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1974 Espirito Santo Trophy
The 1974 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 22–25 October at Campo de Golf in Cajuiles, La Romana Province, Dominican Republic. It was the sixth women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 22 teams, each with up to three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total. The United States team won the Trophy, defending their title from two years ago and winning their fifth consecutive title, beating team Great Britain & Ireland and team South Africa by 16 strokes. Great Britain & Ireland took and South Africa shared the silver medal. The event was originally planned to be played in Malaysia but was moved because of the inability of all member countries to compete there as the Malaysian government's policy prohibited entry into Malaysia of representatives of South Africa. Teams 22 teams contested the event. Each team had three players, except Chile who only had two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Lacoste
Catherine Lacoste (born 27 June 1945) is a French amateur golfer and the only player who has won the U.S. Women's Open as an amateur. Early life She was born and grew up in Paris, France, with her parents, René Lacoste and Simone de la Chaume and three older brothers. Her family spent many holidays in the coast resort area of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, in France close to the Spanish border, near the Golf de Chantaco. The club was founded by Lacoste's grandfather René Thion de la Chaume in 1928, as a celebration of the British Ladies Amateur triumph a year earlier by Lacoste's mother. Young Lacoste practised many different sports; skiing, skating, swimming, horse riding and tennis and, from 8 years of age, golf. Her father was, beside a world class tennis player, also a 6-handicap golfer. French golfer Jean Garaïalde and his father Raymond were her golf teachers when she learned the game at young age. When she was 13 years old, Jean gave her a putter that she used through her entire c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 In Women's Golf
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following List of Prime Ministers of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkey, Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an Guillaume affair, espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the 1974 FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the Germany national football team, German national team won the championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golf Tournaments In The Dominican Republic
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping with the varied terrains encountered on different courses is a key part of the game. Courses typically have either 18 or 9 ''holes'', regions of terrain that each contain a ''cup'', the hole that receives the ball. Each hole on a course contains a teeing ground to start from, and a putting green containing the cup. There are several standard forms of terrain between the tee and the green, such as the fairway, rough (tall grass), and various ''hazards'' such as water, rocks, or sand-filled ''bunkers''. Each hole on a course is unique in its specific layout. Golf is played for the lowest number of strokes by an individual, known as stroke play, or the lowest score on the most individual holes in a complete round by an individual or team, kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liv Wollin
Liv Wollin (née Forsell) (born 17 April 1945) is a Swedish professional golfer, who is regarded as having been one of the best Swedish female amateur players ever. Early life Wollin grew up in Lidingö outside Stockholm, Sweden, as the only girl among five siblings. Her parents were Jacob Forsell and Mette, nee Grut, and they were not golfers. She started out golf in 1958 as a caddie at Lidingö Golf Club close to their house. With few girls playing the game in those days, she usually played with boys. Her older brother Joachim (called "Kim") and Swedish elite amateur Gustav Adolf Bielke were both role models for her while learning the game at young age. She always preferred to develop her golfing abilities by playing on the course instead of practicing a lot on the driving range. Her swing technique was characterized by a short and quick backswing, just like the one of G. A. Bielke. Other sports she practiced, was curling, bowling, table tennis and squash. By saving the mone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristina Marsans
Cristina Marsans Astoreca (9 May 1946 – 26 August 2018) also known as Marquesa de Artasona, was a Spanish golfer, best known for popularizing competitive golf in Spain. Early life Marsans was the daughter of Enrique Marsans, founder of the first travel agency in Spain. Amateur career She represented Spain at the world amateur team championship, the Espirito Santo Trophy, on six occasions and at the European Ladies' Team Championship on nine occasions. At the 1977 European Championship at Sotogrande in Spain, her team finished silver medalists, as well as in 1975, and she won the individual stroke-play part of the competition herself, six strokes ahead of the nearest competitors. Royal Spanish Golf Federation After her sport career, she became part of the Board of the Royal Spanish Golf Federation, in different positions: President of the Women's Committee (1988-1992); Vice President of the Women's Committee (1998 and 2006); member of the Disciplinary Committee and membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Sheard
