1976 Espirito Santo Trophy

1976 Espirito Santo Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	6–9 October
Location	Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal; 37°4′40″N 8°6′55″W / 37.07778°N 8.11528°W
Course(s)	Vilamoura Golf Club (Vilamoura Old Course)
Organized by	World Amateur Golf Council
Format	72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par	73
Length	6,181 yards (5,652 m)
Field	25 teams; 74 players
Champion
	United States; Donna Horton, Nancy Lopez, Debbie Massey
	605 (+21)
Location map
	Vilamoura Golf Club Location i Portugal
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The 1976 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 6–9 October at Vilamoura Golf Club in, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal. It was the seventh women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 25 teams, each with up to three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

The United States team won the Trophy, defending their title from two years ago and winning their sixth consecutive title, beating team France by 17 strokes. France took the silver medal and Brazil, on the podium for the first time, took the bronze.^[1]

Teams

25 teams contested the event. Each team had three players, except Sri Lanka, who only had two.

Country	Players
Argentina	Maria Julia Caserta de Aftalion, Amanda de Felicia, Beatriz Rossello
Australia	Jane Lock, Sandra McCaw, Karen Permezel
Belgium	Maguy Brose, Marianne Toussaint, Francoise Wagheneire
Brazil	Maria Alice Gonzalez, Elisabeth Noronha, Laura M. dos Santos
Canada	Betty Stanhope-Cole, Marylin Palmer, Dale Shaw
Chile	Patriciua Fernandez, Beatriz Steeger, Maria Pia Valdez
China	Mei-Chin Chen, Ming-Ching Huang, Yu-Hsia Tai
Denmark	Annettte Hagdrup, Marete Meiland, Tina Pors
Dominican Republic	Silivia Corrie, Susan Fellow, Jacqueline M. de Jesus
France	Catherine Lacoste de Prado, Anne Marie Palli, Marie-Christine Ubald-Bocquet
Great Britain & Ireland	Mary McKenna, Catherine Panton, Jenny Lee Smith
Italy	Federica Dassù, Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, Marina Ragher
Jamaica	Pauline Laman, Dorothy Mahfood, Suanne Rebhan
Japan	Haruko Ishii, Yuniki Kanoh, Machiko Yamada
Mexico	Luz de Lourdes Fernandez, Maria Luisa Martinez, Fela Chaves de Subirats
Netherlands	Alice Janmaat, Nicole Spitz, Marischka Zegger-Swane
Norway	Lilly Gulliksen, Vivi Horn Marstrand, Mette Rinde Reuss
Portugal	Teresa Mata, Graca Medina, Veronica Oliveira e Silva
Rhodesia	Jean Freeman, Anne Esson, Joan Walker
South Africa	Jenny Bruce, Cheran Gerber, Alison Sheard
Spain	Elena Corminas, Carmen Maestre de Pellon, Cristina Marsans
Sri Lanka	Tiru Fernando, Mrs W.P. Fernando
Sweden	Hillewi Hagström, Pia Nilsson, Liv Wollin
Switzerland	Carole Charbonnier, Verena Salvisberg, Marie Christine de Werra
United States	Donna Horton, Nancy Lopez, Debbie Massey

Results

#	Country	Score	To par
1	United States	152-152-147-154=605	+21
2	France	154-157-149-162=622	+38
3	Brazil	160-160-152-154=626	+42
4	Italy	157-159-157-162=635	+51
T5	Australia	160-160-157-159=636	+52
T5	Canada	161-156-157-162=636	+52
7	China	157-161-157-163=638	+54
T8	South Africa	159-157-160-163=639	+55
T8	Spain	162-160-157-160=639	+55
T10	Sweden	165-158-159-159=641	+57
T10	West Germany	164-160-155-162=641	+57
12	Japan	158-163-166-156=643	+59
13	Great Britain & Ireland	164-162-162-157=645	+61
14	Argentina	160-170-159-160=649	+65
15	Switzerland	166-171-166-160=663	+79
16	Netherlands	166-171-165-167=669	+85
17	Belgium	172-171-166-165=674	+90
18	Chile	168-170-171-168=677	+93
T19	Denmark	175-169-169-172=685	+101
T19	Mexico	167-171-175-172=685	+101
T21	Norway	172-177-175-177=701	+117
T21	Sri Lanka	176-184-174-167=701	+117
23	Rhodesia	177-175-175-175=702	+118
24	Portugal	193-199-185-185=762	+178
25	Dominican Republic	208-189-183-197=777	+193

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

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Nancy Lopez	United States	72-75-73-77=297	+5
2	Catherine Lacoste de Prado	France	76-77-75-79=307	+15
T3	Debbie Massey	United States	80-77-74-78=309	+23
T3	Liv Wollin	Sweden	79-79-77-74=309	+25
T5	Maria Alice Gonzalez	Brazil	81-76-80-75=312	+28
T5	Donna Horton	United States	81-77-77-77=312	+28
T7	Carmen Maestre de Pellon	Spain	78-78-77-81=314	+30
T7	Elisabeth Noronha	Brazil	79-84-72-79=314	+30
9	Anne Marie Palli	France	78-80-74-83=315	+31
10	Federica Dassù	Italy	80-77-78-81=316	+32

References

^ ^a ^b "Record Book 1976 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 4 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.

External links

World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website

[results-1] "Record Book 1976 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[2] "World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records". Retrieved 30 May 2013.

[3] "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.

[4] Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 180–181. ISBN 9172603283.

[5] Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 184. ISBN 91-86818007.

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