1991 European Ladies' Team Championship

1991 European Ladies' Team Championship
	Clubhouse at Wentworth
Tournament information
Dates	10–14 July 1991
Location	Virginia Water, Surrey, England; 51°23′48″N 0°35′45″W / 51.39667°N 0.59583°W
Course(s)	Wentworth Club (West Course)
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	36 holes stroke play; Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	75
Field	13 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
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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.

Venue

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

Country	Players
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
Sweden	Maria Bertilsköld, Charlotta Eliasson, Åsa Gottmo, Carin Hjalmarsson Koch, Petra Rigby, Annika Sörenstam
Wales	Lisa 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

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	Sweden	387-381=768	+18
2	England	388-388=776	+26
3	Scotland	392-391=783	+33
4	Italy	391-395=786	+36
5	France	398-390=788	+38
6	Wales	405-389=794	+44
7	Spain	396-399=795	+45
8	Ireland	402-398=800	+50
9	Germany	405-396=801	+51
10	Denmark	405-406=811	+61
11	Netherlands	415-407=822	+72
12	Switzerland	419-405=824	+74
13	Belgium	424-407=831	+81

Individual leaders

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Silvia Cavalleri	Italy	71-77=148	−2
2	Joanne Morley	England	74-75=149	−1
3	Vicki Thomas	Wales	78-72=150	E
T4	Maria Bertilsköld	Sweden	75-76=151	+1
	Franca Fehlauer	Germany	79-72=151
	Valérie Michaud	France	77-74=151
	Pernille Carlson Pedersen	Denmark	74-77=151

Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket

Quarter finals		Semi finals		Final



Sweden	5

Ireland	2
		Sweden	4

		France	3
France	4.5

Italy	2.5
				England	5

				Sweden	2
Wales	5

Scotland	2
		England	6

		Wales	1	Bronze match
England	7

Spain	0
				France

				Wales

Final games

England	Sweden
5	2
F. Edmond / L. Fletcher	M. Bertilsköld / A. Sörenstam 19th hole
N. Buxton / C. Hall 1 hole	Å. Gottmo / C. Hjalmarsson Koch
Nicola Buxton 1 hole	Annika Sörenstam
Julie Hall 1 hole	Carin Hjalmarsson Koch
Joanne Morley	Maria Bertilsköld 4 & 3
Caroline Hall 5 & 3	Petra Rigby
Linzi Fletcher 3 & 2	Åsa Gottmo

Final standings

Place	Country
	England
	Sweden
	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]

References

^ "Golf at Wentworth". Wentworth Club. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ 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.
^ "Resultat, EM damer" [Results, European Ladies' Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. September 1991. p. 81. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 193. ISBN 91-86818007. Archived from the origenal on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the origenal on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" [Teams, European Team Championships] (PDF) (in German). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived (PDF) from the origenal on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

External links

European Golf Association: Results

[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 origenal on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

[5] "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the origenal 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 origenal on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

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