1978 Espirito Santo Trophy

Golf tournament

1978 Espirito Santo TrophyTournament information

Dates| 10–13 October
Location| Navua, Viti Levu, Fiji
18°14′38″S 178°04′08″E﻿ / ﻿18.244°S 178.069°E﻿ / -18.244; 178.069
Course(s)| Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club
Organized by| World Amateur Golf Council
Format| 72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par| 72
Length| 5,823 yards (5,325 m)
Field| 14 teams
42 players
Champion
Australia
Lindy Goggin, Edwina Kennedy, Jane Lock
596 (+20)
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The 1978 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 10–13 October at Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club in Navua, Viti Levu, Fiji. It was the eighth women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 14 team entries, each with three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

The Australia team won the Trophy, winning their first title, beating team Canada by one stroke. Canada earned the silver medal and France took the bronze, five strokes further back.[1]

## Teams

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

Country  | Players

|

Argentina | Amanda de Felicia, Susanna Garmendla, Beatriz Rossello
Australia | Lindy Goggin, Edwina Kennedy, Jane Lock
Canada | Marylin Palmer, Cathy Sherk, Stacey West
Fiji | Anna Dunn, Lydia Manueli, Adi Sai Tuivanuavou
France | Nathalie Jeanson, Catherine Lacoste de Prado, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi
Great Britain &
Ireland | Mary Everard, Julia Greenhalgh, Muriel Thomson
Italy | Minette Marazza, Guenda Moavero, Marina Ragher
Japan | Haruko Ishii, Miki Oda, Machiko Yamada
New Zealand | Liz Douglas, Cherry Kingham, Heather Ryan
Spain | Marta Figueras-Dotti, Carmen Maestre de Pellon, Cristina Marsans
Sweden | Kärstin Ehrnlund, Charlotte Montgomery, Liv Wollin
Switzerland | Carole Charbonnier, Regine Lautens, Marie Christine de Werra
United States | Beth Daniel, Cindy Hill, Judith Oliver
West Germany | Barbara Böhm, Susanne Schultz, Marion Thannhauser

## Results

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Place  | Country  | Score  | To par

|
|
|

|  Australia | 149-143-151-153=596  | +20
|  Canada | 147-149-153-148=597  | +21
|  France | 146-153-156-147=602  | +26
T4  |  Great Britain &
Ireland | 145-151-153-156=605  | +29
United States | 152-149-148-156=605
6  |  Japan | 148-153-151-158=610  | +34
7  |  New Zealand | 153-150-152-159=614*  | +38
8  |  Sweden | 149-153-148-166=616*  | +40
9  |  Spain | 156-159-156-154=625  | +49
10  |  West Germany | 167-156-152-157=632  | +56
11  |  Switzerland | 153-156-163-163=635  | +59
12  |  Argentina | 160-151-160-169=640  | +64
13  |  Italy | 157-160-163-164=644  | +68
14  |  Fiji | 183-181-175-198=737  | +161

* Notes: After scoring 74 in the first round, Sweden's Kärstin Ehrnlund withdrew due to food poisoning and Sweden had to count both scores from the other two players during the remaining three rounds. New Zealand's Heater Ryan withdrew from the last round.
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

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|
|
|

1  | Cathy Sherk |  Canada | 72-74-76-72=294  | +6
T2  | Beth Daniel |  United States | 75-71-74-78=298  | +10
Miki Oda  |  Japan | 74-73-77-74=298
Jane Lock  |  Australia | 73-72-75-78=298
5  | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi |  France | 74-77-77-73=301  | +13
6  | Julia Greenhalgh |  Great Britain &
Ireland | 72-76-78-79=303  | +15
T7  | Edwina Kennedy |  Australia | 76-71-78-79=304  | +16
Catherine Lacoste de Prado |  France | 73-78-79-74=304
T9  | Mary Everard |  Great Britain &
Ireland | 73-77-75-80=305  | +17
Cherry Kingham  |  New Zealand | 75-74-74-82=305

## References

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1. ^ a b "Record Book 1978 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 2020.168-170,+174-175&rft.date=1988-08&rft_id=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/mnr77hnf/popup/1?&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1978+Espirito+Santo+Trophy" class="Z3988">
4. ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 180–181\. ISBN 9172603283.180-181&rft.pub=Swedish+Golf+Federation&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=9172603283&rft.aulast=Jansson&rft.aufirst=Anders&rft_id=https://www.e-magin.se/paper/94rt7fj3/popup/1&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1978+Espirito+Santo+Trophy" class="Z3988">
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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