1985 European Ladies' Team Championship
Golf competition
Golf tournament
Stavanger GC
Location in Europe
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Stavanger GC
Location in Norway
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Stavanger GC
Location in Rogaland county
Show map of RogalandThe 1985 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 3–7 July at Stavanger Golf Club in Hafrsfjord, Norway.[1] It was the 14th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.
Venue
The hosting club was founded in 1956. The course, constructed by English course architect Fred Smith and situated in Hafrsfjord, 5 kilometres from the city center of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway, was completed with 18 holes in 1963, making it the second oldest 18-hole-course in Norway.[2]
The championship course was set up with par 71.
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 seven teams placed 9–15 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.
Teams
15 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the leading teams
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
 England | Linda Bayman, Trish Johnson, Susan Moorcraft, Carole Swallow, Jill Thornhill, Claire Waite |
 Ireland | Claire Dowling Hourihane, Maureen Madill Garner, Mary McKenna, Yvonne McQullan, Sheena O'Brian Keeney |
 Italy | Binaghi, Emanuelo Braito-Binetti, Stefania Croce, Elena Girardi, Stefania Scarpa, Soldi |
 Scotland | Alison Gemmill, Lesley Hope, Shirley Lawson, Donna Thomson, Belle Robertson, Pamela Wright |
 Switzerland | Regine Lautens, Evelyn Orley, Jackie Orley, Priscilla Staible, Pia Ullman |
 Sweden | Helen Alfredsson, Eva Dahllöf, Sofia Grönberg, Camilla Karlsson, Anna Oxenstierna, Jessica Posener |
 Wales | Karen Davies, Sue Jump, Mandy Rawlings, Sue Thomas, Vicki Thomas, Helen Wadsworth |
 West Germany | Martina Koch. Patricia Peter, Ursula Beer, S. Haubensak, Martina Kötter, Stephanie Lampert |
Other participating teams
| Country |
|---|
 Belgium |
 Denmark |
 Finland |
 France |
 Netherlands |
 Norway |
 Spain |
Winners
Team England lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 32 over par 742, ten strokes ahead of team France.
Tied individual leaders in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Helen Alfredsson, Sweden, and Stefania Croce, Italy, each with a score of 2-over-par 144, two strokes ahead of four players at tied third.
England won the gold, earning their sixth title, beating team Italy in the final 4–3. Team Switzerland, for the first time on the podium, earned third place, beating Sweden 51⁄2–11⁄2 in the bronze match.
Results
Qualification round
| Team standings
| Individual leaders
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score. |
Flight A
| Bracket
| Final games
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Flight B
Bracket
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Final standings
| Place | Country |
|---|---|
 | England |
 | Italy |
 | Switzerland |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Wales |
| 6 | Spain |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | Ireland |
| 9 | Scotland |
| 10 | West Germany |
| 11 | Denmark |
| 12 | Norway |
| 13 | Belgium |
| 14 | Netherlands |
| 15 | Finland |
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.
References
- ^ "Tävlingskalender" [Tournament schedule]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 3. March 1985. p. 86. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "Om klubben" [About the club] (in Norwegian). Stavanger Golfklubb. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ Persson, Lars-Åke (August 1985). "Medaljförhoppningarna grusades, England nya mästare" [Medal hopes failed, England new champions]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. pp. 26–29. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 193. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" [Teams, European Team Championships] (PDF) (in German). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "Scotland finished in joint seventh". The Glasgow Herald. 4 July 1985. p. 23. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Women finish with second flight win". The Glasgow Herald. 8 July 1985. p. 17. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
External links
- European Golf Association: Results
