The 1961 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 22–27 September on the Circolo Golf Villa D'Este outside Como, Italy. It was the second ladies' amateur golf European Ladies' Team Championship.
Venue The course, situated 4 kilometres south-east of Como, Lombardy region, the seventh oldest golf course in Italy, was designed by Peter Gannon and opened in 1926.
The championship course was set up with par 69.
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 four 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 Eight nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of four players. Spain and Portugal took part for the first time.
Players in some of the teams Country Players Claudine Cros, Martine Gajan-Giraud, M. Mahé, Lally de Saint-Sauveur (playing captain), Brigitte VarangotL. de Boer, M. Henderson, Annie van Lanslot, Anneke van RiemsdijkBarbara de Brito e Cunha, Cardie, Cordier, Vera Costa Lennox, Salette de Sousa e Melo Gertrud Ahlberg, Ann-Marie Brynolf (playing captain), Birgit Forsman, Britt Matsson, Ann-Katrin SvenssonMarietta Gütermann, Vera Möller, Monika Möller, Monika Steegman, Liselotte Strenger
Other participating teams Country
Winners Defending champions team France won the championship, earning 6 points in flight A. Host nation Italy earned second place, just as they did at the previous championship two years earlier.
Individual winner in the opening 36-hole stroke play qualifying competition was Mercedes Etchart de Ártiach, Spain, with a score of 4-over-par 142.
Results Qualification rounds
Team standings Place Country Score To par1 226-215=441 +272 229-226=455 +41T3 * 229-233=462 +48235-227=4625 233-236=469 +556 237-238=475 +617 242-260=502 +888256-256=509+95 * Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score.
Individual leader Place Player Country Score To par1 Mercedes Etchart de Ártiach 71-71=142 +4 Note: There was no official recognition for the lowest individual score.
Flight A
Team matches
2 04 2 2 04 2
2 05 1 2 04 2
2 05 1 2 04.5 1.5
Team standings Country Place W T L Game points Points 1 3 0 0 14–4 6 2 2 0 1 9–9 4 3 1 0 1 7.5–10.5 2 4 0 1 2 5.5–12.5 0 Flight B
Team matches
2060 2 *042
2 *042 2042
204.51.5 203.52.5
* Note: Sweden was given walkover in three games against the Netherlands and in two games against then West Germany, due to food poisoning.
Team standings CountryPlaceWTLGame pointsPoints530114.5–3.5662019.5–8.547117.5–10.5280004.5–13.50 Final standings PlaceCountry45678 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