1997 European Ladies' Team Championship

1997 European Ladies' Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates	9–13 July July 1997
Location	, Finland; 60°05′25″N 23°34′25″E / 60.09028°N 23.57361°E
Course(s)
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	36 holes stroke play; Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Field	16 teams; 96 players
Champion
	Sweden; , , Marie Hedberg, , ,
	Qualification round: 737 (+17); Final match 4–3
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The 1997 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 9–13 July at in , Finland. It was the 20th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue[]

The hosting club was founded in 1988. Its first course, the Fream course, situated in , close to Pohja in the province of Southern Finland and part of the Uusimaa region, 70 kilometres west of Helsinki, Finland, was designed by architect Ronald Fream. The course meanders across a varied landscape from a lush seashore towards a forest plateau full of steep elevation changes and the old park area of a manor house.

A second 18-hole-course, the Benz course, located on a forest plateau, was designed by Bradford Benz and inaugurated in 1993.^[1]^[2]

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. 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.

Teams[]

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

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Denmark	Camilla Faaborg-Andersen, Karen Margrethe Juul, Christina Kuld, Amanda Mooltke-Leth, Rikke Rasmussen, Carina Vagner
England	Fiona Brown, Kate Burton, Rebecca Hudson, , Kim Rostron, Karen Stupples
Ireland	Alison Coffey, Suzanne Fanagan, Hazel Kavanagh, Michelle McGreevy, , Ada O'Sullivan
France	Stéphanie Arricau, Jeanne-Marie Busuttil, Karine Icher, Ludvine Kreutz, Gwladys Nocera,
Germany	Britta Echterling, Elisabeth Esterl, Heidi Klump, Anika Heuser, Esther Poburski, Nicole Stillig
Italy	Isabelle Calogero, Maria Paola Casati, Silvia Cavalleri, Anna Nistri, Giulia Sergas
Scotland	Anne Laing, Sharon McMaster, Hilary Monoghan, Janice Moodie, Lesley Nicholson, Alison Rose
Spain	, , , , Marta Prieto, Ana Belen Sanchez
Sweden	, , Marie Hedberg, , ,
Wales	Louise Davies, Natalie Evans, Helen Lawson, Becky Morgan, Elenor Pilgrim, Vicki Rawlings Thomas

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Finland
Netherlands
Switzerland

Winners[]

Team Italy and team France tied the lead in the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, each with a score of 7 over par 727, three strokes ahead of team England. Italy earned first place on the tie breaking better total non-counting scores.

Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Karine Icher, France, with a score of 7 under par 137, two strokes ahead of Janice Moodie, Scotland.

Team Sweden won the championship, beating Scotland 4–3 in the final and earned their third title. Team France earned third place, beating Wales 5–2 in the bronze match.

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
T1	Italy *	363-364=727	+7
T1	France	362-365=727	+7
3	England	363-367=730	+10
4	Denmark	363-369=732	+12
T5	Wales *	364-371=735	+15
	Scotland *	368-367=735
	Spain	362-373=735
8	Sweden	368-369=737	+17
9	Switzerland	374-367=741	+21
10	Ireland	374-368=742	+22
11	Austria	376-370=746	+26
12	Belgium	382-378=760	+40
13	Germany	377-384=761	+41
14	Finland	385-378=763	+43
15	Czech Republic	386-383=769	+49
16	Netherlands	385-386=771	+51

* 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	Karine Icher	France	70-67=137	−7
2	Janice Moodie	Scotland	69-70=139	−5
T3		Spain	69-71=140	−4
T3		England	69-71=140	−4
5	Annabelle Haxhe	Belgium	69-72=141	−3
T6	Barbara Albisetti	Switzerland	72-70=142	−2
	Silvia Cavalleri	Italy	72-70=142
	Lilian Mensi-Klarbach	Austria	72-70=142
	Eleanor Pilgrim	Wales	70-72=142
	Rikke Rasmussen	Denmark	71-71=142

Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket

Quarter finals		Semi finals		Final



France	4

Spain	3
		Scotland	5.5

		France	1.5
Scotland	5

England	2
				Sweden	4

				Scotland	3
Wales	4

Denmark	3
		Sweden	5

		Wales	2	Bronze match
Sweden	4

Italy	3
				France	5

				Wales	2

Elimination matches		Match for 5th place



Italy	6

Denmark	1
		Spain	5

		Italy	2
Spain	4

England	3
		Match for 7th place



		England	6

		Denmark	1

Final games

Sweden	Scotland
4	3
S. Berglund / I. Rosberg	H. Monaghan / A. Rose 2 & 1
M. Hedberg / U. Jidflo	J. Moody / L. Nicholson 1 hole
Isabelle Rosberg 2 holes	Alison Rose
Susanne Gillemo 1 hole	Hilary Monoghan
Ulrica Jidflo	Janice Moodie 6 & 4
Jessica Lindberg 2 & 1	Anne Laing
Marie Hedberg 2 & 1	Lesley Nicholson

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1		Round 2		Match for 9th place



Ireland	5

Czech Republic	0
		Ireland	3

		Austria	2
Austria	3.5

Finland	1.5
				Germany	3

				Ireland	2
Germany	4

Belgium	1
		Germany	4

		Switzerland	1	Match for 11th place
Switzerland	3.5

Netherlands	1.5
				Austria	3

				Switzerland	2

Elimination matches		Match for 13th place



Netherlands	3

Belgium	2
		Netherlands	3.5

		Czech Republic	1.5
Czech Republic	3

Finland	2
		Match for 15th place



		Belgium	3.5

		Finland	1.5

Final standings

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

Sources:^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References[]

^ "Nordcenter Golf & CC". Top 100 Golf courses. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ "Courses". Nordcenter G&CC. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ "Resultat, EM damer" [Results, European Ladies' Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. September 1997. p. 131. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ Hörnfeldt, Susanne (September 1997). "EM-guld till Sverige" [European Ladies' Team Championship gold to Sweden]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. p. 119. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ 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 16 November 2021.
^ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" [Teams, European Team Championships] (PDF) (in German). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

External links[]

European Golf Association: Results

[1] "Nordcenter Golf & CC". Top 100 Golf courses. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[2] "Courses". Nordcenter G&CC. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[3] "Resultat, EM damer" [Results, European Ladies' Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. September 1997. p. 131. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[4] Hörnfeldt, Susanne (September 1997). "EM-guld till Sverige" [European Ladies' Team Championship gold to Sweden]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. p. 119. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[5] 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 16 November 2021.

[6] "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[7] "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" [Teams, European Team Championships] (PDF) (in German). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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