1976 Espirito Santo Trophy

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.

1976 Espirito Santo Trophy
Tournament information
Dates6–9 October
LocationVilamoura, Algarve, Portugal
37°4′40″N 8°6′55″W
Course(s)Vilamoura Golf Club (Vilamoura Old Course)
Organized byWorld Amateur Golf Council
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par73
Length6,181 yards (5,652 m)
Field25 teams
74 players
Champion
 United States
Donna Horton, Nancy Lopez, Debbie Massey
605 (+21)
Location Map
Vilamoura Golf Club
Location i Portugal

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
 Argentina Maria Julia Caserta de Aftalion, Amanda de Felicia, Beatriz Rossello
 Australia Jane Lock, Sandra McCaw, Karen Permezel
 Belgium Maguy Brose, Marianne Toussaint, Francoise Wagheneire
 Brazil Maria Alice Gonzalez, Elisabeth Noronha, Laura M. dos Santos
 Canada Betty Stanhope-Cole, Marylin Palmer, Dale Shaw
 Chile Patriciua Fernandez, Beatriz Steeger, Maria Pia Valdez
 China Mei-Chin Chen, Ming-Ching Huang, Yu-Hsia Tai
 Denmark Annettte Hagdrup, Marete Meiland, Tina Pors
 Dominican Republic Silivia Corrie, Susan Fellow, Jacqueline M. de Jesus
 France Catherine Lacoste de Prado, Anne Marie Palli, Marie-Christine Ubald-Bocquet
Great Britain &
 Ireland		 Mary McKenna, Catherine Panton, Jenny Lee Smith
 Italy Federica Dassù, Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, Marina Ragher
 Jamaica Pauline Laman, Dorothy Mahfood, Suanne Rebhan
 Japan Haruko Ishii, Yuniki Kanoh, Machiko Yamada
 Mexico Luz de Lourdes Fernandez, Maria Luisa Martinez, Fela Chaves de Subirats
 Netherlands Alice Janmaat, Nicole Spitz, Marischka Zegger-Swane
 Norway Lilly Gulliksen, Vivi Horn Marstrand, Mette Rinde Reuss
 Portugal Teresa Mata, Graca Medina, Veronica Oliveira e Silva
 Rhodesia Jean Freeman, Anne Esson, Joan Walker
 South Africa Jenny Bruce, Cheran Gerber, Alison Sheard
 Spain Elena Corminas, Carmen Maestre de Pellon, Cristina Marsans
 Sri Lanka Tiru Fernando, Mrs W.P. Fernando
 Sweden Hillewi Hagström, Pia Nilsson, Liv Wollin
  Switzerland Carole Charbonnier, Verena Salvisberg, Marie Christine de Werra
 United States Donna Horton, Nancy Lopez, Debbie Massey

Results
# Country Score To par
1  United States 152-152-147-154=605 +21
2  France 154-157-149-162=622 +38
3  Brazil 160-160-152-154=626 +42
4  Italy 157-159-157-162=635 +51
T5  Australia 160-160-157-159=636 +52
 Canada 161-156-157-162=636
7  China 157-161-157-163=638 +54
T8  South Africa 159-157-160-163=639 +55
 Spain 162-160-157-160=639
T10  Sweden 165-158-159-159=641 +57
 West Germany 164-160-155-162=641
12  Japan 158-163-166-156=643 +59
13 Great Britain &
 Ireland		 164-162-162-157=645 +61
14  Argentina 160-170-159-160=649 +65
15   Switzerland 166-171-166-160=663 +79
16  Netherlands 166-171-165-167=669 +85
17  Belgium 172-171-166-165=674 +90
18  Chile 168-170-171-168=677 +93
T19  Denmark 175-169-169-172=685 +101
 Mexico 167-171-175-172=685
T21  Norway 172-177-175-177=701 +117
 Sri Lanka 176-184-174-167=701
23  Rhodesia 177-175-175-175=702 +118
24  Portugal 193-199-185-185=762 +178
25  Dominican Republic 208-189-183-197=777 +193

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

# Player Country Score To par
1 Nancy Lopez  United States 72-75-73-77=297 +5
2 Catherine Lacoste de Prado  France 76-77-75-79=307 +15
T3 Debbie Massey  United States 80-77-74-78=309 +23
Liv Wollin  Sweden 79-79-77-74=309 +25
T5 Maria Alice Gonzalez  Brazil 81-76-80-75=312 +28
Donna Horton  United States 81-77-77-77=312
T7 Carmen Maestre de Pellon  Spain 78-78-77-81=314 +30
Elisabeth Noronha  Brazil 79-84-72-79=314
9 Anne Marie Palli  France 78-80-74-83=315 +31
10 Federica Dassù  Italy 80-77-78-81=316 +32

References
  1. "Record Book 1976 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. "World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records". Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  3. "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.
  4. Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 180–181. ISBN 9172603283.
  5. 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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