2023 Espirito Santo Trophy

Golf tournament

2023 Espirito Santo Trophy

Tournament information
Dates| 25–28 October
Location| Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
24°28′N 54°32′E﻿ / ﻿24.467°N 54.533°E﻿ / 24.467; 54.533
Course(s)| Abu Dhabi Golf Club (National Course)
Organized by| International Golf Federation
Format| 72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par| 72
Length| 6,497 yards (5,941 m)
Field| 36 teams
108 players
Champion
South Korea
Lee Hyo-song, Seo Kyo-rim, Kim Min-sol
554 (−22)
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The 2023 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 25–28 October at Abu Dhabi Golf Club in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[1][2]

It was the 30th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.

## Format

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The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. Each team of three players played four rounds. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

## Venue

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Abu Dhabi Golf Club had previously hosted the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship on the European Tour 2006 to 2021.

Course layout

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Metre | 317 | 473 | 331 | 125 | 346 | 387 | 140 | 466 | 356 | 2,941 | 473 | 344 | 152 | 313 | 383 | 177 | 366 | 352 | 439 | 2,999 | 5,940
Yards | 347 | 517 | 362 | 137 | 379 | 423 | 153 | 510 | 390 | 3,218 | 517 | 376 | 166 | 342 | 419 | 194 | 400 | 385 | 480 | 3,279 | 6,497
Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72

## Teams

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36 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players.[2]

The top ten finishing teams at the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy and the 2023 host nation were automatically qualified. The field was filled based on the two highest ranked players from each nation in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, with places assured from all five continents in the championship.[3]

Country | Players

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Australia | Justice Bosio, Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Caitlin Peirce
Belgium | Sophie Bert, Savannah De Bock, Céline Manche
Bolivia | Florencia Cuellar Gutierrez, Constaza Quiroga, Victoria Suarez
Canada | Monet Chun, Katie Cranston, Lauren Kim
Chile | Carolina Alcaíno, Michelle Melandri, Amelia Ruiz
Chinese Taipei | Huai-Chien Hsu, Ting-Hsuan Huang, Hsin-Chun Liao
China | Tong An, XinYu Cao, Zixin Ni
Colombia | María Hoyos, Ana Sofía Murcia, Cristina Ochoa
Czech Republic | Veronika Kedronova, Patricie Mackova, Denisa Vodickova
Denmark | Olivia Grønborg, Natacha Host Husted, Cecilie Leth-Nissen
England | Charlotte Heath, Caley McGinty, Lottie Woad
Finland | Katri Bakker, Henni Mustonen, Emilia Väistö
France | Adéla Cernousek, Vaïrana Heck, Louise Uma Landgraf
Germany | Helen Briem, Chiara Horder, Celina Rosa Sattelkau
Hong Kong | Sophie Han, Arianna Lau, Hoi Ki Lau
India | Mannat Brar, Nishna Patel, Avani Prashanth
Ireland | Sara Byrne, Beth Coulter, Aine Donegan
Italy | Natalia Aparicio, Francesca Fiorellini, Matilde Partele
Japan | Mizuki Hashimoto, Mamika Shinchi, Miku Ueta
Mexico | Lauren Daiana Olivares, Cory Lopez, Vania Alicia Simont
Morocco | Malak Bouraeda, Sofia Cherif Essakali, Rim Imni
Netherlands | Rosanne Boere, Anne-Sterre den Dunnen, Lynn van der Sluijs
New Zealand | Eunseo Choi, Vivian Lu, Fiona Xu
Norway | Anna Krekling, Mia S. Lussand, Silje Torvund Ohma
Pakistan | Humna Amjad, Parkha Ijaz, Rimsha Ijaz
Philippines | Junia Louise Gabasa, Rianne Malixi, Grace Pauline Quintanilla
Scotland | Hannah Darling, Carmen Griffiths, Lorna McClymont
Singapore | Aloysa Margiela Atienza, Xingtong Chen, Inez Ng
South Africa | Caitlyn Macnab, Kajal Mistry, Megan Streicher
South Korea | Kim Min-sol, Lee Hyo-song, Seo Kyo-rim
Spain | Carla Bernat Escuder, Cayetana Fernández, Julia López Ramirez
Sweden | Ingrid Lindblad, Meja Örtengren, Kajsa Arwefjäll
Switzerland | Yana Beeli, Victoria Levy, Caroline Sturdza
Thailand | Eila Galitsky, Navaporn Soontreeyapas, Suvichaya Vinijchaitham
United Arab Emirates | Jamie Camero, Lara El Chaib, Intissar Rich
United States | Anna Davis, Rachel Kuehn, Megan Schofill

