1991 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 1991 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 10–14 July at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. It was the 17th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

1991 European Ladies' Team Championship
Clubhouse at Wentworth
Tournament information
Dates10–14 July 1991
LocationVirginia Water, Surrey, England
51°23′48″N 0°35′45″W
Course(s)Wentworth Club (West Course)
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
Format36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par75
Field13 teams
78 players
Champion
 England
Nicola Buxton, Fiona Edmond,
Linzi Fletcher, Caroline Hall,
Julie Hall, Joanne Morley
Qualification round: 776 (+26)
Final match 5–2
Location Map
Location in Europe
Location in the British Isles
Location in England
Location in Surrey

Venue
Main article: Wentworth Club

The hosting Wentworth Club was founded in 1922. Its West Course, situated in Virginia Water, Surrey, 40 kilometres south-west of the city center of London, England, not far from Windsor Castle, opened in 1926 and was designed by golf course architect Harry Colt. It had previously hosted some of the most prestigious tournaments in the world, the 1953 Ryder Cup, the 1956 Canada Cup and several editions of the World Match Play Championship and the BMW PGA Championship.[1]

The championship course was set up with par 75.

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 five teams placed 9–13 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B, to meet each other to decide their final positions.

Teams

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

Players in the leading teams

CountryPlayers
 England Nicola Buxton, Fiona Edmond, Linzi Fletcher, Caroline Hall, Julie Hall, Joanne Morley
 Ireland Eavan Higgins, Claire Hourihane, Denise McCarthy, Eileen Rose McDaid, Mary McKenna
 France Delphine Bourson, Caroline Bourtayre, Valérie Michaud, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue, Kristel Mourge d'Algue, Valérie Golléty-Pamard
 Germany Susanne Boes, Franca Fehlauer, Martina Fischer, Luise Gehlen, Henriette Gladiator, Anika Heuser
 Scotland Fiona Anderson, Elaine Farquharson, Catriona Lambert, Janice Moodie, Alison Rose, Morag Wright
 SwedenMaria Bertilsköld, Charlotta Eliasson, Åsa Gottmo, Carin Hjalmarsson Koch, Petra Rigby, Annika Sörenstam
 WalesLisa Dermott, Julie Foster, Helen Lawson, S. Mountford, Andrea Perriam, Vicki Thomas

Other participating teams

Country
 Belgium
 Denmark
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Spain
  Switzerland

Winners

Two-times-champions team Sweden, with 20 years old future professional world number one Annika Sörenstam in the team, won the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 18 over par 768, eight strokes ahead of host nation England.

Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Silvia Cavalleri, Italy, with a score of 2-under-par 148, one stroke ahead of Joanne Morley, England.

Team England won the championship. Playing in their tenth final they beat Sweden 5–2 and earned their seventh title. Defending champions France earned third place, beating team Wales in the bronze match.

Results

Qualification round

Flight A

Final standings

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

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

See also

References
  1. "Golf at Wentworth". Wentworth Club. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  2. Westerberg, Anders (September 1991). "...Och här blev det silver" [...And here it became silver]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. p. 73. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  3. "Resultat, EM damer" [Results, European Ladies' Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. September 1991. p. 81. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  4. Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 193. ISBN 91-86818007. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  6. "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" [Teams, European Team Championships] (PDF) (in German). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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