2022 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 24–27 August at Le Golf National and Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche south-west of Paris, France.[1][2]

2022 Espirito Santo Trophy
Albatros Course at Le Golf National
Tournament information
Dates24–27 August
LocationGuyancourt, France
48°45′12″N 2°04′32″E / 48.7532°N 2.0755°E / 48.7532; 2.0755
Course(s)Le Golf National (Albatros course)
Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche (Red course)
Organized byWorld Amateur Golf Council
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par71 (Le Golf National)
72 (Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Brèteche)
Length6,317 yards (5,776 m) (Le Golf National)
6,160 yards (5,630 m) (Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Brèteche)
Field56 teams
168 players
Champion
 Sweden
Ingrid Lindblad, Meja Örtengren, Louise Rydqvist
559 (−13)
Location map
Location in France
Location in Île-de-France
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It was the 29th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.

Format

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The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. Each team of three players played two rounds at Le Golf National and two rounds at Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche in different orders. The top teams played their final round on Le Golf National, The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

Venues

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Le Golf National had previously hosted the Open de France every year except two since 1991, the 2018 Ryder Cup and the 1994 Eisenhower Trophy and Espirito Santo Trophy. The facility was scheduled to host the golfing competition during the Olympics in 2024.

Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche had previously hosted the Open de France three times and the 1963 Canada Cup, an event later renamed the World Cup.

Course layouts

Le Golf National (Albatros Course)

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Metre 322 126 455 357 351 332 361 172 481 2,957 322 132 342 339 456 343 132 404 348 2,818 5,775
Yards 352 138 498 391 384 363 395 188 526 3,235 352 144 374 371 499 375 144 442 481 3,082 6,317
Par 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 36 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 35 71

Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche (Red Course)

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Metre 317 362 135 340 429 338 454 315 133 2,823 339 320 447 176 314 312 154 424 325 2,811 5,634
Yards 347 396 148 372 469 370 496 344 145 3,087 371 350 489 192 343 341 168 464 355 3,073 6,160
Par 4 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 3 36 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 5 4 36 72

Teams

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

Players in the teams

Country Players
  Argentina Ela Belén Anacona, María Cabanillas, Valentina Rossi
  Australia Kelsey Bennett, Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Kirsten Rudgeley
  Austria Johanna Ebner, Isabella Holpfer, Anna Neumayer
  Belgium Sophie Bert, Savannah De Bock, Céline Manche
  Brazil Valentina Bosselmann, Marina Nonaka, Nina Rissi
  Canada Nicole Gal, Lauren Kim, Brooke Rivers
  Chinese Taipei Huai-Chien Hsu, Ting-Hsuan Huang, Hsin-Chun Liao
  Chile Florencia Dufey, Michelle Melandri, Amelia Ruiz
  Colombia Maria Jose Marin, Ana Murcia, Valery Plata
  Costa Rica Victoria Callahan, Veronica Odio, Scarlet Weidig
  Czech Republic Patricie Mackova, Agata Vahalova, Denisa Vodickova
  Denmark Cecilie Finne-Ipsen, Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen, Amalie Leth-Nissen
  England Charlotte Heath, Caley McGinty, Lottie Woad
  Estonia Anete Liis Adu, Elizaveta Sofia Reemet, Karola Soe
  Finland Anna Backman, Katri Bakker, Krista Junkkar
  France Constance Fouillet, Vaïrana Heck, Maylis Lamoure
  Germany Helen Briem, Alexandra Försterling, Celina Rosa Sattelkau
  Guam Tyanna Jacot, Kayley Kang, Rose Tarpley
  Guatemala Beatriz Arenas, Hani Lee, Jasmine Youn Shin
  Hong Kong Chloe Chan, Arianna Lau, Inara Sharma
  Iceland Andrea Bergsdóttir, Hulda Clara Gestsdóttir, Ragnhildur Kristinsdóttir
  Ireland Beth Coulter, Anna Foster, Lauren Walsh
  Italy Francesca Fiorellini, Carolina Melgrati, Benedetta Moresco
  Japan Saki Baba, Mizuki Hashimoto, Miku Ueta
  Kazakhstan Islamiya Abeldi, Albina Agayeva, Rivekka Jumagulova
  Latvia Katrina Bulkovska, Laila Forstmane, Marlena Gavare
  Liechtenstein Anna Eggenberger, Lisa Sele, Christine Tinner-Rampone
  Lithuania Saulė Jarašūnaitė, Miglė Rusteikaitė, Gilė Bitė Starkutė
  Luxembourg Marie Baertz, Marie Binninger, Lisa Steingrube
  Mexico Isabel Amezcua, Lauren Daiana Olivares, Clarisa Temelo
  Morocco Malak Bouraeda, Sofia Cherif Essakali, Rim Imni
  Netherlands Anne-Sterre den Dunnen, Lauren Holmey, Mayka Hoogeboom
  New Zealand Eunseo Choi, Vivian Lu, Fiona Xu
  Norway Mia S. Lussand, Vilde Marie Nystrom, Silje Ohma
  Panama Carla Alvarez Perez, Anna Gabriela Furnar, Maria Eugenia Furnari Deleuze
  Philippines Mikhaela Fortuna, Lois Kaye Go, Maria Rafaela Singson
  Poland Maja Ambroziak, Kinga Kuśmierska, Dorota Zalewska
  Portugal Sofia Barroso Sá, Leonor Medeiros, Ana Costa Rodrigues
  Puerto Rico Camila Negroni, Valeria Pacheco, Paola Rosario
  Scotland Hannah Darling, Chloé Goadby, Lorna McClymont
  Singapore Aloysa Margiela Atienza, Hailey Loh, Jaymie Ng
  Slovakia Katarina Drocarova, Michaela Vavrová, Antónia Zacharovská
  Slovenia Barbara Car, Inja Fric, Lana Malek
  South Africa Bobbi Brown, Caitlyn Macnab, Kajal Mistry
  South Korea Shinsil Bang, Min Byeol Kim, Jiyoo Lim
  Spain Carolina Lopez-Chacarra, Cayetana Fernández, Paula Martin
  Sweden Ingrid Lindblad, Meja Örtengren, Louise Rydqvist
  Switzerland Elena Moosmann, Caroline Sturdza, Chiara Tamburlini
  Thailand Eila Galitsky, Navaporn Soontreeyapas, Suvichaya Vinijchaitham
  Turkey İrem Demir, Ilgın Zeynep Denizci, Zeynep Süalp
  Ukraine Maria Fedorowycz, Sofia Pylypenko, Elvira Rastvortseva
  United States Rachel Heck, Rachel Kuehn, Rose Zhang
  Uruguay Victoria Bargo, Lousiane Gauthier, Jimena Marques
  Venezuela Agatha Alesson, Stephanie Gelleni, Vanessa Gilly
  Wales Darcey Harry, Ellen Nicholas, Ffion Tynan

