The 2002 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 16–19 October at Saujana Golf and Country Club, on its Palm Course and Bunga Raya Course, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
It was the 20th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were 39 team entries, each with two or three players.
Each team played two rounds at the Palm Course and two rounds at the Bunga Raya Course in different orders, but the 21 leading teams played the fourth round at the Palm Course. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The Australia team won the Trophy for their second title, their first since 1978. Silver medalist team Thailand had the same total score as Australia, but Australia was declared the winner, since their third player, Vicky Uwland, had a lower score than Thailand's third player, Titiya Plucksataporn, in the final round, 78 against 81. Team Spain took the bronze on third place one stroke back. Defending champion France finished tied 15th.
The individual title went to Aree Song Wongluekiet, Thailand, whose score of 4-under-par, 288, was one stroke ahead of Tania Elóseguie, Spain, and Lindsey Wright, Australia.
Teams 39 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players, except the teams from Bolivia, Greece and Russia which had only two players. One player representing Croatia withdraw from the fourth round and one player representing Iran withdraw from the third and fourth round.
CountryPlayersAstrid Gulesserian, Victoria Gabenara, Maria OliveroKatherine Hull, Vicky Uwland, Lindsey WrightKatharina Werdinig, Nicole Gergely, Stefanie MichlLien Willens, Justine Barbier, Amandine BrouwezVerónica Maldonado, Andrea MaldonadoMariana De Biase, Patricia Carvalho, Maria Priscila IidaJan Dowling, Lisa Meldrum, Laura MatthewsPaz Echeverría, Gloria Soto Ferrada, Francisca VargasShih Huei-ju, Hung Chin-huei, Yu Pei-linCristina Baena, Carolina Llano, Maria Catalina MarínSnjezana Crnoglavac, Sanja Serfezi, Daria ZubrinicMette Buus, Julie Tvede, Lisa Holm SørensenKaisa Ruuttila, Jenni Kuosa, Minea BlomqvistMahault Passerat De Silans, Gwladys Nocera, Alexandra VilatteDenise Simon, Pia Odefey, Martina Eberl &Emma Duggleby, Heather Stirling, Becky BrewertonIrene Krambs, Evita SideriBeatríz de Arenas, María Cristina Arenas, María José GutiérrezBetty Ng, Eva Yoe, Sarah HendersonZohreh Kasrai, Mina Varzi, Firozeh Mohamad ZamaniClaire Grignolo, Federica Piovano, Tullia CalzavaraAi Miyazato, Izumi Narita, Kyoko FuruyaNur Sayyedda, Valerie Tan, Nining HarrisAlejandra Martin Del Campo, Tanya Dergal, Violeta RetamozaCharlotte Heeres, Natascha Duvalois, Dewi Claire SchreefelWendy Hawkes, Tina Howard, Brenda OrmsbyCamilla Guriby Hilland, Lill Kristin Saether, Marianne SkarpnordHeidi Chua, Aileen Rose Yao, Carmelette VillaromanCarolina Catanho, Carla Cruz, Lara VieiraKaren Calvesbert, María del Mar Colón, Laura DíazDaria Anisimova, Maria KostinaAndrea Lupsinová, Veronika Falathová, Zuzana KamasováLee-Anne Pace, Tanica Van As, Gilly TebbuttKim Joo-mi, Park Won-mi, Yim Sung-ahNuria Clau, Tania Elósegui, Marta PrietoHelena Svensson, Karin Sjödin, Mikaela ParmlidNora Angehrn, Sheila Gut-Lee, Natalia TannoTitiya Plucksataporn, Aree Song Wongluekiet, Naree Song WongluekietEmily Bastel, Becky Lucidi, Laura Myerscough
Results PlaceCountryScoreTo par1 *152-140-141-145=578−62139-145-146-148=5783144-144-143-148=579−54147-140-146-148=581−45143-150-142-149=584ET6147-145-150-145=587+3144-152-145-146=587T8 &156-147-141-144=588+4148-142-150-148=588146-150-144-148=58811144-148-144-153=589+5T12150-148-147-148=593+9149-149-146-149=59314150-149-148-147=594+10T15147-150-151-149=597+13147-152-148-150=59717151-146-144-157=598+1418150-150-144-156=600+1619149-152-148-152=601+1720150-149-146-158=603+1921153-152-153-153=611+2722156-161-148-150=615+31T23153-157-157-149=616+32158-152-155-151=61625148-158-157-157=620+3626162-164-148-153=627+4327162-151-162-154=629+4528157-157-155-162=631+47T29161-157-162-155=635+51167-155-158-155=63531154-167-157-160=638+5432159-166-170-157=652+6833172-161-167-161=661+7734172-165-160-166=663+7935171-169-166-168=674+9036180-176-170-164=690+10637173-181-182-173=709+12638183-190-184-181=738+15439236-229-236-224=925+341 * Australia was awarded the tiebreak, since their third player, Vicky Uwland, had a lower score than Thailand's third player, Titiya Plucksataporn, in the final round, 78 against 81.Sources:
Individual leaders There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores. PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Aree Song Wongluekiet71-71-74-72=288−4T2Tania Elóseguie72-74-70-73=289−3Lindsey Wright77-70-70-72=2894Katherine Hull75-70-72-73=290−2T5Tullia Calzavara70-71-76-74=291−1Naree Song Wongluekiet68-75-72-76=291T7Martina Eberl72-72-72-76=292ELaura Matthews73-72-73-74=292T9Minea Blomqvist72-74-70-77=293+1Lisa Holm Sørensen72-75-73-72=293Yu Pei Lin75-75-73-70=293Denise Simon77-68-76-72=293
References
External links Record Book on International Golf Federation website