Alison Sheard (born 21 September 1951) is a South African professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and LPGA Tour. During her career, Sheard became the first-non British champion of the Women's British Open in 1979 and won three other LET events. Amateur career Sheard was born on 21 September 1951 in Durban, South Africa. At Souuh African golf events held by Golf RSA, Sheard won the SA Women's Stroke Play five times from 1974 to 1979. She also won the SA Women's Amateur back-to-back from 1976 to 1978. Outside of South Africa, Sheard was runner-up at the 1976 British Ladies Amateur. In team events, Sheard was part of the silver medal-winning South African team at the 1974 Espirito Santo Trophy. Professional career In late 1976, Sheard became a professional golfer and played throughout Europe. Her first wins on the Ladies European Tour were at the Carlsberg and McEwans Welsh Classic tournaments in 1979. That year, Sheard was the leading money winner fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federica Dassù
Federica Dassù (born 17 February 1957) is an Italian professional golfer. Career Dassù was born in Milan. She turned professional in 1983 and joined the Women Professional Golfers' European Tour (now the Ladies European Tour). She won her last Ladies European Tour title, the 2003 Open de España Femenino at an age of 44, the oldest LET winner at the time, and announced her retirement at the end of the season. The following year Dassù caddied for Diana Luna as she won the Tenerife Ladies Open. In addition to her wins, she was runner-up at the 1995 Ladies European Masters and the 1999 Royal Marie-Claire Open. Professional wins (6) Ladies European Tour wins (6) *1984 White Horse Whisky Challenge *1985 Bowring Birmingham Ladies Classic *1991 Woolmark Ladies' Matchplay *1993 Ford Ladies Classic *1996 Compaq Open *2003 Open de España Femenino Team appearances Amateur *European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing Italy): 1972 (winners), 1973, 1974, 1976 (winners), 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegwen Perkins
Tegwen Matthews ( Perkins, formerly Thomas (1979–1987), born 2 October 1955) is a Welsh amateur golfer. She played in four successive Curtis Cup matches from 1974 to 1980, the first Welsh woman to compete in the event. Golf career Matthews won the Welsh Girls’ Championship in 1970 at the age of 14, beating Pamela Light 3&1 in the 18-hole final. She also reached the final in 1973, losing to Vicki Rawlings at the 19th hole. She competed for Wales in the Girls Home Internationals from 1970 to 1973 but missed the 1974 event at Dunbar as she was returning from the Curtis Cup match in America. She returned in time to play in the Girls Amateur Championship the following week, reaching the final, but losing by one hole to Ruth Barry. Matthews's first important win was as a 17-year-old, in the 1973 Wills Women's International Match Play at Wentworth, where she beat Prue Riddiford in the 36-hole final. In 1974 she was runner-up in the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Greenhalgh
Julia A. Greenhalgh (later Merrill, born 6 January 1941) was an English amateur golfer. She was runner-up in the 1978 Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship. She won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 1974 and 1975 and the English Women's Amateur Championship in 1966 and 1979. She played in the Curtis Cup five times, in 1964, 1970, 1974, 1976 and 1978. Golf career In 1957, Greenhalgh reached the semi-finals of the Girls Amateur Championship at North Berwick, losing to Ruth Porter. In 1959 at Woolaton Park, she reached the final but lost narrowly to Sheila Vaughan. In 1960 she won the British Girls' Stroke-play Championship at Ranfurly Castle, an under-21 event, a stroke ahead of the defending champion Diana Robb. In 1960, Greenhalgh made her debut for England in the Women's Home Internationals and in 1961 played for Great Britain & Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy. She missed out on selection for the 1962 Curtis Cup match but later in the year she rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The 60% smaller island of Ireland is to the west—these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, form the British Isles archipelago. Connected to mainland Europe until 9,000 years ago by a landbridge now known as Doggerland, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, it had a population of about , making it the world's third-most-populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The term "Great Britain" is often used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales, including their component adjoining islands. Great Britain and Northern Ireland now constitute the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigitte Varangot
Brigitte Varangot (1 May 1940 – 12 October 2007) was a French amateur golfer. Early life Varangot was born in Biarritz in the French Basque Country and was a self-taught golfer, who did not take many lessons and did not practice a lot. Lally Segard (also known as Vicomtesse de Saint Sauveur) (1921–2018) became her mentor. Varangot and Segard came to win several foursomes tournaments in the 1960s. Varangot came to represent Golf de Saint Germain, situated 20 kilometers west of Paris, France. Varangot, age 17, won the 1957 Girls Amateur Championship at North Berwick Golf Club, Scotland, the most prestigious youth golf tournament in Europe. She came close to defending her title, when she reached the final the following year. Dominating junior golf in France, she won both the French Junior Championship and the French Junior Open Championship for the Trophée Esmond three years in a row 1959–1961. Amateur career Varangot's greatest individual victories came at the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
