1998 Espirito Santo Trophy

Golf tournament

1998 Espirito Santo TrophyTournament information

Dates| 12–15 November
Location| Santiago, Chile
33°27′S 70°40′W﻿ / ﻿33.450°S 70.667°W﻿ / -33.450; -70.667
Course(s)| Prince of Wales Country Club
Organized by| World Amateur Golf Council
Format| 72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par| 72
Length| 6,150 yards (5,620 m)
Field| 33 teams
99 players
Champion
United States
Kellee Booth, Jenny Chuasiriporn, Brenda Corrie-Kuehn
558 (−18)
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The 1998 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 12–15 November at Prince of Wales Country Club in Santiago, Chile.

It was the 18th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.

The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were 33 team entries, each with three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

The United States team won the Trophy for their 13th title, beating team Italy and team Germany by 21 strokes, the widest margin of victory in the history of the championship. Italy and Germany shared the silver medal on second place.

The individual title went to Jenny Chuasiriporn, United States, whose score of 12-under-par, 276, was seven strokes ahead of her teammate Kellee Booth.[1]

## Teams[edit]

33 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players.

Country  | Players

|

Argentina | Maria Larrauri, Maria Olivero, Maria Lucia White
Australia | Michelle Ellis, Kate MacIntosh, Rebecca Stevenson
Austria | Sandra Fischer, Lilian Mensi-Klarbach, Tina Schneeberger
Belgium | Naima Ghilain, Stephanie Schinkel, Gaelle Van Wettere
Bolivia | Ella Maria Asbun, Veronica Malddonado, Ximena Maldonado
Brazil | Maria Candida Hanneman, Elisabeth Nickhorn, Cristina Schmitt Baldi
Canada | Isabelle Blais, Mary Ann Lapointe, Kareen Qually
Chile | Nicolle Perrot, Gloria Soto, Beatriz Steeger
Chinese Taipei | Hsiao-chuan Lu, Yu-ping Lin, Yun-jye Wei
Colombia | Cristina Baena, Marcela Gonzalez, Catalina Navarro
Croatia | Snjezana Crnoglavac, Sanja Serfezi, Daria Zubrinic
Denmark | Karen Margrethe Juul, Christina Kuld, Amanda Moltke-Leth
Ecuador | Maria Jose Ferro, Katy Pareja, Patricia Pazmino
Finland | Pia Koivuranta, Nina Laitinen, Hanna-Rikka Kuitunen
France | Stéphanie Arricau, Karine Icher, Marine Monnet
Germany | Martina Eberl, Miriam Nagl, Nicole Stillig
Guatemala | Maria Cristina Arenas, Nancy de Noguera, Graciela de Ruest
Italy | Fedezica Piovano, Sophie Sandolo, Giulia Sergas
Japan | Miho Koga, Mayumi Nakajima, Misato Nishikawa
Mexico | America Leal, Lorena Ochoa, Marta Ostos
Netherlands | Frederique Lempers, Nienke Nijenhuis, Marieke Zelsmann
New Zealand | Renee Fowler, Julia Krachinski, Brenda Ormsby
Norway | Line Berg, Monica Gundersund, Suzann Pettersen
Paraguay | Jazmin Cataldo, Rocio Delmas, Celeste Troche
Peru | Rosemarie Fuster, Maria Julia Fyfe, Marisa de la Puente
Philippines | Dorothy Delasin, Ria Denise Quiazon, Jennifer Rosales
South Africa | Sanet Marais, Joanne Norton, Wendy Warrington
South Korea | Jang Jeong, Cho Kyung-hee, Grace Park
Sweden | Maria Bodén, Marie Hedberg, Jessica Lindbergh
Switzerland | Barbara Albisetti, Niloufar Azam, Sheila Lee
United States | Kellee Booth, Jenny Chuasiriporn, Brenda Corrie-Kuehn
Uruguay | Adriana Lavina, Gabriela Villar, Magdalena Villar
Venezuela | Yubiri Cortez, Paola Mariño, Alessandra Perez

## Results[edit]

Place  | Country  | Score  | To par

|
|
|

1  |  United States | 143-134-139-142=558  | −18
T2  |  Germany | 149-141-145-144=579  | +3
Italy | 153-143-143-140=579
T4  |  Australia | 141-141-154-144=580  | +4
South Korea | 152-143-147-138=580
6  |  France | 142-146-149-146=583  | +7
7  |  Chinese Taipei | 145-145-144-152=586  | +10
8  |  Austria | 149-150-142-147=588  | +12
9  |  Sweden | 149-147-151-143=590  | +14
T10  |  Denmark | 148-15-151-147=596  | +20
Japan | 146-148-154-148=596
12  |  Argentina | 154-151-149-144=598  | +22
13  |  Canada | 152-148-152-147=599  | +23
14  |  Colombia | 146-150-150-154=600  | +24
15  |  Mexico | 151-154-154-143=602  | +26
16  |  Norway | 147-157-151-149=604  | +28
T17  |  Belgium | 150-151-152-153=606  | +30
Chile | 151-145-155-155=606
New Zealand | 156-156-144-150=606
Philippines | 151-149-152-154=606
21  |  Paraguay | 156-152-149-153=610  | +34
22  |  Finland | 150-150-157-155=612  | +36
23  |  Brazil | 154-147-159-155=615  | +39
24  |  Switzerland | 151-160-156-150=617  | +41
25  |  South Africa | 159-156-148-158=621  | +45
26  |  Netherlands | 158-157-154-154=623  | +47
27  |  Peru | 159-160-158-153=630  | +54
28  |  Venezuela | 156-163-155-162=636  | +60
29  |  Uruguay | 154-165-160-159=638  | +62
30  |  Ecuador | 160-161-163-157=641  | +65
31  |  Bolivia | 165-162-162-166=655  | +79
32  |  Guatemala | 161-179-161-176=677  | +101
33  |  Croatia | 191-202-196-190=779  | +203

Sources:[2][3]

## Individual leaders[edit]

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place  | Player  | Country  | Score  | To par

|
|
|
|

1  | Jenny Chuasiriporn |  United States | 71-65-69-71=276  | −12
2  | Kellee Booth |  United States | 72-70-70-71=283  | −8
3  | Martina Eberl |  Germany | 72-68-75-73=288  | E
T4  | Michelle Ellis  |  Australia | 71-70-78-70=289  | +1
Jang Jeong |  South Korea | 72-75-72-70=289
Christina Kuld  |  Denmark | 73-73-71-72=289
T7  | Lin Yu-ping  |  Chinese Taipei | 71-73-73-74=291  | +3
Rebecca Stevenson  |  Australia | 70-71-76-74=291
T9  | Marine Monnet |  France | 70-71-74-77=292  | +4
Giulia Sergas |  Italy | 79-70-69-74=292

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Record Book 1998 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
2. ^ "World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records". Retrieved 30 May 2013.
3. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 184\. ISBN 91-86818007.

## External links[edit]

* World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website

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