Golf tournament
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 29 August – 1 September |
| Location | Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland 53°23′24″N 6°33′58″W / 53.390°N 6.566°W / 53.390; -6.566 |
| Course(s) | Carton House Golf Club (Montgomerie and O'Meara Courses) |
| Organized by | International Golf Federation |
| Format | 72 holes stroke play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | Montgomerie: 72 O'Meara: 73 |
| Length | Montgomerie: 6,365 yards (5,820 m) O'Meara: 6,336 yards (5,794 m) |
| Field | 57 teams 170 players |
| Champion | |
 United StatesKristen Gillman, Jennifer Kupcho, Lilia Vu | |
| 551 (−29) | |
| Location map | |
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The 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 29 August – 1 September at Carton House Golf Club on its Montgomerie and O'Meara courses in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland.
It was the 28th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were a record 57 team entries, each with two or three players. One nation, Lebanon, made its first appearance.
Each team played two rounds at the Montgomerie Course and two rounds at the O'Meara Course in different orders. The top 27 teams on the final leaderboard, except Norway and France, all played the fourth round at the O'Meara Course. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The United States team won the Trophy for their 14th title and first win in 20 years, beating team Japan by 10 strokes. Japan earned the silver medal while the defending champions South Korea team took the bronze on third place one more stroke back.
The individual title went to Cho Ayean, South Korea, whose score of 17-under-par, 273, was two strokes ahead of Jennifer Kupcho, United States, and Yuka Yasuda, Japan.
Teams
59 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team, except one, had three players. The team representing Lithuania had only two players.
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
 Argentina
|
Ela Anacona, Valentina Rossi, Magdalena Simmermacher |
 Australia
|
Kirsty Hodgkins, Rebecca Kay, Grace Kim |
 Austria
|
Leonie Bettel, Janika Ruettimann, Emma Spitz |
 Belgium
|
Clara Aveling, Clarisse Louis, Elodie Van Dievoet |
 Brazil
|
Laura Helena de Araujo Caetano, Maria Fernanda Lacaz Martins, Lauren Grinberg |
 Bulgaria
|
Magdalena Borisova, Stefani Skokanska, Ivana Simeonova |
 Canada
|
Naomi Ko, Jaclyn Lee, Maddie Szeryk |
 Czech Republic
|
Sara Kouskova, Hana Ryskova, Katerina Vlasinova |
 Chile
|
Antonia Matte, Sofia Morgan, Natalia Villavicencio |
 China
|
Du Mohan, Liu Wenbo, Yin Ruoning |
 Chinese Taipei
|
Huang Yu-ping, Lin Kuan-yu, Lin Tze-han |
 Colombia
|
Silvia Margarita Garces Escalante, Valentina Giraldo Roys, Maria Camila Serrano Silva |
 Denmark
|
Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen, Malene Krølbøll Hansen, Karen Svanholm Fredgaard |
 Dominican Republic
|
Brenda Corrie-Kuehn, Yae Eun Kim, Rachel Kuehn |
 England
|
Annabell Fuller, Sophie Lamb, Hollie Muse |
 Finland
|
Anna Backman, Kiira Riihijärvi, Elina Saksa |
 France
|
Emma Broze, Agathe Laisné, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard |
