# 1973 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 1973 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 5–8 July at Royal Golf Club de Belgique, 7 kilometres south-east of the city center of Brussels, Belgium. It was the eighth women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

## Format

All participating teams, allowed to have six players, played one qualification round of stroke-play with 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 place first and second were directly qualified for the semi-finals. The team placed third was drawn to play the quarter-final against the team placed sixth and the teams placed fourth and fifth met each other. 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 four teams placed 7–10 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B and the three teams placed 11–13 formed Flight C, to meet each other to decide their final positions.

## Teams

13 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of four players.
Players in the leading teams
| Country | Players |
| England | Linda Denison Pender, Mary Everard, Ann Irvin, Carol le Feuvre, Suzanne Parker, Mickey Walker |
| France | Odile Semelaigne-Garaïalde, Georges Labesse, Anne Marie Palli, A. Robert, Brigitte Varangot |
| Ireland | Mary Gorry, Josephine Mark, Maise Mooney, Mary McKenna, |
| Italy | Federica Dassù, Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, Minette Marazza, Eva Ragher, Marina Ragher Ciaffi |
| Scotland | Catherine Panton, Joan Rennie, Belle Robertson, Mary Walker, Maureen Walker, Janette Wright |
| Spain | Ana Monfort de Albox, Otilia Bonny, Elena Corominas, Emma Villacieros de García-Ogara, Cristina Marsans, Carmen Maestre de Pellon |
| Sweden | Monica Andersson, Monica Hagström Nordlund, Viveca Hoff, Anna Skanse Dönnestad, Ann-Katrin Svensson, Christina Westerberg |
| Wales | Audrey Briggs, Amanda Gale, Christine Phipps, Tegwen Perkins, Vicki Rawlings |
| West Germany | Elisabeth Buckup, Marietta Gütermann, Susanne Schultz, Jeannette Weghmann, Barbara Zintl |
Other participating teams
* Country
* Belgium
* Denmark
* Netherlands
* Switzerland

## Winners

Defending champion team England won the opening 18-hole competition, with a score of 13 over par 309, one stroke ahead of three times champion France.
Individual leader in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Mary Everard, England, with a score of 4-under-par 70, three shots ahead of 17-year-old Federica Dassù, Italy. Everard's round included four birdies and an eagle. There was no official award for the lowest individual score.
The first three places went to the same nations as at the previous championship two years earlier. Team England won the championship, earning their fourth title, beating France in the final 4–3. Team Sweden finished third for the third time, beating Spain 4–3 in the third place match.

## Results

Qualification round
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | England * | 309 | +13 |
| 2 | France | 310 | +14 |
| 3 | Ireland | 312 | +16 |
| 4 | Sweden | 319 | +23 |
| 5 | Italy | 322 | +26 |
| T6 | Spain * | 323 | +27 |
| T6 | Netherlands | 323 | +27 |
| 8 | Scotland | 324 | +28 |
| 9 | Wales | 328 | +32 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 332 | +36 |
| 11 | West Germany | 336 | +40 |
| 12 | Belgium | 342 | +46 |
| 13 | Denmark | 351 | +55 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Mary Everard | England | 70 | −4 |
| 2 | Federica Dassù | Italy | 73 | −1 |
| T3 | Anne Marie Palli | France | 74 | E |
| T3 | Belle Robertson | Scotland | 74 | E |
Flight A
| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| | | England | 7 |
| | | Sweden | 0 |
| Sweden | 6 | Sweden | 0 |
| Italy | 1 | | | | |
| Italy | 1 | | | England | 4 |
| | | | | France | 3 |
| Spain | 5 | | | France | 3 |
| Ireland | 2 | | | | |
| Ireland | 2 | France | 5.5 | | |
| | | Spain | 1.5 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| | | | | Sweden | 4 |
| | | | | Spain | 3 |
| Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place | − | − |
| Italy | |
| Ireland | | | |
| Italy | France |
| 4 | 3 |
| A. Irvin / M. Everard | B. Varangot / O. Semelaigne Garaïalde 2 & 1 |
| M. Walker / L. Denison Pender Bayman 6 & 5 | G. Labesse / A. M. Palli |
| Ann Irvin | Brigitte Varangot 2 & 1 |
| Mary Everard 2 holes | Anne Marie Palli |
| Mickey Walker 2 holes | Odile Semelaigne Garaïalde |
| Linda Denison Pender Bayman | A. Robert 2 & 1 |
| Carol le Feuvre 7 & 5 | G. Labesse |
Flight B
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Switzerland | 2 | | |
| Switzerland | 2 | Scotland | 5 |
| | | Netherlands | 2 |
| Scotland | 6 | Netherlands | 2 |
| Wales | 1 | | |
| Wales | 1 | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| | | Switzerland | 4 |
| | | Wales | 3 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
| | England |
| | France |
| | Sweden |
| 4 | Spain |
| 5 | Italy |
| 6 | Ireland |
| 7 | Scotland |
| 8 | Netherlands |
| 9 | Switzerland |
| 10 | Wales |
| 11 | West Germany |
| 12 | Belgium |
| 13 | Denmark |
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