Espirito Santo Trophy

The Espirito Santo Trophy is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation.

The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the French Golf Federation in an agreement with the United States Golf Association. It was planned by Lally Segard, at the time known as Vicomtesse de Saint Sauveur, from France and Mrs. Henri Prunaret from America.^[1] Segard also asked her friends Ricardo and Silvia Espirito Santo, from Portugal, to donate a trophy for the event, which they did.^[2] They had originally bought the golden cup, which had belonged to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, for an international Portuguese event that was not played anymore. The championship was held under the chairmanship of Segard at Golf de Saint Germain outside Paris, France. The week after, the World Amateur Golf Council agreed to manage and sponsor the tournament, beginning in 1966, to be played every second year, and Segard was appointed chairperson of the women's committee of the Council.^[3][4] The Council changed its name to the International Golf Federation in 2003.

Recent tournaments have featured teams from around 50 countries. It is a stroke play event, in which the best two individual scores in each team count towards the final score.

For the first three decades, the championship was dominated by the United States. Later results have reflected the increasing globalisation of women's golf, with six different winners in six events from 1996 to 2006, and several top two placings by teams from Asia. South Korea won four times from 1996 to 2016.

The equivalent "World Amateur Team Championship" for men is the Eisenhower Trophy.

Results[]

Year	Venue	Location	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
2022	Le Golf National	Versailles, France
2020	Tanah Merah Country Club Sentosa Golf Club originally Hong Kong Golf Club[5]	Singapore originally Hong Kong	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic[6]
2018	Carton House Golf Club Montgomerie and O'Meara Courses	Dublin, Ireland	United States Jennifer Kupcho Kristen Gillman Lilia Vu	Japan	South Korea
2016	Mayakoba El Camaleón Golf Club Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club	Riviera Maya, Mexico	South Korea Choi Hye-jin	Switzerland Kim Métraux Morgane Métraux	Ireland Leona Maguire Olivia Mehaffey
2014	Karuizawa 72 East Golf Club	Karuizawa, Japan	Australia Minjee Lee Su-Hyun Oh	Canada Brooke Henderson	Korea Choi Hye-jin
2012	Gloria Golf Club	Antalya, Turkey	South Korea Kim Hyo-joo Baek Kyu-jung	Germany Sophia Popov Karolin Lampert	Finland Sanna Nuutinen Krista Bakker Noora Tamminen  Australia Minjee Lee Whitney Hillier
2010	Buenos Aires Golf Club Olivos Golf Club	Buenos Aires, Argentina	South Korea	USA Jessica Korda Cydney Clanton Danielle Kang	Sweden Caroline Hedwall Camilla Lennarth Louise Larsson  France Lucie Andre Manon Gidali
2008	The Grange Golf Club	Adelaide, Australia	Sweden Caroline Hedwall Pernilla Lindberg Anna Nordqvist	Spain Carlota Ciganda Belen Mozo Azahara Muñoz	United States Amanda Blumenherst Tiffany Joh
2006	De Zalze Golf Club Stellenbosch Golf Club	Cape Town, South Africa	South Africa Stacy Bregman Kelli Shean Ashleigh Simon	Sweden Sofie Andersson Anna Nordqvist Caroline Westrup	Colombia Mariajo Uribe
2004	Rio Mar Country Club	Río Grande, Puerto Rico	Sweden Sofie Andersson Karin Sjödin Louise Stahle	United States Paula Creamer Jane Park  Canada	(No Bronze awarded - duplicate silvers)
2002	Saujana Golf and Country Club	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Australia Katherine Hull Lindsey Wright	Thailand Aree Song Wongluekiet Naree Song Wongluekiet	Spain Marta Prieto
2000	Sporting Club Berlin	Bad Saarow, Germany	France Karine Icher	South Korea Kim Joo-mi Ahn Shi-hyun	Great Britain &  Ireland Rebecca Hudson
1998	Prince of Wales Country Club	Santiago, Chile	United States Jenny Chuasiriporn Brenda Corrie-Kuehn	Italy Giulia Sergas Federica Piovano Sofia Sandolo  Germany Miriam Nagl	(No Bronze awarded- duplicate silvers)