 Germany
|
Leonie Harm, Sophie Hausmann, Esther Henseleit |
 Guam
|
Rachael Peterson, Rose Tarpley, Nalathai Vongjalorn |
 Guatemala
|
Beatriz Arenas, Pilar Echeverria, Valeria Mendizabal Riepele |
 Hong Kong
|
Michelle Cheung, Mimi Ho, Isabella Leung |
 Iceland
|
Helga Kristin Einarsdóttir, Ragnhildur Kristinsdóttir, Saga Traustadóttir |
 India
|
Diksha Dagar, Ridhima Dilawari, Sifat Sagoo |
 Ireland
|
Olivia Mehaffey, Paula Grant, Annabel Wilson |
 Italy
|
Caterina Don, Alessia Nobilio, Emilie Alba Paltrinieri |
 Japan
|
Yuna Nishimura, Yuka Yasuda, Yuri Yoshida |
 Latvia
|
Katrina Jana Gustafssone, Marija Luize Jucmane, Anna Estere Marksa |
 Lebanon
|
Lea Assaf, Sarah Assaf, Vanessa Richani |
 Lithuania
|
Saule Jarasunaite, Gile Bite Starkute |
 Malaysia
|
Liyana Azizan Durisic, Siti Zulaikhaa Shaari, Geraldine Xiao Xuan Wong |
 Mexico
|
María Fassi, Cory Lopez, Ana Lizeth Ruiz Laphond |
 Morocco
|
Lina Belmati, Ines Laklalech, Intissar Rich |
 Netherlands
|
Zhen Bontan, Romy Meekers, Dewi Weber |
 New Zealand
|
Julianne Alvarez, Amelia Garvey, Wenyung Keh |
 Norway
|
Dorthea Charlotte Forbrigd, Renate Grimstad, Karoline Stormo |
 Paraguay
|
Maria Fernanda Escauriza Stoeckl, Sofia García, Anahi Servin |
 Peru
|
Daniela Ballesteros, Micaela Farah, Josefina Fernandez-Davila |
 Poland
|
Dominika Gradecka, Nicole Polivchak, Dorota Zalewska |
 Portugal
|
Sofia Barroso Sa, Leonor Bessa, Sara Gouveia |
 Puerto Rico
|
Valeria Pacheco Claudio, Johany Rivera, Yudika Ann Rodriguez |
 Scotland
|
Connie Jaffrey, Hannah McCook, Shannon McWilliam |
 Singapore
|
Callista Chen, Inez Xin Yi Ng, Shannon Tan |
 Slovakia
|
Anika Bolcikova, Katarina Drocarova, Natalia Heckova |
 Slovenia
|
Inja Fric, Lara Jecnik, Vida Obersnel |
 South Africa
|
Caitlyn MacNab, Kajal Mistry, Kaleigh Telfer |
 South Korea
|
Cho Ayean, Hong Yae-eun, Kwon Seo-yun |
 Spain
|
Elena Hualde Zuniga, Paz Marfa Sans, Marta Perez Sanmartin |
 Sweden
|
Linn Grant, Frida Kinhult, Beatrice Wallin |
 Switzerland
|
Yael Berger, Elena Moosmann, Albane Valenzuela |
 Thailand
|
Napabhach Boon-In, Tunrada Piddon, Rina Tatematsu |
 Tunisia
|
Kenza Ladhari, Hedia Mansouri, Ghozlene Saki |
 Turkey
|
Damla Bilgic, Sena Ersoy, Selin Timur |
 Ukraine
|
Daria Horokhovska, Elvira Rastvortseva, Valeriia Sapronova |
| United States
|
Kristen Gillman, Jennifer Kupcho, Lilia Vu |
 Uruguay
|
Sofia Garcia Austt Marques, Jimena Marques, Priscilla Schmid |
 Venezuela
|
Claudia De Antonio, Valentina Gilly, Ana Raga |
 Wales
|
Bethan Morris, Katherine O'Connor, Jordan Ryan |
Results
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
|
United States
|
142-130-143-136=551 | −29 |
|
Japan
|
136-139-146-140=561 | −19 |
|
South Korea
|
140-133-147-142=562 | −18 |
| 4 | China
|
140-139-152-135=566 | −14 |
| 5 | Germany
|
142-141-148-138=569 | −11 |
| 6 | Italy
|
143-142-146-139=570 | −10 |
| 7 | Canada
|
154-139-143-137=573 | −7 |
| T8 | Denmark
|
147-140-147-140=574 | −6 |
| Mexico
|
147-141-145-141=574 | ||
| 10 | Norway
|
150-148-140-137=575 | −5 |
| T11 | Ireland
|
141-147-142-146=576 | −4 |
| Sweden
|
147-142-147-140=576 | ||
| Switzerland
|
147-145-143-141=576 | ||
