1969 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 1969 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 3–6 July at Halmstad Golf Club in Tylösand, Sweden. It was the sixth women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

1969 European Ladies' Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates3–6 July 1969
LocationHalmstad, Sweden
56.662264°N 12.749291°E / 56.662264; 12.749291
Course(s)Halmstad Golf Club
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
Format18 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par72
Field15 teams
circa 75 players
Champion
 France
Odile Garaialde, Catherine Lacoste,
Martine Giraud,
Florence du Pasquier Mourgue d'Algue,
Brigitte Varangot
Qualification round: 316 (+28)
Final match: 6–1
Location Map
Location in Europe
Location in Sweden
Location in Halland County

Venue
Main article: Halmstad Golf Club

The tournament was played at the North course at Halmstad Golf Club in Tylösand, Halmstad Municipality, 9 kilometers west of Halmstad city center in Halland County, Sweden. The club was founded in 1930. Its first 18-hole course was constructed by Rafael Sundblom and approved in 1938. A new course was inaugurated in 1967, when nine new holes were constructed, which together with the last nine holes of the old course formed the new North Course.

Format

All participating teams played one qualification round of stroke-play with up to five players, counted the four 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. Each of the four best placed teams were drawn to play the quarter-final against one of the teams in the flight placed in the next four positions. 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 matches after the morning foursome matches.

The four teams placed 9–12 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B to play similar knock-out play and the four teams placed 13–15 formed Flight C, to meet each other to decide their final positions.

Teams

A record number of 15 nation teams contested the event. Czechoslovakia, Luxemburg and Norway took part for the first time. Each team consisted of a minimum of four players.

Players in the leading teams

CountryPlayers
 England Sally Barber, Barbara Dixon, Ann Irvin, Kathryn Phillips, Margaret Wenyon
 France Odile Garaialde Semelaigne, Catherine Lacoste, Martine Gajan-Giraud, Florence du Pasquier Mourgue d'Algue, Brigitte Varangot
 Ireland Elaine Bradshaw, Oonagh Heskin Fitzpatrick, M. Coburn Madeley, C. McAuley, Mary McKenna
 Italy L. Benazzo, Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, Bianca Martina, Marina Ragher, L. Rivetti
 SwedenLiv Forsell, Marianne Bergengren, Birgit Forsman, Louise Johansson Wingård, Christina Nordström, Ann-Katrin Svensson
 WalesAudrey Brown, Elsie Brown, Ann Hughes, Jill Morris Edwards, Christine Phipps
 West Germany Barbara Böhm, Marion Petersen, Marietta Gütermann, Horstbrink, Brigitte Mähl

Other participating teams

Country
 Belgium
 Czechoslovakia
 Denmark
 Luxembourg
 Netherlands
 Norway
 Scotland
 Spain

Winners

Two-times champion team France won the opening 18-hole competition, with a score of 28 over par 316, 15 strokes ahead of host nation Sweden.

Individual leader in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Brigitte Varangot, France, with a score of 3-over-par 75, two shots ahead of teammate and 1967 U.S. Women's Open champion Catherine Lacoste, who made her first appearance in the European Ladies' Team Championship. There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Team France won the championship earning their third title, beating defending champions England in the final 6–1.

Results

Qualification round

Flight A

Flight B

Bracket

 
Elimination matchesMatch for 9th place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 West Germany4
 
 
 
 Spain3
 
 West Germany4
 
 
 
 Scotland3
 
 Scotland6
 
 
 Norway1
 
Match for 11th place
 
 
 
 
 
 Spain6
 
 
 Norway1

Flight C

Final standings

Place Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  England
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Netherlands
4  Belgium
5  Sweden
6  Ireland
7  Italy
8  Wales
9  West Germany
10  Scotland
11  Spain
12  Norway
13  Denmark
14  Luxembourg
15  Czechoslovakia

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6]

See also

References
  1. Runfelt, Erik (August 1969). "Frankrikes damer bäst i Tylösand, Slog England i välarangerat EM" [French ladies best at Tylösand, beat England in well organized European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. pp. 5–9. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  2. Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 183. ISBN 9172603283. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  3. Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 192. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" [Teams, European Team Championships] (PDF) (in German). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. The Golfer's Handbook 1973. Munro-Barr Publications Ltd, Glasgow. 1973. p. 347. ISBN 9780900403064.
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