1966 Espirito Santo Trophy

Golf tournament

1966 Espirito Santo TrophyTournament information

Dates| 20–23 October
Location| Mexico City, Mexico
19°16′41″N 99°09′32″W﻿ / ﻿19.278°N 99.159°W﻿ / 19.278; -99.159
Course(s)| Mexico City Country Club
Organized by| World Amateur Golf Council
Format| 72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par| 72
Length| 6,260 yards (5,720 m)
Field| 19 teams
57 players
Champion
United States
Barbara Fay White Boddie, Shelley Hamlin, Anne Quast Welts
580 (+4)
Location map

Mexico City Country Club

Location in Mexico

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The 1966 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 20–23 October at Mexico City Country Club in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the second women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 19 three-woman teams. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

The United States won the Trophy, beating Canada by nine strokes. Canada took the silver medal while defending champions France, a further eight strokes behind, took the bronze.[1]

## Teams

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19 teams contested the event. Each team had three players.

Country  | Players

|

Australia | Gail Corry, Marea Hickey Parsons, Dianna Thomas
Belgium | Arlette Engel-Jacquet, Corinne Reybroeck, Louise van den Berghe
Bermuda | Mrs M.J. Brewer, Mrs. Brock Park, Mrs. Graham Rosser
Brazil | Margot M. Brand, Gitta Grant, Irene Ribeiro
Canada | Gayle Hitchens Borthwick, Gail Harvey Moore, Marlene Stewart Streit
Chile | Raquel R.T. Edwards, Gabriela Gazitua, Violet J. de Vermehren
France | Claudine Cros, Catherine Lacoste, Brigitte Varangot
Great Britain &
Ireland | Ita Burke, Ruth Porter, Belle Robertson
Italy | Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, Marina Ragher, Marion Tadini
Japan | Tamako Izutani, Takako Kiymoto, Seiko Sato
Mexico | Fela Chavez, Florencia Hernandez, Elena Larralde
Netherlands | A.E. Eschauzier, Annie van Lanschot, Anneke van Riemsdijk
New Zealand | Patricia Bull, Jane Little, Natalie White
South Africa | Judy Angel, Jill Kennedy, Jacqueline Mercer
Spain | Teresa Bagaria, Mercedes Etchart de Ártiach, Emma Villacieros de García-Ogara
Sweden | Liv Forsell, Birgit Forsman, Nina Rehnqvist
United States | Barbara Fay White Boddie, Shelley Hamlin, Anne Quast Welts
Venezuela | Mrs. Hope P. Nestares, Luisa M de Sabater, Margaret Murray-Wilson
West Germany | Monika Möller, Marion Petersen, Monica Steegmann

## Results

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Place  | Country  | Score  | To par

|
|
|

|  United States | 145-144-146-145=580  | +4
|  Canada | 150-148-145-146=589  | +13
|  France | 147-150-150-150=597  | +21
4  |  Belgium | 150-151-158-152=611  | +35
5  |  Great Britain &
Ireland | 155-155-149-153=612  | +36
T6  |  Italy | 146-158-153-156=613  | +37
Mexico | 157-154-148-154=613
New Zealand | 154-153-152-154=613
South Africa | 152-150-152-159=613
10  |  Sweden | 154-155-149-159=617  | +41
11  |  Australia | 158-150-162-154=621  | +45
12  |  Netherlands | 159-150-162-154=625  | +49
13  |  West Germany | 159-157-159-156=631  | +55
14  |  Spain | 163-161-163-160=647  | +71
15  |  Japan | 165-156-168-159=648  | +72
16  |  Brazil | 167-164-160-168=659  | +83
17  |  Venezuela | 169-180-172-169=690  | +114
18  |  Chile | 177-174-182-170=703  | +127
19  |  Bermuda | 168-183-183-177=711  | +135

Sources:[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  | Marlene Stewart Streit |  Canada | 74-71-70-74=289  | +1
2  | Barbara Fay White Boddie  |  United States | 74-71-74-73=292  | +4
3  | Catherine Lacoste |  France | 71-73-70-79=293  | +5
T4  | Liv Forsell |  Sweden | 76-73-70-79=298  | +10
Anne Quast Welts |  United States | 71-73-76-79=298
6  | Shelley Hamlin |  United States | 80-75-72-72=299  | +11
7  | Florencia Hernandez  |  Mexico | 72-77-73-78=300  | +12
8  | Belle Robertson |  Great Britain &
Ireland | 77-77-69-78=301  | +13
9  | Marina Ragher  |  Italy | 74-78-74-76=302  | +14
T10  | Gail Harvey Moore  |  Canada | 77-77-78-72=304  | +16
Corinne Reybroeck  |  Belgium | 72-75-81-76=304

## References

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1. ^ "Record Book 1966 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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.

## External links

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* World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website

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