The 1980 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 1–4 October at Pinehurst Country Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States. It was the ninth women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 28 teams, each with up to three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The United States team won the Trophy, taking back the title from four years ago and winning their seventh title, beating defending champions team Australia by seven strokes. Australia earned the silver medal while team France and the combined team of Great Britain and Ireland, shared the bronze on tied third place another 15 strokes behind.
Teams 28 teams contested the event. Each team had three players, except Guatemala, who had two.
CountryPlayersSusanna B. Garmendia, Maria E. Noguerol, Beatriz G. RosselloLindy Goggin, Edwina Kennedy, Jane LockIsabelle Declerq, Marie-Noelle Herkens, Francoise De WagheneireJudithanne Astwood Outerbridge, Barbara Mulder, Ginette SpinucciIsabel D. Lopes, Elisabeth Nickhorn, Tiemi NomuraBarbara Bunkowsky, Lynn Cooke, Judy EllisMaria Pia Aguirre, Ana Maria Cambiaso, Beatriz SteegerLi-Ying Chen, Bie-Shyun Huang, Hsiu-Tien SuPatricia Gonzalez, Gloria de Pardo, Monica TamayoAnna Dunn, Tuli Naisara, Myrtle PickeringElaine Berthet, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue Great Britain &Jane Connachan, Maureen Madill, Belle RobertsonNancy D. de Noguera, Florencia H. de RolzEmanuelo Braito, Marina Buscaini, Federica DassùHaruko Ishi, Toshi Matsubara, Haruyo MiyazawaCarolina Fernandez, Pilar Guzman, Adriana RamirezAlice Janmaat, Joyce Heysler, Ineke Keunen Liz Douglas, Brenda Rhodes, Jan ScandrettReidun S. Dirdal, Lilly Gulliksen, Mette Rinde ReussMariza Alzamora, Alicia Dibos, Juana M. de NariRae Hast, Sheree Muirhead, Vicky FarrellMarta Figueras-Dotti, Ana Monfort de Albox, Carmen Maestre de PellonViveca Hoff, Pia Nilsson, Liv WollinAnnette Hadorn, Regine Lautens, Marie Christine de WerraJuli Inkster, Patti Rizzo, Carol SempleAngeles Alcantara, Gracielo Quintana, Gracielo PlazaUrsula Beer, Sabine Blecher, Barbara BöhmVivienne Browning, Linda Turnbull, Rowena Wepener
Results PlaceCountryScoreTo par151-145-148-144=588−4150-146-151-148=595+3T158-150-156-146=610+18159-145-150-156=6105 Great Britain &156-154-149-156=615+23T6158-155-156-152=621+29156-154-154-157=621T8160-151-155-156=622+30157-158-152-155=62210159-157-157-155=628+3611157-157-153-163=630+3812160-155-157-161=633+4113160-153-158.164=635+4314160-161-156-161=638+46T15160-166-161-156=643+51162-159-162-160=643T17169-163-154-163=649+57162-158-163-166=64919167-162-160-162=651+5920171-164-166-162=663+7121168-168-162-174=666+7422169-163-162-174=668+7623169-160-173-169=671+7924171-167-175-168=681+8925171-168-169-177=685+9326181-179-179-179=711+11927170-192-173-178=713+12128183-183-185-188=739+147 Sources:
Individual leaders There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores. PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Patti Rizzo73-70-75-76=294+22Edwina Kennedy73-71-76-76=296+43Marta Figueras-Dotti80-70-71-77=298+64Lindy Goggin77-75-75-72=299+75Juli Inkster78-75-74-73=300+86Carol Semple78-79-74-71=302+107Federica Dassù78-75-77-74=304+128Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue79-73-79-75=306 +149Marie-Laure de Lorenzi79-80-77-71=307+15T10Jane Connachan Great Britain &78-73-76-81=308+16Pia Nilsson79-77-75-77=308
References
External links World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website