1995 European Ladies' Team Championship


The 1995 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 12–16 July at Golf Club Milano in Monza, Italy. It was the 19th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue

The hosting club was founded in 1928. The course, situated in Monza Park, the largest walled park in Europe, 20 kilometres north of the city center of Milan, Lombardy region in northern Italy, was designed by architect James Peter Gannon.
The championship course was set up with par 72.

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 seven teams placed 9–15 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the four teams placed 16–19 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out match-play, with one foursome game and four single games, to decide their final positions.

Teams

A record number of 19 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the leading teams
CountryPlayers
Isabelle Declerque, Annabelle Haxhe, Sophie Leten, Catherine Pons, Sophie Tornel, Valérie Van Ryckeghem
Camilla Faaborg-Andersen, Lotte Greve, Karen Margrethe Juul, Christina Kuld, Caroline Rasmussen, Iben Tinning
Emma Duggleby, Sandy Lambert, Elaine Ratcliffe, Karen Stupples, Julie Hall, Lisa Walton
Maitena Alsuguren, Jeanne-Marie Busuttil, Ludivine Kreutz, Kristel Mourge d'Algue, Virgine Requier, Amadine Vincent
Diane Blam, Elisabeth Esterl, Luise Gehlen, Anika Heuser, Esther Poburski, Nicole Stillig
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Winners

Team Spain won the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 15 over par 735, one stroke ahead of team Sweden.
Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Vibeke Stensrud, Norway, with a score of 4 under par 140, two strokes ahead of nearest competitors.
Team Spain won the championship, beating Scotland 5–2 in the final and earned their first title. Team England earned third place, beating Denmark 4–3 in the bronze match.

Results

Qualification round
Team standings
PlaceCountryScoreTo par
1366-369=735+15
2369-367=736+16
3370-369=739+19
4380-366=746+26
5367-380=747+27
6372-382=754+34
7386-369=755+35
8387-375=762+42
9389-379=768+48
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Round4
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