1965 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 1965 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 5–10 July at Royal The Hague Golf & Country Club in Wassenaar, 10 kilometres north of the city center of The Hague, Netherlands. It was the fourth women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

1965 European Ladies' Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates5–10 July 1965
LocationThe Hague, Netherlands
52°07′52″N 04°21′43″E / 52.13111°N 4.36194°E / 52.13111; 4.36194
Course(s)Royal the Hague Golf & Country Club
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
Format36 holes stroke play
round-robin system match play
Statistics
Par73
Length5,906 yards (5,400 m)
Field11 teams
circa 55 players
Champion
 England
Ann Irvin, Marley Spearman,
Susan Armitage, Ruth Porter, Jill Thornhill
Qualification round: 460 (+22)
Flight A matches: 5 points
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Venue

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The course was designed in 1938, by Harry Colt and C.H. Alison and is situated in an undulating dune landscape.

The championship course was set up with par 73.

It was raining and blowing hard winds during the tournament.

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 four teams formed flight B and the last three teams formed flight C.

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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A record number of eleven nation teams contested the event. England, Scotland and Wales took part for the first time. Ireland was announced to participate but withdraw before the tournament. Each team consisted of a minimum of four players.

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
  England Ann Irvin, Marley Spearman, Susan Armitage, Ruth Porter, Jill Thornhill
  France Claudine Cros, Odile Garaialde Semelaigne, Lally de Saint-Sauveur, Brigitte Varangot
  Italy F. Bastianello, Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, Bianca Martini, Marina Ragher, Marion Tadini
  Netherlands A.E. Eschauzier, Annie van Lanschot, M. Mevus, Anneke van Riemsdijk
  Scotland Marjory Fowler, Joan Lawrence, Belle Robertson, Janette Wright
  Sweden Liv Forsell, Louise Johansson Wingård, Britt Mattsson, Cécilia Perslow, Nina Rehnqvist, Ann-Katrin Svensson
  Wales Elsie Brown, P. Griffiths Davies, Ann Hughes Johnson, Pat Roberts, Nancy Wright
  West Germany Marietta Gütermann, Barbara Hobirk, Monika Möller, Marion Petersen

Other participating teams

Country
  Belgium
  Spain
  Switzerland

Winners

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Team England, participating for the first time, won the championship, earning 5 points in flight A.

Individual winner in the opening 36-hole stroke play qualifying competition was Brigitte Varangot, France, with a score of 4-over-par 150.

Results

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Qualification rounds

Flight A

Team matches

Team standings

Country Place W T L Game points Points
  England 1 2 1 0 12.5–5.5 5
  Scotland 2 1 1 1 10–8 3
  France 3 1 1 1 8.5–9.5 3
  Netherlands 4 0 1 2 5–13 1

Flight B

Team matches

Team standings

Country Place W T L Game points Points
  West Germany 5 3 0 0 13.5–4.5 6
  Italy 6 2 0 1 11.5–6.5 4
  Sweden 7 1 0 2 7–11 2
  Wales 8 0 0 3 4–14 0

Flight C

Team matches

Team standings

Country Place W T L Game points Points
  Spain 9 2 0 0 9.5–2.5 4
  Belgium 10 1 0 1 6.5–5.5 2
  Switzerland 11 0 0 2 2–10 0

Final standings

Place Country
    England
    Scotland
    France
4   Netherlands
5   West Germany
6   Italy
7   Sweden
8   Wales
9   Spain
10   Belgium
11   Switzerland

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Murray, Margareta (September 1965). "Vädret dystrast i dam-EM" [The whether most sad at the European Ladies' Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 183. ISBN 9172603283. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 192. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 11 October 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.
  6. ^ "Scotswomen in third place". The Glasgow Herald. 7 July 1965. p. 6. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Scotland qualify in team event". The Glasgow Herald. 8 July 1965. p. 6. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Scotland draw with England". The Glasgow Herald. 9 July 1965. p. 6. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Women's title for England". The Glasgow Herald. 12 July 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
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