The Vagliano Trophy is a biennial women's amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". It is played in odd-numbered years; the Curtis Cup being played in even-numbered years.
The event started in 1931 as a match between Great Britain and France. It was played annually from 1931 to 1939 and from 1947 to 1949, before becoming a biennial event from 1949 to 1957. Britain won 15 of the 16 matches with the 1934 match being tied. From 1949 to 1957 Great Britain had also played a biennial match against Belgium. In 1959 the two matches were replaced by one with Britain playing a team representing the Continent of Europe, the Vagliano Trophy being used for the new event.
The trophy was given by André Vagliano, a French golfer and official in the French Golf Federation and also father of Lally Segard, who played in this match on 13 occasions. The Ladies Golf Union initially declined to accept the trophy but changed their mind in late 1932, accepting the Curtis Cup at the same time. [1] [2]
The competition involves various match play matches between players selected from the two teams of 8, either singles and foursomes. The winner of each match scores a point for their team, with half a point each for any match that is tied after 18 holes. If the entire match is tied, the previously winning team retains the Trophy.
A foursomes match is a competition between two teams of two golfers. The golfers on the same team take alternate shots throughout the match, with the same ball. Each hole is won by the team that completes the hole in the fewest shots. A fourball match is a competition between two teams of two golfers. All four golfers play their own ball throughout the round. Each hole is won by the team whose individual golfer had the lowest score. A singles match is a standard match play competition between two golfers.
The contest is played over two days, with four foursomes and eight singles matches on each day, a total of 24 points. Before 1975 there were five foursomes and ten singles matches each day. In 1959 and 1961 there were five 36-hole foursomes on the first day and ten 36-hole singles on the second. All matches after 1961 have been over 18 holes.
Since the Continent of Europe replaced France in 1959. [3]
Year | Venue | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Ref | |
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2023 | Royal Dornoch Golf Club (Dornoch, Scotland) | Continent of Europe | 13½ | 10½ | Great Britain & Ireland | [4] |
2019 | Royal St George's Golf Club (Sandwich, England) | Continent of Europe | 14½ | 9½ | Great Britain & Ireland | [5] |
2017 | Circolo Golf Bogogno (Bogogno, Italy) | Continent of Europe | 15 | 9 | Great Britain & Ireland | [6] |
2015 | Malone Golf Club (Dunmurry, Northern Ireland) | Continent of Europe | 12½ | 11½ | Great Britain & Ireland | [7] |
2013 | Golf de Chantilly (Chantilly, Oise, France) | Continent of Europe | 16½ | 7½ | Great Britain & Ireland | [8] |
2011 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club (Porthcawl, Wales) | Continent of Europe | 15½ | 8½ | Great Britain & Ireland | [9] |
2009 | Hamburger Golf Club (Hamburg, Germany) | Continent of Europe | 13 | 11 | Great Britain & Ireland | [10] |
2007 | Fairmont St Andrews (St Andrews, Scotland) | Continent of Europe | 15 | 9 | Great Britain & Ireland | [11] |
2005 | Golf de Chantilly (Chantilly, Oise, France) | Great Britain & Ireland | 13 | 11 | Continent of Europe | [12] |
2003 | County Louth Golf Club (Baltray, Ireland) | Great Britain & Ireland | 12½ | 11½ | Continent of Europe | [13] |
2001 | Circolo Golf Venezia (Venice Lido, Venice, Italy) | Continent of Europe | 13 | 11 | Great Britain & Ireland | [14] |
1999 | North Berwick Golf Club (North Berwick, Scotland) | Continent of Europe | 13 | 11 | Great Britain & Ireland | [15] |
1997 | Halmstad GK (Halmstad, Sweden) | Continent of Europe | 14 | 10 | Great Britain & Ireland | [16] |
1995 | Ganton Golf Club (Ganton, Yorkshire, England) | Continent of Europe | 14 | 10 | Great Britain & Ireland | [17] |
1993 | Golf de Morfontaine (Morfontaine, France) | Great Britain & Ireland | 13½ | 10½ | Continent of Europe | [18] |
1991 | Nairn Golf Club (Nairn, Scotland) | Great Britain & Ireland | 13½ | 10½ | Continent of Europe | [19] [20] |
1989 | Circolo Golf Venezia (Venice Lido, Venice, Italy) | Great Britain & Ireland | 14½ | 9½ | Continent of Europe | [21] |
1987 | Berkshire Golf Club (Ascot, Berkshire, England) | Great Britain & Ireland | 15 | 9 | Continent of Europe | [22] [23] |
1985 | Hamburger Golf Club (Hamburg, Germany) | Great Britain & Ireland | 14 | 10 | Continent of Europe | [24] |
1983 | Woodhall Spa Golf Club (Woodhall Spa, England) | Great Britain & Ireland | 14 | 10 | Continent of Europe | [25] [26] |
