2008 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 8–11 October at the Grange Golf Club (East and West Course) in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

2008 Espirito Santo Trophy
Tournament information
Dates8–11 October
LocationAdelaide,
South Australia, Australia
34°55′44″S 138°36′4″E
Course(s)Grange Golf Club
(East and West courses)
Organized byInternational Golf Federation
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
ParEast: 73
West: 72
LengthEast: 6,260 yards (5,720 m)
West: 6,149 yards (5,623 m)
Field48 teams
144 players
Champion
 Sweden
Caroline Hedwall, Pernilla Lindberg, Anna Nordqvist
562 (−19)
Location Map
Grange GC, Adelaide
Location in Australia

It was the 23rd women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.

The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were a tied record 48 team entries, each with three players.

Each team played two rounds at the East Course and two rounds at the West Course in different orders, but all leading teams played the fourth round at the West Course. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

Sweden won the Trophy for their second title and the first wire-to-wire win seen in the championship in 18 years, beating team Spain by 12 strokes. Spain earned the silver medal while the United States team advanced, with two sub-70-scores in the last round, from fourth to third place and took the bronze medal another two strokes back.

With this championship, Sweden became the only team to have finished in the top-10 in all 23 editions of the Espirito Santo Trophy since the inaugural event in 1964.

The individual title went to 19-year-old Caroline Hedwall, Sweden, who, just as her team, lead wire-to-wire. Hedwall's score of 10-under-par, 280, was one stroke ahead of her teammate Anna Nordqvist. The third Swedish player, Pernilla Lindberg, finished 18th individually, despite none of her four rounds counted towards the team score.[1][2]

Teams

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

Country Players
 Argentina Martina Gavier, Maria Olivero, Maria Victoria Villanueva
 Australia Julia Boland, Clare Choi, Stephanie Na
 Austria Stefanie Endstrasser, Martina Hochwimmer, Marina Kotnik
 Belgium Valentine Gevers, Laura Gonzalez-Escallon, Chloé Leurquin
 Bermuda Kim Botelho, Ebonie Burgess, Tariqah Walikraam
 Brazil Mariana de Biase, Patricia Carvalho, Karina Palmberg
 Canada Maude-Aimée LeBlanc, Kira Meixner, Stephanie Sherlock
 Czech Republic Veronika Holisová, Katerina Ružicková, Klára Spilková
 Chile Paz Echeverría, Macarena Silva, Soledad Ruiz Tagle
 China Li Jiayun, Xiao Yi, Luo Ying
 Chinese Taipei Yu-ling Hsieh, Tzu-chi Lin, Pei-ying Tsai
 Colombia Paola Moreno, Juliana Murcia, Mariajo Uribe
 Cook Islands Naomi George, Rotana Howard, Elmay Viking
 Denmark Malene Jorgensen, Therese Köelbaek, Charlotte Lorentzen
 England Elizabeth Bennett, Jodi Ewart, Rachel Jennings
 Fiji Sereana Phillipps, Selai Pridgeon, Kelera Watling
 Finland Satu Harju, Linda Henriksson, Rosa Svahn
 France Lucie Andre, Barbara Genuini, Audrey Goumard
 Germany Pia Halbig, Thea Hoffmeister, Caroline Masson
 Greece Kassandra Poole, Violetta Siozou, Chryssi Vafeiadi
 Guatemala Pamela Abreu, Maria Alejandra Camey, Katina Ruest
 Hong Kong Tiffany Chan, Demi Mak, Ginger Mak
 Iceland Helena Arnadottir, Tinna Johannsdottir, Eyglo Myrra Oskarsdottir
 Ireland Tara Delaney, Niamh Kitching, Danielle McVeigh
 Italy Marianna Causin, Alessia Knight, Giulia Molinaro
 Japan Asako Fujimoto, Mika Miyazato, Kaori Ohe
 Latvia Laura Jansone, Krista Puisite, Mara Puisite
 Malaysia Ainil Johani Bakar, Amanda Chin, Sharon Lau
 Mexico Diana Cantu, Alejandra Llaneza, Ana Alicia Malagon
 Netherlands Christel Boeljon, Marieke Nivard, Dewi Claire Schreefel
 New Zealand Cathryn Bristow, Dana Kim, Natasha Krishna
 Norway Tonje Daffinrud, Rachel Raastad, Amalie Valle
 Philippines Chihiro Ikeda, Lou Isabelle Manalo, Ana Tampinco
 Portugal Magda Carrilho, Ana Melo, Marta Vasconcelos
 Puerto Rico Lydia Benitez Colón, Patricia Garcia, Kyle Roig
 Russia Elizaveta Nikulina, Galina Rotmistrova, Anna Verchenova
 Scotland Krystle Caithness, Roseanne Niven, Kylie Walker
 Singapore Christabel Goh, Sock Hwee Koh, Stephanie Loi
 Slovakia Veronika Falathová, Barbora Kachlíková, Victoria Tomko
 South Africa Moniqué Smit, Iliska Verwey, Kim Williams
 South Korea Jung-eun Han, Yoon-kyung Heo, Soo-jin Yang
 Spain Carlota Ciganda, Belén Mozo, Azahara Muñoz
 Sweden Caroline Hedwall, Pernilla Lindberg, Anna Nordqvist
  Switzerland Anais Maggetti, Caroline Rominger, Fanny Vuignier
 Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn, Patcharajutar Kongkraphan, Pavarisa Yoktuan
 Turkey Necla Gerçek, Elcin Ulu, Selin Özgür
 United States Amanda Blumenherst, Tiffany Joh, Alison Walshe
 Wales Sahra Hassan, Breanne Loucks, Rhian Wyn Thomas

