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 / 37.07778°N 8.11528°W / 37.07778; -8.11528
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)
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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

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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 De 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

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Place Country Score To par
    United States 152-152-147-154=605 +21
    France 154-157-149-162=622 +38
    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

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There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place 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

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  1. ^ a b "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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