1977 European Ladies' Team Championship

The hosting club was founded in 1964 and the course was designed by Robert Trent Jones. It had previously hosted the men's professional Open de España in 1966. In 1994, His Majesty King Juan Carlos I granted to Sotogrande the title of Real.[1]

The championship course was set up with par 72.

All participating teams played two qualification rounds of stroke-play with up to five players, counted the four 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.

14 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of four players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
England	Mary Everard, Julia Greenhalgh, Dinah Oxley Henson, Beverly Huke, Vanessa Marvin, Angela Uzielli
France	Nathalie Jeanson, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue, Anne Marie Palli
Italy	Boeri, Minette Marazza, Eva Ragher, Rindi, Pischiutta, P. Tolomei
Scotland	Lugton, Sandra Needham, Joan Smith, Cathy Panton, Muriel Thomson
Spain	Elena Corominas, Marta Figueras-Dotti, Emma Villacieros de García-Ogara, Cristina Marsans, Carmen Maestre de Pellon
Sweden	Monica Andersson, Hillevi Hagström, Anna Skanse Dönnestad, Charlotte Montgomery, Pia Nilsson, Liv Wollin
West Germany	Marietta Gütermann, Susanne Schultz, Jeannette Weghmann, Barbara Böhm, Marion Thannhäuser

Other participating teams

Country
Belgium
Denmark
Ireland
Netherlands
Norway
Switzerland
Wales

Host nation Spain won the opening 36-hole competition, with a score of 28 over par 604, five strokes ahead of team England. Defending champions France finished another three strokes back on third place.

Individual leader in the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Cristina Marsans, Spain, with a score of 3-under-par 141, six strokes ahead of Vanessa Marvin, England, and Anna Skanse Dönnestad, Sweden. With her score of 69 in the second round, Marsans was the only player with a round under par.[2]

Louise van der Berghe, Belgium, made a hole-in-one on the par 3, 110 meters, 17th hole during the first round of the stroke-play competition.[2]

Team England won the championship, earning their fifth title, beating Spain in the final 6–1. Team Sweden, earned third place, finishing on the podium for the fourth time, beating Scotland 41⁄2–21⁄2 in the third place match.

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	Spain	604	+28
2	England	609	+33
3	France	612	+36
4	Italy	620	+44
5	Sweden	621	+45
6	Scotland	624	+48
T7	West Germany *	629	+53
	Ireland	629
9	Wales	641	+65
10	Norway	647	+71
11	Switzerland	659	+83
12	Denmark	660	+84
13	Belgium	662	+86
14	Netherlands	675	+99

* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score.

Individual leaders

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Cristina Marsans	Spain	72-69=141	-3
T2	Vanessa Marvin	England	74-73=147	+3
	Anna Skanse Dönnestad	Sweden	75-72=147
4	Nathalie Jeanson	France	76-73=149	+5
T5	Hillevi Hagström	Sweden	76-75=151	+7
	Anne Marie Palli	France	78-73=151

Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	England	5
	West Germany	2
					England	5
					Scotland	2
	Scotland	4
	France	3
									England	6
									Spain	1
	Sweden	5
	Italy	2
					Spain	4
					Sweden	3			Bronze match
	Spain	5.5
	Ireland	1.5
									Sweden	4.5
									Scotland	2.5

Final standings

Place	Country
	England
	Spain
	Sweden
4	Scotland
5	France
6	Italy
7	Ireland
8	West Germany
9	Wales
10	Switzerland
11	Belgium
12	Norway
13	Netherlands
14	Denmark

Sources:[2][3][4][5][6]

• 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