2023 Espirito Santo Trophy

2023 Espirito Santo Trophy
Tournament information
Dates25–28 October
LocationAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
24°28′N 54°32′E / 24.467°N 54.533°E / 24.467; 54.533
Course(s)Abu Dhabi Golf Club (National Course)
Organized byInternational Golf Federation
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length6,497 yards (5,941 m)
Field36 teams
108 players
Champion
 South Korea
Lee Hyo-song, Seo Kyo-rim, Kim Min-sol
554 (−22)
Location map
Abu Dhabi Golf Club is located in United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi Golf Club
Abu Dhabi Golf Club
Abu Dhabi Golf Club is located in Persian Gulf
Abu Dhabi Golf Club
Abu Dhabi Golf Club
Location in Persian Gulf
Abu Dhabi Golf Club is located in West and Central Asia
Abu Dhabi Golf Club
Abu Dhabi Golf Club
Location in West Asia
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The 2023 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 25–28 October at Abu Dhabi Golf Club in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[1][2]

It was the 30th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.

Format

The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. Each team of three players played four rounds. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

Venue

Abu Dhabi Golf Club had previously hosted the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship on the European Tour 2006 to 2021.

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Metre 317 473 331 125 346 387 140 466 356 2,941 473 344 152 313 383 177 366 352 439 2,999 5,940
Yards 347 517 362 137 379 423 153 510 390 3,218 517 376 166 342 419 194 400 385 480 3,279 6,497
Par 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 36 5 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 36 72

Teams

36 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players.[2]

The top ten finishing teams at the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy and the 2023 host nation were automatically qualified. The field was filled based on the two highest ranked players from each nation in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, with places assured from all five continents in the championship.[3]

Country Players
 Australia Justice Bosio, Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Caitlin Peirce
 Belgium Sophie Bert, Savannah De Bock, Céline Manche
 Bolivia Florencia Cuellar Gutierrez, Constaza Quiroga, Victoria Suarez
 Canada Monet Chun, Katie Cranston, Lauren Kim
 Chile Carolina Alcaíno, Michelle Melandri, Amelia Ruiz
 Chinese Taipei Huai-Chien Hsu, Ting-Hsuan Huang, Hsin-Chun Liao
 China Tong An, XinYu Cao, Zixin Ni
 Colombia María Hoyos, Ana Sofía Murcia, Cristina Ochoa
 Czech Republic Veronika Kedronova, Patricie Mackova, Denisa Vodickova
 Denmark Olivia Grønborg, Natacha Host Husted, Cecilie Leth-Nissen
 England Charlotte Heath, Caley McGinty, Lottie Woad
 Finland Katri Bakker, Henni Mustonen, Emilia Väistö
 France Adela Cernousek, Vaïrana Heck, Louise Uma Landgraf
 Germany Helen Briem, Chiara Horder, Celina Rosa Sattelkau
 Hong Kong Sophie Han, Arianna Lau, Hoi Ki Lau
 India Mannat Brar, Nishna Patel, Avani Prashanth
 Ireland Sara Byrne, Beth Coulter, Aine Donegan
 Italy Natalia Aparicio, Francesca Fiorellini, Matilde Partele
 Japan Mizuki Hashimoto, Mamika Shinchi, Miku Ueta
 Mexico Lauren Daiana Olivares, Cory Lopez, Vania Alicia Simont
 Morocco Malak Bouraeda, Sofia Cherif Essakali, Rim Imni
 Netherlands Rosanne Boere, Anne-Sterre den Dunnen, Lynn van der Sluijs
 New Zealand Eunseo Choi, Vivian Lu, Fiona Xu
 Norway Anna Krekling, Mia S. Lussand, Silje Torvund Ohma
 Pakistan Humna Amjad, Parkha Ijaz, Rimsha Ijaz
 Philippines Junia Louise Gabasa, Rianne Malixi, Grace Pauline Quintanilla
 Scotland Hannah Darling, Carmen Griffiths, Lorna McClymont
 Singapore Aloysa Margiela Atienza, Xingtong Chen, Inez Ng
 South Africa Caitlyn Macnab, Kajal Mistry, Megan Streicher
 South Korea Kim Min-sol, Lee Hyo-song, Seo Kyo-rim
 Spain Carla Bernat Escuder, Cayetana Fernández, Julia López Ramirez
 Sweden Ingrid Lindblad, Meja Örtengren, Kajsa Arwefjäll
 Switzerland Yana Beeli, Victoria Levy, Caroline Sturdza
 Thailand Eila Galitsky, Navaporn Soontreeyapas, Suvichaya Vinijchaitham
 United Arab Emirates Jamie Camero, Lara El Chaib, Intissar Rich
 United States Anna Davis, Rachel Kuehn, Megan Schofill

