1978 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 1978 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 10–13 October at Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club in Navua, Viti Levu, Fiji. It was the eighth women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 14 team entries, each with three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

1978 Espirito Santo Trophy
Tournament information
Dates10–13 October
LocationNavua, Viti Levu, Fiji
18°14′38″S 178°04′08″E / 18.244°S 178.069°E / -18.244; 178.069
Course(s)Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club
Organized byWorld Amateur Golf Council
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length5,823 yards (5,325 m)
Field14 teams
42 players
Champion
 Australia
Lindy Goggin, Edwina Kennedy, Jane Lock
596 (+20)
Location map
Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club, Fiji is located in Pacific Ocean
Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club, Fiji
Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club, Fiji
Location in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club, Fiji is located in Fiji
Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club, Fiji
Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club, Fiji
Location in Fiji
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The Australia team won the Trophy, winning their first title, beating team Canada by one stroke. Canada earned the silver medal and France took the bronze, five strokes further back.[1]

Teams

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14 teams contested the event. Each team had three players.

Country Players
  Argentina Amanda de Felicia, Susanna Garmendla, Beatriz Rossello
  Australia Lindy Goggin, Edwina Kennedy, Jane Lock
  Canada Marylin Palmer, Cathy Sherk, Stacey West
  Fiji Anna Dunn, Lydia Manueli, Adi Sai Tuivanuavou
  France Nathalie Jeanson, Catherine Lacoste de Prado, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi
  Great Britain &
  Ireland
Mary Everard, Julia Greenhalgh, Muriel Thomson
  Italy Minette Marazza, Guenda Moavero, Marina Ragher
  Japan Haruko Ishii, Miki Oda, Machiko Yamada
  New Zealand Liz Douglas, Cherry Kingham, Heather Ryan
  Spain Marta Figueras-Dotti, Carmen Maestre de Pellon, Cristina Marsans
  Sweden Kärstin Ehrnlund, Charlotte Montgomery, Liv Wollin
  Switzerland Carole Charbonnier, Regine Lautens, Marie Christine de Werra
  United States Beth Daniel, Cindy Hill, Judith Oliver
  West Germany Barbara Böhm, Susanne Schultz, Marion Thannhauser

Results

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Place Country Score To par
    Australia 149-143-151-153=596 +20
    Canada 147-149-153-148=597 +21
    France 146-153-156-147=602 +26
T4   Great Britain &
  Ireland
145-151-153-156=605 +29
  United States 152-149-148-156=605
6   Japan 148-153-151-158=610 +34
7   New Zealand 153-150-152-159=614* +38
8   Sweden 149-153-148-166=616* +40
9   Spain 156-159-156-154=625 +49
10   West Germany 167-156-152-157=632 +56
11   Switzerland 153-156-163-163=635 +59
12   Argentina 160-151-160-169=640 +64
13   Italy 157-160-163-164=644 +68
14   Fiji 183-181-175-198=737 +161

* Notes: After scoring 74 in the first round, Sweden's Kärstin Ehrnlund withdrew due to food poisoning and Sweden had to count both scores from the other two players during the remaining three rounds. New Zealand's Heater Ryan withdrew from the last round.
Sources:[1][2][3][4][5]

Individual leaders

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There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Cathy Sherk   Canada 72-74-76-72=294 +6
T2 Beth Daniel   United States 75-71-74-78=298 +10
Miki Oda   Japan 74-73-77-74=298
Jane Lock   Australia 73-72-75-78=298
5 Marie-Laure de Lorenzi   France 74-77-77-73=301 +13
6 Julia Greenhalgh   Great Britain &
  Ireland
72-76-78-79=303 +15
T7 Edwina Kennedy   Australia 76-71-78-79=304 +16
Catherine Lacoste de Prado   France 73-78-79-74=304
T9 Mary Everard   Great Britain &
  Ireland
73-77-75-80=305 +17
Cherry Kingham   New Zealand 75-74-74-82=305

References

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  1. ^ a b "Record Book 1978 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  2. ^ "World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records". Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Golf-VM genom åren, VM-resultat genom tiderna" [World Team Championship through the years]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1988. pp. 168–170, 174–175. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 180–181. ISBN 9172603283.
  5. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 184. ISBN 91-86818007.
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