1991 European Ladies' Team Championship
# 1991 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 1991 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 10–14 July at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. It was the 17th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

## Venue

The hosting Wentworth Club was founded in 1922. Its West Course, situated in Virginia Water, Surrey, 40 kilometres south-west of the city center of London, England, not far from Windsor Castle, opened in 1926 and was designed by golf course architect Harry Colt. It had previously hosted some of the most prestigious tournaments in the world, the 1953 Ryder Cup, the 1956 Canada Cup and several editions of the World Match Play Championship and the BMW PGA Championship.

The championship course was set up with par 75.

## 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 five teams placed 9–13 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B, to meet each other to decide their final positions.

## Teams

13 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

| Country | Players |
| - | - |
| England | Nicola Buxton, Fiona Edmond, Linzi Fletcher, Caroline Hall, Julie Hall, Joanne Morley |
| Ireland | Eavan Higgins, Claire Hourihane, Denise McCarthy, Eileen Rose McDaid, Mary McKenna |
| France | Delphine Bourson, Caroline Bourtayre, Valérie Michaud, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue, Kristel Mourge d'Algue, Valérie Golléty-Pamard |
| Germany | Susanne Boes, Franca Fehlauer, Martina Fischer, Luise Gehlen, Henriette Gladiator, Anika Heuser |
| Scotland | Fiona Anderson, Elaine Farquharson, Catriona Lambert, Janice Moodie, Alison Rose, Morag Wright |
| Sweden | Maria Bertilsköld, Charlotta Eliasson, Åsa Gottmo, Carin Hjalmarsson Koch, Petra Rigby, Annika Sörenstam |
| Wales | Lisa Dermott, Julie Foster, Helen Lawson, S. Mountford, Andrea Perriam, Vicki Thomas |

Other participating teams

* Country
* Belgium
* Denmark
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Spain
* Switzerland

## Winners

Two-times-champions team Sweden, with 20 years old future professional world number one Annika Sörenstam in the team, won the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 18 over par 768, eight strokes ahead of host nation England.

Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Silvia Cavalleri, Italy, with a score of 2-under-par 148, one stroke ahead of Joanne Morley, England.

Team England won the championship. Playing in their tenth final they beat Sweden 5–2 and earned their seventh title. Defending champions France earned third place, beating team Wales in the bronze match.

## Results

Qualification round

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sweden | 387-381=768 | +18 |
| 2 | England | 388-388=776 | +26 |
| 3 | Scotland | 392-391=783 | +33 |
| 4 | Italy | 391-395=786 | +36 |
| 5 | France | 398-390=788 | +38 |
| 6 | Wales | 405-389=794 | +44 |
| 7 | Spain | 396-399=795 | +45 |
| 8 | Ireland | 402-398=800 | +50 |
| 9 | Germany | 405-396=801 | +51 |
| 10 | Denmark | 405-406=811 | +61 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 415-407=822 | +72 |
| 12 | Switzerland | 419-405=824 | +74 |
| 13 | Belgium | 424-407=831 | +81 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Silvia Cavalleri | Italy | 71-77=148 | −2 |
| 2 | Joanne Morley | England | 74-75=149 | −1 |
| 3 | Vicki Thomas | Wales | 78-72=150 | E |
| T4 | Maria Bertilsköld | Sweden | 75-76=151 | +1 |
| T4 | Franca Fehlauer | Germany | 79-72=151 | +1 |
| T4 | Valérie Michaud | France | 77-74=151 | +1 |
| T4 | Pernille Carlson Pedersen | Denmark | 74-77=151 | +1 |

Flight A

| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sweden | 5 | | |
| Ireland | 2 | | |
| Ireland | 2 | Sweden | 4 |
| | | France | 3 |
| France | 4.5 | France | 3 |
| Italy | 2.5 | | | | |
| Italy | 2.5 | | | England | 5 |
| | | | | Sweden | 2 |
| Wales | 5 | | | Sweden | 2 |
| Scotland | 2 | | | | |
| Scotland | 2 | England | 6 | | |
| | | Wales | 1 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| England | 7 | Wales | 1 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Spain | 0 | | | | |
| Spain | 0 | | | France | |
| | | | | Wales | |
| England | Sweden |
| 5 | 2 |
| F. Edmond / L. Fletcher | M. Bertilsköld / A. Sörenstam 19th hole |
| N. Buxton / C. Hall 1 hole | Å. Gottmo / C. Hjalmarsson Koch |
| Nicola Buxton 1 hole | Annika Sörenstam |
| Julie Hall 1 hole | Carin Hjalmarsson Koch |
| Joanne Morley | Maria Bertilsköld 4 & 3 |
| Caroline Hall 5 & 3 | Petra Rigby |
| Linzi Fletcher 3 & 2 | Åsa Gottmo |

Final standings

| Place | Country |
| - | - |
| | England |
| | Sweden |
| | France |
| 4 | Wales |
| 5 | Italy |
| 6 | Spain |
| 7 | Scotland |
| 8 | Ireland |
| 9 | Germany |
| 10 | Denmark |
| 11 | Netherlands |
| 12 | Switzerland |
| 13 | Belgium |

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