1974 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 1974 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 22–25 October at Campo de Golf in Cajuiles, La Romana Province, Dominican Republic. It was the sixth women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 22 teams, each with up to three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

1974 Espirito Santo Trophy
Tournament information
Dates22–25 October
LocationCajuiles, La Romana Province, Dominican Republic
18.415°N 68.937°W / 18.415; -68.937
Course(s)Campo de Golf
Organized byWorld Amateur Golf Council
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par74
Length6,117 yards (5,593 m)
Field22 teams
65 players
Champion
 United States
Cindy Hill, Debbie Massey, Carol Semple
620 (+28)
Location Map
Campo de Golf, Dominican Republic
Location in the Caribbean

The United States team won the Trophy, defending their title from two years ago and winning their fifth consecutive title, beating team Great Britain & Ireland and team South Africa by 16 strokes. Great Britain & Ireland took and South Africa shared the silver medal.[1]

The event was originally planned to be played in Malaysia but was moved because of the inability of all member countries to compete there as the Malaysian government's policy prohibited entry into Malaysia of representatives of South Africa.[2]

Teams

22 teams contested the event. Each team had three players, except Chile who only had two.

Country Players
 Argentina Maria Julia Caserta de Aftalion, Beatriz Rossello, Maria Teran
 Australia Liz Cavill Blackmore, Jane Lock, Marea Hickey Parsons
 Belgium Corinne Reybroeck, Louise van den Berghe, Francoise Wagheneire
 Bermuda Phillis Ahern, Joan Foulger, Glenda Todd
 Brazil Ingrid Buchi, Maria Alice Gonzalez, Elisabeth Noronha
 Canada Betty Stanhope-Cole, Marylin Palmer, Susan Wickware
 Chile Maria Pia Aguirre, Ximena Bernales
 Dominican Republic Silivia Corrie, Maria de la Guardia, Jacqueline M. de Jesus
 France Martine Giraud, Catherine Lacoste de Prado, Brigitte Varangot
Great Britain &
 Ireland		 Julia Greenhalgh, Mary McKenna, Tegwen Perkins
 Italy Federica Dassù, Eva Ragher, Marina Ragher
 Jamaica Pauline Laman, Dorothy Mahfood, Suanne Rebhan
 Japan Masu Arakawa, Haruko Ishii, Machiko Yamada
 Netherlands Alice Janmaat, Priscilla Sauteer, Marischka Swane
 New Zealand V.A. Bishop, S. Boag, Frances Pere
 Puerto Rico Sally Gonzalez, Linda Lupica, Tati Shapiro
 South Africa Jenny Bruce, Lisle Nel, Alison Sheard
 Spain Emma Villacieros de García-Ogara, Cristina Marsans, Carmen Maestre de Pellon
 Sweden Monica Andersson, Anna Skanse Dönnestad, Liv Wollin
  Switzerland Carole Charbonnier, Verena Salvisberg, Marie Christine de Werra
 United States Cindy Hill, Debbie Massey, Carol Semple
 Venezuela Angeles Alcantara, Elena Larrazabal, Doris Wright

Results
# Country Score To par
1  United States 160-151-156-153=620 +28
2 Great Britain &
 Ireland		 160-157-160-159=636 +44
 South Africa 162-159-161-154=636
4  Australia 168-155-158-156=637 +45
5  Spain 165-154-162-158=639 +47
6  Italy 159-156-162-163=640 +48
7  France 160-165-170-152=647 +55
8  Sweden 168-161-158-163=650 +58
9   Switzerland 164-168-166-156=654 +62
10  Canada 164-164-168-159=655 +63
11  Japan 167-165-163-162=657 +65
12  Brazil 168-169-164-164=665 +73
13  Netherlands 165-167-172-164=668 +76
14  New Zealand 175-167-175-159=676 +84
15  Argentina 168-172-172-170=682 +90
16  Belgium 172-169-172-174=687 +95
17  Chile 177-178-174-163=692 +100
18  Jamaica 181-177-180-174=712 +120
19  Dominican Republic 185-174-181-178=718 +126
20  Puerto Rico 183-183-186-170=722 +130
21  Venezuela 189-181-181-181=732 +140
22  Bermuda 208-205-207-194=814 +222

Sources: [1][3][4][5][6]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

# Player Country Score To par
1 Cindy Hill  United States 76-79-79-73=307 +15
2 Debbie Massey  United States 84-72-77-81=314 +22
3 Jane Lock  Australia 83-76-79-77=315 +23
4 Federica Dassù  Italy 78-79-79-80=317 +25
5 Cristina Marsans  Spain 81-75-80-82=318 +26
6 Alison Sheard  South Africa 83-81-81-74=319 +27
T7 Betty Cole  Canada 83-80-83-75=321 +29
Catherine Lacoste  France 78-84-88-71=321
Carmen Maestre de Pellon  Spain 84-79-82-76=321
T10 Julia Greenhalgh Great Britain &
 Ireland		 80-84-79-81=324 +32
Anna Skanse Dönnestad  Sweden 83-81-77-82=324
Marie Christine Werra   Switzerland 82-84-80-78=324

References
  1. "Record Book 1974 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. "Golf Switch". The Tribune. Nassau and Bahama Islands. 1 August 1974. p. 12. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. "World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records". Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  4. "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.
  5. Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 180–181. ISBN 9172603283.
  6. 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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