The Vagliano Trophy is a biennial women's amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". It is played in odd-numbered years; the Curtis Cup being played in even-numbered years.
The event started in 1931 as a match between Great Britain and France. It was played annually from 1931 to 1939 and from 1947 to 1949, before becoming a biennial event from 1949 to 1957. Britain won 15 of the 16 matches with the 1934 match being tied. From 1949 to 1957 Great Britain had also played a biennial match against Belgium. In 1959 the two matches were replaced by one with Britain playing a team representing the Continent of Europe, the Vagliano Trophy being used for the new event.
The trophy was given by André Vagliano, a French golfer and official in the French Golf Federation and also father of Lally Segard, who played in this match on 13 occasions. The Ladies Golf Union initially declined to accept the trophy but changed their mind in late 1932, accepting the Curtis Cup at the same time.
Format The competition involves various match play matches between players selected from the two teams of 8, either singles and foursomes. The winner of each match scores a point for their team, with half a point each for any match that is tied after 18 holes. If the entire match is tied, the previously winning team retains the Trophy.
A foursomes match is a competition between two teams of two golfers. The golfers on the same team take alternate shots throughout the match, with the same ball. Each hole is won by the team that completes the hole in the fewest shots. A fourball match is a competition between two teams of two golfers. All four golfers play their own ball throughout the round. Each hole is won by the team whose individual golfer had the lowest score. A singles match is a standard match play competition between two golfers.
The contest is played over two days, with four foursomes and eight singles matches on each day, a total of 24 points. Before 1975 there were five foursomes and ten singles matches each day. In 1959 and 1961 there were five 36-hole foursomes on the first day and ten 36-hole singles on the second. All matches after 1961 have been over 18 holes.
Results Since the Continent of Europe replaced France in 1959.https://issuu.com/lgucl/docs/lguyearbook2016 LGU 2016 Yearbook
Year Venue Winning team Score Losing team Ref2025Koninklijke Haagsche Golf & Country Club(Wassenaar, Netherlands) Great Britain & Ireland12½11½ Continent of Europe2023Royal Dornoch Golf Club(Dornoch, Scotland) Continent of Europe13½10½ Great Britain & Ireland2019Royal St George's Golf Club(Sandwich, England) Continent of Europe14½9½ Great Britain & Ireland2017Circolo Golf Bogogno(Bogogno, Italy) Continent of Europe159 Great Britain & Ireland2015Malone Golf Club(Dunmurry, Northern Ireland) Continent of Europe12½11½ Great Britain & Ireland2013Golf de Chantilly(Chantilly, Oise, France) Continent of Europe16½7½ Great Britain & Ireland2011Royal Porthcawl Golf Club(Porthcawl, Wales) Continent of Europe15½8½ Great Britain & Ireland2009Hamburger Golf Club(Hamburg, Germany) Continent of Europe1311 Great Britain & Ireland2007Fairmont St Andrews(St Andrews, Scotland) Continent of Europe159 Great Britain & Ireland2005Golf de Chantilly(Chantilly, Oise, France) Great Britain & Ireland1311 Continent of Europe2003County Louth Golf Club(Baltray, Ireland) Great Britain & Ireland12½11½ Continent of Europe2001Circolo Golf Venezia(Venice Lido, Venice, Italy) Continent of Europe1311 Great Britain & Ireland1999North Berwick Golf Club(North Berwick, Scotland) Continent of Europe1311 Great Britain & Ireland1997Halmstad GK(Halmstad, Sweden) Continent of Europe1410 Great Britain & Ireland1995Ganton Golf Club(Ganton, Yorkshire, England) Continent of Europe1410 Great Britain & Ireland1993Golf de Morfontaine(Morfontaine, France) Great Britain & Ireland13½10½ Continent of Europe1991Nairn Golf Club(Nairn, Scotland) Great Britain & Ireland13½10½ Continent of Europe1989Circolo Golf Venezia(Venice Lido, Venice, Italy) Great Britain & Ireland14½9½ Continent of Europe1987Berkshire Golf Club(Ascot, Berkshire, England) Great Britain & Ireland159 Continent of Europe1985Hamburger Golf Club(Hamburg, Germany) Great Britain & Ireland1410 Continent of Europe1983Woodhall Spa Golf Club(Woodhall Spa, England) Great Britain & Ireland1410 Continent of Europe1981Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro(Madrid, Spain) Continent of Europe1410 Great Britain & Ireland1979Royal Porthcawl Golf Club(Porthcawl, Wales) Great Britain & Ireland1212 Continent of Europe1977Ljunghusen Golf Club(Ljunghusen, Sweden) Great Britain & Ireland15½8½ Continent of Europe1975Muirfield(Gullane, Scotland) Great Britain & Ireland13½10½ Continent of Europe1973Eindhovensche Golf(Valkenswaard, Netherlands) Great Britain & Ireland2010 Continent of Europe1971Worplesdon Golf Club(Brookwood, Surrey, England) Great Britain & Ireland17½12½ Continent of Europe1969Golf de Chantilly(Chantilly, Oise, France) Continent of Europe1614 Great Britain & Ireland1967Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club(Lytham St Annes, England) Continent of Europe15½14½ Great Britain & Ireland1965GLC Köln(Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) Continent of Europe1713 Great Britain & Ireland1963Muirfield(Gullane, Scotland) Great Britain & Ireland2010 Continent of Europe1961Circolo Golf Villa D'Este(Montorfano, Como, Italy) Great Britain & Ireland87 Continent of Europe1959Wentworth Golf Club(Wentworth, Surrey, England) Great Britain & Ireland123 Continent of Europe
Of the 31 contests from 1959 to 2019, Great Britain and Ireland have won 15, the Continent of Europe have won 15 matches with 1 match tied (1979).
