1999 European Ladies' Team Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–10 July 1999 |
| Location | Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France 48°55′06″N 2°03′26″E / 48.91833°N 2.05733°E |
| Course(s) | Golf de Saint Germain |
| Organized by | European Golf Association |
| Format | 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Field | 17 teams 102 players |
| Champion | |
 FranceMaïtena Alsuguren, Stéphanie Arricau, Virginie Auffret, Karine Icher, Marine Monnet, Gwladys Nocera | |
| Qualification round: 716 (−4) Final match 41⁄2–21⁄2 | |
| Location map | |
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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
[edit]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
[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 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
[edit]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
[edit]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 41⁄2–21⁄2 in the final and earned their sixth title. Team Germany earned third place, beating Netherlands 5–2 in the bronze match.
Results
[edit]Qualification round
| 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
| Bracket
| Final games
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| Flight B Bracket
| Flight C Team matches
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Final standings
| Place | Country |
|---|---|
 | France |
 | England |
 | 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 |
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]- ^ "The Club, The official opening of the golf course". Golf de Saint Germain. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "Resultat, EM damer" [Results, European Ladies' Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. September 1999. p. 122. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "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.