2018 Espirito Santo Trophy

Golf tournament

2018 Espirito Santo TrophyTournament information

Dates| 29 August – 1 September
Location| Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
53°23′24″N 6°33′58″W﻿ / ﻿53.390°N 6.566°W﻿ / 53.390; -6.566
Course(s)| Carton House Golf Club
(Montgomerie and O'Meara Courses)
Organized by| International Golf Federation
Format| 72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par| Montgomerie: 72
O'Meara: 73
Length| Montgomerie: 6,365 yards (5,820 m)
O'Meara: 6,336 yards (5,794 m)
Field| 57 teams
170 players
Champion
United States
Kristen Gillman, Jennifer Kupcho, Lilia Vu
551 (−29)
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The 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 29 August – 1 September at Carton House Golf Club on its Montgomerie and O'Meara courses in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland.

It was the 28th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.

The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were a record 57 team entries, each with two or three players. One nation, Lebanon, made its first appearance.

Each team played two rounds at the Montgomerie Course and two rounds at the O'Meara Course in different orders. The top 27 teams on the final leaderboard, except Norway and France, all played the fourth round at the O'Meara Course. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

The United States team won the Trophy for their 14th title and first win in 20 years, beating team Japan by 10 strokes. Japan earned the silver medal while the defending champions South Korea team took the bronze on third place one more stroke back.

The individual title went to Cho Ayean, South Korea, whose score of 17-under-par, 273, was two strokes ahead of Jennifer Kupcho, United States, and Yuka Yasuda, Japan.[1][2][3][4]

## Teams[edit]

59 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team, except one, had three players. The team representing Lithuania had only two players.

Country  | Players

|

Argentina | Ela Anacona, Valentina Rossi, Magdalena Simmermacher
Australia | Kirsty Hodgkins, Rebecca Kay, Grace Kim
Austria | Leonie Bettel, Janika Ruettimann, Emma Spitz
Belgium | Clara Aveling, Clarisse Louis, Elodie Van Dievoet
Brazil | Laura Helena de Araujo Caetano, Maria Fernanda Lacaz Martins, Lauren Grinberg
Bulgaria | Magdalena Borisova, Stefani Skokanska, Ivana Simeonova
Canada | Naomi Ko, Jaclyn Lee, Maddie Szeryk
Czech Republic | Sara Kouskova, Hana Ryskova, Katerina Vlasinova
Chile | Antonia Matte, Sofia Morgan, Natalia Villavicencio
China | Du Mohan, Liu Wenbo, Yin Ruoning
Chinese Taipei | Huang Yu-ping, Lin Kuan-yu, Lin Tze-han
Colombia | Silvia Margarita Garces Escalante, Valentina Giraldo Roys, Maria Camila Serrano Silva
Denmark | Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen, Malene Krølbøll Hansen, Karen Svanholm Fredgaard
Dominican Republic | Brenda Corrie-Kuehn, Yae Eun Kim, Rachel Kuehn
England | Annabell Fuller, Sophie Lamb, Hollie Muse
Finland | Anna Backman, Kiira Riihijärvi, Elina Saksa
France | Emma Broze, Agathe Laisné, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard
Germany | Leonie Harm, Sophie Hausmann, Esther Henseleit
Guam | Rachael Peterson, Rose Tarpley, Nalathai Vongjalorn
Guatemala | Beatriz Arenas, Pilar Echeverria, Valeria Mendizabal Riepele
Hong Kong | Michelle Cheung, Mimi Ho, Isabella Leung
Iceland | Helga Kristin Einarsdóttir, Ragnhildur Kristinsdóttir, Saga Traustadóttir
India | Diksha Dagar, Ridhima Dilawari, Sifat Sagoo
Ireland | Olivia Mehaffey, Paula Grant, Annabel Wilson
Italy | Caterina Don, Alessia Nobilio, Emilie Alba Paltrinieri
Japan | Yuna Nishimura, Yuka Yasuda, Yuri Yoshida
Latvia | Katrina Jana Gustafssone, Marija Luize Jucmane, Anna Estere Marksa
Lebanon | Lea Assaf, Sarah Assaf, Vanessa Richani
Lithuania | Saule Jarasunaite, Gile Bite Starkute
Malaysia | Liyana Azizan Durisic, Siti Zulaikhaa Shaari, Geraldine Xiao Xuan Wong
Mexico | María Fassi, Cory Lopez, Ana Lizeth Ruiz Laphond
Morocco | Lina Belmati, Ines Laklalech, Intissar Rich
Netherlands | Zhen Bontan, Romy Meekers, Dewi Weber
New Zealand | Julianne Alvarez, Amelia Garvey, Wenyung Keh
Norway | Dorthea Charlotte Forbrigd, Renate Grimstad, Karoline Stormo
Paraguay | Maria Fernanda Escauriza Stoeckl, Sofia García, Anahi Servin
Peru | Daniela Ballesteros, Micaela Farah, Josefina Fernandez-Davila
Poland | Dominika Gradecka, Nicole Polivchak, Dorota Zalewska
Portugal | Sofia Barroso Sa, Leonor Bessa, Sara Gouveia
Puerto Rico | Valeria Pacheco Claudio, Johany Rivera, Yudika Ann Rodriguez
Scotland | Connie Jaffrey, Hannah McCook, Shannon McWilliam
Singapore | Callista Chen, Inez Xin Yi Ng, Shannon Tan
Slovakia | Anika Bolcikova, Katarina Drocarova, Natalia Heckova
Slovenia | Inja Fric, Lara Jecnik, Vida Obersnel
South Africa | Caitlyn MacNab, Kajal Mistry, Kaleigh Telfer
South Korea | Cho Ayean, Hong Yae-eun, Kwon Seo-yun
Spain | Elena Hualde Zuniga, Paz Marfa Sans, Marta Perez Sanmartin
Sweden | Linn Grant, Frida Kinhult, Beatrice Wallin
Switzerland | Yael Berger, Elena Moosmann, Albane Valenzuela
Thailand | Napabhach Boon-In, Tunrada Piddon, Rina Tatematsu
Tunisia | Kenza Ladhari, Hedia Mansouri, Ghozlene Saki
Turkey | Damla Bilgic, Sena Ersoy, Selin Timur
Ukraine | Daria Horokhovska, Elvira Rastvortseva, Valeriia Sapronova
United States | Kristen Gillman, Jennifer Kupcho, Lilia Vu
Uruguay | Sofia Garcia Austt Marques, Jimena Marques, Priscilla Schmid
Venezuela | Claudia De Antonio, Valentina Gilly, Ana Raga
Wales | Bethan Morris, Katherine O'Connor, Jordan Ryan

