1997 European Ladies' Team Championship

Tournament information
Dates	9–13 July 1997
Location	Åminnefors, Finland 60°05′25″N 23°34′25″E / 60.09028°N 23.57361°E / 60.09028; 23.57361
Course(s)	Nordcenter Golf & Country Club
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Field	16 teams 96 players
Champion
Sweden Susanna Berglund, Susanne Gillemo, Marie Hedberg, Ulrica Jidflo, Jessica Lindbergh, Isabelle Rosberg
Qualification round: 737 (+17) Final match 4–3
Location map
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The 1997 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 9–13 July at Nordcenter Golf & Country Club in Åminnefors, Finland. It was the 20th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

The hosting club was founded in 1988. Its first course, the Fream course, situated in Åminnefors, close to Pohja in the province of Southern Finland and part of the Uusimaa region, 70 kilometres west of Helsinki, Finland, was designed by architect Ronald Fream. The course meanders across a varied landscape from a lush seashore towards a forest plateau full of steep elevation changes and the old park area of a manor house.

A second 18-hole-course, the Benz course, located on a forest plateau, was designed by Bradford Benz and inaugurated in 1993.^[1][2]

The championship course was set up with par 72.

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 match-play, with one foursome game and four single games, to decide their final positions.

16 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Denmark	Camilla Faaborg-Andersen, Karen Margrethe Juul, Christina Kuld, Amanda Mooltke-Leth, Rikke Rasmussen, Carina Vagner
England	Fiona Brown, Kate Burton, Rebecca Hudson, Elaine Ratcliffe, Kim Rostron, Karen Stupples
Ireland	Alison Coffey, Suzanne Fanagan, Hazel Kavanagh, Michelle McGreevy, Eileen Rose McDaid Power, Ada O'Sullivan
France	Stéphanie Arricau, Jeanne-Marie Busuttil, Karine Icher, Ludvine Kreutz, Gwladys Nocera, Amadine Vincent
Germany	Britta Echterling, Elisabeth Esterl, Heidi Klump, Anika Heuser, Esther Poburski, Nicole Stillig
Italy	Isabelle Calogero, Maria Paola Casati, Silvia Cavalleri, Anna Nistri, Giulia Sergas
Scotland	Anne Laing, Sharon McMaster, Hilary Monoghan, Janice Moodie, Lesley Nicholson, Alison Rose
Spain	Sara Beautell, Itziar Elguezabal, Ana Larraneta, Maria José Pons, Marta Prieto, Ana Belen Sanchez
Sweden	Susanna Berglund, Susanne Gillemo, Marie Hedberg, Ulrica Jidflo, Jessica Lindbergh, Isabelle Rosberg
Wales	Louise Davis, Natalie Evans, Helen Lawson, Becky Morgan, Elenor Pilgrim, Vicki Thomas

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Finland
Netherlands
Switzerland

Team Italy and team France tied the lead in the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, each with a score of 7 over par 727, three strokes ahead of team England. Italy earned first place on the tie breaking better total non-counting scores.

Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Karine Icher, France, with a score of 7 under par 137, two strokes ahead of Janice Moodie, Scotland.

Team Sweden won the championship, beating Scotland 4–3 in the final and earned their third title. Team France earned third place, beating Wales 5–2 in the bronze match.

Qualification round

Team standings Place Country Score To par T1  Italy * 363-364=727 +7  France 362-365=727 3  England 363-367=730 +10 4  Denmark 363-369=732 +12 T5  Wales * 364-371=735 +15  Scotland * 368-367=735  Spain 362-373=735 8  Sweden 368-369=737 +17 9  Switzerland 374-367=741 +21 10  Ireland 374-368=742 +22 11  Austria 376-370=746 +26 12  Belgium 382-378=760 +40 13  Germany 377-384=761 +41 14  Finland 385-378=763 +43 15  Czech Republic 386-383=769 +49 16  Netherlands 385-386=771 +51 * Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better total non-counting scores.

Individual leaders Place Player Country Score To par 1 Karine Icher  France 70-67=137 −7 2 Janice Moodie  Scotland 69-70=139 −5 T3 Itziar Elguezabal  Spain 69-71=140 −4 Elaine Ratcliffe  England 69-71=140 5 Annabelle Haxhe  Belgium 69-72=141 −3 T6 Barbara Albisetti  Switzerland 72-70=142 −2 Silvia Cavalleri  Italy 72-70=142 Lilian Mensi-Klarbach  Austria 72-70=142 Eleanor Pilgrim  Wales 70-72=142 Rikke Rasmussen  Denmark 71-71=142 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket   Quarter finals Semi finals Final                                France 4        Spain 3    Scotland 5.5        France 1.5    Scotland 5        England 2    Sweden 4        Scotland 3    Wales 4        Denmark 3    Sweden 5        Wales 2 Bronze match    Sweden 4        Italy 3    France 5      Wales 2     Elimination matches Match for 5th place                        Italy 6        Denmark 1    Spain 5        Italy 2    Spain 4      England 3   Match for 7th place            England 6      Denmark 1

Final games  Sweden  Scotland 4 3 S. Berglund / I. Rosberg H. Monaghan / A. Rose 2 & 1 M. Hedberg / U. Jidflo J. Moody / L. Nicholson 1 hole Isabelle Rosberg 2 holes Alison Rose Susanne Gillemo 1 hole Hilary Monoghan Ulrica Jidflo Janice Moodie 6 & 4 Jessica Lindberg 2 & 1 Anne Laing Marie Hedberg 2 & 1 Lesley Nicholson

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1 Round 2 Match for 9th place                                Ireland 5        Czech Republic 0    Ireland 3        Austria 2    Austria 3.5        Finland 1.5    Germany 3        Ireland 2    Germany 4        Belgium 1    Germany 4        Switzerland 1 Match for 11th place    Switzerland 3.5        Netherlands 1.5    Austria 3      Switzerland 2

Elimination matches Match for 13th place                        Netherlands 3        Belgium 2    Netherlands 3.5        Czech Republic 1.5    Czech Republic 3      Finland 2   Match for 15th place            Belgium 3.5      Finland 1.5

Final standings

Place	Country
	Sweden
	Scotland
	France
4	Wales
5	Spain
6	Italy
7	England
8	Denmark
9	Germany
10	Ireland
11	Austria
12	Switzerland
13	Netherlands
14	Czech Republic
15	Belgium
16	Finland

Sources:^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

• Espirito Santo Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organized by the International Golf Federation.
• European Amateur Team Championship – European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association.

• European Golf Association: Results