1996	St. Elena Golf Club	Manila, Philippines	South Korea Han Hee-won Kang Soo-yun	Italy Sofia Sandolo Silvia Cavalleri Giulia Sergas	United States Brenda Corrie-Kuehn Kelli Kuehne
1994	Le Golf National (Albatros course)	Versailles, France	United States Sarah LeBrun Ingram Carol Semple Thompson Wendy Ward	South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim Pak Se-ri	Sweden Maria Hjorth Anna-Carin Jonasson
1992	Marine Drive Golf Club	Vancouver, British Columbia	Spain Macarena Campomanes Estefania Knuth Laura Navarro	Great Britain &  Ireland Joanne Morley Catriona Matthew	New Zealand Lynnette Brooky
1990	Russley Golf Club	Christchurch, New Zealand	United States Vicki Goetze Pat Hurst	New Zealand	Great Britain &  Ireland Julie Hall
1988	Drottningholm Golf Club	Stockholm, Sweden	United States Anne Sander Pearl Sinn Carol Thompson	Sweden Helen Alfredsson Helene Andersson Eva Dahllöf	Great Britain &  Ireland
1986	Lagunita Country Club	Caracas, Venezuela	Spain Macarena Campomanes	France Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue	United States Kay Cockerill Leslie Shannon
1984	Royal Hong Kong Golf Club	Fanling, Hong Kong	United States Heather Farr Deb Richard Jody Anschutz	France Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue	Great Britain &  Ireland Penny Grice Gillian Stewart
1982	Geneva Golf Club	Geneva, Switzerland	United States Kathy Baker Amy Benz Juli Inkster	New Zealand	Great Britain &  Ireland Jane Connachan Belle Robertson Gillian Stewart
1980	Pinehurst Resort	Pinehurst, North Carolina	United States Juli Inkster Patti Rizzo Carol Semple	Australia Edwina Kennedy	France Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue  Spain Marta Figueras-Dotti
1978	Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club	Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji	Australia Edwina Kennedy	Canada Marilyn Palmer Cathy Sherk	France Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Catherine Lacoste
1976	Vilamoura Golf Club	Portimão, Algarve, Portugal	United States Donna Horton Nancy Lopez Debbie Massey	France Catherine Lacoste Anne Marie Palli	Brazil
1974	Casa de Campo	La Romana, Dominican Republic	United States Cindy Hill Debbie Massey Carol Semple	Great Britain &  Ireland  South Africa Alison Sheard	(No Bronze awarded - duplicate silvers)
1972	The Hundu Country Club	Buenos Aires, Argentina	United States Laura Baugh	France Anne Marie Palli Brigitte Varangot	Sweden Liv Wollin
1970	Club de Campo	Madrid, Spain	United States Cindy Hill	France Catherine Lacoste Brigitte Varangot	South Africa Sally Little
1968	Victoria Golf Club	Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia	United States Shelley Hamlin Anne Quast	Australia	France Catherine Lacoste Brigitte Varangot
1966	Mexico City Golf Club	Mexico City, Mexico	United States Shelley Hamlin Anne Quast	Canada Marlene Streit	France Catherine Lacoste Brigitte Varangot
1964	St. Germain Golf Club	Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France	France Catherine Lacoste Brigitte Varangot	United States Barbara McIntire	England

Results summary[]

Country	Win	2nd	3rd	Total
United States	14	3	3	20
South Korea	4	2	2	8
Australia	3	2	1	6
France	2	5	5	12
Sweden	2	2	3	7
Spain	2	1	2	5
South Africa	1	1	1	3
Canada		4		4
Great Britain &  Ireland		2	5	7
New Zealand		2	1	3
Germany		2		2
Italy		2		2
Japan		1		1
Switzerland		1		1
Thailand		1		1
Brazil			1	1
Colombia			1	1
England			1	1
Finland			1	1
Ireland			1	1
Total	28	31	28	87

Sources:^{[7][8][9][10]}

The "Great Britain & Ireland" team represented the two separate independent countries of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from 1966 to 2004. This is the designation of the team which plays the United States in the Curtis Cup. From 2006, England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (a combined Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland team) have competed as separate teams.

References[]

External links[]

• More detailed results on the International Golf Federation's site