| 14 | Australia
|
141-148-149-139=577 | −3 |
| T15 | Austria
|
142-141-149-146=578 | −2 |
| South Africa
|
150-144-145-139=578 | ||
| 17 | Spain
|
152-137-149-141=579 | −1 |
| 18 | England
|
149-141-149-142=581 | +1 |
| 19 | New Zealand
|
148-143-146-145=582 | +2 |
| T20 | France
|
148-149-141-145=583 | +3 |
| Paraguay
|
149-141-148-145=583 | ||
| 22 | Chinese Taipei
|
153-141-148-142=584 | +4 |
| 23 | Netherlands
|
147-143-150-145=585 | +5 |
| 24 | Scotland
|
148-141-155-142=586 | +6 |
| T25 | India
|
151-140-153-143=587 | +7 |
| Venezuela
|
145-151-151-140=587 | ||
| 27 | Thailand
|
147-139-156-146=588 | +8 |
| 28 | Puerto Rico
|
150-151-145-143=589 | +9 |
| 29 | Colombia
|
154-142-154-140=590 | +10 |
| 30 | Argentina
|
152-150-144-145=591 | +11 |
| T31 | Belgium
|
147-142-156-147=592 | +12 |
| Czech Republic
|
150-148-147-147=592 | ||
| Finland
|
148-145-157-142=592 | ||
| 34 | Hong Kong
|
144-149-159-141=593 | +13 |
| 35 | Dominican Republic
|
148-149-148-151=596 | +16 |
| 36 | Guatemala
|
150-147-160-141=598 | +18 |
| T37 | Malaysia
|
154-145-146-156=601 | +21 |
| Morocco
|
150-149-148-154=601 | ||
| 39 | Iceland
|
155-148-151-149=603 | +23 |
| T40 | Peru
|
157-151-147-151=606 | +26 |
| Portugal
|
158-144-152-152=606 | ||
| 42 | Chile
|
144-149-159-145=607 | +27 |
| 43 | Slovenia
|
160-144-151-153=608 | +28 |
| 44 | Uruguay
|
154-154-151-152=611 | +31 |
| 45 | Wales
|
157-149-153-153=612 | +32 |
| 46 | Slovakia
|
157-153-151-153=614 | +34 |
| 47 | Turkey
|
161-155-149-151=616 | +36 |
| 48 | Poland
|
159-148-156-157=620 | +40 |
| 49 | Singapore
|
158-153-155-156=622 | +42 |
| 50 | Brazil
|
154-165-158-152=629 | +49 |
| 51 | Lithuania
|
155-158-157-163=633 | +53 |
| 52 | Latvia
|
165-155-156-174=650 | +70 |
| 53 | Guam
|
162-163-162-169=656 | +76 |
| 54 | Bulgaria
|
165-163-163-170=661 | +81 |
| 55 | Tunisia
|
168-164-170-169=671 | +91 |
| 56 | Ukraine
|
169-175-167-170=681 | +101 |
| 57 | Lebanon
|
168-173-171-172=684 | +104 |
Source:
Individual leaders
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cho Ayean | South Korea
|
68-64-71-70=273 | −17 |
| 2 | Jennifer Kupcho | United States
|
70-65-71-69=275 | −15 |
| Yuka Yasuda | Japan
|
65-67-72-71=275 | ||
| 4 | Kristen Gillman | United States
|
74-65-72-67=278 | −12 |
| 5 | Jaclyn Lee | Canada
|
76-69-72-65=282 | −8 |
| T6 | Esther Henseleit | Germany
|
72-70-75-66=283 | −7 |
| Rebecca Kay | Australia
|
68-74-73-68=283 | ||
| T8 | Mohan Du | China
|
67-71-79-68=285 | −5 |
| María Fassi | Mexico
|
74-69-71-71=285 | ||
| Alessia Nobilio | Italy
|
73-68-76-68=285 | ||
| Albane Valenzuela | Switzerland
|
73-71-71-70=285 |
References
- Keogh, Brian (2 September 2018). "USA reclaims Espirito Santo Trophy; Ireland tied 11th". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- "WATC 2018 Ireland". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ "28th Espirito Santo Trophy, Full Leaderboard". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- Kowalski, Pete (1 September 2018). "USA Wins Title After Commanding Performance". United States Golf Association. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
External links
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