1980 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 1980 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 1–4 October at Pinehurst Country Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States. It was the ninth women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 28 teams, each with up to three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

1980 Espirito Santo Trophy
Tournament information
Dates1–4 October
LocationPinehurst, North Carolina, U.S.
35°11′24″N 79°28′05″W / 35.190°N 79.468°W / 35.190; -79.468
Course(s)Pinehurst Country Club
(No. 2 course)
Organized byWorld Amateur Golf Council
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par74
Length5,940 yards (5,430 m)
Field28 teams
83 players
Champion
 United States
Juli Inkster, Patti Rizzo, Carol Semple
588 (−4)
Location map
Location in the United States
Location in North Carolina
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The United States team won the Trophy, taking back the title from four years ago and winning their seventh title, beating defending champions team Australia by seven strokes. Australia earned the silver medal while team France and the combined team of Great Britain and Ireland, shared the bronze on tied third place another 15 strokes behind.[1]

Teams

28 teams contested the event. Each team had three players, except Guatemala, who had two.

CountryPlayers
 ArgentinaSusanna B. Garmendia, Maria E. Noguerol, Beatriz G. Rossello
 AustraliaLindy Goggin, Edwina Kennedy, Jane Lock
 BelgiumIsabelle Declerq, Marie-Noelle Herkens, Francoise De Wagheneire
 BermudaJudithanne Astwood Outerbridge, Barbara Mulder, Ginette Spinucci
 BrazilIsabel D. Lopes, Elisabeth Nickhorn, Tiemi Nomura
 CanadaBarbara Bunkowsky, Lynn Cooke, Judy Ellis
 ChileMaria Pia Aguirre, Ana Maria Cambiaso, Beatriz Steeger
 ChinaLi-Ying Chen, Bie-Shyun Huang, Hsiu-Tien Su
 ColombiaPatricia Gonzalez, Gloria de Pardo, Monica Tamayo
 FijiAnna Dunn, Tuli Naisara, Myrtle Pickering
 FranceElaine Berthet, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue
Great Britain &
 Ireland
Jane Connachan, Maureen Madill, Belle Robertson
 GuatemalaNancy D. de Noguera, Florencia H. de Rolz
 ItalyEmanuelo Braito, Marina Buscaini, Federica Dassù
 JapanHaruko Ishi, Toshi Matsubara, Haruyo Miyazawa
 MexicoCarolina Fernandez, Pilar Guzman, Adriana Ramirez
 NetherlandsAlice Janmaat, Joyce Heysler, Ineke Keunen
 New ZealandLiz Douglas, Brenda Rhodes, Jan Scandrett
 NorwayReidun S. Dirdal, Lilly Gulliksen, Mette Rinde Reuss
 PeruMariza Alzamora, Alicia Dibos, Juana M. de Nari
 South AfricaRae Hast, Sheree Muirhead, Vicky Farrell
 SpainMarta Figueras-Dotti, Ana Monfort de Albox, Carmen Maestre de Pellon
 SwedenViveca Hoff, Pia Nilsson, Liv Wollin
 SwitzerlandAnnette Hadorn, Regine Lautens, Marie Christine de Werra
 United StatesJuli Inkster, Patti Rizzo, Carol Semple
 VenezuelaAngeles Alcantara, Gracielo Quintana, Gracielo Plaza
 West GermanyUrsula Beer, Sabine Blecher, Barbara Böhm
 ZimbabweVivienne Browning, Linda Turnbull, Rowena Wepener

Results

PlaceCountryScoreTo par
 United States151-145-148-144=588−4
 Australia150-146-151-148=595+3
T  France158-150-156-146=610+18
 Spain159-145-150-156=610
5 Great Britain &
 Ireland
156-154-149-156=615+23
T6  Italy158-155-156-152=621+29
 Sweden156-154-154-157=621
T8  Canada160-151-155-156=622+30
 Switzerland157-158-152-155=622
10  Japan159-157-157-155=628+36
11  New Zealand157-157-153-163=630+38
12  China160-155-157-161=633+41
13  West Germany160-153-158.164=635+43
14  South Africa160-161-156-161=638+46
T15  Argentina160-166-161-156=643+51
 Netherlands162-159-162-160=643
T17  Belgium169-163-154-163=649+57
 Brazil162-158-163-166=649
19  Norway167-162-160-162=651+59
20  Colombia171-164-166-162=663+71
21  Zimbabwe168-168-162-174=666+74
22  Peru169-163-162-174=668+76
23  Chile169-160-173-169=671+79
24  Mexico171-167-175-168=681+89
25  Venezuela171-168-169-177=685+93
26  Bermuda181-179-179-179=711+119
27  Guatemala170-192-173-178=713+121
28  Fiji183-183-185-188=739+147

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Patti Rizzo  United States73-70-75-76=294+2
2Edwina Kennedy  Australia73-71-76-76=296+4
3Marta Figueras-Dotti  Spain80-70-71-77=298+6
4Linda Goggin  Australia77-75-75-72=299+7
5Juli Inkster  United States78-75-74-73=300+8
6Carol Semple  United States78-79-74-71=302+10
7Federica Dassù  Italy78-75-77-74=304+12
8Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue  France79-73-79-75=306+14
9Marie-Laure de Lorenzi  France79-80-77-71=307+15
T10Jane Connachan Great Britain &
 Ireland
78-73-76-81=308+16
Pia Nilsson  Sweden79-77-75-77=308

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