners

Four-times-champions team France won the opening 36-hole competition, with a score of 26 over par 756, three strokes ahead of team Spain.

Individual leader in the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Marta Figueras-Dotti, Spain, with a score of 3-under-par 143, three strokes ahead of Julia Greenhalgh, England.

The combined team from the host nation Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland won the championship, earning their first title, beating West Germany in the final 6–1. Team France, earned third place, finishing on the podium for the eleventh time, beating England 51⁄2–11⁄2 in the third place match. With their third place, France had finished on the podium in all eleven European Ladies' Team Championships played since its inauguration in 1959.

Results

Qualification round

Team standings Place Country Score To par 1  France 377-379=756 +26 2  Spain 378-381=759 +29 3  West Germany 389-375=764 +34 4  Ireland 378-391=769 +39 5  Sweden 383-388=771 +41 6  Switzerland 387-387=774 +44 7  England 400-381=781 +51 8  Scotland 389-393=782 +52 9  Netherlands 386-399=785 +55 10  Wales 404-385=789 +59 11  Italy 396-396=792 +62 12  Belgium 407-394=801 +71 13  Norway 421-427=848 +118 14  Austria 421-428=849 +119

Individual leaders Place Player Country Score To par 1 Marta Figueras-Dotti  Spain 70-73=143 −3 2 Julia Greenhalgh  England 73-73=146 E T3 Alice Janmaat  Netherlands 74-73=147 +1 Marie-Laure de Lorenzi  France 73-74=147 Priscilla Staible  Switzerland 74-73=147 6 Viveca Hoff  Sweden 75-73=148 +2 T7 Barbara Böhm  West Germany 72-77=149 +2 Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue  France 73-76=149 T9 Mary McKenna  Ireland 74-76=150 +3 Claire Nesbitt  Ireland 72-78=150 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket   Quarter finals Semi finals Final                                France 5        Scotland 2    Ireland 5.5        France 1.5    Ireland 4.5        Sweden 2.5    Ireland 6        West Germany 1    West Germany 4        Switzerland 3    West Germany 4        England 3 Bronze match    England 5        Spain 2    France 5.5      England 1.5     Elimination matches Match for 5th place                        Scotland 4        Sweden 3    Spain 5.5        Scotland 1.5    Spain 5      Switzerland 2   Match for 7th place            Sweden 5      Switzerland 2

Final games  Ireland  West Germany 6 1 McKenna / Nesbitt 3 & 2 Thannhäuser / Blecher Madill / Gorry Eicke / Umsen 22nd hole Mary McKenna 6 & 5 Marion Thannhäuser Maureen Madill 3 & 2 Barbara Böhm Susan Gorman 3 & 1 Sabine Blecher Claire Nesbitt 1 hole Ines Umsen Mary Gorry 4 & 3 Christine Felixmüller

Final standings

Place	Country
	Ireland
	West Germany
	France
4	England
5	Spain
6	Scotland
7	Sweden
8	Switzerland
9	Netherlands
10	Wales
11	Belgium
12	Italy
13	Norway
14	Austria

Sources:[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

See also

• Espirito Santo Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organized by the International Golf Federation.
• European Amateur Team Championship – European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association.

References

1. "Hermitage Golf Club". Top 100 Golf Courses. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
2. Nordlund, Anders (August 1979). "EM-glädjen som kom av sig" [The joy that finished]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. pp. 28–29, 31. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
3. Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 232. ISBN 9172603283. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
4. Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 192. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
5. "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 26 October 2021.
6. "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" [Teams, European Team Championships] (PDF) (in German). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
7. "England fail in Dublin". The Glasgow Herald. 5 July 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
8. "Scots qualify in last place". The Glasgow Herald. 6 July 1979. p. 26. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
9. "Gillian can't save day". The Glasgow Herald. 7 July 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
10. "Irish women's first success for 72 years". The Glasgow Herald. 9 July 1979. p. 18. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

External links

• European Golf Association: Results