## Winners

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Team South Korea won the trophy for their fifth title, beating team Chinese Taipei by four strokes. Team Spain earned the bronze another stroke back.[4] Defending champion Sweden finished tied 13th, 17 strokes behind the winner.

## Results

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Place  | Country  | Score  | To par

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Team standings  |  South Korea | 140-137-138-139=554 | −22
|  Chinese Taipei | 144-139-135-140=558 | −18
|  Spain | 137-138-140-144=559 | −17
T4 |  England | 144-137-139-140=560 | −16
Thailand | 141-134-141-144=560
T6 |  Australia | 141-134-144-142=561 | −15
United States | 142-139-144-136=561
8 |  Canada | 138-144-142-140=564 | −12
9 |  New Zealand | 148-135-141-141=565 | −11
10 |  Italy | 143-147-137-141=568 | −8
T11 |  Germany | 140-142-143-144=569 | −7
Scotland | 141-142-143-143=569
T13 |  Ireland | 139-145-141-146=571 | −5
Norway | 143-142-146-140=571
Sweden | 142-147-138-144=571
16 |  India | 140-142-143-148=573 | −3
17 |  France | 146-146-141-142=575 | −1
18 |  Hong Kong | 145-142-143-146=576 | E
19 |  Philippines | 143-146-140-149=578 | +2
T20 |  Colombia | 142-147-147-143=579 | +3
Mexico | 144-145-143-147=579
Singapore | 145-148-144-142=579
T23 |  Morocco | 144-145-145-147=581 | +5
Switzerland | 144-151-142-144=581
25 |  Finland | 148-149-143-142=582 | +6
26 |  Japan | 145-141-147-150=583 | +7
27 |  South Africa | 149-144-146-145=584 | +8
28 |  Denmark | 151-146-145-143=585 | +9
29 |  Netherlands | 147-148-145-147=587 | +11
T30 |  China | 152-142-149-145=588 | +12
Czech Republic | 143-148-149-148=588
32 |  Belgium | 144-153-147-151=595 | +19
33 |  United Arab Emirates | 150-153-145-152=600 | +24
34 |  Chile | 153-161-150-149=613 | +37
35 |  Pakistan | 151-156-159-162=628 | +52
35 |  Bolivia | 162-164-160-167=653 | +77
Place  | Player  | Country  | Score  | To par

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Individual leaders  1 | Hsu Huai-Chien |  Chinese Taipei | 72-68-66-69=275 | −13
2 | Cayetana Fernández |  Spain | 68-69-70-70=277 | −11
3 | Seo Kyo-rim |  South Korea | 69-67-71-71=278 | −10
T4 | Inez Ng |  Singapore | 72-70-68-69=279 | −9
Avani Prashanth |  India | 68-68-71-72=279
Lottie Woad |  England | 72-70-69-68=279
Fiona Xu |  New Zealand | 74-67-69-69=279
T8 | Francesca Fiorellini |  Italy | 73-75-65-67=280 | −8
Maddison Hinson-Tolchard |  Australia | 72-66-71-71=280
Lauren Kim |  Canada | 69-72-68-71=280

Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.

Sources:[4][5]

## References

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1. ^ "2023 WATC Abu Dhabi, UAE". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
2. ^ a b Leonard, Todd (28 October 2023). "South Korea wins its fifth Women's Amateur Team title; U.S. ties for 6th". Golf Digest. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
3. ^ "Teams announced for 2023 World Amateur Team Championships in Abu Dhabi". Gulf News. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
4. ^ a b "2023 WATC Abu Dhabi, UAE, Espirito Santo scoring, Female Team". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
5. ^ "2023 WATC Abu Dhabi, UAE, Espirito Santo scoring, Female Individual". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

## External links

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* Official website
* World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website

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