Espirito Santo Trophy

The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation.

The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the French Golf Federation in an agreement with the United States Golf Association. It was planned by Lally Segard, at the time known as Vicomtesse de Saint Sauveur, from France and Mrs. Henri Prunaret from America. Segard also asked her friends Ricardo and Silvia Espirito Santo, from Portugal, to donate a trophy for the event, which they did. They had originally bought the golden cup, which had belonged to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, for an international Portuguese event that was not played anymore. The championship was held under the chairmanship of Segard at Golf de Saint Germain outside Paris, France. The week after, the World Amateur Golf Council agreed to manage and sponsor the tournament, beginning in 1966, to be played every second year, and Segard was appointed chairperson of the women's committee of the council. The Council changed its name to the International Golf Federation in 2003.

Later tournaments have featured teams from around 50 ccountries. From 2023, the field has been restricted to 36 teams, qualified through different criteria. It is a stroke play event, in which the best two individual scores in each team count towards the final score.

For the first three decades, the championship was dominated by the United States. Later results have reflected the increasing globalisation of women's golf, with six different winners in six events from 1996 to 2006, and several top two placings by teams from Asia. South Korea won four times from 1996 to 2016.

The equivalent "World Amateur Team Championship" for men is the Eisenhower Trophy.

Results

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!Year!!Venue!!Location!!Winners!!Runners-up!!Third place

|2025

|Tanah Merah Country Club

|Tanah Merah, Singapore

| Catherine Park Farah O'Keefe Megha Ganne

| Park Seo-jin Sung A-jin Oh Soo-min Carolina López-Chacarra Andrea Revuelta Paula Martín Sampedro

|(No bronze awarded - duplicate silvers)

|2023

|Abu Dhabi Golf Club

|Abu Dhabi, UAE

| Seo Kyo-rim Lee Hyo-song Kim Min-sol

| Hsin-Chun Liao Ting-Hsuan Huang Huai-Chien Hsu

| Julia López Cayetana Fernández Carla Bernat

| 2022

|Le Golf National and Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Brèteche

|Versailles, France

| Ingrid Lindblad Louise Rydqvist Meja Örtengren

| Rachel Heck Rachel Kuehn Rose Zhang

| Helen Briem Alexandra Försterling Celina Rosa Sattelkau Saki Baba Mizuki Hashimoto Miku Ueta

| 2020 || Tanah Merah Country Club Sentosa Golf Club originally Hong Kong Golf Club || Singapore originally Hong Kong || colspan=3|Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

| 2018 || Carton House Golf Club Montgomerie and O'Meara Courses || Dublin, Ireland

| Jennifer Kupcho Kristen Gillman Lilia Vu

| Yuka Yasuda Yuna Nishimura Yuri Yoshida

| Ayean Cho Kwon Seo-yun Hong Yae-eun

| 2016 || Mayakoba El Camaleón Golf Club Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club || Riviera Maya, Mexico

| Choi Hye-jin Park Min-ji Park Hyun-kyung

| Kim Métraux Morgane Métraux Azelia Meichtry

| Leona Maguire Olivia Mehaffey Annabel Wilson

| 2014 || Karuizawa 72 East Golf Club || Karuizawa, Japan

| Minjee Lee Su-Hyun Oh Shelly Shin

| Brooke Henderson Brittany Marchand Augusta James

| Lee So-young Choi Hye-jin Park Gyeol

| 2012 || Gloria Golf Club || Antalya, Turkey

| Kim Min-sun Kim Hyo-joo Baek Kyu-jung

| Nina Holleder Sophia Popov Karolin Lampert

| Sanna Nuutinen Krista Bakker Noora Tamminen Minjee Lee Whitney Hillier Breanna Elliott

| 2010 || Buenos Aires Golf Club Olivos Golf Club || Buenos Aires, Argentina

| Han Jung-eun Kim Ji-hee Kim Hyun-soo

| Jessica Korda Cydney Clanton Danielle Kang

| Caroline Hedwall Camilla Lennarth Louise Larsson Lucie Andre Alexandra Bonetti Manon Gidali

| 2008 || The Grange Golf Club || Adelaide, Australia

| Caroline Hedwall Pernilla Lindberg Anna Nordqvist

| Carlota Ciganda Belen Mozo Azahara Muñoz

| Amanda Blumenherst Tiffany Joh Alison Walshe

| 2006 || De Zalze Golf Club Stellenbosch Golf Club || Cape Town, South Africa

| Stacy Bregman Kelli Shean Ashleigh Simon

| Sofie Andersson Anna Nordqvist Caroline Westrup

| Carolina Llano Mariajo Uribe Eileen Vargas

| 2004 || Rio Mar Country Club || Río Grande, Puerto Rico

| Sofie Andersson Karin Sjödin Louise Stahle

| Paula Creamer Sarah Huarte Jane Park Lindsay Knowlton Mary Ann Lapointe Laura Matthews

|(No bronze awarded - duplicate silvers)

| 2002 || Saujana Golf and Country Club || Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

