2002 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 2002 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 16–19 October at Saujana Golf and Country Club, on its Palm Course and Bunga Raya Course, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[citation needed]

2002 Espirito Santo Trophy
Tournament information
Dates16–19 October
LocationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3°06′22″N 101°34′30″E / 3.106°N 101.575°E / 3.106; 101.575
Course(s)Saujana Golf and Country Club (Palm Course and Bunga Raya Course)
Organized byWorld Amateur Golf Council
(later named International Golf Federation)
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
ParPalm: 73
Bunga Raya: 73
LengthPalm: 6,147 yards (5,621 m)
Bunga Raya:5,994 yards (5,481 m)
Field39 teams
117 players
Champion
 Australia
Katherine Hull, Vicky Uwland, Lindsey Wright
578 (−6)
Location map
Location in Malaysia
Location in Peninsula Malaysia
Location in Shah Alam
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It was the 20th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.

The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were 39 team entries, each with two or three players.

Each team played two rounds at the Palm Course and two rounds at the Bunga Raya Course in different orders, but the 21 leading teams played the fourth round at the Palm Course. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

The Australia team won the Trophy for their second title, their first since 1978. Silver medalist team Thailand had the same total score as Australia, but Australia was declared the winner, since their third player, Vicky Uwland, had a lower score than Thailand's third player, Titiya Plucksataporn, in the final round, 78 against 81. Team Spain took the bronze on third place one stroke back. Defending champion France finished tied 15th.

The individual title went to Aree Song Wongluekiet, Thailand, whose score of 4-under-par, 288, was one stroke ahead of Tania Elóseguie, Spain, and Lindsey Wright, Australia.[1][2]

Teams

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39 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players, except the teams from Bolivia, Greece and Russia which had only two players. One player representing Croatia withdraw from the fourth round and one player representing Iran withdraw from the third and fourth round.

Country Players
  Argentina Astrid Gulesserian, Victoria Gabenara, Maria Olivero
  Australia Katherine Hull, Vicky Uwland, Lindsey Wright
  Austria Katharina Werdinig, Nicole Gergely, Stefanie Michl
  Belgium Lien Willens, Justine Barbier, Amandine Brouwez
  Bolivia Verónica Maldonado, Andrea Maldonado
  Brazil Mariana De Biase, Patricia Carvalho, Maria Priscila Iida
  Canada Jan Dowling, Lisa Meldrum, Laura Matthews
  Chile Paz Echeverria, Gloria Soto Ferrada, Francisca Vargas
  Chinese Taipei Shih Huei-ju, Hung Chin-huei, Yu Pei-lin
  Colombia Cristina Baena, Carolina Llano, Maria Catalina Marin
  Croatia Snjezana Crnoglavac, Sanja Serfezi, Daria Zubrinic
  Denmark Mette Buus, Julie Tvede, Lisa Holm Sørensen
  Finland Kaisa Ruuttila, Jenni Kuosa, Minea Blomqvist
  France Mahault Passerat De Silans, Gwladys Nocera, Alexandra Vilatte
  Germany Denise Simon, Pia Odefey, Martina Eberl
  Great Britain &
  Ireland
Emma Duggleby, Heather Stirling, Becky Brewerton
  Greece Irene Krambs, Evita Sideri
  Guatemala Beatríz de Arenas, María Cristina Arenas, María José Gutiérrez
  Hong Kong Betty Ng, Eva Yoe, Sarah Henderson
  Iran Zohreh Kasrai, Mina Varzi, Firozeh Mohamad Zamani
  Italy Claire Grignolo, Federica Piovano, Tullia Calzavara
  Japan Ai Miyazato, Izumi Narita, Kyoko Furuya
  Malaysia Nur Sayyedda, Valerie Tan, Nining Harris
  Mexico Alejandra Martin Del Campo, Tanya Dergal, Violeta Retamoza
  Netherlands Charlotte Heeres, Natascha Duvalois, Dewi Claire Schreefel
  New Zealand Wendy Hawkes, Tina Howard, Brenda Ormsby
  Norway Camilla Guriby Hilland, Lill Kristin Saether, Marianne Skarpnord
  Philippines Heidi Chua, Aileen Rose Yao, Carmelette Villaroman
  Portugal Carolina Catanho, Carla Cruz, Lara Vieira
  Puerto Rico Karen Calvesbert, María del Mar Colón, Laura Díaz
  Russia Daria Anisimova, Maria Kostina
  Slovakia Andrea Lupsinová, Veronika Falathová, Zuzana Kamasová
  South Africa Lee-Anne Pace, Tanica Van As, Gilly Tebbutt
  South Korea Kim Joo-mi, Park Won-mi, Yim Sung-ah
  Spain Nuria Clau, Tania Elósegui, Marta Prieto
  Sweden Helena Svensson, Karin Sjödin, Mikaela Parmlid
  Switzerland Nora Angehrn, Sheila Gut-Lee, Natalia Tanno
  Thailand Titiya Plucksataporn, Aree Song Wongluekiet, Naree Song Wongluekiet
  United States Emily Bastel, Becky Lucidi, Laura Myerscough

