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.
Venue The hosting club was founded in 1906 and the championship 18-hole course, situated in Bergisch Gladbach, 10 kilometers 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.
Course layout The shown length on each hole was from the club tee. The women's championship tee was approximately 10 percent shorter and totally 5,475 meters. HoleMetersParHoleMetersPar133041035542434511450531033121453429841339055365414345463354151053741551639558145317315495405184605Out2,96536In2,96038Source:Total club tee5,92574Total women's championship tee5,475 Format 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 Six nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of four players.
Players in some of the teams Country Players Claudine Cros, Odile Garaialde Semelaigne, Lally de Saint-Sauveur (playing captain)*, Martine Paul, Brigitte VarangotRosanna Bergamo, Wanda Bohus Rosa, Paula Cobianchi, Isa Goldschmidt Bevione (playing captain), Pinto Gertrud Ahlberg, Marianne Bergengren, Ann-Marie Brynolf (playing captain), Britt Matsson, Margareta WarbergIlse 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
Winners 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 Qualification rounds
Team standings Place Country Score To par1 229-218=447 +32 243-232=475 +313 246-235=481 +374 244-241=485 +415 247-242=489 +456 259-241=500 +56
Individual leader Place Player Country Score To par1 Odile Garaialde Semelaigne 70-73=143 −5 Note: There was no official recognition for the lowest individual score.
Flight A
Team matches 2 04 2 2 05 1 2 05 1 2 04 2 2 06 0 2 05.5 0.5
Team standings Country Place W T L Game points Points 1 2 1 0 14.5–3.5 6 2 2 0 1 12–6 4 3 2 0 1 7.5–10.5 2 4 0 1 2 2–16 0
Flight B
Team match 1 13 3
Team standings Country Place W T L Game points Points T5 0 1 0 3–3 1 T5 0 1 0 3–3 1
Final standings Place Country 4 T5 Sources:
See also 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
External links European Golf Association: Results