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1975 European Ladies' Team Championship
The 1975 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 3–6 July at Golf de Saint-Cloud in Paris, France. It was the ninth women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship. Venue The hosting club had previously hosted the men's professional Open de France ten times. It purchased the estate, situated in Garches, 12 kilometres west of the city center of Paris, in 1911. Harry Colt designed the first 18-hole course, the Green Course, inaugurated in 1913. A second 18-hole course, the Yellow Course, was completed in 1930. Format All participating teams played one qualification round of stroke-play with up to five players, counted the four best scores for each team. The six 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 teams placed first and second were directly qualified for the semi finals. The team placed third was drawn to play the quarter final against the team p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Colt
Henry Shapland "Harry" Colt (4 August 1869 – 21 November 1951) was a golf course architect born in Highgate, England. He worked predominantly with Charles Alison, John Morrison, and Alister MacKenzie, in 1928 forming Colt, Alison & Morrison Ltd. He participated in the design or redesign of over 300 golf courses (115 on his own) in all six inhabited continents, including those at Wentworth Club, Sunningdale, Muirfield, Royal Portrush, and Royal Liverpool. Colt teamed up with George Crump in 1918 to design Pine Valley Golf Club, which is ranked as the #1 golf course in the United States, by ''Golf'' magazine (2017–18 ranking of the Top 100 Courses in the U.S.) and ''Golf Digest'' (2019–20 ranking of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses). The classic Plum Hollow Country Club in Southfield, Michigan, was designed by Colt and Alison in 1921. The course played host to the 1947 PGA Championship, the 1957 Western Open, and Ryder Cup Challenge Matches in 1943. Colt was educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristina Marsans
Cristina Marsans Astoreca (9 May 1946 – 26 August 2018) also known as Marquesa de Artasona, was a Spanish golfer, best known for popularizing competitive golf in Spain. Early life Marsans was the daughter of Enrique Marsans, founder of the first travel agency in Spain. Amateur career She represented Spain at the world amateur team championship, the Espirito Santo Trophy, on six occasions and at the European Ladies' Team Championship on nine occasions. At the 1977 European Championship at Sotogrande in Spain, her team finished silver medalists, as well as in 1975, and she won the individual stroke-play part of the competition herself, six strokes ahead of the nearest competitors. Royal Spanish Golf Federation After her sport career, she became part of the Board of the Royal Spanish Golf Federation, in different positions: President of the Women's Committee (1988-1992); Vice President of the Women's Committee (1998 and 2006); member of the Disciplinary Committee and memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Figueras-Dotti
Marta Figueras-Dotti (born 12 November 1957) is a retired Spanish professional golfer. Early life Figueras-Dotti was born in Madrid and her father was the president of the Spanish Golf Association. She started playing golf at 8 years of age. Amateur career Figueras-Dotti represented Spain seven straight years at the European Lady Junior's Team Championship, for players up to the age of 21, 1973–1979, being on the winning team in 1975 and 1977 and also winning individually in 1977. She won several amateur tournaments in Europe, including the Spanish Closed Amateur and the French and Italian Open Amateur Championships in the same year, 1979. At the 1979 European Ladies' Team Championship, where she was part of the Spanish team, at Hermitage Golf Club, outside Dublin, Ireland, she won the individual stroke-play part of the competition, three strokes ahead of the nearest competitor. She played college golf at the University of Southern California, where she was an All-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muriel Thomson
Muriel Natalie Thomson (born 12 December 1954) is a retired Scottish professional golfer. Thomson was an amateur golfer in Scotland before playing on the Ladies European Tour from 1979 to 1989. During her time on the tour, she won the Order of Merit title in 1980 and 1983 while winning nine tournaments overall. In team events, Thomson was part of the team that won the 1977 Vagliano Trophy and played at the 1978 Curtis Cup. Early life and education On 12 December 1954, Thomson was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. She began golfing at the age of eight years old. Career Thomson worked in banking while she was an amateur golfer. In Scotland, she won the North of Scotland championship from 1973 to 1974 and the Helen Holm championship from 1975 to 1976. She was also runner-up in the 1977 Scottish Women's Amateur Championship. After leaving banking to become a professional golfer in 1979, Thomson joined the Women's Professional Golf Association, now known as the Ladies European Tour. Thom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Needham
Sandra or SANDRA may refer to: People * Sandra (given name) * Sandra (singer) (born 1962), German pop singer * Margaretha Sandra (1629–1674), Dutch soldier * Sandra (orangutan), who won the legal right to be defined as a "non-human person" Places * Șandra, a commune in Timiș County, Romania * Şandra, a village in Beltiug Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania * Sandra, Estonia, a village * 1760 Sandra, an asteroid Other uses * "Sandra" (song), a 1975 song by Barry Manilow * "Sandra", song by Idle Eyes, 1986 * ''Sandra'' (1924 film), a lost drama film * ''Sandra'' (1965 film), an Italian film * SANDRA (research project), part of the European Union's Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development * Tropical Storm Sandra, several tropical cyclones * ''Sandra'' (podcast), a scripted fiction podcast starring Kristen Wiig and Alia Shawkat See also * Sandro (other) Sandro is an Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Georgian and Croatian given na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Cadden
