2003 European Ladies' Team Championship
Tournament information | |
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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 | |
![]() Carmen Alonso, , Tania Elósegui, María Hernández, , | |
Qualification round: 709 (−11) Final match 41⁄2–21⁄2 | |
Location Map | |
![]() ![]() Frankfurter Golf Club Location in Europe | |
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
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, , Lisa Holm Sørensen, , , Julie Tvede |
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Emma Duggleby, , Danielle Masters, , , |
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Minea Blomqvist, Nina Isaksson, Kaisa Ruuttila, Hanna-Leena Salonen, Ursula Tuutti, Stenna Westerlund |
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, , Sophie Giquel, , , |
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, Bettina Hauert, , Anja Monke, , Denise Simon |
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, , , , , |
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Myrte Eikenaar, Charlotte Heeres, Joan van der Kraats, Varin Schilperoord, Dewi Claire Schreefel, Marie Louise Weeda |
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, , , Vikki Laing, , |
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Carmen Alonso, , Tania Elósegui, María Hernández, , |
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Sofie Andersson, , , , Mikaela Parmlid, Karin Sjödin |
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Becky Brewerton, , , , Kate Phillips, |
Other participating teams
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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
* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better total non-counting scores. |
Individual leaders
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score. |
Flight A
Bracket
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Final games
* 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 | ||||||||
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![]() | 3 | Match for 11th place | ||||||||
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Round 1 | Match for 13th place | |||||
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Final standings
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See also[]
- 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.
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 Ladies' Team Championship
- Golf tournaments in Germany
- 2003 in golf
- 2003 in German sport
- July 2003 sports events in Europe