The 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 14–17 September at Mayakoba El Camaleon Golf Club and Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
It was the 27th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were a record 55 team entries, each with up to three players. Two nations, Bulgaria and Morocco, made their first appearances at the Espirito Santo Trophy.
Each team played two rounds at Mayakoba and two rounds at Iberostar in different orders, but all leading teams played the fourth round at Mayakoba. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The South Korea team won the trophy for their fourth title and third win in the last four events, beating team Switzerland by 21 strokes. Switzerland, with two sisters, Kim and Morgan Metraux, in the team, earned the silver medal while the Ireland team took the bronze on third place another stroke back.
The individual title went to 17-year-old Choi Hye-jin, South Korea, whose score of 14-under-par, 274, was two strokes ahead of Puk Lyng Thomsen, Denmark.
Teams 55 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players except two teams. The teams representing Bolivia and Latvia each had only two players.
CountryPlayersEla Anacona, Magdalena Simmermacher, Agustina ZeballosRobyn Choi, Karis Davidson, Hannah GreenLeonie Bettel, Ines Fendt, Emma SpitzDiane Baillieux, Leslie Cloots, Clarisse LouisMichelle Ledermann, Daniela SilesLuiza Altmann, Lauren Grinberg, Clara TeixeiraSofia Seldemirova, Ivana Simeonova, Stefani SkokanskaJosee Doyon, Naomi Ko, Maddie SzerykKristyna Frydlova, Katerina Vlasinova, Karolina VlckovaMaria Jose Hurtado, Isidora Nilsson, Natalia VillavicencioYifan Ji, Wenbo Liu, Shan PanYa-Chun Chang, Ching-Tzu Chen, Jo-Hua HungCynthia Diaz, Silvia Garces, Laura SojoDaniela Baudrit, Pamela Calderon, Ximena MontealegreMalene Krølbøll Hansen, Marie Lund-Hansen, Puk Lyng ThomsenCoralia Arias, Daniela Darquea, Anika VeintemillaGemma Clews, Alice Hewson, Meghan MacLarenDaniella Barrett, Matilda Castren, Emily PentillaMathilda Cappeliez, Agathe Laisné, Pauline Roussin-BouchardAntonia Eberhard, Sophie Hausmann, Esther HenseleitKristin Oberiano, Rachael Peterson, Rose TarpleyPilar Echeverra, Valeria Mendizabal, Lucia PoloTiffany Chan, Michelle Cheung, Mimi HoGuðrún Brá Björgvinsdóttir, Berglind Bjornsdóttir, Signy ArnorsdóttirGaurika Bishnoi, Diksha Dagar, Tvesa MalikLeona Maguire, Olivia Mehaffey, Annabel WilsonBianca Fabrizio, Laura Lonardi, Carlotta RicolfiHina Arakaki, Nasa Hataoka, Yumi MatsubaraLaila Forstmane, Anna Diana SvankaMaría Fassi, Isabella Fierro, Ana Paula ValdesHouria El Abbadi, Lina Belmati, Ines LaklalechZhen Bontan, Roos Haarman, Dewi WeberJulianne Alvarez, Chantelle Cassidy, Wenyung KehRenate Grimstad, Stina Resen, Marthe WoldMilagros Chaves, Maria Fernanda Escauriza, Sofia GarcíaMicaela Farah, Lucia Gutierrez, Maria Salinas ValleDominika Gradecka, Nastasia Kossacky, Dorota ZalewskaValeria Sofia Pacheco, Yudika Ann Rodriguez, Maria Fernanda TorresSofia Anokhina, Vera Markevich, Sofya MorozovaConnie Jaffrey, Jessica Meek, Rachael TaylorNatalia Heckova, Laila Hrindova, Lea KlimentovaNastja Banovec, Ana Belac, Katja PogačarCara Gorlei, Ivanna Samu, Kaleigh TelferChoi Hye-jin, Park Hyun-kyung, Park Min-jiHarang Lee, Maria Parra, Luna SobronFrida Gustafsson Spång, Emma Henrikson, Linnea StrömAzelia Meichtry, Kim Métraux, Morgane MétrauxPajaree Anannarukarn, Kanyalak Preedasuttijit, Manuschaya ZeemakornNour Ben Cherif, Kenza Ladhari, Hadia MansouriTugce Erden, Sena Ersoy, Selin TimurAnna Avdieieva, Daria Horokhovska, Elvira RastvortsevaKatelyn Dambaugh, Mariel Galdiano, Andrea LeeSofia Garcia Austt, Manuela Barros, Priscilla SchmidNicole Ferre, Stephanie Gellini, Valentina GillyMegan Lockett, Katherine O'Connor, Chloe Williams
Results PlaceCountryScoreTo par138-137-138-134=547−29137-145-145-141=568−8146-141-145-137=569−74151-137-144-138=570−65145-143-143-141=571−56146-145-145-138=574−27151-143-141-140=575−18142-153-144-137=576E9149-144-145-143=581+510144-148-146-144=582+611153-149-142-140=584+8T12147-147-149-144=587+11143-147-151-146=587T14146-152-146-144=588+12147-151-148-142=58816148-148-149-145=589+13T17148-150-146-146=590+14147-150-147-146=59019147-147-146-152=592+1620147-152-149-146=594+1821146-145-157-147=595+19T22147-153-149-147=596+20148-146-148-154=59624151-151-145-151=598+22T25147-155-149-148=599+23148-155-142-154=599T27152-152-149-147=600+24150-153-150-147=600156-149-146-149=60030149-155-146-151=601+2531154-146-150-152=602+26T32159-148-145-151=603+27150-153-150-150=603T34148-154-154-151=607+31159-148-154-146=60736149-153-154-154=610+3437152-154-152-153=611+35T38157-151-154-154=616+40157-153-150-156=61640157-155-147-159=618+4241162-161-147-149=619+4342157-162-148-153=620+44T43159-150-154-160=623+47156-165-145-157=623T45159-154-162-154=626+50156-154-162-154=62647159-161-155-158=633+5748158-156-164-161=639+6349165-167-156-162=650+7450165-175-160-164=664+8851174-172-158-166=670+9452172-174-171-161=678+10253173-178-183-180=714+13854183-178-176-179=716+14055185-181-175-177=718+142 Source:
Individual leaders There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores. PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Choi Hye-jin70-69-68-67=274−142Puk Lyng Thomsen73-67-70-66=276−123Kim Métraux69-72-69-69=279−9Park Min-ji74-68-70-67=2795Daniela Darquea71-72-70-68=281−7T6Naomi Ko75-66-71-70=282−6Leona Maguire72-70-71-69=282T8Leslie Cloots76-70-68-69=283−5Maria Parra75-70-70-68=28310Park Hyun-kyung68-75-71-71=285−3
References
External links World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website