The results of matches against France between 1931 and 1957 are given below. Matches consisted of three foursomes matches and six singles matches, played on a single day.
Year Venue Winning team Score Losing team Ref1957Golf de Morfontaine(Morfontaine, France) Great Britain & Ireland5½3½ France1955Gullane Golf Club(Gullane, Scotland) Great Britain & Ireland72 France1953Golf de Chantilly(Chantilly, Oise, France) Great Britain & Ireland5½3½ France1951St George's Hill Golf Club(Weybridge, England) Great Britain & Ireland81 France1949Golf de Morfontaine(Morfontaine, France) Great Britain & Ireland8½½ France1948Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club(Richmond, London, England) Great Britain & Ireland6½2½ France1947Golf de Saint-Cloud(Saint-Cloud, France) Great Britain & Ireland6½2½ France1939Bramshot Golf Club(Farnborough, Hampshire, England) Great Britain & Ireland6½2½ France1938Golf de Morfontaine(Morfontaine, France) Great Britain & Ireland72 France1937West Sussex Golf Club(Pulborough, England) Great Britain & Ireland6½2½ France1936Golf de Saint-Cloud(Saint-Cloud, France) Great Britain & Ireland63 France1935Worplesdon Golf Club(Brookwood, Surrey, England) Great Britain & Ireland54 France1934Golf de Chantilly(Chantilly, Oise, France) Great Britain & Ireland4½4½ France1933St George's Hill Golf Club(Weybridge, England) Great Britain & Ireland72 France1932Golf de Saint-Germain(Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France) Great Britain & Ireland72 France1931Oxhey Golf Club(Watford, England) Great Britain & Ireland8½½ France
Britain won 15 of the 16 matches with the 1934 match being tied.
Great Britain & Ireland v Belgium From 1949 to 1957 Great Britain & Ireland also played a match against Belgium. The match was played just before or just after the match against France, Great Britain & Ireland using the same squad for both matches, Great Britain & Ireland won all five matches by large margins. In 1950 Margaret Wallace-Williamson presented a trophy for the event.
