2015 European Ladies' Team Championship

2015 European Ladies' Team Championship

Tournament information
Dates	7–11 July 2015
Location	Helsingør, Denmark 56°03′00″N 12°34′33″E / 56.05000°N 12.57583°E / 56.05000; 12.57583
Course(s)	Helsingør Golf Club
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	71
Length	5,561 yards (5,085 m)
Field	21 teams 126 players
Champion
France Shannon Aubert, , , Manon Gidali, ,
Qualification round: 716 (+6) Final match 4–3
Location Map
Helsingør GC Location in Europe Helsingør GC Location in Denmark Helsingør GC Location in the Capital Region of Denmark Show map of EuropeShow map of DenmarkShow map of Capital RegionShow all
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 7–11 July at Helsingør Golf Club in Helsingør, Denmark. It was the 32nd women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue[]

The hosting club was founded in 1927 and the course, located 2 kilometres north-east of the city center of Helsingør, in the north-east corner of the island Zealand, Denmark, has been designed by , and Anders Sørensen.^[1][2]

The club had previously hosted the 2007 Danish Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour.

The championship course was set up with par 71.

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. Teams knocked out after the quarter finals played one foursome game and four single games in each of their remaining matches. Games all square after 18 holes were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.

The eight teams placed 9–16 formed flight B and the five teams placed 17–21 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out match-play, with one foursome game and four single games, to decide their final positions.

Teams[]

A record number of 21 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players. Luxemburg took part for the first time.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Denmark	, , Malene Krølbøll, , Puk Lyng Thomsen,
England	, , Alice Hewson, Bronte Law, Meghan MacLaren, Charlotte Thomas
France	Shannon Aubert, , , Manon Gidali, ,
Germany	Olivia Cowan, Quirine Eijkenboom, , Laura Fünfstück, Lena Schäffner, Amina Wolf
Ireland	Jessica Carty, Maria Dunne, Paula Grant, Leona Maguire, Olivia Mehaffey, Chloe Ryan
Spain	Celia Barquín Arozamena, Natalia Escuriola, Fátima Fernández Cano, Nuria Iturrioz, Noemí Jiménez, Luna Sobrón
Sweden	Jenny Haglund, , Linnea Johansson, Louise Ridderström, Madelene Sagström, Linnea Ström
Switzerland	, , Azelia Meichtry, Kim Métraux, Morgane Métraux, Albane Valenzuela

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Finland
Iceland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Russia
Scotland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Turkey
Wales

Winners[]

Eight times champions England lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of even par 710, five strokes ahead of team Spain.

Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Puk Lyng Thomsen, Denmark, with a score of 6 under par 136, one stroke ahead of Matilda Castren, Finland and Alice Hewson, England.

Defending champions France won the championship, beating Switzerland 4–3 in the final and earned their eighth title. Switzerland played in their first final and reached the podium for the second time in a row, after finishing bronze medalist the previous year.

Team Spain earned third place, beating England 5–2 in the bronze match.

Results[]

Qualification round

Flight A

Flight B

Bracket

Flight C

Bracket

	Round 1				Round 2				Match for 17th place
					Norway	3
					Slovakia	2
	Slovakia	4
	Luxembourg	1
									Wales	3
									Norway	2
	Wales	4
	Iceland	1
					Wales
					Direct to round 3				Match for 19th place
									Iceland	3
									Slovakia	2

	Round 1				Elimination match
					Iceland	4
					Luxembourg	1

Final standings

Place	Country
	France
	Switzerland
	Spain
4	England
5	Sweden
6	Germany
7	Denmark
8	Ireland
9	Finland
10	Belgium
11	Scotland
12	Turkey
13	Italy
14	Slovenia
15	Austria
16	Netherlands
17	Wales
18	Norway
19	Iceland
20	Slovakia
21	Luxembourg

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

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.
• European Ladies Amateur Championship – European amateur individual golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association.

References[]

External links[]

• European Golf Association: Results