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1987 European Ladies' Team Championship

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1987 European Ladies' Team Championship
Turnberry Golf Resort
Tournament information
Dates8–12 July 1987
LocationSouth Ayrshire, Scotland
55°18′58″N 4°49′59″W / 55.316°N 4.833°W / 55.316; -4.833
Course(s)Turnberry Golf Resort (Ailsa Course)
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
Format36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par73
Field13 teams
78 players
Champion
 Sweden
Helen Alfredsson, Margareta Bjurö,
Eva Dahllöf, Sofia Grönberg,
Helene Koch, Malin Landehag
Qualification round: 776 (+46)
Final match 6–1
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The 1987 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 8–12 July at Turnberry Golf Resort in South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was the 15th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue

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The 10th and 12th holes on the Ailsa course

The Ailsa Course, situated 80 kilometres south of Glasgow, Scotland, on headland along the Firth of Clyde, overlooking the Isle of Arran and Ailsa Craig, was initially opened with 13 holes in 1901, designed by Willie Fernie, and later completed to 18 holes. It was redesigned by Mackenzie Ross between 1949 and 1951.

The course had previously hosted The Open Championship twice; 1977 and 1986.

The championship course was set up with par 73.

On the first day of competition, it was blowing strong winds on the course. The second day it was warm and windless. The third day, when the quarterfinals was intended to take place, heavy rain caused play to be postponed to the day after.[1]

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 to be played. Because of delay of play, due to bad weather, quarter finals and semi finals were played on the same day, without foursome games and only with five single games.

Teams were allowed to switch players during the team matches, selecting other players in to the afternoon single games after the morning foursome games. If a game was all square after 18 holes, it was declared halved, if the team match was already decided.

The five teams placed 9–13 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B, to meet each other over three rounds to decide their final positions.

Teams

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

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
 England Linda Bayman, Joanne Furby, Susan Moorcraft, Susan Shapcott, Jill Thornhill, Julie Wade
 Ireland Eavan Higgins, Claire Hourihane, Eileen Rose McDaid, Mary McKenna, Therese Moran O'Reilly, Philomena Wickham
 France Caroline Bourtayre, Valérie Golléty-Pamard, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue, Véronique Palli
 Scotland Fiona Anderson, Lindsey Anderson, Julie Forbes, Kathryn Imrie, Shirley Lawson Huggan, Pam Wright
 Spain Tania Abitbol, Lourdes Barbieto, Maria Orueta, Esther Tamarit, Sonia Wunsch
 Sweden Helen Alfredsson, Margareta Bjurö, Eva Dahllöf, Sofia Grönberg, Helene Koch, Malin Landehag
 Wales Pam Light Chugg, Karen Davies, Julie Foster, Sharon Roberts, Vicki Thomas, Helen Wadsworth
 West Germany Ursula Beer, Martina Fischer, Martina Koch. Stephanie Lampert, Vanessa Motte, Rita Ruland

Other participating teams

Country
 Belgium
 Denmark
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Switzerland

Winners

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Host nation Scotland and team France tied the lead at the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, each with a score of 26 over par 756, with Scotland winning by the tie-breaking better total non-counting scores.

Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Sofia Grönberg, Sweden, with a score of 1-under-par 145, one stroke ahead of Shirley Lawson, Scotland and Vicki Thomas, Wales. This was the fourth time in a row, and fifth time in the last seven championships, a Swedish player had won or tied the win in the individual competition, achieved by five different players.

Team Sweden won the gold, earning their second title, beating team Wales in the final 6–1. Team Spain earned third place, beating Scotland 5–2 in the bronze match.

Results

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Qualification round

Flight A

Flight B

Final standings

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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Söderlund, Carl Göran (August 1987). "Grattis guldtjejer!" [Congatulations golden girls!]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. pp. 20–23. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. ^ "EM damer" [European Ladies' Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1987. p. 92. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 7 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 7 November 2021.
  4. ^ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 7 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 7 November 2021.
  6. ^ Burnside, Elsbeth (8 July 1987). "Scots seeks a Wright way to success". The Glasgow Herald. p. 21. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  7. ^ Burnside, Elsbeth (9 July 1987). "Pam puts Scotland on right course". The Glasgow Herald. p. 19. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  8. ^ Burnside, Elsbeth (10 July 1987). "Scots gain top spot thanks to discards". The Glasgow Herald. p. 33. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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