1983 European Ladies' Team Championship

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1983 European Ladies' Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates22–26 June 1983
LocationLasne, Walloon Brabant, Belgium
50°41′20″N 04°27′00″E / 50.68889°N 4.45000°E / 50.68889; 4.45000
Course(s)Royal Waterloo Golf Club
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
Format36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par73
Length6,296 yards (5,757 m)
Field16 teams
96 players
Champion
File:Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland
Claire Hourihane, Eavan Higgins,
Mary McKenna, Maureen Madill,
Carol Wickham, Philomena Wickham
Qualification round: 770 (+40)
Final match 512–112
Location map
Location in Europe
Location in Belgium
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The 1983 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 22–26 June at the Royal Waterloo Golf Club in Lasne, Belgium. It was the 13th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue

The hosting club was founded in 1923 by Rodolphe Seeldrayers. The course was designed by architect Frederick William Hawtree and established in 1961 in Ohain, Lasne, in the region of Wallon Brabant, close to the historic Waterloo battlefield, 20 kilometres south-east of the city center of Brussels, Belgium.[1] The championship course was set up with par 73.

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 four teams placed 9–12 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B and the four teams placed 13–16 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

Teams

A record number of 16 nation teams contested the event. Finland and Iceland took part for the first time. Each team consisted of six players. Players in the leading teams

Country Players
File:Flag of England.svg England Kitrina Douglas, Linda Bayman, Beverley New, Penny Grice, Jill Thornhill, Claire Waite
File:Flag of France.svg France Eliane Berthét, Karine Espinasse, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue, Corine Soules, M. L. Zivy
File:Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland Claire Dowling Hourihane, Eavan Higgins, Maureen Madill, Mary McKenna, Carol Wickham, Philomena Wickham
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Wilma Aitken, Fiona Anderson, Jane Connachan, Belle Robertson, Gillian Stewart, Pam Wright
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Carmen Maestre, Maria Orueta, Macarena Tey, Maria Castilla, Vicky Pertierra
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Helen Alfredsson, Eva Dahlöf, Hillevi Hagström, Viveca Hoff, Liselotte Neumann, Anna Oxenstierna
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales Audrey Briggs, M. Rawlings, Vicki Thomas, J. Richards, Sharon Roberts, Tegwen Thomas
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Imma Bockelmann, Susanne Knödler, Martina Koch. Astrid Peter, Elizabeth Peter, Ines Umsen

Other participating teams

Country
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland

Winners

West Germany and Spain tied the lead at the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 34 over par 764, with West Germany winning by the tie-breaking better total non-counting scores. Tied individual leaders in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Claire Hourihane, Ireland, and 17-year-old Liselotte Neumann, Sweden, each with a score of 1-over-par 147, one stroke ahead of Gillian Stewart, Scotland. Hourihane scored a new course record of 4 under par 69 in the first round. Ireland, a combined team from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, won the gold, earning their second title in the last three championships, beating team England in the final 512–112. Defending champions Sweden earned third place, beating West Germany 5–2 in the bronze match.

Results

Qualification round

Flight A

Final standings

Place Country
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of England.svg England
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
4 File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
5 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
6 File:Flag of France.svg France
7 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
8 File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales
9 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
10 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
11 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
12 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
13 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
14 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
15 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
16 File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland

Sources:[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

See also

References

  1. "Our courses, Our club". Royal Waterloo Golf Club. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  2. Hennessy, John (22 June 1983). "Scots head home nations into battle at Waterloo". The Times (London, England). p. 21.
  3. Nordlund, Anders (August 1983). "Drömmar om silver och guld slutade med brons" [Dreams about silver and gold ended with bronz]. Svensk Golf (in svenska). No. 6. pp. 30–32. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  4. Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in svenska). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 193. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  5. "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  6. "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" [Teams, European Team Championships] (PDF) (in German). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  7. "Spain held a one-stroke lead". The Glasgow Herald. 23 June 1983. p. 17. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  8. "West Germany joined Spain". The Glasgow Herald. 24 June 1983. p. 27. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  9. "Ireland also took the Women's European team title". The Glasgow Herald. 27 June 1983. p. 15. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  10. Hennessy, John (23 June 1983). "England are one stroke behind". The Times (London, England). p. 26.
  11. Hennessy, John (27 June 1983). "Irish women mop up". The Times (London, England). p. 21.

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