The 1965 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 5–10 July at Royal The Hague Golf & Country Club in Wassenaar, 10 kilometres north of the city center of The Hague, Netherlands. It was the fourth women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 5–10 July 1965 |
| Location | The Hague, Netherlands 52°07′52″N 04°21′43″E / 52.13111°N 4.36194°E |
| Course(s) | Royal the Hague Golf & Country Club |
| Organized by | European Golf Association |
| Format | 36 holes stroke play round-robin system match play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 73 |
| Length | 5,906 yards (5,400 m) |
| Field | 11 teams circa 55 players |
| Champion | |
 EnglandAnn Irvin, Marley Spearman, Susan Armitage, Ruth Porter, Jill Thornhill | |
| Qualification round: 460 (+22) Flight A matches: 5 points | |
| Location map | |
  Royal The Hague G&CC Location in Europe  Royal The Hague G&CC Location in The Netherlands | |
Venue edit
The course was designed in 1938, by Harry Colt and C.H. Alison and is situated in an undulating dune landscape.
The championship course was set up with par 73.
It was raining and blowing hard winds during the tournament.
Format edit
All participating teams played two qualification rounds of stroke play, counting the three best scores out of up to four players for each team. The four best teams formed flight A. The next four teams formed flight B and the last three teams formed flight C.
The winner in each flight was determined by a round-robin system. All teams in the flight met each other and the team with most points for team matches in flight A won the tournament, using the scale, win=2 points, halved=1 point, lose=0 points. In each match between two nation teams, two foursome games and four single games were played.
Teams edit
A record number of eleven nation teams contested the event. England, Scotland and Wales took part for the first time. Ireland was announced to participate but withdraw before the tournament. Each team consisted of a minimum of four players.
Players in the leading teams
| Country | Players |
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| England
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Ann Irvin, Marley Spearman, Susan Armitage, Ruth Porter, Jill Thornhill |
 France
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Claudine Cros, Odile Garaialde Semelaigne, Lally de Saint-Sauveur, Brigitte Varangot |
 Italy
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F. Bastianello, Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, Bianca Martini, Marina Ragher, Marion Tadini |
 Netherlands
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A.E. Eschauzier, Annie van Lanschot, M. Mevus, Anneke van Riemsdijk |
 Scotland
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Marjory Fowler, Joan Lawrence, Belle Robertson, Janette Wright |
 Sweden
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Liv Forsell, Louise Johansson Wingård, Britt Mattsson, Cécilia Perslow, Nina Rehnqvist, Ann-Katrin Svensson |
 Wales
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Elsie Brown, P. Griffiths Davies, Ann Hughes Johnson, Pat Roberts, Nancy Wright |
 West Germany
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Marietta Gütermann, Barbara Hobirk, Monika Möller, Marion Petersen |
Other participating teams
| Country |
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 Belgium
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 Spain
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 Switzerland
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Winners edit
Team England, participating for the first time, won the championship, earning 5 points in flight A.
Individual winner in the opening 36-hole stroke play qualifying competition was Brigitte Varangot, France, with a score of 4-over-par 150.
Results edit
Qualification rounds
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Team standings
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Individual leaders
Note: There was no official recognition for the lowest individual score. |
Flight A
Team matches
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Team standings
| Country | Place | W | T | L | Game points | Points |
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| England |
1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12.5–5.5 | 5 |
| Scotland |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10–8 | 3 |
| France |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.5–9.5 | 3 |
| Netherlands |
4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5–13 | 1 |
Flight B
Team matches
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Team standings
| Country | Place | W | T | L | Game points | Points |
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| West Germany |
5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13.5–4.5 | 6 |
| Italy |
6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11.5–6.5 | 4 |
| Sweden |
7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7–11 | 2 |
| Wales |
8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4–14 | 0 |
Flight C
Team matches
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Team standings
| Country | Place | W | T | L | Game points | Points |
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| Spain
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9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.5–2.5 | 4 |
| Belgium
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10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.5–5.5 | 2 |
| Switzerland
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11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2–10 | 0 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
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England
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Scotland
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France
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| 4 | Netherlands
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| 5 | West Germany
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| 6 | Italy
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| 7 | Sweden
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| 8 | Wales
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| 9 | Spain
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| 10 | Belgium
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| 11 | Switzerland
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See also edit
- 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 edit
- ^ Murray, Margareta (September 1965). "Vädret dystrast i dam-EM" [The whether most sad at the European Ladies' Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 183. ISBN 9172603283. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 192. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" [Teams, European Team Championships] (PDF) (in German). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Scotswomen in third place". The Glasgow Herald. 7 July 1965. p. 6. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Scotland qualify in team event". The Glasgow Herald. 8 July 1965. p. 6. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Scotland draw with England". The Glasgow Herald. 9 July 1965. p. 6. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Women's title for England". The Glasgow Herald. 12 July 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 11 October 2021.