Suzanne Olivia Cadden (later McMahon, born 8 October 1957) is a Scottish amateur golfer. In 1975 she was runner-up in both the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship and the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship. She played in the 1976 Curtis Cup. Golf career In 1972, 14-year-old Cadden made her debut for Scotland in the Girls Home Internationals at Royal Norwich, and was runner-up in the subsequent Girls Amateur Championship, losing 2&1 to Maureen Walker in the final. In July 1973 she won the girls 15 to 17 age group at the sixth Junior World Golf Championships, played on the North course at Torrey Pines. She finished on 326, a stroke ahead of Alice Miller a future major championship winner. In 1974 she won the Scottish Girls Championship beating Dale Reid 3&1 in the final. She also made her first appearance in the Women's Home Internationals, Scotland winning narrowly when England lost to Ireland on the final day. In June 1975 she reached the final of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Bradshaw
Elaine may refer to: * Elaine (legend), name shared by several different female characters in Arthurian legend, especially: ** Elaine of Astolat ** Elaine of Corbenic * "Elaine" (short story), 1945 short story by J. D. Salinger * Elaine (singer), South African singer Business *Elaine's, a New York City restaurant Entertainment * ''The Exploits of Elaine'', 1914 film serial in the genre of ''The Perils of Pauline'' * "Elaine" (song) by ABBA, the B-side of the single ''The Winner Takes It All'' and a bonus track on the CD re-issues of ''Super Trouper'' * "Miss Elaine", song by Run–D.M.C. from the album ''Tougher Than Leather'' * Elaine Marley, heroine of the video series ''Monkey Island'' * ''Elaine'' (opera), composed by Herman Bemberg * Elaine Benes (Seinfeld character) Places * Elaine, Victoria, a town in Australia * Elaine, Arkansas, a US city People * Elaine (given name) Elaine is a given name, a variant of Elaina, Elayne and Helen. It may refer to: Arts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile Semelaigne-Garaïalde
Odile is a feminine given name of French origin, and may refer to: Characters * Odile, the evil black swan of ''Swan Lake'' * Odile de Caray, in the 1966 film '' Eye of the Devil'' * Odile, a principal character in the 1964 Jean-Luc Godard film '' Bande à part'' People *Odile of Cologne Saint Odilia (or Odile or Ottilia) is a Saint venerated in the Roman Catholic Church, although according to the current liturgical calendar, her feast day (18 July) is not officially commemorated. She is a patroness of good eyesight. Legend L ... (c. 4th century), a saint of the Roman Catholic Church * Odile of Alsace (c. 662–c. 720), a saint of the Roman Catholic Church * Odile Bain (1939-2012), French parasitologist * Odile Baron Supervielle (1915-2016), Uruguayan-born Argentine writer and journalist * Odile Crick (1920–2007), British artist best known for her drawing of the DNA double helix * Odile Defraye (1888–1965), Belgian road-racing bicyclist * Odile Fanton d’Andon, French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Lee Smith
Jennifer Constance Lee Smith (born 2 December 1948) is an English golfer, known for winning the inaugural Women's British Open in 1976 at Fulford Golf Club, York, England and later winning the Order of Merit on the Women's Professional Golf Association tour (now Ladies European Tour) in 1981 and 1982. Lee-Smith was born and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne and started playing golf at a relatively young age. After some success in regional tournaments in the late 1960s and early 1970s, she began to play in international tournaments. She was a member of the Great Britain Curtis Cup team in both 1974 and 1976, represented England in the 1975 European Team Championships, and played for Great Britain & Ireland in the 1976 Espirito Santo Trophy. In 1976, while still an amateur, Lee-Smith won the inaugural Ladies' British Open (now the Women's British Open). There were only a handful of professional women golfers in the United Kingdom at the time, and the field was mostly made up of amate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly Huke
Beverly Joan Mary Huke (born 19 May 1951) is an English professional golfer. She was a founding member of the Women's Professional Golfers' Association (WPGA) and won 7 tournaments on the Ladies European Tour (LET) between 1979 and 1986. Career Huke advanced to the final of the 1971 British Ladies Amateur where Mickey Walker won 3 and 1. She represented Great Britain & Ireland at the Vagliano Trophy in 1971 and 1975, and at the Curtis Cup in 1972. She won the English Women's Amateur Championship in 1975 at Royal Birkdale. After turning professional, Huke won seven tournaments in eight seasons on the LET in Scotland, England, Spain, Germany and Northern Ireland. She was also runner-up by one stroke twice. In 2017, ahead of the 40 year anniversary of the WPGA, Huke was made Honorary Member of the PGA in recognition of her role as a pioneer of women's professional golf. Professional wins (7) Ladies European Tour wins (7) Source: Team appearances Amateur * Vagliano Trophy: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Greenhalgh
Julia A. Greenhalgh (later Merrill, born 6 January 1941) was an English amateur golfer. She was runner-up in the 1978 Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship. She won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 1974 and 1975 and the English Women's Amateur Championship in 1966 and 1979. She played in the Curtis Cup five times, in 1964, 1970, 1974, 1976 and 1978. Golf career In 1957, Greenhalgh reached the semi-finals of the Girls Amateur Championship at North Berwick, losing to Ruth Porter. In 1959 at Woolaton Park, she reached the final but lost narrowly to Sheila Vaughan. In 1960 she won the British Girls' Stroke-play Championship at Ranfurly Castle, an under-21 event, a stroke ahead of the defending champion Diana Robb. In 1960, Greenhalgh made her debut for England in the Women's Home Internationals and in 1961 played for Great Britain & Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy. She missed out on selection for the 1962 Curtis Cup match but later in the year she reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