Results

# Country Score To par
1  Sweden 137-138-147-139=561 −19
2  Spain 145-138-150-140=573 −7
3  United States 152-144-142-137=575 −5
4  Canada 147-148-147-141=583 +3
5  Japan 146-147-143-148=584 +4
6  Germany 148-150-145-142=585 +5
7  England 149-147-150-140=586 +6
T8  Denmark 149-149-145-144=587 +7
 Netherlands 150-142-148-147=587
10  South Africa 147-143-150-148=588 +8
T11  Scotland 147-154-146-145=592 +12
 South Korea 150-151-151-140=592
13  Austria 149-156-144-144=593 +13
14  Colombia 151-149-146-148=594 +14
T15  Australia 149-149-149-148=595 +15
 France 148-150-152-145=595
T17  Argentina 154-155-144-143=596 +16
  Switzerland 152-150-146-148=596
19  Philippines 156-152-143-148=599 +19
20  Norway 154-146-153-148=601 +21
T21  New Zealand 147-153-151-152=603 +23
 Thailand 161-152-143-147=603
23  Wales 155-147-151-151=604 +24
24  Ireland 149-154-153-150=606 +26
T25  Belgium 162-145-149-151=607 +27
 Brazil 149-146-161-151=607
 Finland 160-148-151-148=607
28  Czech Republic 155-153-159-141=608 +28
29  Latvia 154-154-153-149=610 +30
T30  Italy 151-156-149-155=611 +31
 Mexico 152-151-157-151=611
32  Chinese Taipei 151-156-154-151=612 +32
33  Puerto Rico 155-156-151-152=614 +34
34  Chile 152-160-155-148=615 +35
35  China 156-162-152-150=620 +40
36  Russia 153-158-165-146=622 +42
37  Malaysia 158-159-154-152=623 +43
38  Portugal 155-161-155-154=625 +45
39  Guatemala 159-159-156-155=629 +49
40  Hong Kong 165-155-155-156=631 +51
41  Iceland 163-156-157-161=637 +57
42  Singapore 159-166-160-155=640 +60
43  Bermuda 171-158-158-154=641 +61
44  Turkey 162-173-153-158=646 +66
45  Slovakia 163-157-163-168=651 +71
46  Cook Islands 159-167-164-165=655 +75
47  Greece 170-168-170-163=671 +91
48  Fiji 185-190-175-180=730 +150

Source: [3]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

# Player Country Score To par
1 Caroline Hedwall  Sweden 67-70-73-70=280 −10
2 Anna Nordqvist  Sweden 70-68-74-69=281 −9
3 Azahara Muñoz  Spain 71-72-74-70=287 −3
4 Maude-Aimee LeBlanc  Canada 73-75-71-69=288 −2
5 Christel Boeljon  Netherlands 77-68-70-74=289 −1
T6 Krystle Caithness  Scotland 71-73-71-75=290 E
Jodi Ewart  England 73-72-75-70=290
Caroline Masson  Germany 75-74-71-70=290
Mariajo Uribe  Colombia 73-73-72-72=290
Alison Walshe  United States 78-73-69-70=290

References

  1. "World Amateur Team Championships: Women's World Amateur Team Championship". Golfstat. 11 October 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. "23rd World Amateur Team Championship" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. pp. 5–10. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. "World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records". Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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