1968 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 1968 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 2–5 October at Victoria Golf Club in Cheltenham, south of central Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was the third women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 17 three-woman teams. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

1968 Espirito Santo Trophy

Tournament information
Dates	2–5 October
Location	Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia 37.967°S 145.068°E / -37.967; 145.068
Course(s)	Victoria Golf Club
Organized by	World Amateur Golf Council
Format	72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par	73
Length	6,040 yards (5,520 m)
Field	17 teams 51 players
Champion
United States Jane Bastanchury, Shelley Hamlin, Anne Quast Welts
616 (+32)
Location map
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The United States won the Trophy, beating the host nation Australia by five strokes. Australia took the silver medal while France, one stroke further behind, took the bronze, just as they did in the last championship two years earlier.

Teams

17 teams contested the event. Each team had three players.^[1]

Country	Players
Argentina	Maria Julia Caserta de Aftalion, Carmen Baca Castex de Conen, Marta Saenz Vallente
Australia	Liz Cavill Blackmore, Marea Hickey Parsons, Dianna Thomas
Belgium	Francoise Berard, Corinne Reybroeck, Louise van den Berghe
Bermuda	Mrs. A.W. Card, Mrs E. Graham Gibbons, Mrs. Eric N. Parker
Canada	Gayle Hitchens Borthwick, Gail Harvey Moore, Marylin Palmer
China	Eva Chang, Yu Hwa Pan, Ming Yeh Wu
France	Claudine Cros Rubin, Catherine Lacoste, Brigitte Varangot
Great Britain &  Ireland	Mary Everard, Diane Frearson, Belle Robertson
Italy	Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, Marina Ragher, Marion Tadini
Japan	Haruko Ifuku, Fasako Masui, Masako Satomi
Mexico	Fela Chavez, Florencia Hernandez, Elena Larralde
Netherlands	Alice Janmaat, Priscilla Sauter, Joyce de Witt Puyt
New Zealand	Glennis Taylor, Natalie White, Jean Whitehead
Philippines	Mercedes Feliclano, Nora Mateo, Vicky Pertierra
South Africa	Jeanette Burd, Rita Easton, Felicity Wassenaar
Sweden	Liv Forsell, Louise Johansson, Nina Rehnqvist
United States	Jane Bastachury, Shelley Hamlin, Anne Quast Welts

Results

Place	Country	Score	To par
	United States	156-156-151-153=616	+32
	Australia	158-152-153-158=621	+37
	France	156-152-156-158=622	+38
4	Sweden	161-162-156-159=638	+54
5	Canada	158-164-159-162=643	+59
6	Great Britain &  Ireland	163-158-161-167=649	+65
7	Argentina	168-161-163-159=651	+67
8	New Zealand	165-167-157-164=653	+69
9	Philippines	168-160-165-161=654	+70
10	Italy	161-164-161-169=655	+71
11	South Africa	168-162-161-168=659	+75
12	Belgium	167-163-162-169=661	+77
13	Netherlands	172-162-164-167=665	+81
14	Japan	169-163-167-167=666	+82
15	Mexico	168-171-170-161=670	+86
16	China	165-166-170-170=671	+87
17	Bermuda	198-194-189-194=773	+189

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

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Catherine Lacoste	France	75-81-75-76=307	+23
2	Marea Hickey Parsons	Australia	81-75-75-77=308	+24
3	Shelley Hamlin	United States	82-76-76-75=309	+25
4	Jane Bastachury	United States	78-80-76-78=312	+28
5	Anne Quast Welts	United States	78-80-75-80=313	+29
6	Liv Forsell	Sweden	82-77-78-77=314	+30
7	Claudine Cros Rubin	France	81-75-81-82=319	+35
T8	Elisabeth Blackmore	Australia	79-80-80-81=320	+36
	Dianna Thomas	Australia	79-77-78-86=320
T10	Marylin Palmer	Canada	78-81-81-81=321	+37
	Corinne Reybroeck	Belgium	81-78-78-84=321
	Belle Robertson	Great Britain &  Ireland	86-75-77-83=321

References

1. "Record Book 1968 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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.

External links

• World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website