The 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 29 August – 1 September at Carton House Golf Club on its Montgomerie and O'Meara courses in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland.
It was the 28th 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 57 team entries, each with two or three players. One nation, Lebanon, made its first appearance.
Each team played two rounds at the Montgomerie Course and two rounds at the O'Meara Course in different orders. The top 27 teams on the final leaderboard, except Norway and France, all played the fourth round at the O'Meara Course. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The United States team won the Trophy for their 14th title and first win in 20 years, beating team Japan by 10 strokes. Japan earned the silver medal while the defending champions South Korea team took the bronze on third place one more stroke back.
The individual title went to Cho Ayean, South Korea, whose score of 17-under-par, 273, was two strokes ahead of Jennifer Kupcho, United States, and Yuka Yasuda, Japan.
Teams 59 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team, except one, had three players. The team representing Lithuania had only two players.
CountryPlayersEla Anacona, Valentina Rossi, Magdalena SimmermacherKirsty Hodgkins, Rebecca Kay, Grace KimLeonie Bettel, Janika Ruettimann, Emma SpitzClara Aveling, Clarisse Louis, Elodie Van DievoetLaura Helena de Araujo Caetano, Maria Fernanda Lacaz Martins, Lauren GrinbergMagdalena Borisova, Stefani Skokanska, Ivana SimeonovaNaomi Ko, Jaclyn Lee, Maddie SzerykSara Kouskova, Hana Ryskova, Katerina VlasinovaAntonia Matte, Sofia Morgan, Natalia VillavicencioDu Mohan, Liu Wenbo, Yin RuoningHuang Yu-ping, Lin Kuan-yu, Lin Tze-hanSilvia Margarita Garces Escalante, Valentina Giraldo Roys, Maria Camila Serrano SilvaSofie Kibsgaard Nielsen, Malene Krølbøll Hansen, Karen Svanholm FredgaardBrenda Corrie-Kuehn, Yae Eun Kim, Rachel KuehnAnnabell Fuller, Sophie Lamb, Hollie MuseAnna Backman, Kiira Riihijärvi, Elina SaksaEmma Broze, Agathe Laisné, Pauline Roussin-BouchardLeonie Harm, Sophie Hausmann, Esther HenseleitRachael Peterson, Rose Tarpley, Nalathai VongjalornBeatriz Arenas, Pilar Echeverria, Valeria Mendizabal RiepeleMichelle Cheung, Mimi Ho, Isabella LeungHelga Kristin Einarsdóttir, Ragnhildur Kristinsdóttir, Saga TraustadóttirDiksha Dagar, Ridhima Dilawari, Sifat SagooOlivia Mehaffey, Paula Grant, Annabel WilsonCaterina Don, Alessia Nobilio, Emilie Alba PaltrinieriYuna Nishimura, Yuka Yasuda, Yuri YoshidaKatrina Jana Gustafssone, Marija Luize Jucmane, Anna Estere MarksaLea Assaf, Sarah Assaf, Vanessa RichaniSaule Jarasunaite, Gile Bite StarkuteLiyana Azizan Durisic, Siti Zulaikhaa Shaari, Geraldine Xiao Xuan WongMaría Fassi, Cory Lopez, Ana Lizeth Ruiz LaphondLina Belmati, Ines Laklalech, Intissar RichZhen Bontan, Romy Meekers, Dewi WeberJulianne Alvarez, Amelia Garvey, Wenyung KehDorthea Forbrigd, Renate Grimstad, Karoline StormoMaria Fernanda Escauriza Stoeckl, Sofia García, Anahi ServinDaniela Ballesteros, Micaela Farah, Josefina Fernandez-DavilaDominika Gradecka, Nicole Polivchak, Dorota ZalewskaSofia Barroso Sa, Leonor Bessa, Sara GouveiaValeria Pacheco Claudio, Johany Rivera, Yudika Ann RodriguezConnie Jaffrey, Hannah McCook, Shannon McWilliamCallista Chen, Inez Xin Yi Ng, Shannon TanAnika Bolcikova, Katarina Drocarova, Natalia HeckovaInja Fric, Lara Jecnik, Vida ObersnelCaitlyn Macnab, Kajal Mistry, Kaleigh TelferCho Ayean, Hong Yae-eun, Kwon Seo-yun Elena Hualde Zuniga, Paz Marfa Sans, Marta Perez SanmartinLinn Grant, Frida Kinhult, Beatrice WallinYael Berger, Elena Moosmann, Albane ValenzuelaNapabhach Boon-In, Tunrada Piddon, Rina TatematsuKenza Ladhari, Hedia Mansouri, Ghozlene SakiDamla Bilgic, Sena Ersoy, Selin TimurDaria Horokhovska, Elvira Rastvortseva, Valeriia SapronovaKristen Gillman, Jennifer Kupcho, Lilia VuSofia Garcia Austt Marques, Jimena Marques, Priscilla SchmidClaudia De Antonio, Valentina Gilly, Ana RagaBethan Morris, Katherine O'Connor, Jordan Ryan
Results PlaceCountryScoreTo par142-130-143-136=551−29136-139-146-140=561−19140-133-147-142=562−184140-139-152-135=566−145142-141-148-138=569−116143-142-146-139=570−107154-139-143-137=573−7T8147-140-147-140=574−6147-141-145-141=57410150-148-140-137=575−5T11141-147-142-146=576−4147-142-147-140=576147-145-143-141=57614141-148-149-139=577−3T15142-141-149-146=578−2150-144-145-139=57817152-137-149-141=579−118149-141-149-142=581+119148-143-146-145=582+2T20148-149-141-145=583+3149-141-148-145=58322153-141-148-142=584+423147-143-150-145=585+524148-141-155-142=586+6T25151-140-153-143=587+7145-151-151-140=58727147-139-156-146=588+828150-151-145-143=589+929154-142-154-140=590+1030152-150-144-145=591+11T31147-142-156-147=592+12150-148-147-147=592148-145-157-142=59234144-149-159-141=593+1335148-149-148-151=596+1636150-147-160-141=598+18T37154-145-146-156=601+21150-149-148-154=60139155-148-151-149=603+23T40157-151-147-151=606+26158-144-152-152=60642144-149-159-145=607+2743160-144-151-153=608+2844154-154-151-152=611+3145157-149-153-153=612+3246157-153-151-153=614+3447161-155-149-151=616+3648159-148-156-157=620+4049158-153-155-156=622+4250154-165-158-152=629+4951155-158-157-163=633+5352165-155-156-174=650+7053162-163-162-169=656+7654165-163-163-170=661+8155168-164-170-169=671+9156169-175-167-170=681+10157168-173-171-172=684+104 Source:
Individual leaders There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores. PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Cho Ayean68-64-71-70=273−172Jennifer Kupcho70-65-71-69=275−15Yuka Yasuda65-67-72-71=2754Kristen Gillman74-65-72-67=278−125Jaclyn Lee76-69-72-65=282−8T6Esther Henseleit72-70-75-66=283−7Rebecca Kay68-74-73-68=283T8Mohan Du67-71-79-68=285−5María Fassi74-69-71-71=285Alessia Nobilio73-68-76-68=285Albane Valenzuela73-71-71-70=285
References
External links World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website