Winners

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Team Sweden won the trophy for their third title. Silver medalist and defending champion, team United States, had the same total score, but Sweden was declared the winner. The initial tiebreaker, the final round non-counting score of the respective teams, was in the favor of Sweden, 73 against 74. This was the third time in the history of the championship, the winner was decided after a tie. Last time, in 2006, Sweden lost the championship in a similar way.

Team Germany and team Japan shared the bronze on third place one stroke back.

Although there was no official recognition, Meja Örtengren, Sweden, Rose Zhang, United States and Helen Briem, Germany tied for the low individual score at seven-under-par 279.

Results

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Team standings

Place Country Score To par
    Sweden * 143-134-143-139=559 −13
    United States 137-142-140-140=559
    Germany 138-141-136-145=560 −12
  Japan 143-138-141-138=560
5   Spain 141-142-138-140=561 −11
6   Chinese Taipei 140-142-137-147=566 −6
T7   Canada 146-141-140-143=570 −2
  Scotland 150-141-137-142=570
T9   Czech Republic 145-143-141-143=572 E
  South Korea 146-138-146-142=572
T11   England 143-143-142-145=573 +1
  France 143-145-134-151=573
13   Switzerland 141-142-147-144=574 +2
14   Australia 140-146-142-147=575 +3
15   South Africa 141-145-146-148=580 +8
T16   Ireland 146-149-142-146=583 +11
  Norway 142-148-145-148=583
18   Italy 151-144-142-147=584 +12
19   Netherlands 146-144-142-153=585 +13
T20   New Zealand 147-150-146-143=586 +14
  Thailand 146-150-144-146=586
22   Finland 143-152-142-152=589 +17
23   Poland 141-148-152-151=592 +20
24   Belgium 146-151-150-146=593 +21
25   Argentina 148-144-151-151=594 +22
T26   Colombia 147-149-155-144=595 +23
  Denmark 153-151-149-142=595
  Hong Kong 152-143-147-153=595
29   Wales 146-154-151-146=597 +25
30   Philippines 144-153-151-150=598 +26
31   Slovakia 152-147-149-151=599 +27
32   Mexico 148-150-151-152=601 +29
33   Iceland 151-150-150-151=602 +30
34   India 148-153-150-152=603 +31
35   Venezuela 150-150-156-150=606 +34
36   Austria 151-154-148-156=609 +37
37   Uruguay 150-153-157-150=610 +38
T38   Morocco 147-156-152-158=613 +41
  Singapore 148-159-155-151=613
40   Portugal 156-155-151-152=614 +42
41   Slovenia 151-146-161-160=618 +46
42   Chile 151-162-158-158=629 +57
T43   Brazil 153-159-163-156=631 +59
  Estonia 157-157-162-155=631
45   Kazakhstan 160-157-158-157=632 +60
T46   Guatemala 156-151-164-166=637 +65
  Puerto Rico 148-155-169-165=637
  Turkey 156-165-152-164=637
T49   Latvia 160-159-155-169=643 +71
  Ukraine 165-162-155-161=643
51   Lithuania 151-171-158-165=645 +73
52   Panama 157-164-164-166=651 +79
53   Luxembourg 167-166-159-176=668 +96
54   Costa Rica 164-170-173-165=672 +100
55   Guam 171-167-170-166=674 +102
56   Liechtenstein 173-165-176-168=682 +110

* Sweden was awarded the tiebreak, since their third player, Louise Rydqvist, had a lower score than United States' third player, Rachel Kuehn, in the final round, 73 against 74.

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Helen Briem   Germany 69-72-66-72=279 −7
Meja Örtengren   Sweden 69-68-72-70=279
Rose Zhang   United States 69-72-69-69=279
T4 Saki Baba   Japan 74-67-69-70=280 −6
Hannah Darling   Scotland 74-71-65-70=280
Ingrid Lindblad   Sweden 74-66-71-69=280
T7 Cayetana Fernández   Spain 72-71-68-71=282 −4
Hsin-Chun Liao   Chinese Taipei 69-69-70-74=282
Paula Martin Sampedro   Spain 71-71-71-69=282
T10 Min Byeol Kim   South Korea 72-68-72-73=285 −1
Rachel Kuehn   United States 70-70-71-74=285
Maylis Lamoure   France 75-71-67-72=285
Brooke Rivers   Canada 75-70-71-69=285

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WATC 2022 France". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. ^ Leonard, Todd (27 August 2022). "U.S. charge comes up short as Sweden women win World Amateur Team title". Golf Digest. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
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