1998 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 1998 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 12–15 November at Prince of Wales Country Club in Santiago, Chile.

1998 Espirito Santo Trophy
Tournament information
Dates12–15 November
LocationSantiago, Chile
33°27′S 70°40′W
Course(s)Prince of Wales Country Club
Organized byWorld Amateur Golf Council
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length6,150 yards (5,620 m)
Field33 teams
99 players
Champion
 United States
Kellee Booth, Jenny Chuasiriporn, Brenda Corrie-Kuehn
558 (−18)
Location Map
Prince of Wales Country Club, Santiago
Location in Chile

It was the 18th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.

The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were 33 team entries, each with three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

The United States team won the Trophy for their 13th title, beating team Italy and team Germany by 21 strokes, the widest margin of victory in the history of the championship. Italy and Germany shared the silver medal on second place.

The individual title went to Jenny Chuasiriporn, United States, whose score of 12-under-par, 276, was seven strokes ahead of her teammate Kellee Booth.[1]

Teams

33 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players.

Country Players
 Argentina Maria Larrauri, Maria Olivero, Maria Lucia White
 Australia Michelle Ellis, Kate MacIntosh, Rebecca Stevenson
 Austria Sandra Fischer, Lilian Mensi-Klarbach, Tina Schneeberger
 Belgium Naima Ghilain, Stephanie Schinkel, Gaelle Van Wettere
 Bolivia Ella Maria Asbun, Veronica Malddonado, Ximena Maldonado
 Brazil Maria Candida Hanneman, Elisabeth Nickhorn, Cristina Schmitt Baldi
 Canada Isabelle Blais, Mary Ann Lapointe, Kareen Qually
 Chile Nicolle Perrot, Gloria Soto, Beatriz Steeger
 Chinese Taipei Hsiao-chuan Lu, Yu-ping Lin, Yun-jye Wei
 Colombia Cristina Baena, Marcela Gonzalez, Catalina Navarro
 Croatia Snjezana Crnoglavac, Sanja Serfezi, Daria Zubrinic
 Denmark Karen Margrethe Juul, Christina Kuld, Amanda Moltke-Leth
 Ecuador Maria Jose Ferro, Katy Pareja, Patricia Pazmino
 Finland Pia Koivuranta, Nina Laitinen, Hanna-Rikka Kuitunen
 France Stéphanie Arricau, Karine Icher, Marine Monnet
 Germany Martina Eberl, Miriam Nagl, Nicole Stillig
 Guatemala Maria Cristina Arenas, Nancy de Noguera, Graciela de Ruest
 Italy Fedezica Piovano, Sophie Sandolo, Giulia Sergas
 Japan Miho Koga, Mayumi Nakajima, Misato Nishikawa
 Mexico America Leal, Lorena Ochoa, Marta Ostos
 Netherlands Frederique Lempers, Nienke Nijenhuis, Marieke Zelsmann
 New Zealand Renee Fowler, Julia Krachinski, Brenda Ormsby
 Norway Line Berg, Monica Gundersund, Suzann Pettersen
 Paraguay Jazmin Cataldo, Rocio Delmas, Celeste Troche
 Peru Rosemarie Fuster, Maria Julia Fyfe, Marisa de la Puente
 Philippines Dorothy Delasin, Ria Denise Quiazon, Jennifer Rosales
 South Africa Sanet Marais, Joanne Norton, Wendy Warrington
 South Korea Jang Jeong, Cho Kyung-hee, Grace Park
 Sweden Maria Bodén, Marie Hedberg, Jessica Lindbergh
  Switzerland Barbara Albisetti, Niloufar Azam, Sheila Lee
 United States Kellee Booth, Jenny Chuasiriporn, Brenda Corrie-Kuehn
 Uruguay Adriana Lavina, Gabriela Villar, Magdalena Villar
 Venezuela Yubiri Cortez, Paula Marino, Alessandra Perez

Results

# Country Score To par
1  United States 143-134-139-142=558 −18
T2  Germany 149-141-145-144=579 +3
 Italy 153-143-143-140=579
T4  Australia 141-141-154-144=580 +4
 South Korea 152-143-147-138=580
6  France 142-146-149-146=583 +7
7  Chinese Taipei 145-145-144-152=586 +10
8  Austria 149-150-142-147=588 +12
9  Sweden 149-147-151-143=590 +14
T10  Denmark 148-15-151-147=596 +20
 Japan 146-148-154-148=596
12  Argentina 154-151-149-144=598 +22
13  Canada 152-148-152-147=599 +23
14  Colombia 146-150-150-154=600 +24
15  Mexico 151-154-154-143=602 +26
16  Norway 147-157-151-149=604 +28
T17  Belgium 150-151-152-153=606 +30
 Chile 151-145-155-155=606
 New Zealand 156-156-144-150=606
 Philippines 151-149-152-154=606
21  Paraguay 156-152-149-153=610 +34
22  Finland 150-150-157-155=612 +36
23  Brazil 154-147-159-155=615 +39
24   Switzerland 151-160-156-150=617 +41
25  South Africa 159-156-148-158=621 +45
26  Netherlands 158-157-154-154=623 +47
27  Peru 159-160-158-153=630 +54
28  Venezuela 156-163-155-162=636 +60
29  Uruguay 154-165-160-159=638 +62
30  Ecuador 160-161-163-157=641 +65
31  Bolivia 165-162-162-166=655 +79
32  Guatemala 161-179-161-176=677 +101
33  Croatia 191-202-196-190=779 +203

Sources:[2][3]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

# Player Country Score To par
1 Jenny Chuasiriporn  United States 71-65-69-71=276 −12
2 Kellee Booth  United States 72-70-70-71=283 −8
3 Martina Eberl  Germany 72-68-75-73=288 E
T4 Michelle Ellis  Australia 71-70-78-70=289 +1
Jang Jeong  South Korea 72-75-72-70=289
Christina Kuld  Denmark 73-73-71-72=289
T7 Lin Yu-ping  Chinese Taipei 71-73-73-74=291 +3
Rebecca Stevenson  Australia 70-71-76-74=291
T9 Marine Monnet  France 70-71-74-77=292 +4
Giulia Sergas  Italy 79-70-69-74=292

References

  1. "Record Book 1998 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  2. "World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records". Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  3. 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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