The 1989 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 5–9 July at Golf de Pals in

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. It was the 16th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue

The hosting course, situated in northern Spain, outside Girona, in the coastal region

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, Catalonia, 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of

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, saw its first holes inaugurated in 1966. It was extended to 18 holes, designed by golf course architect Fred W. Hawtree, in 1970. Two years later the course hosted the

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Spanish Open, the very first tournament of the first official season of the

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. The championship course was set up with par 73.

Format

All participating teams played two qualification rounds of stroke-play 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 eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

Teams

16 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players. Players in the leading teams Other participating teams

Winners

Four-time-winners team

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and six-time-winners team England tied the lead at the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, each with a score of 25 over par 755, with England winning by the tie-breaking better total non-counting scores. Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Macarena Campomanes, Spain with a score of 1-under-par 145, three strokes ahead of three players at tied second. Team France won the gold, earning their fifth title and first since

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, beating England in the final 4–3. The championship was decided when

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, playing captain for team France, beat

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, England, on the 19th hole. Mourgue d'Algue represented Sweden in the championship in

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and

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and in 1989, at age 42, made her fifth appearance representing France, being on the winning team for the first time. Team

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earned third place, beating

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in the bronze match.

Results

Qualification round ''Team standings'' *'' Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better total non-counting scores.'' ''Individual leaders'' '' Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.'' Flight A ''Bracket'' Final standings Sources:

References

External links

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