1989 European Ladies' Team Championship

The hosting course, situated in northern Spain, outside Girona, in the coastal region Costa Brava, Catalonia, 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Barcelona, saw its first holes inaugurated in 1966. It was extended to 18 holes, designed by golf course architect Fred W. Hawtree, in 1970. Two years later the course hosted the 1972 Spanish Open, the very first tournament of the first official season of the European Tour.[1]

The championship course was set up with par 73.

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 eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

16 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Denmark	Pernille Carlson Pedersen, Lise Eliasen, Anne Larsson, Karina Ørum, Annika Østberg
England	Linda Bayman, Janet Collingham, Helen Dobson, Lora Fairclough, Julie Hall, Simone Morgan
Ireland	L. Bolton, Eavan Higgins, Claire Hourihane, Eileen Rose McDaid, Mary McKenna, Carol Wickham
Italy	Silvia Cavalleri, Anna Nistri, Isabella Calogero, Stefania Croce, Caterina Quintarelli, Alessandra Salvi
France	Delphine Bourson, Caroline Bourtayre, Sophie Louapre, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue, Sandrine Mendiburu, Valérie Golléty-Pamard
Scotland	Lindsey Anderson, Elaine Farquharson, Julie Forbes, Kathryn Imrie, Shirley Lawson Huggan, Catriona Lambert
Spain	Lourdes Barbieto, Macarena Campomanes, Sonia Navarro, Maria Orueta, Esther Valera
Sweden	Margareta Bjurö, Carin Hjalmarsson Koch, Madeleine Kvist, Malin Landehag, Katarina Michols, Pernilla Sterner
Wales	Lisa Dermott, Julie Foster, Helen Lawson, Sharon Roberts, Vicki Thomas, Helen Wadsworth
West Germany	Ursula Beer, Martina Fischer, Luise Gehlen, Claudia von Grundherr, Martina Koch, Petra Sporner

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Finland
Netherlands
Norway
Switzerland

Four-time-winners team France and six-time-winners team England tied the lead at the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, each with a score of 25 over par 755, with England winning by the tie-breaking better total non-counting scores.

Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Macarena Campomanes, Spain with a score of 1-under-par 145, three strokes ahead of three players at tied second.

Team France won the gold, earning their fifth title and first since 1975, beating England in the final 4–3. The championship was decided when Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue, playing captain for team France, beat Helen Dobson, England, on the 19th hole.[2] Mourgue d'Algue represented Sweden in the championship in 1965 and 1967 and in 1989, at age 42, made her fifth appearance representing France, being on the winning team for the first time.

Team Italy earned third place, beating Scotland in the bronze match.

Qualification round

Team standings Place Country Score To par T1  France * 378-377=755 +25  England 377-378=755 3  Scotland 384-380=764 +34 4  Italy 379-387=766 +36 5  West Germany 389-382=771 +41 6  Spain 388-386=774 +44 7  Denmark 390-390=780 +50 8  Sweden 387-399=786 +56 9  Ireland 391-399=790 +60 10  Belgium 392-399=791 +61 11   Switzerland 396-396=792 +62 12  Wales 394-401=795 +65 13  Austria 404-396=800 +70 14  Netherlands 413-395=808 +78 15  Norway 418-419=837 +107 16  Finland 424-421=843 +113 * Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better total non-counting scores.

Individual leaders Place Player Country Score To par 1 Macarena Campomanes  Spain 72-73=145 −1 T2 Linda Bayman  England 72-76=148 +2 Lora Fairclough  England 76-72=148 Sophie Louapre  France 76-72=148 T5 Helen Dobson  England 75-74=149 +3 Catarina Quintarelli  Italy 73-76=149 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	France	5
	Sweden	2
					France	5
					Italy	2
	Italy	5
	West Germany	2
									France	4
									England	3
	Scotland	4
	Spain	3
					England	4
					Scotland	3			Bronze match
	England	6
	Denmark	1
									Italy
									Scotland

	Elimination matches				Match for 5th place
	West Germany	4
	Sweden	3
					Spain	6
					West Germany	1
	Spain	5.5
	Denmark	1.5
					Match for 7th place
					Sweden	4
					Denmark	3

Final standings

Place	Country
	France
	England
	Italy
4	Scotland
5	Spain
6	West Germany
7	Sweden
8	Denmark
9	Belgium
10	Wales
11	Ireland
12	Netherlands
13	Norway
14	Austria
15	Switzerland
16	Finland

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

• 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 Golf Association: Results