1959 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 1959 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 15–20 September on the Golf und Land Club Köln outside Cologne, Germany. It was the first ladies' amateur golf European Ladies' Team Championship.

1959 European Ladies' Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates15–20 September 1959
LocationCologne, Germany
50°58′N 7°8′E / 50.967°N 7.133°E / 50.967; 7.133
Course(s)Golf und Land Club Köln
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
Format36 holes stroke play
round-robin system match play
Statistics
Par74
Length5,987 yards (5,475 m)
Field6 teams
circa 30 players
Champion
 France
Claudine Cros, Odile Garaialde Semelaigne,
Lally de Saint-Sauveur (captain and substitute player),
Martine Paul, Brigitte Varangot
Qualification round: 447 (+3)
Flight A matches: 6 points
Location map
Golf und Land Club Köln is located in Europe
Golf und Land Club Köln
Golf und Land Club Köln
Location in Europe
Golf und Land Club Köln is located in Germany
Golf und Land Club Köln
Golf und Land Club Köln
Location in Germany
Golf und Land Club Köln is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Golf und Land Club Köln
Golf und Land Club Köln
Location in the Province of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Venue

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The hosting club was founded in 1906 and the championship 18-hole course, situated 10 kilometres east of the city center of Cologne, opened in 1955. The course set up of par 74 had four par-3-holes, eight par-4-holes and six par-5-holes.

The championship course was set up with par 74.

Format

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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 two teams formed flight B.

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

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Six nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of four players.

Players in some of the teams

Country Players
  France Claudine Cros, Odile Garaialde Semelaigne, Lally de Saint-Sauveur (playing captain)*, Martine Paul, Brigitte Varangot
  Italy Rosanna Bergamo, Wanda Bohus Rosa, Paula Cobianchi, Isa Goldschmidt Bevione (playing captain), Pinto
  Sweden Gertrud Ahlberg, Marianne Bergengren, Ann-Marie Brynolf (playing captain), Britt Matsson, Margareta Warberg
  West Germany Ilse Groos, Marietta Gütermann, Monika Möller, Monika Steegman, Liselotte Strenger, Inez Stille

* Note: Playing captain Lally de Saint-Sauveur did not play the qualification round and played one single game and two foursome games in flight A.

Other participating teams

Country
  Belgium
  Netherlands

Winners

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Individual winner in the opening 36-hole stroke play qualifying competition was Odile Garaialde Semelaigne, France, with a score of 5-under-par 143.

Team France won the championship, earning 6 points in flight A.

Results

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Qualification rounds

Flight A

Flight B

Final standings

Place Country
    France
    Italy
    Belgium
4   Netherlands
T5   Sweden
  West Germany

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 182. ISBN 9172603283.
  2. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 192. ISBN 91-86818007.
  3. ^ "Fransyskorna suveräna i damernas EM" [The French ladies excelled in the European Ladies' Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. September 1959. pp. 3–5. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  4. ^ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ "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.
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