| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16–21 July 1963 |
| Location | Rungsted Kyst, Denmark 55°53′N 12°32′E / 55.883°N 12.533°E |
| Course(s) | Rungsted Golf Club |
| Organized by | European Golf Association |
| Format | 36 holes stroke play round-robin system match play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 73 |
| Field | 8 teams circa 40 players |
| Champion | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} BelgiumJuliette de Schutter, Josyane Leysen, J. Vivario, Arlette Engel-Jacquet, Louise Van den Berghe | |
| Qualification round: 476 (+38) Flight A matches: 6 points | |
| Location Map | |
The 1963 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 16–21 July on the Rungsted Golf Club 15 kilometres south of Helsingør, Denmark. It was the third ladies' amateur golf European Ladies' Team Championship.
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. Since team West Germany was disqualified, there were three remaining teams and they 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.
Players in the leading teams
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
| Belgium |
Juliette de Schutter, Josyane Leysen, J. Vivario, Arlette Engel-Jacquet, Louise Van den Berghe |
 Denmark |
Bjørg Dam, Vibeke Knudsen, Tove Palsby Geertz, Anette Slebsager, Karin Vang Sigumfeldt Birch |
 France |
Claudine Cros, Martine Gajan-Giraud, Ghintran, Lally de Saint-Sauveur (playing captain), Brigitte Varangot |
 Sweden | Liv Forsell, Ann-Marie Brynolf, Britt Matsson, Cecilia Rosenqvist, Ann-Katrin Svensson, Louise Johansson Wingård |
 West Germany |
Marietta Gütermann, Barbara Hobirk, Monika Möller, Marion Petersen, Monika Steegman |
Other participating teams
| Country |
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 Italy |
 Netherlands |
 Spain |
Winners
Team Belgium won the championship for the first time. Defending champions team France earned second place, on the same number of match points as Belgium, but with fewer won game points. The championship was decided in the last match between Belgium and France and the last single game between Josyane Leysen, Belgium and Lally de Saint-Sauveur, France. The game was tied going into the last hole were both players had putts for birdie. After Segard had failed to make her putt, Leysen made her birdie putt from 5 meters, why Leysen won the game and Belgium tied the match.[1]
Sweden, for the first time on the podium, earned third place. Host nation Denmark made their first appearance in the championship and finished fourth.
Individual winner in the opening 36-hole stroke play qualifying competition was Liv Forsell, Sweden, with a score of 5-over-par 151.
Results
Qualification rounds
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Team standings
* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better total non-counting scores. ** Note: Team West Germany was disqualified due to two cases of signing a wrong score card at the first qualifying round. |
Individual leaders
Note: There was no official recognition for the lowest individual score. |
Flight A
Team matches
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Team standings
| Country | Place | W | T | L | Game points | Points |
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| Belgium | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11.5–6.5 | 5 |
| France | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10–8 | 5 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7–11 | 2 |
| Denmark | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6.5–11.5 | 0 |
Flight B
Team matches
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Team standings
| Country | Place | W | T | L | Game points | Points |
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| Italy |
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.5–2.5 | 4 |
| Netherlands |
6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6–6 | 2 |
| Spain |
7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.5–9.5 | 0 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
|---|---|
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Belgium |
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France |
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Sweden |
| 4 | Denmark |
| 5 | Italy |
| 6 | Netherlands |
| 7 | Spain |
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
- 1 2 "Pressande långputt avgjorde dam-EM" [Tough long putt decided the Ladies' European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. August 1963. pp. 16–22. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ↑ "Europeiska Amatör Mästerskapen för damer" [European Ladies' Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9–10. December 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ↑ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 182. ISBN 9172603283. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ↑ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 192. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ↑ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ↑ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" [Teams, European Team Championships] (PDF) (in German). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ↑ Suhr-Jensen, Annette (September 2020). "Karin Birch En av KGK's Danmarksmestre, Første VM i golf för kvinder" [Karin Birch One of KGK's Denmark champions, The first world championships in Golf for women]. Eremitagen, Medlemsblad for Københavns Golf Klub (in Danish). No. 81. p. 18. Retrieved 11 October 2021.