The 1979 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 4–8 July at Hermitage Golf Club in Lucan, Dublin, Ireland. It was the eleventh women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.
Venue The hosting club was founded in 1905 and the course, a mature parkland setting, situated 12 kilometers west of the city center of Dublin, was designed by James McKenna.
The championship course was set up with par 73.
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 six teams placed 9–14 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.
Teams 14 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players. Austria took part for the first time.
Players in the leading teams Country PlayersChristine Barker, Julia Greenhalgh, Sue Hedges, Janet Melville, Linda Moore, Julie WalterEliane Berthét, Nathalie Jeanson, Catherine Lacoste de Prado, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue, Marie-Christine Ubald-BocquetRona Hegarty, Mary Gorry, Susan Gorman, Maureen Madill, Mary McKenna, Claire NesbittWilma Aitken, Fiona Anderson, Lesley Hope, Joan Smith, Gillian Stewart, M. StavertAna Monfort de Albox, Marta Figueras-Dotti, Cristina Marsans, Carmen Maestre de Pellon, Emma Villacieros de García-Ogara Hillevi Hagström, Viveca Hoff, Gisela Linnér, Charlotte Montgomery, Birgitta Werneskog, Liv WollinAnnette Hadorn, Landolt, L. Ruckstuhl, Priscilla Staible, Pia Ullman, Marie-Christine de WerraAudrey Briggs, Lisa Isherwood, Ann Johnson, Tegwen Perkins, Vicki Rawlings, Pamela Whitley ValentineSabine Blecher, Barbara Böhm, Nicolle Eicke, Christine Felixmüller, Marion Thannhäuser, Ines Umsen
Other participating teams Country
Winners Four-times-champions team France won the opening 36-hole competition, with a score of 26 over par 756, three strokes ahead of team Spain.
Individual leader in the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Marta Figueras-Dotti, Spain, with a score of 3-under-par 143, three strokes ahead of Julia Greenhalgh, England.
The combined team from the host nation Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland won the championship, earning their first title, beating West Germany in the final 6–1. Team France, earned third place, finishing on the podium for the eleventh time, beating England 5–1 in the third place match. With their third place, France had finished on the podium in all eleven European Ladies' Team Championships played since its inauguration in 1959.
Results Qualification round
Team standings PlaceCountryScoreTo par1377-379=756 +262378-381=759 +293389-375=764+344378-391=769+395383-388=771+416387-387=774+447400-381=781+518389-393=782+529386-399=785+5510404-385=789+5911396-396=792+6212407-394=801+7113421-427=848+11814421-428=849+119
Individual leaders PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Marta Figueras-Dotti70-73=143 −32Julia Greenhalgh73-73=146 ET3Alice Janmaat74-73=147 +1Marie-Laure de Lorenzi73-74=147Priscilla Staible74-73=1476Viveca Hoff75-73=148 +2T7Barbara Böhm72-77=149 +2Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue73-76=149T9Mary McKenna74-76=150 +3Claire Nesbitt72-78=150 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.
Flight A
Bracket
Final games 6 1McKenna / Nesbitt 3 & 2Thannhäuser / BlecherMadill / GorryEicke / Umsen 22nd holeMary McKenna 6 & 5Marion ThannhäuserMaureen Madill 3 & 2Barbara BöhmSusan Gorman 3 & 1Sabine BlecherClaire Nesbitt 1 holeInes UmsenMary Gorry 4 & 3Christine Felixmüller
Final standings PlaceCountry4567891011121314
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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