1999 European Ladies' Team Championship

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1999 European Ladies' Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates6–10 July 1999
LocationSaint-Germain-en-Laye, France
48°55′06″N 2°03′26″E / 48.91833°N 2.05733°E / 48.91833; 2.05733
Course(s)Golf de Saint Germain
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
Format36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par72
Field17 teams
102 players
Champion
 France
Maïtena Alsuguren, Stéphanie Arricau, Virginie Auffret, Karine Icher, Marine Monnet, Gwladys Nocera
Qualification round: 716 (−4)
Final match 412–212
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Golf de Saint Germain is located in Île-de-France (region)
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The 1999 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 6–10 July at Golf de Saint Germain in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. It was the 21st women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue

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The course, situated 25 kilometres west of the city center of Paris, France, was designed by Harry Colt and opened in 1922.[1]

The championship course was set up with par 72.

Format

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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, with one foursome game and four single games, to decide their final positions.

The three teams placed 15–17 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight C, to meet each other, with one foursome game and four single games, to decide their final positions.

Teams

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17 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
 Denmark Helle Gram, Karen Margrethe Juul, Anne Larsson, Amanda Mooltke-Leth, Rikke Rasmussen, Carina Vagner
 England Kim Andrew, Fiona Brown, Emma Duggleby, Kirsty Fisher, Rebecca Hudson, Kerry Smith
 Finland Nina Isaksson, Minna Kaarnalahti, Pia Koivuranta, Hanna-Riikka Kuitunen, Niina Laitinen, Ursula Tuutti
 France Maïtena Alsuguren, Stéphanie Arricau, Virginie Auffret, Karine Icher, Marine Monnet, Gwladys Nocera
 Germany Martina Eberl, Miriam Hiller, Andrea Lanz, Miriam Nagl, Verena Scholz, Nicole Stillig
 Ireland Alison Coffey, Claire Coughlan, Emma Dickson, Suzanne O'Brien, Eileen Rose McDaid Power, Oonagh Purfield
 Italy Isabelle Calogero, Monica Cosenza, Barbara Paruscio, Federica Piovano, Sofia Sandolo, Giulia Sergas
 Netherlands Annemieke Goederen, Joan van der Kraats, Marcella Neggers, Nienke Nijenhuis, Kim van Tienhoven, Marieke Zelsman
 Norway Line Berg, Monica Gundersrud, Camilla G. Hilland, Cathrine Norderhaug, Suzanne Pettersen, Marianne Ruud
 Scotland Anne Laing, Laura Moffat, Hilary Monoghan, Lesley Nicholson, Alison Rose, Jayne Smith
 Spain Maria Beautell, Macarena Campomanes, Nuria Clau, Itziar Elguezabal, Tania Elósegui, Marta Prieto
 Sweden Susanna Berglund, Maria Bodén, Kristina Engström, Anna Jonsson, Jessica Lindbergh, Helena Svensson
 Switzerland Barbara Albisetti, Nora Angehrrn, Tanja Arnold, Niloufar Azam, Alexandra Gasser, Sheila Lee
 Wales Becky Brewerton, Louise Davis, Natalie Evans, Becky Morgan, Elenor Pilgrim, Vicki Thomas

Other participating teams

Country
 Austria
 Belgium
 Czech Republic

Winners

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Host nation France lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 4 under par 716, 20 strokes ahead of team England.

Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Maïtena Alsuguren, France, with a score of 5 under par 139, one stroke ahead of Maria Bodén, Sweden.

Team France won the championship, beating England 412–212 in the final and earned their sixth title. Team Germany earned third place, beating Netherlands 5–2 in the bronze match.

Results

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Qualification round

Flight A

Final standings

Place Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  England
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany
4  Netherlands
5  Sweden
6  Italy
7  Spain
8  Ireland
9  Switzerland
10  Finland
11  Wales
12  Denmark
13  Scotland
14  Norway
15  Austria
16  Belgium
17  Czech Republic

Sources:[2][3][4][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Club, The official opening of the golf course". Golf de Saint Germain. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Resultat, EM damer" [Results, European Ladies' Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. September 1999. p. 122. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" [Teams, European Team Championships] (PDF) (in German). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
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