1989 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 1989 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 5–9 July at Golf de Pals in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the 16th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

1989 European Ladies' Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates5–9 July 1989
LocationGirona, Spain
41°59′40″N 03°11′32″E / 41.99444°N 3.19222°E / 41.99444; 3.19222
Course(s)Golf de Pals
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
Format36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par73
Field16 teams
96 players
Champion
 France
Delphine Bourson, Caroline Bourtayre,
Sophie Louapre, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue,
Sandrine Mendiburu, Valérie Golléty-Pamard
Qualification round: 755 (+25)
Final match 4–3
Location map
Golf de Pals is located in Europe
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Location in Europe
Golf de Pals is located in Spain
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Golf de Pals
Location in Spain
Golf de Pals is located in Catalonia
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Location in Catalonia
Golf de Pals is located in Province of Girona
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Location in Province of Girona
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Venue

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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.

Format

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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.

Teams

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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

Winners

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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.

Results

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Qualification round

Flight A

Bracket

 
Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  France5
 
 
 
  Sweden2
 
  France5
 
 
 
  Italy2
 
  Italy5
 
 
 
  West Germany2
 
  France4
 
 
 
  England3
 
  Scotland4
 
 
 
  Spain3
 
  England4
 
 
 
  Scotland3 Bronze match
 
  England6
 
 
 
  Denmark1
 
  Italy
 
 
  Scotland
 
 
Elimination matchesMatch for 5th place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  West Germany4
 
 
 
  Sweden3
 
  Spain6
 
 
 
  West Germany1
 
  Spain5.5
 
 
  Denmark1.5
 
Match for 7th place
 
 
 
 
 
  Sweden4
 
 
  Denmark3

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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "From 1966, The first golf course in the Costa Brava". Golf de Pals. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Nilsson, Pia (August 1989). "Damernas EM: Svenskorna kom aldrig in i matchen" [European Ladies' Team Championship: The Swedish ladies never got in to the match]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. pp. 48–49. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  3. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 193. ISBN 91-86818007. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  4. ^ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" [Teams, European Team Championships] (PDF) (in German). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Shirley will be dressed to kill". The Glasgow Herald. 5 July 1989. p. 25. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Troubled Huggan has 81". The Glasgow Herald. 6 July 1989. p. 24. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Cool Scots turn on the heat". The Glasgow Herald. 8 July 1989. p. 16. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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