Ranelagh International Cup

Ranelagh International Cup

Tournament information
Location	Barn Elms, England
Established	1901
Course(s)	Ranelagh Club
Organized by	Ladies Golf Union
Format	Team stroke play
Month played	April
Final year	1936
Final champion
England

The Ranelagh International Cup was an amateur international team golf championship for women contested annually at the Ranelagh Club in west London, between 1901 and 1936. Generally it was played between the four Home Nations of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, where Ireland were represented by the whole island of Ireland on an All-Ireland basis.

The Ranelagh Club had hosted a ladies' open meeting from the mid-1890s. In 1901 an international competition was added, played concurrently with a number of other events, including a club competition.^[1] The event was held over two days. Teams of up to eight played a stroke-play round each day. The team score was determined by the leading four scores each day.^[2] Initially England, Ireland and Scotland competed with Wales first playing in 1909.^[3] Before World War I the contests were generally quite close but after the war England dominated, often winning by large margins. Scotland failed to raise a team in 1936 and later in the year the Ladies Golf Union cancelled the international event.^[4]

Results[]

Year	Winner	Score	Runner(s)-up	Score	Refs.
1901	Ireland	689	England[a]	702	[2][1]
1902	Ireland	687	England[a]	688	[5][6]
1903	Ireland	635	England[a]	649	[7][8]
1904	England	650	Ireland[a]	656	[9][10]
1905	Ireland	689	England[a]	692	[11][12]
1906	Scotland	653	England[a]	655	[13][14]
1907	Scotland	650	England[a]	668	[15][16]
1908	Abandoned[b]				[17]
1909	Scotland	639	England	644	[3][18]
1910	Scotland	616	England  Ireland	631	[19][20]
1911	Scotland	627	Ireland	628	[21][22]
1912	England	626	Scotland	631	[23][24]
1913	England	602	Scotland	625	[25][26]
1914	England	582	Scotland	596	[27][28]
1915–1919 Suspended during World War I
1920	England	604	Scotland	630	[29][30]
1921	England	580	Scotland	605	[31][32]
1922	England	600	Scotland	630	[33][34]
1923	England	615	Scotland	637	[35][36]
1924	England	568	Scotland	603	[37][38]
1925	England	571	Wales	606	[39][40]
1926	England	566	Scotland	621	[41][42]
1927	England	585	Wales	602	[43][44]
1928	England	579	Wales	628	[45][46]
1929	England	566	Scotland	590	[47][48]
1930	England	581	Ireland	608	[49][50]
1931	England	558	Scotland	606	[51][52]
1932	Abandoned[c]				[53][54]
1933	England	575	Scotland	599	[55][56]
1934	England	575	Scotland	597	[57][58]
1935	England	570	Scotland	601	[59][60]
1936	England	553	Ireland[d]	592	[4][61]

Winning scores[]

The following table lists the individual scores for the winning team. Only those scores that contributed to the team score are included, the best four rounds and ties. For 1932, the first day scores for the England team are listed. England were leading by 20 strokes after the first day.

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