1979 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 1979 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 4–8 July at Hermitage Golf Club in Lucan, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It was the eleventh women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

1979 European Ladies' Team Championship
Entrance to Hermitage Golf Club
Tournament information
Dates4–8 July 1979
LocationLucan, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
53.3632°N 6.4132°W / 53.3632; -6.4132
Course(s)Hermitage Golf Club
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
Format36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par73
Field14 teams
84 players
Champion
 Ireland
Rona Hegarty, Mary Gorry,
Susan Gorman, Maureen Madill,
Mary McKenna, Claire Nesbitt
Qualification round: 769 (+39)
Final match 6–1
Location Map
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Location in Europe
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Location on the British Isles
Hermitage GC is located in Ireland
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Location in Ireland
Hermitage GC is located in Dublin
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Location in the Dublin Area

Venue

The hosting club was founded in 1905 and the course, a mature parkland setting, situated 12 kilometers west of the city center of Dublin, was designed by James McKenna.[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 six teams placed 9–14 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

Teams

14 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players. Austria took part for the first time.

Players in the leading teams

CountryPlayers
 England Christine Barker, Julia Greenhalgh, Sue Hedges, Janet Melville, Linda Moore, Julie Walter
 France Eliane Berthét, Nathalie Jeanson, Catherine Lacoste de Prado, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue, Marie-Christine Ubald-Bocquet
 Ireland Rona Hegarty, Mary Gorry, Susan Gorman, Maureen Madill, Mary McKenna, Claire Nesbitt
 Scotland Wilma Aitken, Fiona Anderson, Lesley Hope, Joan Smith, Gillian Stewart, M. Stavert
 Spain Ana Monfort de Albox, Marta Figueras-Dotti, Cristina Marsans, Carmen Maestre de Pellon, Emma Villacieros de García-Ogara
 SwedenHillevi Hagström, Viveca Hoff, Gisela Linnér, Charlotte Montgomery, Birgitta Werneskog, Liv Wollin
  Switzerland Annette Hadorn, Landolt, L. Ruckstuhl, Priscilla Staible, Pia Ullman, Marie-Christine de Werra
 Wales Audrey Briggs, Lisa Isherwood, Ann Johnson, Tegwen Perkins, Vicki Rawlings, Pamela Whitley Valentine
 West Germany Sabine Blecher, Barbara Böhm, Nicolle Eicke, Christine Felixmüller, Marion Thannhäuser, Ines Umsen

Other participating teams

Country
 Austria
 Belgium
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Norway

Winners

Four-times-champions team France won the opening 36-hole competition, with a score of 26 over par 756, three strokes ahead of team Spain.

Individual leader in the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Marta Figueras-Dotti, Spain, with a score of 3-under-par 143, three strokes ahead of Julia Greenhalgh, England.

The combined team from the host nation Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland won the championship, earning their first title, beating West Germany in the final 6–1. Team France, earned third place, finishing on the podium for the eleventh time, beating England 51⁄2–11⁄2 in the third place match. With their third place, France had finished on the podium in all eleven European Ladies' Team Championships played since its inauguration in 1959.

Results

Qualification round

Flight A

Final standings

Place Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ireland
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France
4  England
5  Spain
6  Scotland
7  Sweden
8   Switzerland
9  Netherlands
10  Wales
11  Belgium
12  Italy
13  Norway
14  Austria

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

See also

References
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  2. Nordlund, Anders (August 1979). "EM-glädjen som kom av sig" [The joy that finished]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. pp. 28–29, 31. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  3. Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 232. ISBN 9172603283. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  4. Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 192. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  5. "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 26 October 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.
  7. "England fail in Dublin". The Glasgow Herald. 5 July 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  8. "Scots qualify in last place". The Glasgow Herald. 6 July 1979. p. 26. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  9. "Gillian can't save day". The Glasgow Herald. 7 July 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  10. "Irish women's first success for 72 years". The Glasgow Herald. 9 July 1979. p. 18. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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