The 1979 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 4–8 July at

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. It was the eleventh women's golf amateur

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Venue

The hosting club was founded in 1905 and the course, a mature parkland setting, situated 12 kilometers west of the city center of Dublin, was designed by James McKenna. The championship course was set up with par 73.

Format

All participating teams played two qualification rounds of

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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 played. Teams were allowed to switch players during the team matches, selecting other players in to the afternoon single games after the morning foursome games. Games all square after 18 holes were declared halved, if the team match was already decided. The six teams placed 9–14 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

Teams

14 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players. Austria took part for the first time. Players in the leading teams Other participating teams

Winners

Four-times-champions team

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won the opening 36-hole competition, with a score of 26 over par 756, three strokes ahead of team

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. Individual leader in the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was

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, with a score of 3-under-par 143, three strokes ahead of Julia Greenhalgh,

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. The combined team from the host nation

and

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won the championship, earning their first title, beating

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in the final 6–1. Team France, earned third place, finishing on the podium for the eleventh time, beating

5–1 in the third place match. With their third place, France had finished on the podium in all eleven European Ladies' Team Championships played since its inauguration in 1959.

Results

Qualification round ''Team standings'' ''Individual leaders'' '' Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.'' Flight A ''Bracket'' ''Final games'' Final standings Sources:

References

External links

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