1981 | Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro (Madrid, Spain) | Continent of Europe | 14 | 10 | Great Britain & Ireland | [27] [28] [29] |
1979 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club (Porthcawl, Wales) | Great Britain & Ireland | 12 | 12 | Continent of Europe | [30] |
1977 | Ljunghusen Golf Club (Ljunghusen, Sweden) | Great Britain & Ireland | 15½ | 8½ | Continent of Europe | [31] [32] [33] |
1975 | Muirfield (Gullane, Scotland) | Great Britain & Ireland | 13½ | 10½ | Continent of Europe | [34] [35] |
1973 | Eindhovensche Golf (Valkenswaard, Netherlands) | Great Britain & Ireland | 20 | 10 | Continent of Europe | [36] |
1971 | Worplesdon Golf Club (Brookwood, Surrey, England) | Great Britain & Ireland | 17½ | 12½ | Continent of Europe | [37] [38] |
1969 | Golf de Chantilly (Chantilly, Oise, France) | Continent of Europe | 16 | 14 | Great Britain & Ireland | [39] |
1967 | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club (Lytham St Annes, England) | Continent of Europe | 15½ | 14½ | Great Britain & Ireland | [40] [41] |
1965 | GLC Köln (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) | Continent of Europe | 17 | 13 | Great Britain & Ireland | [42] |
1963 | Muirfield (Gullane, Scotland) | Great Britain & Ireland | 20 | 10 | Continent of Europe | [43] [44] |
1961 | Circolo Golf Villa D'Este (Montorfano, Como, Italy) | Great Britain & Ireland | 8 | 7 | Continent of Europe | [45] [46] |
1959 | Wentworth Golf Club (Wentworth, Surrey, England) | Great Britain & Ireland | 12 | 3 | Continent of Europe | [47] [48] |
Of the 31 contests from 1959 to 2019, Great Britain and Ireland have won 15, the Continent of Europe have won 15 matches with 1 match tied (1979).
The results of matches against France between 1931 and 1957 are given below. Matches consisted of three foursomes matches and six singles matches, played on a single day.
Year | Venue | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Ref | |
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1957 | Golf de Morfontaine (Morfontaine, France) | Great Britain & Ireland | 5½ | 3½ | France | [49] |
1955 | Gullane Golf Club (Gullane, Scotland) | Great Britain & Ireland | 7 | 2 | France | [50] |
1953 | Golf de Chantilly (Chantilly, Oise, France) | Great Britain & Ireland | 5½ | 3½ | France | [51] |
1951 | St George's Hill Golf Club (Weybridge, England) | Great Britain & Ireland | 8 | 1 | France | [52] |
1949 | Golf de Morfontaine (Morfontaine, France) | Great Britain & Ireland | 8½ | ½ | France | [53] [54] |
1948 | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club (Richmond, London, England) | Great Britain & Ireland | 6½ | 2½ | France | [55] |
1947 | Golf de Saint-Cloud (Saint-Cloud, France) | Great Britain & Ireland | 6½ | 2½ | France | [56] |
1939 | Bramshot Golf Club (Farnborough, Hampshire, England) | Great Britain & Ireland | 6½ | 2½ | France | [57] |
1938 | Golf de Morfontaine (Morfontaine, France) | Great Britain & Ireland | 7 | 2 | France | [58] |
1937 | West Sussex Golf Club (Pulborough, England) | Great Britain & Ireland | 6½ | 2½ | France | [59] |
1936 | Golf de Saint-Cloud (Saint-Cloud, France) | Great Britain & Ireland | 6 | 3 | France | [60] |
1935 | Worplesdon Golf Club (Brookwood, Surrey, England) | Great Britain & Ireland | 5 | 4 | France | [61] |
1934 | Golf de Chantilly (Chantilly, Oise, France) | Great Britain & Ireland | 4½ | 4½ | France | [62] |
1933 | St George's Hill Golf Club (Weybridge, England) | Great Britain & Ireland | 7 | 2 | France | [63] |
1932 | Golf de Saint-Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France) | Great Britain & Ireland | 7 | 2 | France | [64] |
1931 | Oxhey Golf Club (Watford, England) | Great Britain & Ireland | 8½ | ½ | France | [65] |
Britain won 15 of the 16 matches with the 1934 match being tied.
From 1949 to 1957 Great Britain & Ireland also played a match against Belgium. The match was played just before or just after the match against France, Great Britain & Ireland using the same squad for both matches, Great Britain & Ireland won all five matches by large margins. In 1950 Margaret Wallace-Williamson presented a trophy for the event. [66]
Year | Venue | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Ref | |
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1957 | Royal Zoute Golf Club (Knokke-Heist, Belgium) | Great Britain & Ireland | 8 | 1 | Belgium | [67] |
1955 | Gullane Golf Club (Gullane, Scotland) | Great Britain & Ireland | 7½ | 1½ | Belgium | [68] |
1953 | Royal Antwerp Golf Club (Kapellen, Belgium) | Great Britain & Ireland | 9 | 0 | Belgium | [69] |
1951 | Wentworth Golf Club (Virginia Water, England) | Great Britain & Ireland | 8 | 1 | Belgium | [70] |
1949 | Waterloo Golf Club (Lasne, Belgium) | Great Britain & Ireland | 8 | 1 | Belgium | [71] |
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