Golf tournament
Tournament information | |
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Location | Barn Elms, England |
Established | 1901 |
Course(s) | Ranelagh Club |
Organized by | Ladies Golf Union |
Format | Team stroke play |
Month played | April |
Final year | 1936 |
Final champion | |
England |
The Ranelagh International Cup was an amateur international team golf championship for women contested annually at the Ranelagh Club in west London, between 1901 and 1936. Generally it was played between the four Home Nations of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, where Ireland were represented by the whole island of Ireland on an All-Ireland basis.
The Ranelagh Club had hosted a ladies' open meeting from the mid-1890s. In 1901 an international competition was added, played concurrently with a number of other events, including a club competition. The event was held over two days. Teams of up to eight played a stroke-play round each day. The team score was determined by the leading four scores each day. Initially England, Ireland and Scotland competed with Wales first playing in 1909. Before World War I the contests were generally quite close but after the war England dominated, often winning by large margins. Scotland failed to raise a team in 1936 and later in the year the Ladies Golf Union cancelled the international event.
Results
Year | Winner | Score | Runner(s)-up | Score | Refs. |
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1901 | Ireland | 689 | England | 702 | |
1902 | Ireland | 687 | England | 688 | |
1903 | Ireland | 635 | England | 649 | |
1904 | England | 650 | Ireland | 656 | |
1905 | Ireland | 689 | England | 692 | |
1906 | Scotland | 653 | England | 655 | |
1907 | Scotland | 650 | England | 668 | |
1908 | Abandoned | ||||
1909 | Scotland | 639 | England | 644 | |
1910 | Scotland | 616 | England Ireland |
631 | |
1911 | Scotland | 627 | Ireland | 628 | |
1912 | England | 626 | Scotland | 631 | |
1913 | England | 602 | Scotland | 625 | |
1914 | England | 582 | Scotland | 596 | |
1915–1919 Suspended during World War I | |||||
1920 | England | 604 | Scotland | 630 | |
1921 | England | 580 | Scotland | 605 | |
1922 | England | 600 | Scotland | 630 | |
1923 | England | 615 | Scotland | 637 | |
1924 | England | 568 | Scotland | 603 | |
1925 | England | 571 | Wales | 606 | |
1926 | England | 566 | Scotland | 621 | |
1927 | England | 585 | Wales | 602 | |
1928 | England | 579 | Wales | 628 | |
1929 | England | 566 | Scotland | 590 | |
1930 | England | 581 | Ireland | 608 | |
1931 | England | 558 | Scotland | 606 | |
1932 | Abandoned | ||||
1933 | England | 575 | Scotland | 599 | |
1934 | England | 575 | Scotland | 597 | |
1935 | England | 570 | Scotland | 601 | |
1936 | England | 553 | Ireland | 592 |
- ^ Wales did not compete
- The whole meeting was abandoned because of rain.
- The second day was abandoned because of flooding. The cup was not awarded, although England were leading after the first day.
- Scotland did not compete
Winning scores
The following table lists the individual scores for the winning team. Only those scores that contributed to the team score are included, the best four rounds and ties. For 1932, the first day scores for the England team are listed. England were leading by 20 strokes after the first day.
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