2003 European Ladies' Team Championship

2003 European Ladies' Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates	8–12 July 2003
Location	Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 50°04′20″N 8°37′35″E / 50.07222°N 8.62639°E
Course(s)
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	36 holes stroke play; Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Field	14 teams; 84 players
Champion
	Spain; Carmen Alonso, ,; Tania Elósegui, María Hernández,; ,
	Qualification round: 709 (−11); Final match 41⁄2–21⁄2
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The 2003 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 8–12 July at in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was the 23rd women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue[]

The hosting Frankfurter Golf Club, one of the oldest golf clubs in Germany, was founded in 1913. The course, situated in Niederrad, 5 kilometres west of the city center of Frankfurt am Main, was designed by Harry Colt and opened in 1927.^[1]

The club had previously hosted twelve editions of the German Open during the period 1938–1989, a European Tour tournament since the tour was founded in 1972.

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 six teams placed 9–14 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B, to play similar knock-out match-play, to decide their final positions.

Teams[]

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

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Denmark	, , Lisa Holm Sørensen, , , Julie Tvede
England	Emma Duggleby, , Danielle Masters, , ,
Finland	Minea Blomqvist, Nina Isaksson, Kaisa Ruuttila, Hanna-Leena Salonen, Ursula Tuutti, Stenna Westerlund
France	, , Sophie Giquel, , ,
Germany	, Bettina Hauert, , Anja Monke, , Denise Simon
Ireland	, , , , ,
Netherlands	Myrte Eikenaar, Charlotte Heeres, Joan van der Kraats, Varin Schilperoord, Dewi Claire Schreefel, Marie Louise Weeda
Scotland	, , , Vikki Laing, ,
Spain	Carmen Alonso, , Tania Elósegui, María Hernández, ,
Sweden	Sofie Andersson, , , , Mikaela Parmlid, Karin Sjödin
Wales	Becky Brewerton, , , , Kate Phillips,

Other participating teams

Country
Czech Republic
Italy
Switzerland

Winners[]

Team Spain lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 11 under par 709, one shot ahead of host nation Germany on second place.

Tied individual leaders in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Tania Elósegui, Spain, and , Germany, each with a score of 8 under par 136. Karin Sjödin, Sweden, shot a new course record 66 in the second round.

Team Spain won the championship, beating defending champions Sweden 41⁄2–21⁄2 in the final and earned their second title, playing in their fifth final. The win came to be the first of three in a row for Spain. Team France earned third place, beating Wales 41⁄2–21⁄2 in the bronze match.

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	Spain	357-352=709	−11
2	Germany	355-355=710	−10
3	England	364-357=721	+1
4	Finland	358-364=722	+2
5	France *	367-359=726	+6
5	Wales	361-365=726	+6
7	Sweden	367-360=727	+7
8	Denmark	365-363=728	+8
9	Netherlands	368-373=741	+21
10	Switzerland	374-368=742	+22
11	Ireland	372-375=747	+27
12	Italy	370-379=749	+29
13	Scotland	374-377=751	+31
14	Czech Republic	399-378=777	+57

* 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
T1	Tania Elósegui	Spain	68-68=136	−8
T1		Germany	69-67=136	−8
T3	Minea Blomqvist	Finland	68-70=138	−6
	Anja Monke	Germany	69-69=138
	Karin Sjödin	Sweden	72-66=138
T7		Wales	69-70=139	−5
T7	Lisa Holm Sørensen	Denmark	69-70=139	−5
T8	Carmen Alonso	Spain	73-68=141	−3
		Netherlands	70-71=141
	Dewi Claire Schreefel	Netherlands	70-71=141

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

Flight A

Bracket

Quarter finals		Semi finals		Final



Sweden	6

Germany	1
		Sweden	5

		Wales	2
Wales	4

England	3
				Spain	4.5

				Sweden	2.5
France	4

Finland	3
		Spain	6

		France	1	Bronze match
Spain	5

Denmark	2
				France	4.5

				Wales	2.5

Elimination matches		Match for 5th place



Denmark	4

Finland	3
		Germany	5

		Denmark	2
Germany	5

England	2
		Match for 7th place



		England	4.5

		Finland	2.5

Final games

Spain	Sweden
4.5	2.5
Clau / Serramiá 4 & 2	Börjeskog / Parmlid
Alonso / Elósegui	Andersson / Sjödin 5 & 4
Nuria Clau 4 & 3	Elin Ohlsson
Adriana Zwank	Karin Börjeskog 20th hole
Carmen Alonso 2 & 1	Mikaela Parmlid
Elisia Serramiá 19th hole	Sofie Andersson
Tania Elósegui AS *	Karin Sjödin AS *

* Note: Game all square after 18 holes declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1		Round 2		Match for 9th place






		Ireland	4.5

		Switzerland	2.5
Ireland	4

Czech Republic	3
				Ireland	4.5

				Scotland	2.5
Scotland	5

Italy	2
		Scotland	4

		Netherlands	3	Match for 11th place



				Netherlands	4

				Switzerland	3

Round 1	Match for 13th place






	Italy	5

	Czech Republic	2

Final standings

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

Sources:^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ "Club, History & Chronology". Frankfurter Golf Club. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
^ Uhler, Cecilia (September 2003). "Sverige såg rött och gult" [Sweden saw red and yellow]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. p. 150. Retrieved 23 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 23 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 23 November 2021.

External links[]

European Golf Association: Results

[1] "Club, History & Chronology". Frankfurter Golf Club. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

[:0-2] Uhler, Cecilia (September 2003). "Sverige såg rött och gult" [Sweden saw red and yellow]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. p. 150. Retrieved 23 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 16 November 2021.

[4] "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 23 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 23 November 2021.

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