The 1997 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 9–13 July at Nordcenter Golf & Country Club in Åminnefors, Finland. It was the 20th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.
Venue The hosting club was founded in 1988. Its first course, the Fream course, situated in Åminnefors, close to Pohja in the province of Southern Finland and part of the Uusimaa region, 70 kilometres west of Helsinki, Finland, was designed by architect Ronald Fream. The course meanders across a varied landscape from a lush seashore towards a forest plateau full of steep elevation changes and the old park area of a manor house.
A second 18-hole-course, the Benz course, located on a forest plateau, was designed by Bradford Benz and inaugurated in 1993.
The championship course was set up with par 72.
Format 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 played. Teams were allowed to switch players during the team matches, selecting other players in to the afternoon single games after the morning foursome games. Games all square after 18 holes were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.
The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B, to play similar knock-out match-play, with one foursome game and four single games, to decide their final positions.
Teams 16 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the leading teams Country PlayersCamilla Faaborg-Andersen, Karen Margrethe Juul, Christina Kuld, Amanda Mooltke-Leth, Rikke Rasmussen, Carina VagnerFiona Brown, Kate Burton, Rebecca Hudson, Elaine Ratcliffe, Kim Rostron, Karen StupplesAlison Coffey, Suzanne Fanagan, Hazel Kavanagh, Michelle McGreevy, Eileen Rose McDaid Power, Ada O'SullivanStéphanie Arricau, Jeanne-Marie Busuttil, Karine Icher, Ludvine Kreutz, Gwladys Nocera, Amadine VincentBritta Echterling, Elisabeth Esterl, Heidi Klump, Anika Heuser, Esther Poburski, Nicole StilligIsabelle Calogero, Maria Paola Casati, Silvia Cavalleri, Anna Nistri, Giulia SergasAnne Laing, Sharon McMaster, Hilary Monoghan, Janice Moodie, Lesley Nicholson, Alison RoseSara Beautell, Itziar Elguezabal, Ana Larraneta, Maria José Pons, Marta Prieto, Ana Belen Sanchez Susanna Berglund, Susanne Gillemo, Marie Hedberg, Ulrica Jidflo, Jessica Lindbergh, Isabelle Rosberg Louise Davis, Natalie Evans, Helen Lawson, Becky Morgan, Elenor Pilgrim, Vicki Thomas
Other participating teams Country
Winners Team Italy and team France tied the lead in the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, each with a score of 7 over par 727, three strokes ahead of team England. Italy earned first place on the tie breaking better total non-counting scores.
Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Karine Icher, France, with a score of 7 under par 137, two strokes ahead of Janice Moodie, Scotland.
Team Sweden won the championship, beating Scotland 4–3 in the final and earned their third title. Team France earned third place, beating Wales 5–2 in the bronze match.
Results Qualification round
Team standings PlaceCountryScoreTo parT1 *363-364=727 +7362-365=7273363-367=730 +104363-369=732 +12T5 *364-371=735 +15 *368-367=735362-373=7358368-369=737 +179374-367=741 +2110374-368=742 +2211376-370=746 +2612382-378=760 +4013377-384=761 +4114385-378=763 +4315386-383=769 +4916385-386=771 +51 * Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better total non-counting scores.
Individual leaders PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Karine Icher70-67=137−72Janice Moodie69-70=139−5T3Itziar Elguezabal69-71=140−4Elaine Ratcliffe69-71=1405Annabelle Haxhe69-72=141−3T6Barbara Albisetti72-70=142−2Silvia Cavalleri72-70=142Lilian Mensi-Klarbach72-70=142Eleanor Pilgrim70-72=142Rikke Rasmussen71-71=142 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.
Flight A
Bracket
Final games 4 3S. Berglund / I. RosbergH. Monaghan / A. Rose 2 & 1M. Hedberg / U. JidfloJ. Moody / L. Nicholson 1 holeIsabelle Rosberg 2 holesAlison RoseSusanne Gillemo 1 holeHilary MonoghanUlrica JidfloJanice Moodie 6 & 4Jessica Lindberg 2 & 1Anne LaingMarie Hedberg 2 & 1Lesley Nicholson
Flight B
Bracket
Final standings PlaceCountry45678910111213141516
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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