1976 Espirito Santo Trophy
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 6–9 October |
Location | Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal 37°4′40″N 8°6′55″W / 37.07778°N 8.11528°W |
Course(s) | Vilamoura Golf Club (Vilamoura Old Course) |
Organized by | World Amateur Golf Council |
Format | 72 holes stroke play |
Statistics | |
Par | 73 |
Length | 6,181 yards (5,652 m) |
Field | 25 teams 74 players |
Champion | |
![]() Donna Horton, Nancy Lopez, Debbie Massey | |
605 (+21) | |
Location Map | |
![]() ![]() Vilamoura Golf Club Location in Europe | |
The 1976 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 6–9 October at Vilamoura Golf Club in, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal. It was the seventh women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 25 teams, each with up to three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The United States team won the Trophy, defending their title from two years ago and winning their sixth consecutive title, beating team France by 17 strokes. France took the silver medal and Brazil, on the podium for the first time, took the bronze.[1]
Teams[]
25 teams contested the event. Each team had three players, except Sri Lanka, who only had two.
Country | Players |
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Maria Julia Caserta de Aftalion, Amanda de Felicia, Beatriz Rossello |
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Jane Lock, Sandra McCaw, Karen Permezel |
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Maguy Brose, Marianne Toussaint, Francoise Wagheneire |
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Maria Alice Gonzalez, Elisabeth Noronha, Laura M. dos Santos |
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Betty Stanhope-Cole, Marylin Palmer, Dale Shaw |
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Patriciua Fernandez, Beatriz Steeger, Maria Pia Valdez |
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Mei-Chin Chen, Ming-Ching Huang, Yu-Hsia Tai |
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Annettte Hagdrup, Marete Meiland, Tina Pors |
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Silivia Corrie, Susan Fellow, Jacqueline M. de Jesus |
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Catherine Lacoste de Prado, Anne Marie Palli, Marie-Christine Ubald-Bocquet |
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Mary McKenna, Catherine Panton, Jenny Lee Smith |
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Federica Dassù, Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, Marina Ragher |
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Pauline Laman, Dorothy Mahfood, Suanne Rebhan |
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Haruko Ishii, Yuniki Kanoh, Machiko Yamada |
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Luz de Lourdes Fernandez, Maria Luisa Martinez, Fela Chaves de Subirats |
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Alice Janmaat, Nicole Spitz, Marischka Zegger-Swane |
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Lilly Gulliksen, Vivi Horn Marstrand, Mette Rinde Reuss |
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Teresa Mata, Graca Medina, Veronica Oliveira e Silva |
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Jean Freeman, Anne Esson, Joan Walker |
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Jenny Bruce, Cheran Gerber, Alison Sheard |
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Elena Corminas, Carmen Maestre de Pellon, Cristina Marsans |
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Tiru Fernando, Mrs W.P. Fernando |
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Hillewi Hagström, Pia Nilsson, Liv Wollin |
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Carole Charbonnier, Verena Salvisberg, Marie Christine de Werra |
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Donna Horton, Nancy Lopez, Debbie Massey |
Results[]
# | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | ![]() |
152-152-147-154=605 | +21 |
2 | ![]() |
154-157-149-162=622 | +38 |
3 | ![]() |
160-160-152-154=626 | +42 |
4 | ![]() |
157-159-157-162=635 | +51 |
T5 | ![]() |
160-160-157-159=636 | +52 |
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161-156-157-162=636 | ||
7 | ![]() |
157-161-157-163=638 | +54 |
T8 | ![]() |
159-157-160-163=639 | +55 |
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162-160-157-160=639 | ||
T10 | ![]() |
165-158-159-159=641 | +57 |
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164-160-155-162=641 | ||
12 | ![]() |
158-163-166-156=643 | +59 |
13 | ![]() ![]() |
164-162-162-157=645 | +61 |
14 | ![]() |
160-170-159-160=649 | +65 |
15 | ![]() |
166-171-166-160=663 | +79 |
16 | ![]() |
166-171-165-167=669 | +85 |
17 | ![]() |
172-171-166-165=674 | +90 |
18 | ![]() |
168-170-171-168=677 | +93 |
T19 | ![]() |
175-169-169-172=685 | +101 |
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167-171-175-172=685 | ||
T21 | ![]() |
172-177-175-177=701 | +117 |
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176-184-174-167=701 | ||
23 | ![]() |
177-175-175-175=702 | +118 |
24 | ![]() |
193-199-185-185=762 | +178 |
25 | ![]() |
208-189-183-197=777 | +193 |
Individual leaders[]
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
# | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Nancy Lopez | ![]() |
72-75-73-77=297 | +5 |
2 | Catherine Lacoste de Prado | ![]() |
76-77-75-79=307 | +15 |
T3 | Debbie Massey | ![]() |
80-77-74-78=309 | +23 |
Liv Wollin | ![]() |
79-79-77-74=309 | +25 | |
T5 | Maria Alice Gonzalez | ![]() |
81-76-80-75=312 | +28 |
Donna Horton | ![]() |
81-77-77-77=312 | ||
T7 | Carmen Maestre de Pellon | ![]() |
78-78-77-81=314 | +30 |
Elisabeth Noronha | ![]() |
79-84-72-79=314 | ||
9 | Anne Marie Palli | ![]() |
78-80-74-83=315 | +31 |
10 | Federica Dassù | ![]() |
80-77-78-81=316 | +32 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Record Book 1976 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records". Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 180–181. ISBN 9172603283.
- ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 184. ISBN 91-86818007.
External links[]
- Espirito Santo Trophy
- Golf tournaments in Portugal
- 1976 in golf
- 1976 in Portuguese sport
- October 1976 sports events in Europe