1996 Espirito Santo Trophy

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1996 Espirito Santo Trophy
Tournament information
Dates7–10 November
LocationManila, Philippines
14°19′19″N 121°02′38″E / 14.322°N 121.044°E / 14.322; 121.044
Course(s)
Organized byWorld Amateur Golf Council
Format54 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Field34 teams
102 players
Champion
 South Korea
Han Hee-won, Kang Soo-yun,
438 (+6)
Location Map
St. Elena Golf Club, Manila is located in Philippines
St. Elena Golf Club, Manila
St. Elena Golf Club, Manila
Location in the Philippines
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The 1996 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 7–10 November at in Manila, Philippines.

It was the 17th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.

The tournament was a stroke play team event, due to heavy rain, shortened from 72 holes to 54 holes. There were 34 team entries, each with three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

The South Korea team won the Trophy for their first title, beating team Italy by two strokes. Italy earned the silver medal while the defending champions United States took the bronze on third place another four strokes back.

The individual title went to Silvia Cavalleri, Italy, whose score of one-over-par, 217, was one stroke ahead of Janice Moodie, Great Britain & Ireland.[1]

Teams[]

34 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players.

Country Players
 Argentina Maria Larrauri, Maria Olivero, Antionieta Torres
 Australia Tamie Durdin, Kate MacIntosh, Simone Williams
 Austria Lilian Mensi-Klarbach, Nina Mensi-Klarbach, Katharina Poppmeier
 Belgium Annabelle Haxhe, Catherine Pons, Stephanie Schinkel
 Bermuda Judithanne Astwood, Madeline Joell-Warren, Kim Marshall
 Brazil Maria Candida Hanneman, Elisabeth Nickhorn, Cristina Menichetti
 Canada Mary Ann Lapointe, Barbara Lilley, Tracey Lipp
 Czech Republic Martina Dornikova, Petra Kvidova, Gabriela Teissingova
 Chile Maria Jose Hurtado, Gloria Soto, Beatriz Steeger
 Chinese Taipei Hsiao-chuan Lu, Ya-huei Lu, Yun-jye Wei
 Colombia Cristina Baena, Maria Isabel Baena, Luisa Fernanda Cuartas
 Denmark Lotta Greve, Karen Margrethe Juul, Christina Kuld
 Dominican Republic Dominique Gagnon, Teresa Garcia, Caroline Greven
 Finland Riikka Hakkarainen, Anna Hokkanen, Nina Laitinen
 France Maitena Alsuguren, Marine Monnet, Amandine Vincent
 Germany Elisabeth Esterl, Anika Heuser, Ester Poburski
 Great Britain
&  Ireland 		Mhairi McKay, Janice Moodie, Elaine Ratcliffe
 Guatemala Beatriz Arenas, Naomi Lida, Florencia De Rolz
 Indonesia Ani Iman, Retno Mustari, Titi Puryanti
 Italy Silvia Cavalleri, Sophie Sandolo, Giulia Sergas
 Japan Mia Nakada, Mayumi Nakajima, Kimiyo Yoshida
 Mexico Marta Ostos, Vinny Riviello, Nancy Veraslegvi
 Netherlands Frederique Lempers, Marcella Neggers, Marieke Zelsman
 New Zealand Renee Fowler, Catherine Knight, Gina Scott
 Peru Claudia Ferrini, Gilda Hawie, Ninoska Villegas
 Philippines Dorothy Delasin, Maricel Manguino, Jennifer Rosales
 Puerto Rico Karen Calvesbert, Sacha Medina, Carmen Ana Rivera
 South Africa Sanet Marais, Lelitia Moses, Barbara Plant
 South Korea Han Hee-won, Kang Soo-yun, Kim Kyung-sook
 Spain Sara Beautell, María José Pons, Ana Belen Sánchez
 Sweden Anna Berg, Sara Eklund, Mia Löjdahl
  Switzerland Sophie Ducrey, Alexandra Gasser, Sandra Storjohann
 Thailand Juruwan Gulyanamitta, Rhungthiwa Pangjan, Sasikarn Utajan
 United States Kellee Booth, Brenda Corrie-Kuehn, Kelli Kuehne

Results[]

The first round of the 72-hole tournament was cancelled due to monsoon rains and lightning and the competition was played over 54 holes. Players were permitted to lift, clean and place their balls on the fairway during all three completed rounds.

# Country Score To par
1  South Korea 147-139-152=438 +6
2  Italy 146-144-150=440 +8
3  United States 143-149-152=444 +12
T4  Spain 146-151-148=445 +13
 Great Britain
&  Ireland 		146-145-154=445
T6  Germany 153-149-149=451 +19
 Sweden 149-149-153=451
 Chinese Taipei 147-147-157=451
T9  Colombia 144-147-161=452 +20
 Finland 150-152-150=452
11  South Africa 151-147-155=453 +21
T12  Australia 149-154-151=454 +22
 France 152-146-156=454
14  New Zealand 147-150-158=455 +23
15  Canada 148-151-157=456 +19
16  Netherlands 152-150-155=457 +21
17  Philippines 152-151-155=458 +26
18  Japan 154-154-151=459 +27
T19  Austria 156-151-153=460 +28
 Denmark 148-157-155=460
21  Brazil 150-162-149=461 +29
22  Mexico 152-154-158=464 +32
23   Switzerland 156-153-157=466 +34
24  Belgium 152-157-158=467 +35
25  Indonesia 161-151-157=469 +37
26  Argentina 154-154-162=470 +38
27  Thailand 157-156-163=476 +44
28  Czech Republic 162-154-161=477 +45
29  Bermuda 160-161-158=479 +47
30  Puerto Rico 160-159-163=482 +50
31  Chile 165-158-163=486 +54
32  Guatemala 164-169-163=496 +64
33  Peru 166-171-171=510 +78
34  Dominican Republic 174-181-173=528 +96

Sources:[1][2][3]

Individual leaders[]

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

# Player Country Score To par
1 Silvia Cavalleri  Italy 71-73-73=217 +1
2 Janice Moodie  Great Britain
&  Ireland 		69-75-74=218 +2
T3 Nina Laitinen  Finland 73-72-75=220 +4
Kelli Kuehne  United States 71-75-74=220
T5 Anna Berg  Sweden 72-73-76=221 +5
Han Hee-won  South Korea 79-68-74=221
Ana Belen Sánchez  Spain 73-76-72=221
8 Simone Williams  Australia 72-77-73=222 +6
9 Hsiao-chuan Lu  Chinese Taipei 73-73-77=223 +7
T10 Sara Beautell  Spain 73-75-76=224 +8
Kellee Booth  United States 72-74-78=224
Kang Soo-yun  South Korea 72-71-81=224
Giulia Sergas  Italy 75-71-78=224

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Record Book 1996 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. ^ "World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records". Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  3. ^ 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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