1997 European Ladies' Team Championship Explained

1997 European Ladies' Team Championship
Dates:9–13 July 1997
Location:Åminnefors, Finland
Coordinates:60.0903°N 23.5736°W
Course:Nordcenter Golf & Country Club
Org:European Golf Association
Format:36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Par:72
Field:16 teams
96 players
Champion:
Susanna Berglund, Susanne Gillemo, Marie Hedberg, Ulrica Jidflo, Jessica Lindbergh, Isabelle Rosberg
Score:Qualification round: 737 (+17)
Final match 4–3
Map:Europe#Finland
Map Label:Nordcenter G&CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:220
Previous:1995
Next:1999

The 1997 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 9–13 July at Nordcenter Golf & Country Club in Åminnefors, Finland. It was the 20th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue

The hosting club was founded in 1988. Its first course, the Fream course, situated in Åminnefors, close to Pohja in the province of Southern Finland and part of the Uusimaa region, 70 kilometres west of Helsinki, Finland, was designed by architect Ronald Fream. The course meanders across a varied landscape from a lush seashore towards a forest plateau full of steep elevation changes and the old park area of a manor house.

A second 18-hole-course, the Benz course, located on a forest plateau, was designed by Bradford Benz and inaugurated in 1993.[1] [2]

The championship course was set up with par 72.

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 eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B, to play similar knock-out match-play, with one foursome game and four single games, to decide their final positions.

Teams

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

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
Camilla Faaborg-Andersen, Karen Margrethe Juul, Christina Kuld, Amanda Mooltke-Leth, Rikke Rasmussen, Carina Vagner
Fiona Brown, Kate Burton, Rebecca Hudson, Elaine Ratcliffe, Kim Rostron, Karen Stupples
IrelandAlison Coffey, Suzanne Fanagan, Hazel Kavanagh, Michelle McGreevy, Eileen Rose McDaid Power, Ada O'Sullivan
Stéphanie Arricau, Jeanne-Marie Busuttil, Karine Icher, Ludvine Kreutz, Gwladys Nocera, Amadine Vincent
Britta Echterling, Elisabeth Esterl, Heidi Klump, Anika Heuser, Esther Poburski, Nicole Stillig
Isabelle Calogero, Maria Paola Casati, Silvia Cavalleri, Anna Nistri, Giulia Sergas
Anne Laing, Sharon McMaster, Hilary Monoghan, Janice Moodie, Lesley Nicholson, Alison Rose
Sara Beautell, Itziar Elguezabal, Ana Larraneta, Maria José Pons, Marta Prieto, Ana Belen Sanchez
Susanna Berglund, Susanne Gillemo, Marie Hedberg, Ulrica Jidflo, Jessica Lindbergh, Isabelle Rosberg
Louise Davis, Natalie Evans, Helen Lawson, Becky Morgan, Elenor Pilgrim, Vicki Thomas

Other participating teams

Winners

Team Italy and team France tied the lead in the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, each with a score of 7 over par 727, three strokes ahead of team England. Italy earned first place on the tie breaking better total non-counting scores.

Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Karine Icher, France, with a score of 7 under par 137, two strokes ahead of Janice Moodie, Scotland.

Team Sweden won the championship, beating Scotland 4–3 in the final and earned their third title. Team France earned third place, beating Wales 5–2 in the bronze match.

Results

Qualification roundTeam standings

PlaceCountryScoreTo par
T1 *363-364=727+7
362-365=727
3363-367=730+10
4363-369=732+12
T5 *364-371=735+15
*368-367=735
362-373=735
8368-369=737+17
9374-367=741+21
10 Ireland374-368=742+22
11376-370=746+26
12382-378=760+40
13377-384=761+41
14385-378=763+43
15386-383=769+49
16385-386=771+51

Individual leaders

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Karine Icher70-67=137−7
2Janice Moodie69-70=139−5
T3Itziar Elguezabal69-71=140−4
Elaine Ratcliffe69-71=140
5Annabelle Haxhe69-72=141−3
T6Barbara Albisetti72-70=142−2
Silvia Cavalleri72-70=142
Lilian Mensi-Klarbach72-70=142
Eleanor Pilgrim70-72=142
Rikke Rasmussen71-71=142
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight ABracketFinal games

43
S. Berglund / I. RosbergH. Monaghan / A. Rose 2 & 1
M. Hedberg / U. JidfloJ. Moody / L. Nicholson 1 hole
Isabelle Rosberg 2 holesAlison Rose
Susanne Gillemo 1 holeHilary Monoghan
Ulrica JidfloJanice Moodie 6 & 4
Jessica Lindberg 2 & 1Anne Laing
Marie Hedberg 2 & 1Lesley Nicholson
Flight B

BracketFinal standings

PlaceCountry
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 Ireland
11
12
13
14
15
16

Sources:[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nordcenter Golf & CC . 18 November 2021 . Top 100 Golf courses.
  2. Web site: Courses . 18 November 2021 . Nordcenter G&CC.
  3. September 1997 . Resultat, EM damer . Results, European Ladies' Team Championship . Svensk Golf . sv . 131 . 18 November 2021 . 9.
  4. September 1997 . Susanne . Hörnfeldt . EM-guld till Sverige . European Ladies' Team Championship gold to Sweden . Svensk Golf . sv . 119 . 18 November 2021 . 9.
  5. Book: Jansson, Anders . Golf - Den stora sporten . 2004 . Swedish Golf Federation . 91-86818007 . 193 . sv . Golf - The great sport . 16 November 2021 . 27 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211027111516/http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/paper/210#/paper/1pfc350j/194 . live.
  6. Web site: European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association . 16 November 2021 . 21 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211021103346/https://www.ega-golf.ch/page/european-ladies-team-championship-results. live.
  7. Web site: Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften . Teams, European Team Championships. 12 November 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 . live.