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
Dates2–5 October
LocationCheltenham, Victoria, Australia
37.967°S 145.068°E / -37.967; 145.068
Course(s)Victoria Golf Club
Organized byWorld Amateur Golf Council
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par73
Length6,040 yards (5,520 m)
Field17 teams
51 players
Champion
 United States
Jane Bastanchury, Shelley Hamlin, Anne Quast Welts
616 (+32)
Location Map
Victoria Golf Club, Cheltenham
Location i Australia

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, Mrs. D.A. 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
# Country Score To par
1  United States 156-156-151-153=616 +32
2  Australia 158-152-153-158=621 +37
3  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.

# 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.
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