1965 European Ladies' Team Championship Explained

1965 European Ladies' Team Championship
Dates:	5–10 July 1965
Location:	The Hague, Netherlands
Coordinates:	52.1311°N 4.3619°W
Course:	Royal the Hague Golf & Country Club
Org:	European Golf Association
Format:	36 holes stroke play round-robin system match play
Par:	73
Yardage:	5906yd
Field:	11 teams circa 55 players
Champion:	Ann Irvin, Marley Spearman, Susan Armitage, Ruth Porter, Jill Thornhill
Score:	Qualification round: 460 (+22) Flight A matches: 5 points
Map:	Europe#Netherlands
Map Label:	Royal The Hague G&CC
Map Relief:	yes
Map Size:	220
Next:	1967

The 1965 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 5–10 July at Royal The Hague Golf & Country Club in Wassenaar, 10 kilometres north of the city center of The Hague, Netherlands. It was the fourth women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue

The course was designed in 1938, by Harry Colt and C.H. Alison and is situated in an undulating dune landscape.

The championship course was set up with par 73.

It was raining and blowing hard winds during the tournament.

Format

All participating teams played two qualification rounds of stroke play, counting the three best scores out of up to four players for each team. The four best teams formed flight A. The next four teams formed flight B and the last three teams formed flight C.

The winner in each flight was determined by a round-robin system. All teams in the flight met each other and the team with most points for team matches in flight A won the tournament, using the scale, win=2 points, halved=1 point, lose=0 points. In each match between two nation teams, two foursome games and four single games were played.

Teams

A record number of eleven nation teams contested the event. England, Scotland and Wales took part for the first time. Ireland was announced to participate but withdraw before the tournament. Each team consisted of a minimum of four players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
	Ann Irvin, Marley Spearman, Susan Armitage, Ruth Porter, Jill Thornhill
	Claudine Cros, Odile Garaialde Semelaigne, Lally de Saint-Sauveur, Brigitte Varangot
	F. Bastianello, Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, Bianca Martini, Marina Ragher, Marion Tadini
	A.E. Eschauzier, Annie van Lanschot, M. Mevus, Anneke van Riemsdijk
	Marjory Fowler, Joan Lawrence, Belle Robertson, Janette Wright
	Liv Forsell, Louise Johansson Wingård, Britt Mattsson, Cécilia Perslow, Nina Rehnqvist, Ann-Katrin Svensson
	Elsie Brown, P. Griffiths Davies, Ann Hughes Johnson, Pat Roberts, Nancy Wright
	Marietta Gütermann, Barbara Hobirk, Monika Möller, Marion Petersen

Other participating teams

Winners

Team England, participating for the first time, won the championship, earning 5 points in flight A.

Individual winner in the opening 36-hole stroke play qualifying competition was Brigitte Varangot, France, with a score of 4-over-par 150.

Results

Qualification roundsTeam standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1		226-228=454	+16
2		230-230=460	+22
3		236-233=469	+31
4		241-245=486	+48
5		244-244=488	+50
6		248-242=490	+52
7		249-251=500	+62
8		257-248=505	+67
9		259-252=511	+73
10		256-264=520	+82
11		285-314=599	+161

Individual leaders

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Brigitte Varangot		74-76=150	align=center	+4
align=center	2	Ann Irvin		77-75=152	align=center	+6
T3	Odile Garaialde Semelaigne		77-77=154	+8
	Janette Wright		78-76=154

Note: There was no official recognition for the lowest individual score.Flight A

Team matches

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3	3

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3	3

align=center width=10	2			0
5	1

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4	2

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4.5	1.5

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5	1

Team standings

Country	Place	W	T	L	Game points	Points
	1	2	1	0	12.5–5.5	5
	2	1	1	1	10–8	3
	3	1	1	1	8.5–9.5	3
	4	0	1	2	5–13	1

Flight B

Team matches

2			0
4		2

2			0
4		2

2			0
4.5		1.5

2			0
4		2

2			0
5.5		0.5

2			0
5.5		0.5

Team standings

Country	Place	W	T	L	Game points	Points
	5	3	0	0	13.5–4.5	6
	6	2	0	1	11.5–6.5	4
	7	1	0	2	7–11	2
	8	0	0	3	4–14	0

Flight C

Team matches

2			0
5		1

2			0
5		1

2			0
4.5		1.5

Team standings

Country	Place	W	T	L	Game points	Points
	9	2	0	0	9.5–2.5	4
	10	1	0	1	6.5–5.5	2
align=left		11	0	0	2	2–10	0

Final standings

Place	Country
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

Sources:^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

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.

External links

• European Golf Association: Results

Notes and References

1. Margareta . Murray . September 1965 . Vädret dystrast i dam-EM . The whether most sad at the European Ladies' Team Championship . Svensk Golf . sv . 6–7 . 6 . 11 October 2021.
2. Book: Jansson, Anders. Golf - Den gröna sporten. 1979. Swedish Golf Federation. 9172603283. 183 . sv. Golf - The green sport . 11 October 2021.
3. Book: Jansson, Anders. Golf - Den stora sporten. 2004. Swedish Golf Federation. 91-86818007. 192. sv. Golf - The great sport . 11 October 2021.
4. Web site: European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association. 30 September 2021.
5. Web site: Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften. Teams, European Team Championships. 1 October 2021. golf.de, German Golf Federation. German. 4 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211104213154/https://www.golf.de/publish/imagedata/dgv/Internet_Sieger_und_Platzierte_1.1.pdf. dead.
6. News: 7 July 1965 . Scotswomen in third place . 6 . The Glasgow Herald . 11 October 2021.
7. News: 8 July 1965 . Scotland qualify in team event . 6 . The Glasgow Herald . 11 October 2021.
8. News: 9 July 1965 . Scotland draw with England . 6 . The Glasgow Herald . 11 October 2021.
9. News: 12 July 1965 . Women's title for England . 4 . The Glasgow Herald . 11 October 2021.