The 1961 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 22–27 September on the Circolo Golf Villa D'Este outside

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. It was the second ladies' amateur golf

European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pla ...

Venue

The course, situated 4 kilometres south-east of Como,

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, the seventh oldest golf course in Italy, was designed by Peter Gannon and opened in 1926. The championship course was set up with par 69.

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 four 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

Eight nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of four players.

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took part for the first time. Players in some of the teams Other participating teams

Winners

Defending champions team

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won the championship, earning 6 points in flight A. Host nation Italy earned second place, just as they did at the previous championship two years earlier. Individual winner in the opening 36-hole stroke play qualifying competition was Mercedes Etchart de Ártiach,

, with a score of 4-over-par 142.

Results

Qualification rounds ''Team standings'' *'' Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score.'' ''Individual leader'' '' Note: There was no official recognition for the lowest individual score.'' Flight A ''Team matches'' ''Team standings'' Flight B ''Team matches'' *'' Note: Sweden was given walkover in three games against the Netherlands and in two games against then West Germany, due to food poisoning.'' ''Team standings'' Final standings Sources:

References

External links

European Golf Association: Results
{{European Ladies' Team Championship European Ladies' Team Championship Golf tournaments in Italy