1983 European Ladies' Team Championship
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 22–26 June 1983 |
| Location | Lasne, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 50°41′20″N 04°27′00″E / 50.68889°N 4.45000°E |
| Course(s) | Royal Waterloo Golf Club |
| Organized by | European Golf Association |
| Format | 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 73 |
| Length | 6,296 yards (5,757 m) |
| Field | 16 teams 96 players |
| Champion | |
 IrelandClaire Hourihane, Eavan Higgins, Mary McKenna, Maureen Madill, Carol Wickham, Philomena Wickham | |
| Qualification round: 770 (+40) Final match 51⁄2–11⁄2 | |
| Location map | |
  Royal Waterloo GC Location in Europe  Royal Waterloo GC Location in Belgium | |
The 1983 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 22–26 June at the Royal Waterloo Golf Club in Lasne, Belgium. It was the 13th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.
Venue[edit]
The hosting club was founded in 1923 by Rodolphe Seeldrayers. The course was designed by architect Frederick William Hawtree and established in 1961 in Ohain, Lasne, in the region of Wallon Brabant, close to the historic Waterloo battlefield, 20 kilometres south-east of the city center of Brussels, Belgium.[1]
The championship course was set up with par 73.
Format[edit]
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 four teams placed 9–12 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B and the four teams placed 13–16 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.
Teams[edit]
A record number of 16 nation teams contested the event. Finland and Iceland took part for the first time. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the leading teams
| Country | Players |
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 England |
Kitrina Douglas, Linda Bayman, Beverley New, Penny Grice, Jill Thornhill, Claire Waite |
 France |
Eliane Berthét, Karine Espinasse, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue, Corine Soules, M. L. Zivy |
| Ireland |
Claire Dowling Hourihane, Eavan Higgins, Maureen Madill, Mary McKenna, Carol Wickham, Philomena Wickham |
 Scotland |
Wilma Aitken, Fiona Anderson, Jane Connachan, Belle Robertson, Gillian Stewart, Pamela Wright |
 Spain |
Carmen Maestre, Maria Orueta, Macarena Tey, Maria Castilla, Vicky Pertierra |
 Sweden |
Helen Alfredsson, Eva Dahlöf, Hillevi Hagström, Viveca Hoff, Liselotte Neumann, Anna Oxenstierna |
 Wales |
Audrey Briggs, M. Rawlings, Vicki Thomas, J. Richards, Sharon Roberts, Tegwen Thomas |
 West Germany |
Imma Bockelmann, Susanne Knödler, Martina Koch. Astrid Peter, Elizabeth Peter, Ines Umsen |
Other participating teams
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 Belgium
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 Denmark
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 Finland
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 Iceland
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 Italy
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 Netherlands
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 Norway
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 Switzerland
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Winners[edit]
West Germany and Spain tied the lead at the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 34 over par 764, with West Germany winning by the tie-breaking better total non-counting scores.
Tied individual leaders in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Claire Hourihane, Ireland, and 17-year-old Liselotte Neumann, Sweden, each with a score of 1-over-par 147, one stroke ahead of Gillian Stewart, Scotland. Hourihane scored a new course record of 4 under par 69 in the first round.
Ireland, a combined team from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, won the gold, earning their second title in the last three championships, beating team England in the final 51⁄2–11⁄2. Defending champions Sweden earned third place, beating West Germany 5–2 in the bronze match.
Results[edit]
Qualification round
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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
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Bracket
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Final games
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Flight B
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Flight C
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Final standings
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Ireland
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England
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Sweden
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| 4 | West Germany
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| 5 | Scotland
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| 6 | France
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| 7 | Spain
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| 8 | Wales
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| 9 | Switzerland
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| 10 | Italy
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| 11 | Denmark
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| 12 | Netherlands
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| 13 | Belgium
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| 14 | Norway
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| 15 | Finland
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| 16 | Iceland
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Sources:[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
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]
- ^ "Our courses, Our club". Royal Waterloo Golf Club. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Hennessy, John (22 June 1983). "Scots head home nations into battle at Waterloo". The Times (London, England). p. 21.
- ^ Nordlund, Anders (August 1983). "Drömmar om silver och guld slutade med brons" [Dreams about silver and gold ended with bronz]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. pp. 30–32. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 193. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 1 November 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 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Spain held a one-stroke lead". The Glasgow Herald. 23 June 1983. p. 17. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "West Germany joined Spain". The Glasgow Herald. 24 June 1983. p. 27. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Ireland also took the Women's European team title". The Glasgow Herald. 27 June 1983. p. 15. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Hennessy, John (23 June 1983). "England are one stroke behind". The Times (London, England). p. 26.
- ^ Hennessy, John (27 June 1983). "Irish women mop up". The Times (London, England). p. 21.