The 2006 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 18–21 October at De Zalze Golf Club and Stellenbosch Golf Club in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
It was the 22nd women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were 42 team entries, each with two or three players.
For the first time since the inaugural edition, there were team entries representing each of the countries England, Scotland and Wales and a combined team representing the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. In former championships, a combined team have represented Great Britain and Ireland.
Each team played two rounds at De Zalze Golf Club and two rounds at Stellenbosch Golf Club in different orders, but all the leading teams played the fourth round at De Zalze. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The team of the hosting nation South Africa won the Trophy for their first title. Silver medalist and defending champions, team Sweden, had the same total score, but South Africa was declared the winner. The initial tiebreaker, the final round non-counting score of the respective teams, was equal, but the second criteria, the third round non-counting score, was in the favor of South Africa. Team Colombia took the bronze on third place one stroke back.
The individual title went to Caroline Westrup, Sweden, whose score of 8-under-par, 280, was two strokes ahead of Rikako Morita, Japan.
Teams 42 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players, except the team representing Croatia, which had only two players.
CountryPlayersMartina Gavier, Maria Olivero, Manuela TarazonaEmma Bennett, Frances Bondad, Kate CombesStefanie Endstrasser, Martina Hochwimmer, Sabrina PoelderlTamara Luccioli, Benedicte Toumpsin, Lien WillemsEbonie Burgess, Katyna Rabain, Laura RobinsonMariana De Biase, Cristina Baldi, Patricia CarvalhoMary Ann Lapointe, Laura Matthews, Kira MeixnerPaz Echeverría, Mariá José Hurtado, Alejandra ShawKwan-chih Lu, Yani Tseng, Pei-lin YuCarolina Llano, Mariajo Uribe, Eileen VargasSnjezana Crnoglava, Sanja Serfezi LovricJessica Korda, Zuzana Mašínová, Katerina RuzickovaNaela El Attar, Sophie Sallab, Donia ScarelloMelissa Reid, Kerry Smith, Sophie WalkerSohvi Härkönen, Kaisa Ruuttila, Hanna-Leena SalonenIsabelle Boineau, Mélodie Bourdy, Anne-Lise CaudalDominique Offredi, Marie-Cecile Poncet, Zella VovanSandra Gal, Caroline Masson, Katharina SchallenbergMaria Cristina Arenas, Maria Alejandra Camey, Beatriz de ArenasNina Björk Geirsdottir, Anna Lisa Johannsdottir, Tinna JohannsdottirClaire Coughlan, Martina Gillen, Tricia MarganMarianna Causin, Claire Grignolo, Anna RossiErina Hara, Mika Miyazato, Rikako MoritaLili Alvarez, Tanya Dergal, Violeta RetamozaChristel Boeljon, Marjet van der Graaff, Dewi Claire SchreefelSharon Ahn, Natasha Krishna, Sarah NicholsonLene Krog, Ann Kristin Solvang, Amalie ValleDottie Ardina, Deborah Marie de Villa, Cyna Marie RodriguezLaura Diaz, Patricia Garcia, Kyle RoigAnastasia Kostina, Galina Rotmistrova, Maria VerchenovaKrystle Caithness, Heather MacRae, Jenna WilsonLujza Bubanová, Veronika Falathová, Renata PetrasováStacy Bregman, Kelli Shean, Ashleigh SimonChoi He-yong, Chung Jae-eun, Ryu So-yeon Carlota Ciganda, Belén Mozo, Azahara MuñozSofie Andersson, Anna Nordqvist, Caroline WestrupSheila Gut-Lee, Fabienne In-Albon, Caroline RomingerMartine de Gannes, Kelsey Lou-Hing, Monifa SealyAmanda Blumenherst, Kimberly Kim, Jennie LeeVerónica Felibert, Stephanie Gelleni, Yolecci JiménezTara Davies, Sahra Hassan, Breanne LoucksTara Allin, Hilda Edwards, Melissa Nawa
Results PlaceCountryScoreTo par *139-138-141-148=566−10139-145-138-144=566147-141-143-136=567−94146-136-142-144=568−8T5141-139-143-146=569−7137-144-145-143=5697146-144-139-141=570−68145-146-138-143=572−49144-146-138-146=574−210139-147-143-147=576ET11145-139-145-149=578+2149-140-142-147=578145-141-149-143=57814143-143-150-145=581+515142-148-151-142=583+716148-144-142-150=584+817150-144-147-144=585+918151-148-146-145=590+1419153-141-150-147=591+15T20151-151-146-145=593+17149-150-145-149=593150-148-153-142=593T23151-142-142-159=594+18152-149-146-147=59425150-151-144-152=597+2126154-150-148-150=602+2627149-154-147-153=603+2728153-149-154-149=605+2929155-150-155-148=608+32T30155-148-152-155=610+34150-147-155-158=61032160-150-148-165=623+4733154-154-155-161=624+4834163-157-152-153=625+4935157-163-158-158=636+6036162-158-156-162=638+6237164-155-166-158=643+6738164-164-158-161=657+8139168-163-165-174=670+9440176-167-175-176=694+11841175-174-178-178=705+12942191-187-198-184=760+184 * South Africa was awarded the tiebreak, since their third player, Ashleigh Simon, had a lower score than Sweden's third player, Sofie Andersson, in the third round, 73 against 77. The initial tiebreaker, the final round non-counting score of the respective teams, was equal.Source:
Individual leaders There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores. PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Caroline Westrup72-73-66-69=280−82Rikako Morita65-72-70-75=282−6T3Azahara Muñoz74-72-68-69=283−5Pei-lin Yu66-73-71-73=283T5Carolina Llano75-72-71-66=284−4Sarah Nicholson76-73-67-68=284T7Mélodie Bourdy74-68-69-74=285−3Kelli Shean70-69-72-74=285Ashleigh Simon69-69-73-74=285Ryu So-yeon72-70-74-69=285Eileen Vargas74-69-72-70=285
References
External links Record Book on International Golf Federation website