2018 European Ladies' Team Championship
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 10–14 July 2018 |
| Location | Frohnleiten, Austria 47°13′48″N 15°19′26″E / 47.230°N 15.324°E |
| Course(s) | Golfclub Murhof |
| Organized by | European Golf Association |
| Format | 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6.300 yards (5.761 m) |
| Field | 19 teams 114 players |
| Champion | |
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Linn Grant, Frida Kinhult, Sara Kjellker, Amanda Linnér, Maja Stark, Beatrice Wallin | |
| Qualification round: 703 (−17) Final match 5–2 | |
| Location map | |
The 2018 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 10–14 July at Golfclub Murhof, in Frohnleiten, Austria. It was the 35th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.
Venue
The club was founded in 1963 and its course, located 15 kilometers north of Graz in Styria, Austria, was constructed by Dr. Bernhard von Limburger.[1] 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. Teams knocked out after the quarter-finals played one foursome game and four single games in each of their remaining matches. 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. The three teams placed 17–19 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight C, to meet each other, with one foursome game and four single games, to decide their final positions.
Teams
19 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players. Players in the leading teams
Other participating teams
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Winners
Eight times champions France lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a 29 under par score of 691, eleven strokes ahead of team Germany. Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Frida Kinhult, Sweden, with a score of 14 under par 130, one stroke ahead of Olivia Mehaffey, Ireland. Team Sweden won the championship, beating France 4–3 in the final and earned their eighth title. This came to be the first of three titles in a row for Sweden. Team Denmark earned third place, beating Italy 41⁄2–21⁄2 in the bronze match.
Results
Qualification round
Flight A
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Bracket
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Final games
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Flight B Bracket
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Flight C Team matches
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Team standings
| Country | Place | W | T | L | Game points | Points |
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| File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.5–1.5 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4–6 | 0.5 |
| File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.5–7.5 | 0.5 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
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| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | File:Flag of France.svg France |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark |
| 4 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
| 5 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany |
| 6 | File:Flag of England.svg England |
| 7 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland |
| 8 | File:Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland |
| 9 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
| 10 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium |
| 11 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands |
| 12 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| 13 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland |
| 14 | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia |
| 15 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria |
| 16 | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland |
| 17 | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia |
| 18 | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey |
| 19 | File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland |
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.
- European Ladies Amateur Championship – European amateur individual golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association.
References
- ↑ "Anlagae, Golfplatz" (in german). Golfclub Murhof. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ↑ "European Ladies' Team Championship". European Golf Association. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ↑ Keogh, Brian (11 July 2018). "Europeans: Women and Boys advance as Men hit Berlin wall". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ↑ Keogh, Brian (13 July 2018). "No joy for Irish in Europe". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ↑ "Ett guld och dubbla brons till Sverige vid lag-EM i golf" [One gold and two bronze medals to Sweden at the European golf Championships] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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