# 1979 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 1979 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 4–8 July at Hermitage Golf Club in Lucan, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It was the eleventh women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

## 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 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 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
| Country | Players |
| England | Christine Barker, Julia Greenhalgh, Sue Hedges, Janet Melville, Linda Moore, Julie Walter |
| France | Eliane Berthét, Nathalie Jeanson, Catherine Lacoste de Prado, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue, Marie-Christine Ubald-Bocquet |
| Ireland | Rona Hegarty, Mary Gorry, Susan Gorman, Maureen Madill, Mary McKenna, Claire Nesbitt |
| Scotland | Wilma Aitken, Fiona Anderson, Lesley Hope, Joan Smith, Gillian Stewart, M. Stavert |
| Spain | Ana Monfort de Albox, Marta Figueras-Dotti, Cristina Marsans, Carmen Maestre de Pellon, Emma Villacieros de García-Ogara |
| Sweden | Hillevi Hagström, Viveca Hoff, Gisela Linnér, Charlotte Montgomery, Birgitta Werneskog, Liv Wollin |
| Switzerland | Annette Hadorn, Landolt, L. Ruckstuhl, Priscilla Staible, Pia Ullman, Marie-Christine de Werra |
| Wales | Audrey Briggs, Lisa Isherwood, Ann Johnson, Tegwen Perkins, Vicki Rawlings, Pamela Whitley Valentine |
| West Germany | Sabine Blecher, Barbara Böhm, Nicolle Eicke, Christine Felixmüller, Marion Thannhäuser, Ines Umsen |
Other participating teams
* Country
* Austria
* Belgium
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Norway

## Winners

Four-times-champions team France won the opening 36-hole competition, with a score of 26 over par 756, three strokes ahead of team Spain.
Individual leader in the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Marta Figueras-Dotti, Spain, with a score of 3-under-par 143, three strokes ahead of Julia Greenhalgh, England.
The combined team from the host nation Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland won the championship, earning their first title, beating West Germany in the final 6–1. Team France, earned third place, finishing on the podium for the eleventh time, beating England 51⁄2–11⁄2 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
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | France | 377-379=756 | +26 |
| 2 | Spain | 378-381=759 | +29 |
| 3 | West Germany | 389-375=764 | +34 |
| 4 | Ireland | 378-391=769 | +39 |
| 5 | Sweden | 383-388=771 | +41 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 387-387=774 | +44 |
| 7 | England | 400-381=781 | +51 |
| 8 | Scotland | 389-393=782 | +52 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 386-399=785 | +55 |
| 10 | Wales | 404-385=789 | +59 |
| 11 | Italy | 396-396=792 | +62 |
| 12 | Belgium | 407-394=801 | +71 |
| 13 | Norway | 421-427=848 | +118 |
| 14 | Austria | 421-428=849 | +119 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Marta Figueras-Dotti | Spain | 70-73=143 | −3 |
| 2 | Julia Greenhalgh | England | 73-73=146 | E |
| T3 | Alice Janmaat | Netherlands | 74-73=147 | +1 |
| T3 | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi | France | 73-74=147 | +1 |
| T3 | Priscilla Staible | Switzerland | 74-73=147 | +1 |
| 6 | Viveca Hoff | Sweden | 75-73=148 | +2 |
| T7 | Barbara Böhm | West Germany | 72-77=149 | +2 |
| T7 | Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue | France | 73-76=149 | +2 |
| T9 | Mary McKenna | Ireland | 74-76=150 | +3 |
| T9 | Claire Nesbitt | Ireland | 72-78=150 | +3 |
Flight A
| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| France | 5 | | |
| Scotland | 2 | | |
| Scotland | 2 | Ireland | 5.5 |
| | | France | 1.5 |
| Ireland | 4.5 | France | 1.5 |
| Sweden | 2.5 | | | | |
| Sweden | 2.5 | | | Ireland | 6 |
| | | | | West Germany | 1 |
| West Germany | 4 | | | West Germany | 1 |
| Switzerland | 3 | | | | |
| Switzerland | 3 | West Germany | 4 | | |
| | | England | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| England | 5 | England | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Spain | 2 | | | | |
| Spain | 2 | | | France | 5.5 |
| | | | | England | 1.5 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Scotland | 4 |
| Sweden | 3 | | |
| Sweden | 3 | Spain | 5.5 |
| | | Scotland | 1.5 |
| Spain | 5 | Scotland | 1.5 |
| Switzerland | 2 | | |
| Switzerland | 2 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | Sweden | 5 |
| | | Switzerland | 2 |
| Ireland | West Germany |
| 6 | 1 |
| McKenna / Nesbitt 3 & 2 | Thannhäuser / Blecher |
| Madill / Gorry | Eicke / Umsen 22nd hole |
| Mary McKenna 6 & 5 | Marion Thannhäuser |
| Maureen Madill 3 & 2 | Barbara Böhm |
| Susan Gorman 3 & 1 | Sabine Blecher |
| Claire Nesbitt 1 hole | Ines Umsen |
| Mary Gorry 4 & 3 | Christine Felixmüller |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
| | Ireland |
| | West Germany |
| | France |
| 4 | England |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Scotland |
| 7 | Sweden |
| 8 | Switzerland |
| 9 | Netherlands |
| 10 | Wales |
| 11 | Belgium |
| 12 | Italy |
| 13 | Norway |
| 14 | Austria |
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