Results

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Place Country Score To par
1   Australia * 152-140-141-145=578 −6
2   Thailand 139-145-146-148=578
3   Spain 144-144-143-148=579 −5
4   Germany 147-140-146-148=581 −4
5   United States 143-150-142-149=584 E
T6   Japan 147-145-150-145=587 +3
  South Korea 144-152-145-146=587
T8   Great Britain &
  Ireland
156-147-141-144=588 +4
  Italy 148-142-150-148=588
  Sweden 146-150-144-148=588
11   Finland 144-148-144-153=589 +5
T12   Canada 150-148-147-148=593 +9
  Colombia 149-149-146-149=593
14   Chinese Taipei 150-149-148-147=594 +10
T15   Denmark 147-150-151-149=597 +13
  France 147-152-148-150=597
17   Mexico 151-146-144-157=598 +14
18   Norway 150-150-144-156=600 +16
19   Netherlands 149-152-148-152=601 +17
20   New Zealand 150-149-146-158=603 +19
21   Austria 153-152-153-153=611 +27
22   Brazil 156-161-148-150=615 +31
T23   Argentina 153-157-157-149=616 +32
  Philippines 158-152-155-151=616
25   Switzerland 148-158-157-157=620 +36
26   Chile 162-164-148-153=627 +43
27   Belgium 162-151-162-154=629 +45
28   Hong Kong 157-157-155-162=631 +47
T29   Malaysia 161-157-162-155=635 +51
  South Africa 167-155-158-155=635
31   Portugal 154-167-157-160=638 +54
32   Guatemala 159-166-170-157=652 +68
33   Russia 172-161-167-161=661 +77
34   Slovakia 172-165-160-166=663 +79
35   Puerto Rico 171-169-166-168=674 +90
36   Bolivia 180-176-170-164=690 +106
37   Greece 173-181-182-173=709 +126
38   Croatia 183-190-184-181=738 +154
39   Iran 236-229-236-224=925 +341

* Australia was awarded the tiebreak, since their third player, Vicky Uwland, had a lower score than Thailand's third player, Titiya Plucksataporn, in the final round, 78 against 81.
Sources:[3][4]

Individual leaders

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There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Aree Song Wongluekiet   Thailand 71-71-74-72=288 −4
T2 Tania Elóseguie   Spain 72-74-70-73=289 −3
Lindsey Wright   Australia 77-70-70-72=289
4 Katherine Hull   Australia 75-70-72-73=290 −2
T5 Tullia Calzavara   Italy 70-71-76-74=291 −1
Naree Song Wongluekiet   Thailand 68-75-72-76=291
T7 Martina Eberl   Germany 72-72-72-76=292 E
Laura Matthews   Canada 73-72-73-74=292
T9 Minea Blomqvist   Finland 72-74-70-77=293 +1
Lisa Holm Sørensen   Denmark 72-75-73-72=293
Yu Pei Lin   Chinese Taipei 75-75-73-70=293
Denise Simon   Germany 77-68-76-72=293

References

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  1. ^ "World Amateur Team Championships: Women's World Amateur Team Championship". Golfstat. 19 October 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ^ "2002 World Amateur Team Championships, Record Book" (PDF). International Golf Federation. pp. 4–13. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ^ "World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records". Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. ^ 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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