1980 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 1980 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 1–4 October at Pinehurst Country Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States. It was the ninth women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 28 teams, each with up to three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

1980 Espirito Santo Trophy
Tournament information
Dates1–4 October
LocationPinehurst, North Carolina, U.S.
35°11′24″N 79°28′05″W / 35.190°N 79.468°W / 35.190; -79.468
Course(s)Pinehurst Country Club
(No. 2 course)
Organized byWorld Amateur Golf Council
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par74
Length5,940 yards (5,430 m)
Field28 teams
83 players
Champion
 United States
Juli Inkster, Patti Rizzo, Carol Semple
588 (−4)
Location map
Location in the United States
Location in North Carolina
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The United States team won the Trophy, taking back the title from four years ago and winning their seventh title, beating defending champions team Australia by seven strokes. Australia earned the silver medal while team France and the combined team of Great Britain and Ireland, shared the bronze on tied third place another 15 strokes behind.[1]

Teams

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28 teams contested the event. Each team had three players, except Guatemala, who had two.

Country Players
  Argentina Susanna B. Garmendia, Maria E. Noguerol, Beatriz G. Rossello
  Australia Lindy Goggin, Edwina Kennedy, Jane Lock
  Belgium Isabelle Declerq, Marie-Noelle Herkens, Francoise De Wagheneire
  Bermuda Judithanne Astwood Outerbridge, Barbara Mulder, Ginette Spinucci
  Brazil Isabel D. Lopes, Elisabeth Nickhorn, Tiemi Nomura
  Canada Barbara Bunkowsky, Lynn Cooke, Judy Ellis
  Chile Maria Pia Aguirre, Ana Maria Cambiaso, Beatriz Steeger
  China Li-Ying Chen, Bie-Shyun Huang, Hsiu-Tien Su
  Colombia Patricia Gonzalez, Gloria de Pardo, Monica Tamayo
  Fiji Anna Dunn, Tuli Naisara, Myrtle Pickering
  France Elaine Berthet, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue
  Great Britain &
  Ireland
Jane Connachan, Maureen Madill, Belle Robertson
  Guatemala Nancy D. de Noguera, Florencia H. de Rolz
  Italy Emanuelo Braito, Marina Buscaini, Federica Dassù
  Japan Haruko Ishi, Toshi Matsubara, Haruyo Miyazawa
  Mexico Carolina Fernandez, Pilar Guzman, Adriana Ramirez
  Netherlands Alice Janmaat, Joyce Heysler, Ineke Keunen
  New Zealand Liz Douglas, Brenda Rhodes, Jan Scandrett
  Norway Reidun S. Dirdal, Lilly Gulliksen, Mette Rinde Reuss
  Peru Mariza Alzamora, Alicia Dibos, Juana M. de Nari
  South Africa Rae Hast, Sheree Muirhead, Vicky Farrell
  Spain Marta Figueras-Dotti, Ana Monfort de Albox, Carmen Maestre de Pellon
  Sweden Viveca Hoff, Pia Nilsson, Liv Wollin
  Switzerland Annette Hadorn, Regine Lautens, Marie Christine de Werra
  United States Juli Inkster, Patti Rizzo, Carol Semple
  Venezuela Angeles Alcantara, Gracielo Quintana, Gracielo Plaza
  West Germany Ursula Beer, Sabine Blecher, Barbara Böhm
  Zimbabwe Vivienne Browning, Linda Turnbull, Rowena Wepener

Results

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Place Country Score To par
    United States 151-145-148-144=588 −4
    Australia 150-146-151-148=595 +3
T    France 158-150-156-146=610 +18
  Spain 159-145-150-156=610
5   Great Britain &
  Ireland
156-154-149-156=615 +23
T6   Italy 158-155-156-152=621 +29
  Sweden 156-154-154-157=621
T8   Canada 160-151-155-156=622 +30
  Switzerland 157-158-152-155=622
10   Japan 159-157-157-155=628 +36
11   New Zealand 157-157-153-163=630 +38
12   China 160-155-157-161=633 +41
13   West Germany 160-153-158.164=635 +43
14   South Africa 160-161-156-161=638 +46
T15   Argentina 160-166-161-156=643 +51
  Netherlands 162-159-162-160=643
T17   Belgium 169-163-154-163=649 +57
  Brazil 162-158-163-166=649
19   Norway 167-162-160-162=651 +59
20   Colombia 171-164-166-162=663 +71
21   Zimbabwe 168-168-162-174=666 +74
22   Peru 169-163-162-174=668 +76
23   Chile 169-160-173-169=671 +79
24   Mexico 171-167-175-168=681 +89
25   Venezuela 171-168-169-177=685 +93
26   Bermuda 181-179-179-179=711 +119
27   Guatemala 170-192-173-178=713 +121
28   Fiji 183-183-185-188=739 +147

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 Patti Rizzo   United States 73-70-75-76=294 +2
2 Edwina Kennedy   Australia 73-71-76-76=296 +4
3 Marta Figueras-Dotti   Spain 80-70-71-77=298 +6
4 Linda Goggin   Australia 77-75-75-72=299 +7
5 Juli Inkster   United States 78-75-74-73=300 +8
6 Carol Semple   United States 78-79-74-71=302 +10
7 Federica Dassù   Italy 78-75-77-74=304 +12
8 Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue   France 79-73-79-75=306 +14
9 Marie-Laure de Lorenzi   France 79-80-77-71=307 +15
T10 Jane Connachan   Great Britain &
  Ireland
78-73-76-81=308 +16
Pia Nilsson   Sweden 79-77-75-77=308

References

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  1. ^ a b "Record Book 1980 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 5 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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