Winners

Team South Korea won the trophy for their fifth title, beating team Chinese Taipei by four strokes. Team Spain earned the bronze another stroke back.[4] Defending champion Sweden finished tied 13th, 17 strokes behind the winner.

Results

Place Country Score To par
Team standings
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea 140-137-138-139=554 −22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Chinese Taipei 144-139-135-140=558 −18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain 137-138-140-144=559 −17
T4  England 144-137-139-140=560 −16
 Thailand 141-134-141-144=560
T6  Australia 141-134-144-142=561 −15
 United States 142-139-144-136=561
8  Canada 138-144-142-140=564 −12
9  New Zealand 148-135-141-141=565 −11
10  Italy 143-147-137-141=568 −8
T11  Germany 140-142-143-144=569 −7
 Scotland 141-142-143-143=569
T13  Ireland 139-145-141-146=571 −5
 Norway 143-142-146-140=571
 Sweden 142-147-138-144=571
16  India 140-142-143-148=573 −3
17  France 146-146-141-142=575 −1
18  Hong Kong 145-142-143-146=576 E
19  Philippines 143-146-140-149=578 +2
T20  Colombia 142-147-147-143=579 +3
 Mexico 144-145-143-147=579
 Singapore 145-148-144-142=579
T23  Morocco 144-145-145-147=581 +5
 Switzerland 144-151-142-144=581
25  Finland 148-149-143-142=582 +6
26  Japan 145-141-147-150=583 +7
27  South Africa 149-144-146-145=584 +8
28  Denmark 151-146-145-143=585 +9
29  Netherlands 147-148-145-147=587 +11
T30  China 152-142-149-145=588 +12
 Czech Republic 143-148-149-148=588
32  Belgium 144-153-147-151=595 +19
33  United Arab Emirates 150-153-145-152=600 +24
34  Chile 153-161-150-149=613 +37
35  Pakistan 151-156-159-162=628 +52
35  Bolivia 162-164-160-167=653 +77
Place Player Country Score To par
Individual leaders
1 Hsu Huai-Chien  Chinese Taipei 72-68-66-69=275 −13
2 Cayetana Fernández  Spain 68-69-70-70=277 −11
3 Seo Kyo-rim  South Korea 69-67-71-71=278 −10
T4 Inez Ng  Singapore 72-70-68-69=279 −9
Avani Prashanth  India 68-68-71-72=279
Lottie Woad  England 72-70-69-68=279
Fiona Xu  New Zealand 74-67-69-69=279
T8 Francesca Fiorellini  Italy 73-75-65-67=280 −8
Maddison Hinson-Tolchard  Australia 72-66-71-71=280
Lauren Kim  Canada 69-72-68-71=280

Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.

Sources:[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "2023 WATC Abu Dhabi, UAE". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b Leonard, Todd (28 October 2023). "South Korea wins its fifth Women's Amateur Team title; U.S. ties for 6th". Golf Digest. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Teams announced for 2023 World Amateur Team Championships in Abu Dhabi". Gulf News. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b "2023 WATC Abu Dhabi, UAE, Espirito Santo scoring, Female Team". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 WATC Abu Dhabi, UAE, Espirito Santo scoring, Female Individual". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 30 October 2023.