1987 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 1987 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 8–12 July at Turnberry Golf Resort in South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was the 15th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

1987 European Ladies' Team Championship

Turnberry Golf Resort
Tournament information
Dates	8–12 July 1987
Location	South Ayrshire, Scotland 55.316°N 4.833°W / 55.316; -4.833
Course(s)	Turnberry Golf Resort (Ailsa Course)
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	73
Field	13 teams 78 players
Champion
Sweden Helen Alfredsson, Margareta Bjurö, Eva Dahllöf, Sofia Grönberg, Helene Koch, Malin Landehag
Qualification round: 776 (+46) Final match 6–1
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Venue

Main article: Turnberry (golf course)

The 10th and 12th holes on the Ailsa course

The Ailsa Course, situated 80 kilometres south of Glasgow, Scotland, on headland along the Firth of Clyde, overlooking the Isle of Arran and Ailsa Craig, was initially opened with 13 holes in 1901, designed by Willie Fernie, and later completed to 18 holes. It was redesigned by Mackenzie Ross between 1949 and 1951.

The course had previously hosted The Open Championship twice; 1977 and 1986.

The championship course was set up with par 73.

On the first day of competition, it was blowing strong winds on the course. The second day it was warm and windless. The third day, when the quarterfinals was intended to take place, heavy rain caused play to be postponed to the day after.^[1]

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 to be played. Because of delay of play, due to bad weather, quarter finals and semi finals were played on the same day, without foursome games and only with five single games.

Teams were allowed to switch players during the team matches, selecting other players in to the afternoon single games after the morning foursome games. If a game was all square after 18 holes, it was 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 over three rounds 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	Linda Bayman, Joanne Furby, Susan Moorcraft, Susan Shapcott, Jill Thornhill, Julie Wade
Ireland	Eavan Higgins, Claire Hourihane, Eileen Rose McDaid, Mary McKenna, Therese Moran O'Reilly, Philomena Wickham
France	Caroline Bourtayre, Valérie Golléty-Pamard, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue, Véronique Palli
Scotland	Fiona Anderson, Lindsey Anderson, Julie Forbes, Kathryn Imrie, Shirley Lawson Huggan, Pam Wright
Spain	Tania Abitbol, Lourdes Barbieto, Maria Orueta, Esther Tamarit, Sonia Wunsch
Sweden	Helen Alfredsson, Margareta Bjurö, Eva Dahllöf, Sofia Grönberg, Helene Koch, Malin Landehag
Wales	Pam Light Chugg, Karen Davies, Julie Foster, Sharon Roberts, Vicki Thomas, Helen Wadsworth
West Germany	Ursula Beer, Martina Fischer, Martina Koch. Stephanie Lampert, Vanessa Motte, Rita Ruland

Other participating teams

Country
Belgium
Denmark
Italy
Netherlands
Switzerland

Winners

Host nation Scotland and team France tied the lead at the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, each with a score of 26 over par 756, with Scotland winning by the tie-breaking better total non-counting scores.

Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Sofia Grönberg, Sweden, with a score of 1-under-par 145, one stroke ahead of Shirley Lawson, Scotland and Vicki Thomas, Wales. This was the fourth time in a row, and fifth time in the last seven championships, a Swedish player had won or tied the win in the individual competition, achieved by five different players.

Team Sweden won the gold, earning their second title, beating team Wales in the final 6–1. Team Spain earned third place, beating Scotland 5–2 in the bronze match.

Results

Qualification round

Team standings Place Country Score To par T1  Scotland * 377-379=756 +26  France 385-371=756 3  England 381-384=765 +35 4  Wales 392-376=768 +38 5 Ireland 390-379=769 +39 6  Sweden 384-392=776 +46 T7  Spain * 392-385=777 +47  West Germany 777 9  Italy 788 +58 10  Belgium 792 +62 11  Switzerland 803 +73 12  Netherlands 806 +76 13  Denmark 813 +83 * Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score.

Individual leaders Place Player Country Score To par 1 Sofia Grönberg  Sweden 75-70=145 −1 T2 Shirley Lawson  Scotland 71-75=146 E Vicki Thomas  Wales 74-72=146 T4 Caroline Bourtayre  France 72-75=147 +1 Mette Hageman  Netherlands 75-72=147 6 Martina Koch  West Germany 78-70=148 +2 7 Pamela Wright  Scotland 73-76=149 +3 T8 Linda Bayman  England 77-73=150 +4 Julia Forbes  Scotland 74-76=150 Regine Lautens  Switzerland 75-77=152 Eileen Rose McDaid Ireland 79-71=150 Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue  France 78-72=150 Evelyn Orley  Switzerland 73-77=150 Valérie Golléty-Pamard  France 79-71=150 Julie Wade  England 77-73=150 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket   Quarter finals * Semi finals * Final                                Scotland 3        West Germany 2    Wales 4        Scotland 1    Wales 4       Ireland 1    Sweden 6        Wales 1    Sweden 3        England 2    Sweden 4.5        Spain 0.5 Bronze match    Spain 4.5        France 0.5    Spain 5      Scotland 2   * Note: The quarter finals were delayed due to bad weather and played on the same day as the semi-finals, why five single games and no foursome games were played in the matches on that day.

Final games  Sweden  Wales 6 1 H. Alfredsson / E. Dahllöf 20th hole V. Thomas / S. Roberts H. Andersson / S. Grönberg 3 & 2 K. Davies / H. Wadsworth Malin Landehag Vicki Thomas 2 & 1 Helene Andersson 3 & 2 Karen Davies Sofia Grönberg 1 hole Helen Wadsworth Helen Alfredsson 6 & 5 Pam Chugg Eva Dahllöf 4 & 3 Sharon Roberts

Match for 5th place  England  West Germany 4 3

Match for 7th place  France Ireland 6 1

Flight B

First round *  Denmark  Netherlands 4 1  Belgium  Switzerland 3 2 * Note: The first round was delayed due to bad weather and played on the same day as the second round, why five single games and no foursome games were played in the matches on that day.

Second round *  Italy  Denmark 3.5 1.5  Switzerland  Netherlands 3 2

Third round  Italy  Belgium 4 3  Switzerland  Denmark 5 2

Final standings

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

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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.