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.
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. CountryPlayersMaria Julia Caserta de Aftalion, Carmen Baca Castex de Conen, Marta Saenz VallenteLiz Cavill Blackmore, Marea Hickey Parsons, Dianna ThomasFrancoise Berard, Corinne Reybroeck, Louise van den BergheMrs. A.W. Card, Mrs E. Graham Gibbons, Mrs. Eric N. ParkerGayle Hitchens Borthwick, Gail Harvey Moore, Marylin PalmerEva Chang, Yu Hwa Pan, Ming Yeh WuClaudine Cros Rubin, Catherine Lacoste, Brigitte Varangot Great Britain &Mary Everard, Diane Frearson, Belle RobertsonIsa Goldschmidt Bevione, Marina Ragher, Marion TadiniHaruko Ifuku, Fasako Masui, Masako SatomiFela Chavez, Florencia Hernandez, Elena LarraldeAlice Janmaat, Priscilla Sauter, Joyce de Witt PuytGlennis Taylor, Natalie White, Jean WhiteheadMercedes Feliclano, Nora Mateo, Vicky PertierraJeanette Burd, Rita Easton, Felicity WassenaarLiv Forsell, Louise Johansson, Nina RehnqvistJane Bastachury, Shelley Hamlin, Anne Quast Welts
Results PlaceCountryScoreTo par156-156-151-153=616+32158-152-153-158=621+37156-152-156-158=622+384161-162-156-159=638+545158-164-159-162=643+596 Great Britain &163-158-161-167=649+657168-161-163-159=651+678165-167-157-164=653+699168-160-165-161=654+7010161-164-161-169=655+7111168-162-161-168=659+7512167-163-162-169=661+7713172-162-164-167=665+8114169-163-167-167=666+8215168-171-170-161=670+8616165-166-170-170=671+8717198-194-189-194=773+189 Sources:
Individual leaders There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores. PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Catherine Lacoste75-81-75-76=307+232Marea Hickey Parsons81-75-75-77=308+243Shelley Hamlin82-76-76-75=309+254Jane Bastachury78-80-76-78=312+285Anne Quast Welts78-80-75-80=313+296Liv Forsell82-77-78-77=314+307Claudine Cros Rubin81-75-81-82=319+35T8Elisabeth Blackmore79-80-80-81=320+36Dianna Thomas79-77-78-86=320T10Marylin Palmer78-81-81-81=321+37Corinne Reybroeck81-78-78-84=321Belle Robertson Great Britain &86-75-77-83=321
References
External links World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website