Vagliano Trophy

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.

Vagliano Trophy 1931, French team

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]

Format

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.

Results

Since the Continent of Europe replaced France in 1959.[3]

YearVenueWinning teamScoreLosing teamRef
2023Royal Dornoch Golf Club
(Dornoch, Scotland)
 Continent of Europe13½10½  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[4]
2019Royal St George's Golf Club
(Sandwich, England)
 Continent of Europe14½  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[5]
2017Circolo Golf Bogogno
(Bogogno, Italy)
 Continent of Europe159  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[6]
2015Malone Golf Club
(Dunmurry, Northern Ireland)
 Continent of Europe12½11½  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[7]
2013Golf de Chantilly
(Chantilly, Oise, France)
 Continent of Europe16½  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[8]
2011Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
(Porthcawl, Wales)
 Continent of Europe15½  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[9]
2009Hamburger Golf Club
(Hamburg, Germany)
 Continent of Europe1311  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[10]
2007Fairmont St Andrews
(St Andrews, Scotland)
 Continent of Europe159  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[11]
2005Golf de Chantilly
(Chantilly, Oise, France)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
1311  Continent of Europe[12]
2003County Louth Golf Club
(Baltray, Ireland)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
12½11½  Continent of Europe[13]
2001Circolo Golf Venezia
(Venice Lido, Venice, Italy)
 Continent of Europe1311  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[14]
1999North Berwick Golf Club
(North Berwick, Scotland)
 Continent of Europe1311  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[15]
1997Halmstad GK
(Halmstad, Sweden)
 Continent of Europe1410  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[16]
1995Ganton Golf Club
(Ganton, Yorkshire, England)
 Continent of Europe1410  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[17]
1993Golf de Morfontaine
(Morfontaine, France)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
13½10½  Continent of Europe[18]
1991Nairn Golf Club
(Nairn, Scotland)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
13½10½  Continent of Europe[19][20]
1989Circolo Golf Venezia
(Venice Lido, Venice, Italy)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
14½  Continent of Europe[21]
1987Berkshire Golf Club
(Ascot, Berkshire, England)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
159  Continent of Europe[22][23]
1985Hamburger Golf Club
(Hamburg, Germany)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
1410  Continent of Europe[24]
1983Woodhall Spa Golf Club
(Woodhall Spa, England)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
1410  Continent of Europe[25][26]
1981Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro
(Madrid, Spain)
 Continent of Europe1410  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[27][28][29]
1979Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
(Porthcawl, Wales)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
1212  Continent of Europe[30]
1977Ljunghusen Golf Club
(Ljunghusen, Sweden)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
15½  Continent of Europe[31][32][33]
1975Muirfield
(Gullane, Scotland)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
13½10½  Continent of Europe[34][35]
1973Eindhovensche Golf
(Valkenswaard, Netherlands)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
2010  Continent of Europe[36]
1971Worplesdon Golf Club
(Brookwood, Surrey, England)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
17½12½  Continent of Europe[37][38]
1969Golf de Chantilly
(Chantilly, Oise, France)
 Continent of Europe1614  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[39]
1967Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
(Lytham St Annes, England)
 Continent of Europe15½14½  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[40][41]
1965GLC Köln
(Bergisch Gladbach, Germany)
 Continent of Europe1713  Great Britain &
 Ireland
[42]
1963Muirfield
(Gullane, Scotland)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
2010  Continent of Europe[43][44]
1961Circolo Golf Villa D'Este
(Montorfano, Como, Italy)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
87  Continent of Europe[45][46]
1959Wentworth Golf Club
(Wentworth, Surrey, England)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
123  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.

YearVenueWinning teamScoreLosing teamRef
1957Golf de Morfontaine
(Morfontaine, France)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
 France[49]
1955Gullane Golf Club
(Gullane, Scotland)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
72  France[50]
1953Golf de Chantilly
(Chantilly, Oise, France)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
 France[51]
1951St George's Hill Golf Club
(Weybridge, England)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
81  France[52]
1949Golf de Morfontaine
(Morfontaine, France)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
½  France[53][54]
1948Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club
(Richmond, London, England)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
 France[55]
1947Golf de Saint-Cloud
(Saint-Cloud, France)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
 France[56]
1939Bramshot Golf Club
(Farnborough, Hampshire, England)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
 France[57]
1938Golf de Morfontaine
(Morfontaine, France)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
72  France[58]
1937West Sussex Golf Club
(Pulborough, England)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
 France[59]
1936Golf de Saint-Cloud
(Saint-Cloud, France)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
63  France[60]
1935Worplesdon Golf Club
(Brookwood, Surrey, England)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
54  France[61]
1934Golf de Chantilly
(Chantilly, Oise, France)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
 France[62]
1933St George's Hill Golf Club
(Weybridge, England)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
72  France[63]
1932Golf de Saint-Germain
(Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
72  France[64]
1931Oxhey Golf Club
(Watford, England)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
½  France[65]

Britain won 15 of the 16 matches with the 1934 match being tied.

Great Britain & Ireland v Belgium

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]

YearVenueWinning teamScoreLosing teamRef
1957Royal Zoute Golf Club
(Knokke-Heist, Belgium)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
81  Belgium[67]
1955Gullane Golf Club
(Gullane, Scotland)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
 Belgium[68]
1953Royal Antwerp Golf Club
(Kapellen, Belgium)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
90  Belgium[69]
1951Wentworth Golf Club
(Virginia Water, England)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
81  Belgium[70]
1949Waterloo Golf Club
(Lasne, Belgium)
 Great Britain &
 Ireland
81  Belgium[71]

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Teams

Great Britain & Ireland

[3]

Continent of Europe

See also

References