The 1998 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 12–15 November at Prince of Wales Country Club in Santiago, Chile.
It was the 18th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were 33 team entries, each with three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The United States team won the Trophy for their 13th title, beating team Italy and team Germany by 21 strokes, the widest margin of victory in the history of the championship. Italy and Germany shared the silver medal on second place.
The individual title went to Jenny Chuasiriporn, United States, whose score of 12-under-par, 276, was seven strokes ahead of her teammate Kellee Booth.
Teams 33 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players.
CountryPlayersMaria Larrauri, Maria Olivero, Maria Lucia WhiteMichelle Ellis, Kate MacIntosh, Rebecca StevensonSandra Fischer, Lilian Mensi-Klarbach, Tina SchneebergerNaima Ghilain, Stephanie Schinkel, Gaelle Van WettereElla Maria Asbun, Veronica Malddonado, Ximena MaldonadoMaria Candida Hanneman, Elisabeth Nickhorn, Cristina Schmitt BaldiIsabelle Blais, Mary Ann Lapointe, Kareen QuallyNicolle Perrot, Gloria Soto, Beatriz SteegerHsiao-chuan Lu, Yu-ping Lin, Yun-jye WeiCristina Baena, Marcela Gonzalez, Catalina NavarroSnjezana Crnoglavac, Sanja Serfezi, Daria ZubrinicKaren Margrethe Juul, Christina Kuld, Amanda Moltke-LethMaria Jose Ferro, Katy Pareja, Patricia PazminoPia Koivuranta, Nina Laitinen, Hanna-Rikka KuitunenStéphanie Arricau, Karine Icher, Marine Monnet Martina Eberl, Miriam Nagl, Nicole StilligMaria Cristina Arenas, Nancy de Noguera, Graciela de RuestFedezica Piovano, Sophie Sandolo, Giulia SergasMiho Koga, Mayumi Nakajima, Misato NishikawaAmerica Leal, Lorena Ochoa, Marta OstosFrederique Lempers, Nienke Nijenhuis, Marieke ZelsmannRenee Fowler, Julia Krachinski, Brenda OrmsbyLine Berg, Monica Gundersund, Suzann PettersenJazmin Cataldo, Rocio Delmas, Celeste TrocheRosemarie Fuster, Maria Julia Fyfe, Marisa de la PuenteDorothy Delasin, Ria Denise Quiazon, Jennifer RosalesSanet Marais, Joanne Norton, Wendy WarringtonJang Jeong, Cho Kyung-hee, Grace ParkMaria Bodén, Marie Hedberg, Jessica LindberghBarbara Albisetti, Niloufar Azam, Sheila LeeKellee Booth, Jenny Chuasiriporn, Brenda Corrie-KuehnAdriana Lavina, Gabriela Villar, Magdalena VillarYubiri Cortez, Paola Mariño, Alessandra Perez
Results PlaceCountryScoreTo par1143-134-139-142=558−18T2149-141-145-144=579+3153-143-143-140=579T4141-141-154-144=580+4152-143-147-138=5806142-146-149-146=583+77145-145-144-152=586+108149-150-142-147=588+129149-147-151-143=590+14T10148-15-151-147=596+20146-148-154-148=59612154-151-149-144=598+2213152-148-152-147=599+2314146-150-150-154=600+2415151-154-154-143=602+2616147-157-151-149=604+28T17150-151-152-153=606+30151-145-155-155=606156-156-144-150=606151-149-152-154=60621156-152-149-153=610+3422150-150-157-155=612+3623154-147-159-155=615+3924151-160-156-150=617+4125159-156-148-158=621+4526158-157-154-154=623+4727159-160-158-153=630+5428156-163-155-162=636 +6029154-165-160-159=638 +6230160-161-163-157=641+6531165-162-162-166=655+7932161-179-161-176=677+10133191-202-196-190=779+203 Sources:
Individual leaders There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores. PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Jenny Chuasiriporn71-65-69-71=276−122Kellee Booth72-70-70-71=283−83Martina Eberl72-68-75-73=288ET4Michelle Ellis71-70-78-70=289+1Jang Jeong72-75-72-70=289Christina Kuld73-73-71-72=289T7Lin Yu-ping71-73-73-74=291+3Rebecca Stevenson70-71-76-74=291T9Marine Monnet70-71-74-77=292 +4Giulia Sergas79-70-69-74=292
References
External links World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website