## Results[edit]

Place  | Country  | Score  | To par

|
|
|

|  United States | 142-130-143-136=551  | −29
|  Japan | 136-139-146-140=561  | −19
|  South Korea | 140-133-147-142=562  | −18
4  |  China | 140-139-152-135=566  | −14
5  |  Germany | 142-141-148-138=569  | −11
6  |  Italy | 143-142-146-139=570  | −10
7  |  Canada | 154-139-143-137=573  | −7
T8  |  Denmark | 147-140-147-140=574  | −6
Mexico | 147-141-145-141=574
10  |  Norway | 150-148-140-137=575  | −5
T11  |  Ireland | 141-147-142-146=576  | −4
Sweden | 147-142-147-140=576
Switzerland | 147-145-143-141=576
14  |  Australia | 141-148-149-139=577  | −3
T15  |  Austria | 142-141-149-146=578  | −2
South Africa | 150-144-145-139=578
17  |  Spain | 152-137-149-141=579  | −1
18  |  England | 149-141-149-142=581  | +1
19  |  New Zealand | 148-143-146-145=582  | +2
T20  |  France | 148-149-141-145=583  | +3
Paraguay | 149-141-148-145=583
22  |  Chinese Taipei | 153-141-148-142=584  | +4
23  |  Netherlands | 147-143-150-145=585  | +5
24  |  Scotland | 148-141-155-142=586  | +6
T25  |  India | 151-140-153-143=587  | +7
Venezuela | 145-151-151-140=587
27  |  Thailand | 147-139-156-146=588  | +8
28  |  Puerto Rico | 150-151-145-143=589  | +9
29  |  Colombia | 154-142-154-140=590  | +10
30  |  Argentina | 152-150-144-145=591  | +11
T31  |  Belgium | 147-142-156-147=592  | +12
Czech Republic | 150-148-147-147=592
Finland | 148-145-157-142=592
34  |  Hong Kong | 144-149-159-141=593  | +13
35  |  Dominican Republic | 148-149-148-151=596  | +16
36  |  Guatemala | 150-147-160-141=598  | +18
T37  |  Malaysia | 154-145-146-156=601  | +21
Morocco | 150-149-148-154=601
39  |  Iceland | 155-148-151-149=603  | +23
T40  |  Peru | 157-151-147-151=606  | +26
Portugal | 158-144-152-152=606
42  |  Chile | 144-149-159-145=607  | +27
43  |  Slovenia | 160-144-151-153=608  | +28
44  |  Uruguay | 154-154-151-152=611  | +31
45  |  Wales | 157-149-153-153=612  | +32
46  |  Slovakia | 157-153-151-153=614  | +34
47  |  Turkey | 161-155-149-151=616  | +36
48  |  Poland | 159-148-156-157=620  | +40
49  |  Singapore | 158-153-155-156=622  | +42
50  |  Brazil | 154-165-158-152=629  | +49
51  |  Lithuania | 155-158-157-163=633  | +53
52  |  Latvia | 165-155-156-174=650  | +70
53  |  Guam | 162-163-162-169=656  | +76
54  |  Bulgaria | 165-163-163-170=661  | +81
55  |  Tunisia | 168-164-170-169=671  | +91
56  |  Ukraine | 169-175-167-170=681  | +101
57  |  Lebanon | 168-173-171-172=684  | +104

Source:[3]

## Individual leaders[edit]

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place  | Player  | Country  | Score  | To par

|
|
|
|

1  | Cho Ayean  |  South Korea | 68-64-71-70=273  | −17
2  | Jennifer Kupcho |  United States | 70-65-71-69=275  | −15
Yuka Yasuda  |  Japan | 65-67-72-71=275
4  | Kristen Gillman |  United States | 74-65-72-67=278  | −12
5  | Jaclyn Lee  |  Canada | 76-69-72-65=282  | −8
T6  | Esther Henseleit |  Germany | 72-70-75-66=283  | −7
Rebecca Kay  |  Australia | 68-74-73-68=283
T8  | Mohan Du  |  China | 67-71-79-68=285  | −5
María Fassi |  Mexico | 74-69-71-71=285
Alessia Nobilio |  Italy | 73-68-76-68=285
Albane Valenzuela |  Switzerland | 73-71-71-70=285

## References[edit]

1. ^ Keogh, Brian (2 September 2018). "USA reclaims Espirito Santo Trophy; Ireland tied 11th". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
2. ^ "WATC 2018 Ireland". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
3. ^ a b "28th Espirito Santo Trophy, Full Leaderboard". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
4. ^ Kowalski, Pete (1 September 2018). "USA Wins Title After Commanding Performance". United States Golf Association. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

## External links[edit]

* World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website

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