The Junior Vagliano Trophy is an annual girls amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by

The R&A The R&A is the collective name of a group of companies that together play a significant role within the game of golf. Historically, "the R&A" was a colloquial name for the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews; in 2004, the club spun off ...

and the

European Golf Association The European Golf Association (EGA) is a non-profit organisation based in Epalinges, Switzerland, which was founded in 1937 in Luxembourg. The EGA's main activity consists of coordinating and co-organizing European amateur golf championships. ...

and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". The first event was in 2011. Originally it was played in odd-numbered years at the same time and location as the

Vagliano Trophy The Vagliano Trophy is a biennial women's amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". It is played in od ...

but in 2021 it became an annual event. Girls must be under-16 on 1 January of the year of the event. The Continent of Europe has won all seven matches to date.

Format

The competition involves various

match play Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 h ...

matches between players selected from the two teams of 6, either singles and foursomes. The winner of each match scores a point for their team, with half a point each for any match that is tied after 18 holes. If the entire match is tied, the previously winning team retains the Trophy. A foursomes match is a competition between two teams of two golfers. The golfers on the same team take alternate shots throughout the match, with the same ball. Each hole is won by the team that completes the hole in the fewest shots. A fourball match is a competition between two teams of two golfers. All four golfers play their own ball throughout the round. Each hole is won by the team whose individual golfer had the lowest score. A singles match is a standard match play competition between two golfers. The contest is played over two days, with three foursomes and six singles matches on each day, a total of 18 points.

Results

Future sites

*2023 - Royal Dornoch

Teams

Great Britain and Ireland

*2022:

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, Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Amelia Wan, Maggie Whitehead *2021:

, Harriet Lockley, Katie Poots, Maggie Whitehead, Ellen Yates *2019: Beth Coulter, Hannah Darling, Carmen Griffiths, Darcey Harry, Patience Rhodes, Ffion Tynan *2017:

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, Caitlin Whitehead,

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, Euphemie Rhodes, Ffion Tynan, Carys Worby *2015: Hazel MacGarvie, Mairead Martin, Shannon McWilliam, Hollie Muse, Emily Price,

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*2013: Samantha Fuller,

Alice Hewson Alice Hewson (born 19 August 1997) is an English professional golfer. She won the 2019 European Ladies Amateur and joined the Ladies European Tour in 2020 to win in her first event, the Investec South African Women's Open. Amateur career Hewson ...

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, Fiona Liddell, Sophie Madden,

Olivia Mehaffey Olivia Mehaffey (born 1998) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland. Amateur career Mehaffey enjoyed a very successful amateur career and reached a rank of No. 5 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and No. 2 in the European Amateur Golf Ra ...

*2011:

Georgia Hall Georgia Kelly Hall (born 12 April 1996) is an English professional golfer. She plays on the Ladies European Tour, and the LPGA Tour. In 2018 she won the Women's British Open at Royal Lytham; it was her first victory in a major championship. ...

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, Amber Ratcliffe, Clara Young, Chloe Williams

Continent of Europe

*2022: Johanna Axelsen, Anna Cañadó Espinal, Carla De Troia, Andrea Revuelta Goicoech, Perla Sól Sigurbrandsdóttir, Lynn van der Sluijs *2021:

Helen Briem Helen Briem (born 12 August 2005) is a German amateur golfer. She has won the 2021 European Young Masters, the 2022 European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande and was medalist at the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy, the Women's World Amateur Team Champ ...

, Cayetana Fernández García-Poggio, Francesca Fiorellini, Constance Fouillet,

Meja Örtengren Meja Örtengren (born 3 January 2005) is a Swedish amateur golfer. In 2022, 17 years old, she was part of the Swedish team winning the Espirito Santo Trophy and was tied individual leader. During 2022, she also captured her first win in a profes ...

Nora Sundberg Nora Sundberg (born 30 September 2005) is a Swedish amateur golfer. She has played on the winning European teams in the Junior Ryder Cup, Junior Solheim Cup and Junior Vagliano Trophy. In 2023 she won the Spanish International Ladies Amateur Cha ...

*2019:

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, Francesca Fiorellini, Nataliya Guseva, Amalie Leth-Nissen, Carolina López-Chacarra,

Lucie Malchirand Lucie Malchirand (born 21 February 2003) is a French professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. In 2021 she won the Ladies Italian Open as an 18 year old amateur. Amateur career Malchirand had a successful amateur career and reac ...

*2017:

Caterina Don Caterina Don (born 9 January 2001) is an Italian amateur golfer. She has won the World Junior Girls Championship, the Vagliano Trophy, and the European Girls' Team Championship twice, and reached No. 2 in the European Golf Rankings following the ...

, Blanca Fernández García-Poggio,

Isabella Holpfer Isabella Holpfer (born 6 January 2001) is an amateur golfer from Austria. She won the Junior Vagliano Trophy in 2015 and 2017, and was a finalist in The R&A's Girls Amateur Championship in 2018 and 2019. Amateur career Holpfer was born in Vienn ...

Amanda Linnér Elsa Amanda Linnér (born 14 February 2001) is a Swedish amateur golfer. In 2017 she won the European Girls' Team Championship, the Vagliano Trophy, the French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship and the Annika Invitational Europe. I ...

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*2015: Mathilde Claisse,

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Frida Kinhult Frida Mikaela Kinhult (born 25 September 1999) is a Swedish professional golfer. She rose to world number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in June 2019 and won the 2020 Symetra Tour Championship to graduate to the LPGA Tour. Early life and ...

Agathe Laisné Agathe Laisné (born 26 May 1999) is a French professional golfer. She won the 2017 European Ladies Amateur and the 2023 Florida's Natural Charity Classic. Amateur career Laisné was born in Paris and played for the French National Team since th ...

Emma Spitz Emma Spitz (born 10 April 2000) is an Austrian professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. In 2018, she became the first Austrian to win The R&A's Girls Amateur Championship. Amateur career Spitz enjoyed a prolific amateur career. She w ...

*2013: Mathilda Cappeliez, Eva Gilly, Csicsi Rózsa, Alejandra Pasarin, Covadonga Sanjuan,

Albane Valenzuela Albane Valenzuela (born 17 December 1997) is a Swiss professional golfer and a two-time Olympian. She was born in New York City to a Mexican father and French mother. She became a Swiss citizen at age 14. Amateur career Valenzuela took low ama ...

*2011:

Shannon Aubert Shannon Aubert (born 1995) is a French amateur golfer. She was born in Annecy, France to a South African mother, Monica, and French father, Christian. She holds a South African, French and Irish passport, and speaks four languages fluently. She s ...

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, Quirine Eijkenboom,

Karolin Lampert Karolin Lampert (born 20 February 1995) is a German professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour. She was part of the winning team Johanna Gustavsson at the 2022 Aramco Team Series – New York. Amateur career Lampert was a membe ...

, Harang Lee,

Emily Kristine Pedersen Emily Kristine Pedersen (born 7 March 1996) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. She had a successful amateur career winning the 2013 International European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 20 ...

References

External links

Coverage on the R&A's site

Coverage on the EGA's site
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