1971 European Ladies' Team Championship Explained

1971 European Ladies' Team Championship
Dates:30 June – 3 July 1971
Location:Ganton, North Yorkshire, England
Course:Ganton Golf Club
Org:European Golf Association
Format:18 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Par:75
Yardage:6289yd
Field:14 teams
circa 70 players
Champion:
Sally Barber, Mary Everard, Julia Greenhalgh,
Ann Irvin, Dinah Oxley, Mickey Walker
Score:Qualification round: 318 (+18)
Final match: 5–2
Map:Europe#British Isles#England
Map Label:Ganton Golf Club
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:220
Previous:1969
Next:1973

The 1971 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 30 June – 3 July at Ganton Golf Club, in Ganton, North Yorkshire, England. It was the seventh women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue

See main article: Ganton Golf Club. The hosting club was founded in 1891 and the course was initially designed by Tom Chisholm and Robert Bird, later modified by different course architects, including James Braid, Alister MacKenzie, Harry Colt, John Henry Taylor, and Harry Vardon. It previously hosted the 1949 Ryder Cup and the 1964 Amateur Championship.

The course was set up with par 75 over 6,289 yards, with 38 on the front nine holes and 37 on the back nine.

There was heavy rain the days before the tournament and warm weather with a small breeze during the competition.[1]

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. 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 a minimum of four players.

Country Players
B. Holm Pedersen, Vibeke Morgan, Tove Palsby Geertz, Anette Bjerglund, L. Brunn, Karin Vang Sigumfeldt Birch
Sally Barber, Mary Everard, Julia Greenhalgh, Ann Irvin, Dinah Oxley, Mickey Walker
Odile Semelaigne-Garaïalde, Geraldine Cochet, Martine Gajan-Giraud, Georges Labesse, Anne Marie Palli, Brigitte Varangot
IrelandElaine Bradshaw, Mary Gorry, C. McAuley, Mary McKenna, M. Mooney, Vivian Singleton
R. Boeri, M. Dassù, Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, L. Rivetti, M. Segafredo, Marion Tadini
A. Delvaux, R. de Muyser, R. Welter, C. Rischard, F. Letellier
Annelies Eschauzier, Priscilla Grosch, Annie Mackeson-Sandbach, Marischka Zegger-Swane, Joyce de Witt Puyt, Ineke Keunen
Mette Bjørum, Marianne Kohorn, Anniken Langaard, Mette Rinde Reuss, Reidun Stensland
Marjory Ferguson, Jillian Hutton, Joan Lawrence, Joan Norris, Belle Robertson, Joan Smith
Elena Corominas, Carmen Maestre de Pellon, Inés Maestre, Cristina Marsans, Sissy Tolnay, Emma Villacieros de García-Ogara
Liv Forsell, Louise Johansson Wingård, Christina Nordström, Nailil Skoog, Ann-Katrin Svensson, Christina Westerberg
Jacqueline Stucki, Marie Christine de Werra, M. Unthard, D. Caillat, B. Zeerleher
Audrey Briggs, Penny Griffiths Davies, Ann Hughes Johnson, Jean Hughes, Sylvia Webster, Nancy Wright
Barbara Böhm, Marion Petersen, Marietta Gütermann, Monika Müller, Katharina Trebitsch

Winners

Tied leaders of the opening 18-hole competition were the finalist teams from the previous championship two years earlier, host nation England and defending champions France, each with an 18-over-par score of 318. Host nation England earned first place on the tie breaking better non-counting score.

Individual leader in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Marion Petersen, Germany, with a score of 1-over-par 76, one stroke ahead of Julia Greenhalgh, England. Six players in the field broke 80. There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Team England won the championship, earning their third title, beating defending champions France in the final 5–2. With the win, England became the first nation to win the men's and the women's European amateur team championships in the same year. England came to repeat that achievement the following year.

Team Sweden, for the second time on the podium, beat the Netherlands 5–2 in the third place match.

Results

Qualification roundTeam standings

PlaceCountryScoreTo par
T1318+18
3321+21
T4329+29
6330+30
7332+32
8336+36
9 Ireland340+40
10341+41
11355+55
12356+56
13358+58
14385+85
* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score.Individual leaders
Place Player Country Score To par
1 Marion Petersen76 +1
2Julia Greenhalgh77+2
3Odile Garaialde78+3
T4Geraldine Cochet79+4
Mary Everard79
Mickey Walker79
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.Flight ABracket

Final games

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A. Irvin / M. WalkerB. Varangot / O. Semelaigne Garaïalde 20th hole
S. Barber / M. Everard 5 & 4G. Labesse / A. M. Palli
Dinah Oxley 1 holeBrigitte Varangot
Mickey WalkerO. Semelaigne Garaïalde 1 hole
Mary Everard 3 & 1Anne Marie Palli
Julia Greenhalgh 6 & 5G. Labesse
S. Barber 4 & 3Geraldine Cochet
Flight B

BracketFinal standings

PlaceCountry
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9 Ireland
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Sources:[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Jacobs. Raymond. 1 July 1971. Scots easy qualifiers. 6. The Glasgow Herald. 16 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Ganton Golf Club Official Site . 16 October 2021. Ganton Golf Club.
  3. Liv . Forsell . August 1971 . Liv från EM i Ganton: Tredje plats toppen - men vi tänker för negativt på banan . Liv from European Ladies' Team Championship at Ganton: Third place is great - but we tink to negative . Svensk Golf. sv . 5–7 . 16 October 2021 . 5.
  4. Book: Jansson, Anders. Golf - Den gröna sporten. 1979. Swedish Golf Federation. 9172603283. 184. sv. Golf - The green sport. 16 October 2021.
  5. Book: Jansson, Anders. Golf - Den stora sporten. 2004. Swedish Golf Federation. 91-86818007. 192. sv. Golf - The great sport. 16 October 2021.
  6. Web site: European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association. 16 October 2021.
  7. Web site: Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften. Teams, European Team Championships. 14 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.
  8. News: Raymond . Jacobs . 2 July 1971 . Scots beaten by Dutch in first round . 13 . The Glasgow Herald . 16 October 2021.
  9. News: Raymond . Jacobs . 3 July 1971 . England and France in final . 5 . The Glasgow Herald . 16 October 2021.
  10. News: Raymond . Jacobs . 5 July 1971 . Scots clearly must rely on youth policy . 4 . The Glasgow Herald . 16 October 2021.
  11. Book: The Golfer's Handbook 1973 . Munro-Barr Publications Ltd, Glasgow . 1973 . 9780900403064 . 347.
  12. News: 1 July 1971 . England tie with France . 12 . The Times (London, England).
  13. News: 2 July 1971 . Round of champagne drinks for Dutch . 10 . The Times (London, England).
  14. News: Peter . Ryde . 3 July 1971 . One more step toward European double . 10 . The Times (London, England).
  15. News: Peter . Ryde . 5 July 1971 . Women confirm England's supremacy in Europe . 8 . The Times (London, England).