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.
 Pinehurst Country Club Course No. 2 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1–4 October |
| Location | Pinehurst, North Carolina, U.S. 35°11′24″N 79°28′05″W / 35.190°N 79.468°W |
| Course(s) | Pinehurst Country Club (No. 2 course) |
| Organized by | World Amateur Golf Council |
| Format | 72 holes stroke play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 74 |
| Length | 5,940 yards (5,430 m) |
| Field | 28 teams 83 players |
| Champion | |
 United StatesJuli Inkster, Patti Rizzo, Carol Semple | |
| 588 (−4) | |
| Location map | |
Location in the United States Location in North Carolina | |
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 edit
28 teams contested the event. Each team had three players, except Guatemala, who had two.
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
 Argentina
|
Susanna B. Garmendia, Maria E. Noguerol, Beatriz G. Rossello |
 Australia
|
Lindy Goggin, Edwina Kennedy, Jane Lock |
 Belgium
|
Isabelle Declerq, Marie-Noelle Herkens, Francoise De Wagheneire |
 Bermuda
|
Judithanne Astwood Outerbridge, Barbara Mulder, Ginette Spinucci |
 Brazil
|
Isabel D. Lopes, Elisabeth Nickhorn, Tiemi Nomura |
 Canada
|
Barbara Bunkowsky, Lynn Cooke, Judy Ellis |
 Chile
|
Maria Pia Aguirre, Ana Maria Cambiaso, Beatriz Steeger |
 China
|
Li-Ying Chen, Bie-Shyun Huang, Hsiu-Tien Su |
 Colombia
|
Patricia Gonzalez, Gloria de Pardo, Monica Tamayo |
 Fiji
|
Anna Dunn, Tuli Naisara, Myrtle Pickering |
 France
|
Elaine Berthet, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue |
 Great Britain & Ireland
|
Jane Connachan, Maureen Madill, Belle Robertson |
 Guatemala
|
Nancy D. de Noguera, Florencia H. de Rolz |
 Italy
|
Emanuelo Braito, Marina Buscaini, Federica Dassù |
 Japan
|
Haruko Ishi, Toshi Matsubara, Haruyo Miyazawa |
 Mexico
|
Carolina Fernandez, Pilar Guzman, Adriana Ramirez |
 Netherlands
|
Alice Janmaat, Joyce Heysler, Ineke Keunen |
 New Zealand
|
Liz Douglas, Brenda Rhodes, Jan Scandrett |
 Norway
|
Reidun S. Dirdal, Lilly Gulliksen, Mette Rinde Reuss |
 Peru
|
Mariza Alzamora, Alicia Dibos, Juana M. de Nari |
 South Africa
|
Rae Hast, Sheree Muirhead, Vicky Farrell |
 Spain
|
Marta Figueras-Dotti, Ana Monfort de Albox, Carmen Maestre de Pellon |
 Sweden
|
Viveca Hoff, Pia Nilsson, Liv Wollin |
 Switzerland
|
Annette Hadorn, Regine Lautens, Marie Christine de Werra |
| United States
|
Juli Inkster, Patti Rizzo, Carol Semple |
 Venezuela
|
Angeles Alcantara, Gracielo Quintana, Gracielo Plaza |
 West Germany
|
Ursula Beer, Sabine Blecher, Barbara Böhm |
 Zimbabwe
|
Vivienne Browning, Linda Turnbull, Rowena Wepener |
Results edit
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
|
United States
|
151-145-148-144=588 | −4 |
|
Australia
|
150-146-151-148=595 | +3 |
T
|
France
|
158-150-156-146=610 | +18 |
| Spain
|
159-145-150-156=610 | ||
| 5 | Great Britain & Ireland
|
156-154-149-156=615 | +23 |
| T6 | Italy
|
158-155-156-152=621 | +29 |
| Sweden
|
156-154-154-157=621 | ||
| T8 | Canada
|
160-151-155-156=622 | +30 |
| Switzerland
|
157-158-152-155=622 | ||
| 10 | Japan
|
159-157-157-155=628 | +36 |
| 11 | New Zealand
|
157-157-153-163=630 | +38 |
| 12 | China
|
160-155-157-161=633 | +41 |
| 13 | West Germany
|
160-153-158.164=635 | +43 |
| 14 | South Africa
|
160-161-156-161=638 | +46 |
| T15 | Argentina
|
160-166-161-156=643 | +51 |
| Netherlands
|
162-159-162-160=643 | ||
| T17 | Belgium
|
169-163-154-163=649 | +57 |
| Brazil
|
162-158-163-166=649 | ||
| 19 | Norway
|
167-162-160-162=651 | +59 |
| 20 | Colombia
|
171-164-166-162=663 | +71 |
| 21 | Zimbabwe
|
168-168-162-174=666 | +74 |
| 22 | Peru
|
169-163-162-174=668 | +76 |
| 23 | Chile
|
169-160-173-169=671 | +79 |
| 24 | Mexico
|
171-167-175-168=681 | +89 |
| 25 | Venezuela
|
171-168-169-177=685 | +93 |
| 26 | Bermuda
|
181-179-179-179=711 | +119 |
| 27 | Guatemala
|
170-192-173-178=713 | +121 |
| 28 | Fiji
|
183-183-185-188=739 | +147 |
Individual leaders edit
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patti Rizzo | United States
|
73-70-75-76=294 | +2 |
| 2 | Edwina Kennedy | Australia
|
73-71-76-76=296 | +4 |
| 3 | Marta Figueras-Dotti | Spain
|
80-70-71-77=298 | +6 |
| 4 | Linda Goggin | Australia
|
77-75-75-72=299 | +7 |
| 5 | Juli Inkster | United States
|
78-75-74-73=300 | +8 |
| 6 | Carol Semple | United States
|
78-79-74-71=302 | +10 |
| 7 | Federica Dassù | Italy
|
78-75-77-74=304 | +12 |
| 8 | Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue | France
|
79-73-79-75=306 | +14 |
| 9 | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi | France
|
79-80-77-71=307 | +15 |
| T10 | Jane Connachan | Great Britain & Ireland
|
78-73-76-81=308 | +16 |
| Pia Nilsson | Sweden
|
79-77-75-77=308 |
References edit
- ^ a b "Record Book 1980 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records". Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 180–181. ISBN 9172603283.
- ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 184. ISBN 91-86818007.