| Katherine Hull Vicky Uwland Lindsey Wright

| Titiya Plucksataporn Aree Song Wongluekiet Naree Song Wongluekiet

| Nuria Clau Tania Eloseguie Marta Prieto

| 2000 || Sporting Club Berlin || Bad Saarow, Germany

| Maïtena Alsuguren Karine Icher Virginie Auffret

| Kim Joo-mi Ahn Shi-hyun Shin Hyun-joo

| & Rebecca Hudson Suzanne O'Brien Alison Coffey

| 1998 || Prince of Wales Country Club || Santiago, Chile

| Kellee Booth Jenny Chuasiriporn Brenda Corrie-Kuehn

| Giulia Sergas Federica Piovano Sofia Sandolo Marina Eberl Miriam Nagl Nicole Stillig

|(No bronze awarded- duplicate silvers)

| 1996 || Sta. Elena Golf Club || Manila, Philippines || Han Hee-won Kang Soo-yun Kim Kyung-sook

| Sofia Sandolo Silvia Cavalleri Giulia Sergas

| Kellee Booth Brenda Corrie-Kuehn Kelli Kuehne

| 1994 || Le Golf National (Albatros course) || Versailles, France

| Sarah LeBrun Ingram Carol Semple Thompson Wendy Ward

| Mi-Hyun Kim Kwon Oh-yeon Pak Se-ri

| Sofie Eriksson Maria Hjorth Anna-Carin Jonasson

| 1992 || Marine Drive Golf Club || Vancouver, British Columbia

| Macarena Campomanes Estefania Knuth Laura Navarro

| & Joanne Hockley Joanne Morley Catriona Matthew

| Lisa Aldridge Lynnette Brooky Susan Farron

| 1990 || Russley Golf Club || Christchurch, New Zealand

| Vicki Goetze Pat Hurst Karen Noble

| Lisa Aldridge Jan Higgins Annette Stott

| & Julie Hall Claire Hourihane Vicki Thomas

| 1988 || Drottningholm Golf Club|| Stockholm, Sweden

| Anne Sander Pearl Sinn Carol Thompson

| Helen Alfredsson Helene Andersson Eva Dahllöf

| & Linda Bayman Susan Shappcott Julie Wade

| 1986 || Lagunita Country Club || Caracas, Venezuela

| Macarena Campomanes Mary Carmen Navarro Maria Orueta

| Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue Valerie Pamard

| Kay Cockerill Kathleen McCarthy Leslie Shannon

| 1984 || Royal Hong Kong Golf Club || Fanling, Hong Kong

| Heather Farr Deb Richard Jody Anschutz

| Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue Corine Soules Valerie Pamard

| & Penny Grice Gillian Stewart Claire Waite

| 1982 || Geneva Golf Club || Geneva, Switzerland

| Kathy Baker Amy Benz Juli Inkster

| Janice Arnold Liz Douglas Brenda Rhodes

| & Jane Connachan Belle Robertson Gillian Stewart

| 1980 || Pinehurst Resort (No. 2 Course) || Pinehurst, North Carolina

| Juli Inkster Patti Rizzo Carol Semple

| Lindy Goggin Edwina Kennedy Jane Lock

| Elaine Berthet Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue Ana Monfort de Albox Marta Figueras-Dotti Carmen Maestre de Pellon

| 1978 || Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club || Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji

| Lindy Goggin Edwina Kennedy Jane Lock

| Marilyn Palmer Cathy Sherk Stacey West

| Nathalie Jeanson Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Catherine Lacoste

| 1976 || Vilamoura Golf Club || Portimão, Algarve, Portugal

| Donna Horton Nancy Lopez Debbie Massey

| Catherine Lacoste Anne Marie Palli M. Christine Ubald-Bocquet

| Laura M. dos Santos Maria Alice Gonzalez Elisabeth Noronha

| 1974 || Casa de Campo || La Romana, Dominican Republic

| Cindy Hill Debbie Massey Carol Semple

| & Julia Greenhalgh Mary McKenna Tegwen Perkins Jenny Bruce Lisle Nel Alison Sheard

|(No bronze awarded - duplicate silvers)

| 1972 || The Hundu Country Club || Buenos Aires, Argentina

| Laura Baugh Jane Bastanchury Booth Mary Anne Budke

| Anne Marie Palli Claudine Cros Rubin Brigitte Varangot

| Birgit Forssman Christina Westerberg Liv Wollin

| 1970 || Club de Campo || Madrid, Spain

| Jane Bastanchury Cindy Hill Martha Wilkinson

| Catherine Lacoste Claudine Cros Rubin Brigitte Varangot

| Judy Angel Jeanette Joan Burd Sally Little

| 1968 || Victoria Golf Club || Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia

| Jane Bastanchury Shelley Hamlin Anne Quast

| Elizabeth Blackmore Marea Hickey Dianna Thomas

| Catherine Lacoste Claudine Cros Rubin Brigitte Varangot

| 1966 || Mexico City Golf Club || Mexico City, Mexico

| Barbara White Boddie Shelley Hamlin Anne Quast

| Gayle Hitchens Gail Harvey Moore Marlene Streit

| Claudine Cros Catherine Lacoste Brigitte Varangot

| 1964 || St. Germain Golf Club || Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

| Claudine Cros Catherine Lacoste Brigitte Varangot

| Barbara McIntire Carol Sorenson Barbara Fay White

| Bridget Jackson Ruth Porter Marley Spearman

Medal table by country

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The "Great Britain & Ireland" team represented the two separate independent countries of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from 1966 to 2004. This is the designation of the team which plays the United States in the Curtis Cup. From 2006, England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (a combined Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland team) have competed as separate teams.

Espirito Santo Trophy

Results

Medal table by country

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