1959 European Ladies' Team Championship
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The 1959 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 15–20 September on the Golf und Land Club Köln outside Cologne, Germany. It was the first ladies' amateur golf European Ladies' Team Championship.


Venue

The hosting club was founded in 1906 and the championship 18-hole course, situated 10 kilometres east of the city center of Cologne, opened in 1955. The course set up of par 74 had four par-3-holes, eight par-4-holes and six par-5-holes. The championship course was set up with par 74.


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 two 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

Six nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of four players. Players in some of the teams *'' Note: Playing captain Lally de Saint-Sauveur did not play the qualification round and played one single game and two foursome games in flight A.'' Other participating teams


Winners

Individual winner in the opening 36-hole stroke play qualifying competition was
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, France, with a score of 5-under-par 143. Team France won the championship, earning 6 points in flight A.


Results

Qualification rounds ''Team standings'' ''Individual leader'' '' Note: There was no official recognition for the lowest individual score.'' Flight A ''Team matches'' ''Team standings'' Flight B ''Team match'' ''Team standings'' Final standings 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
{{European Ladies' Team Championship European Ladies' Team Championship Golf tournaments in Germany European Ladies' Team Championship European Ladies' Team Championship European Ladies' Team Championship