1973 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 1973 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 5–8 July at Royal Golf Club de Belgique, 7 kilometres south-east of the city center of Brussels, Belgium. It was the eighth women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

1973 European Ladies' Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates5–8 July 1973
LocationBrussels, Belgium
50°49′N 4°29′E
Course(s)Royal Golf Club de Belgique
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
Format18 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par74
Length6,308 yards (5,768 m)
Field13 teams
circa 65 players
Champion
 England
Linda Denison-Pender, Mary Everard, Ann Irvin, Carol le Feuvre, Mickey Walker
Qualification round: 309 (+13)
Final match: 4–3
Location Map
Royal GC de Belgique is located in Europe
Royal GC de Belgique
Royal GC de Belgique
Location in Europe
Royal GC de Belgique is located in Belgium
Royal GC de Belgique
Royal GC de Belgique
Location in Belgium
Royal GC de Belgique is located in Brussels
Royal GC de Belgique
Royal GC de Belgique
Location in Brussels

Format

All participating teams, allowed to have six players, played one qualification round of stroke-play with five players, counted the four best scores for each team.

The six 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 teams place first and second were directly qualified for the semi-finals. The team placed third was drawn to play the quarter-final against the team placed sixth and the teams placed fourth and fifth met each other. 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 four teams placed 7–10 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B and the three teams placed 11–13 formed Flight C, to meet each other to decide their final positions.

Teams

13 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of four players.

Players in the leading teams

CountryPlayers
 England Linda Denison Pender, Mary Everard, Ann Irvin, Carol le Feuvre, Suzanne Parker, Mickey Walker
 France Odile Semelaigne-Garaïalde, Georges Labesse, Anne Marie Palli, A. Robert, Brigitte Varangot
 Ireland Mary Gorry, Josephine Mark, Maise Mooney, Mary McKenna,
 Italy Federica Dassù, Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, Minette Marazza, Eva Ragher, Marina Ragher Ciaffi
 Scotland Catherine Panton, J. B. Rennie, Belle Robertson, Mary Walker, Maureen Walker, Janette Wright
 Spain Ana Monfort de Albox, Otilia Bonny, Elena Corominas, Emma Villacieros de García-Ogara, Cristina Marsans, Carmen Maestre de Pellon
 SwedenMonica Andersson, Monica Hagström Nordlund, Viveca Hoff, Anna Skanse Dönnestad, Ann-Katrin Svensson, Christina Westerberg
 Wales Audrey Briggs, Amanda Gale, Christine Phipps, Tegwen Perkins, Vicki Rawlings
 West Germany Elisabeth Buckup, Marietta Gütermann, Susanne Schultz, Jeannette Weghmann, Barbara Zintl

Other participating teams

Country
 Belgium
 Denmark
 Netherlands
  Switzerland

Winners

Defending champion team England won the opening 18-hole competition, with a score of 13 over par 309, one stroke ahead of three times champion France.

Individual leader in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Mary Everard, England, with a score of 4-under-par 70, three shots ahead of 17-year-old Federica Dassù, Italy. Everard's round included four birdies and an eagle. There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

The first three places went to the same nations as at the previous championship two years earlier. Team England won the championship, earning their fourth title, beating France in the final 4–3. Team Sweden finished third for the third time, beating Spain 4–3 in the third place match.

Results

Qualification round

Flight A

Flight B

 
Elimination matchesMatch for 7th place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Netherlands5
 
 
 
  Switzerland2
 
 Scotland5
 
 
 
 Netherlands2
 
 Scotland6
 
 
 Wales1
 
Match for 9th place
 
 
 
 
 
  Switzerland4
 
 
 Wales3

Final standings

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

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

See also

References
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  2. Jansson, Anders (August 1973). "Yvig gran stoppade Sverige mot skakade storfavoriter" [Big fir tree stopped Sweden against shaken big favorites]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. pp. 19–20, 54. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  3. Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 184. ISBN 9172603283. Retrieved 19 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 19 October 2021.
  5. "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 16 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 19 October 2021.
  7. "Scotland in eight place". The Glasgow Herald. 6 July 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  8. "Scots impress in Brussels". The Glasgow Herald. 7 July 1973. p. 2. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  9. "Women's title won by England". The Glasgow Herald. 9 July 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  10. Caird, Douglas (6 July 1973). "England owe much to Miss Everard's touch". The Times (London, England). p. 12.
  11. Caird, Douglas (7 July 1973). "No respite as Ireland take tro the woods". The Times (London, England). p. 15.
  12. Caird, Douglas (9 July 1973). "England retain European team title". The Times (London, England). p. 6.
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