Year Venue Winning team Score Losing team Ref1957Royal Zoute Golf Club(Knokke-Heist, Belgium) Great Britain & Ireland81 Belgium1955Gullane Golf Club(Gullane, Scotland) Great Britain & Ireland7½1½ Belgium1953Royal Antwerp Golf Club(Kapellen, Belgium) Great Britain & Ireland90 Belgium1951Wentworth Golf Club(Virginia Water, England) Great Britain & Ireland81 Belgium1949Waterloo Golf Club(Lasne, Belgium) Great Britain & Ireland81 Belgium
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Great Britain & Ireland 1931 Elsie Corlett, Diana Fishwick, Marjorie Ross Garon, Molly Gourlay, Jean McCulloch, Wanda Morgan, Charlotte Watson, Joyce Wethered 1932 Diana Fishwick, Marjorie Ross Garon, Molly Gourlay, Clem Montgomery, Wanda Morgan, Doris Park, Eithne Pentony, Charlotte Watson 1933 Diana Fishwick, Kathleen Garnham, Molly Gourlay, Helen Holm, Clem Montgomery, Wanda Morgan, Doris Park, Diana Plumpton 1934 Pam Barton, Millicent Couper, Diana Fishwick, Helen Holm, Mary Jestyn Jeffreys, Wanda Morgan, Dorothy Pearson, Phyllis Wade 1935 Jessie Anderson, Nan Baird, Mervyn Barton, Helen Holm, Wanda Morgan, Phyllis Wade, Pat Walker 1936 Jessie Anderson, Pam Barton, Elsie Corlett, Kathleen Garnham, Marjorie Ross Garon, Helen Holm, Bridget Newell, Phyllis Wade 1937 Pam Barton, Elsie Corlett, Kathleen Garnham, Marjorie Ross Garon, Helen Holm, Clem Montgomery, Bridget Newell, Phyllis Wade 1938 Jessie Anderson, Pam Barton, Elsie Corlett, Molly Gourlay, Helen Holm, Doris Park, Pat Walker 1939 Jessie Anderson, Pam Barton, Elsie Corlett, Molly Gourlay, Edith Rhodes, Pat Walker, Joy Winn, Phyllis Wylie 1947 Katharine Cairns, Jean Donald, Jacqueline Gordon, Helen Holm, Maureen Ruttle, Frances Stephens, Jessie Valentine, Phyllis Wylie 1948 Zara Bolton, Jean Donald, Jacqueline Gordon, Maureen Garrett, Helen Holm, Moira Paterson, Frances Stephens, Mollie Wallis 1949 Jeanne Bisgood, Jean Donald, Vyvian Falconer, Philomena Garvey, Helen Holm, Moira Paterson, Frances Stephens, Jessie Valentine 1951 Jeanne Bisgood, Katharine Cairns, Jean Donald, Philomena Garvey, Joan Gee, Moira Paterson, Jessie Valentine 1953 Katharine Cairns, Jean Donald, Dorothy Forster, Philomena Garvey, Jane Machin, Elizabeth Price, Frances Stephens 1955 Philomena Garvey, Ann Howard, Marjorie Peel, Elizabeth Price, Betty Singleton, Frances Smith, Jane Sugden, Jessie Valentine 1957 Philomena Garvey, Ann Howard, Bridget Jackson, Elizabeth Price, Janette Robertson, Marigold Speir, Angela Ward 1959: Angela Bonallack, Philomena Garvey, Bridget Jackson, Belle McCorkindale, Margaret Nichol, Ruth Porter, Elizabeth Price, Janette Robertson, Tessa Ross Steen, Frances Smith, Marley Spearman, Anne Whittaker 1961: Angela Bonallack, Sally Bonallack, Julia Greenhalgh, Joan Hastings, Ann Irvin, Ainslie Lurie, Margaret Nichol, Ruth Porter, Diane Robb, Marley Spearman, Sheila Vaughan, Janette Wright 1963: Susan Armitage, Sally Barber, Angela Bonallack, Liz Chadwick, Philomena Garvey, Ann Irvin, Bridget Jackson, Joan Lawrence, Jean Roberts, Belle Robertson, Dorothea Sommerville, Janette Wright 1965: Susan Armitage, Ita Burke, Gillian Cheetham, Marjory Fowler, Julia Greenhalgh, Ann Irvin, Bridget Jackson, Joan Lawrence, Ruth Porter, Marley Spearman, Jill Thornhill, Sheila Vaughan 1967: Gwen Brandom, Liz Chadwick, Mary Everard, Sarah German, Ann Irvin, Bridget Jackson, Annette Laing, Dinah Oxley, Margaret Pickard, Vivien Saunders, Joan Rennie, Pam Tredinnick 1969: Heather Anderson, Sally Barber, Elaine Bradshaw, Barbara Dixon, Mary Everard, Ann Irvin, Mary McKenna, Dinah Oxley, Kathryn Phillips, Belle Robertson, Margaret Wenyon 1971: Elaine Bradshaw, Audrey Briggs, Linda Denison-Pender, Mary Everard, Beverly Huke, Ann Irvin, Mary McKenna, Dinah Oxley, Kathryn Phillips, Belle Robertson, Michelle Walker 1973: Audrey Briggs, Linda Denison-Pender, Mary Everard, Carol Le Feuvre, Ann Irvin, Mary McKenna, Maisey Mooney, Sandra Needham, Tegwen Perkins, Carole Redford, Thomasina Walker 1975: Suzanne Cadden, Julia Greenhalgh, Beverly Huke, Ann Irvin, Mary McKenna, Sandra Needham, Tegwen Perkins, Anne Stant, Maureen Walker