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2008 Espirito Santo Trophy
The 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 8–11 October at The Grange Golf Club (East and West Course) in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. It was the 23rd 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 tied record 48 team entries, each with three players. Each team played two rounds at the East Course and two rounds at the West Course in different orders, but all leading teams played the fourth round at the West Course. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total. Sweden won the Trophy for their second title and the first wire-to-wire win seen in the championship in 18 years, beating team Spain by 12 strokes. Spain earned the silver medal while the United States team advanced, with two sub-70-scores in the last round, from fourth to third place and took the bronze medal another two strokes back. With this championship, Sweden became the only team to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Traditional Owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna people. The area of the city centre and surrounding parklands is called ' in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Gonzalez Escallon
Laura Gonzalez Escallon (born 6 October 1990) is a professional golfer from Belgium who has played on the LPGA Tour and the Symetra Tour. Amateur career Gonzalez was a member of the Belgium National Team and won the 2008 Girls Amateur Championship. She represented Belgium at the Espirito Santo Trophy in 2008 and 2010, and the Continent of Europe at the 2009 Vagliano Trophy. She attended Purdue University from 2009 to 2013, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics. She played for the Purdue Boilermakers women's golf team and won four tournaments, and was named 2011–12 Big Ten Golfer of the Year. Gonzalez reached the quarterfinals of the 2012 U.S. Women's Amateur, eliminated by eventual champion and world's top-ranked amateur, Lydia Ko. She was runner-up at the 2013 European Ladies Amateur Championship, three strokes behind Emily Kristine Pedersen. Professional career Gonzalez joined the Symetra Tour in 2014 and finished 23rd on the money list, falling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Masson
Caroline Masson (born 14 May 1989) is a German professional golfer, currently playing on the Ladies European Tour (LET). Amateur and college career Born and raised in Gladbeck in North Rhine-Westphalia, Masson had a decorated amateur golf career. She competed for Germany in the 2006 Espirito Santo Trophy (World Amateur Team Championship) and won the German Stroke Play Championship. She also represented Europe in the 2005 and 2007 Junior Solheim Cup. In 2008, she advanced to match play at the British Ladies Amateur, won the German Match Play Championship and the German Ladies International and was selected to represent Germany at the 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy. After graduating from secondary school in Gladbeck in 2008, Masson accepted a golf scholarship to Oklahoma State University and played one year for the Cowgirls in 2008–09 before turning pro in December 2009. Professional career In late 2009, Masson entered the four-round LET Final Qualifying School as an amateur at L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie André
Lucie André (born 17 January 1988) is a French professional golfer who has played on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She was the No. 1 ranked amateur in Europe 2009 after winning the Spanish Ladies Amateur and the Vagliano Trophy. She won the 2017 Czech Ladies Challenge. Early life and amateur career André started to play golf aged 11, introduced by her parents, at Mionnay Golf Club in Bourg-en-Bresse. She had a successful amateur career and was the leading ladies amateur golfer on the 2009 EGA Women's Amateur Rankings. She was runner-up behind Carlota Ciganda at the 2008 French Ladies Amateur. In 2009, she won the Spanish Ladies Amateur and was runner-up at the Portuguese Ladies Amateur. In 2010, she won the German Ladies Amateur. André won the Vagliano Trophy with the European team in 2009. She played in the Espirito Santo Trophy in 2008 and 2010. In 2010, she finished tied for third together with Alexandra Bonetti and Manon Gidali. She was the leading amateur on the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Henriksson
Linda may refer to: As a name * Linda (given name), a female given name (including a list of people and fictional characters so named) * Linda (singer) (born 1977), stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer * Anita Linda (born Alice Lake in 1924), Filipino film actress * Bogusław Linda (born 1952), Polish actor * Solomon Linda (1909–1962), South African Zulu musician, singer and composer who wrote the song "Mbube" which later became "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Places * Linda, California, a census-designated place * Linda, Missouri, a ghost town * Linda, Tasmania, Australia, a ghost town * Linda, Georgia, village in Abkhazia, Georgia * Linda, Bashkortostan, village in Bashkortostan, Russia * Linda Valley, Tasmania * 7169 Linda, an asteroid * Linda, a small lunar crater - see Delisle (crater) Music * ''Linda'' (Linda George album), 1974 * ''Linda'' (Linda Clifford album), 1977 * ''Linda'' (Miguel Bosé album), 1978 ** "Linda" (Miguel Bosé song), the title song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodi Ewart
Jodi Ewart Shadoff (born 7 January 1988) is an English professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour. Early life Ewart was born at Northallerton in North Yorkshire. Her family now lives in Middleham and is involved in horse racing; her father is a former jockey and horse trainer. As a child, she played football before her grandfather introduced her to golf and to her first coach. She attended the University of New Mexico, graduating with a degree in psychology in 2010. While at New Mexico, she had five collegiate wins and was a two-time NCAA All-American (2009 and 2010). Amateur career Ewart was on the Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team in 2008 which was defeated by the United States. She is also a two-time English Women's Strokeplay champion, winning in 2008 and again in 2009. Professional career Ewart turned professional in 2010 and played on the Futures Tour. She qualified for the LPGA Tour in 2011. Her most successful season to da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Young (golfer)
Elizabeth Young ( née Bennett, born 23 October 1982) is an English professional golfer. In 2022, her 14th season on the Ladies European Tour, she secured her maiden victory at the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open, a month before her 40th birthday. Early life and amateur career Young started playing golf at the age of 12 with her older brother James. She attended the University of Iowa and earned a BA in economics. As an amateur, she represented England and won the 2007 The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship in Texas together with Naomi Edwards, Gary Boyd and Danny Willett. Her team finished fourth in the 2008 European Ladies' Team Championship in Stenungsund, Sweden. She represented Great Britain & Ireland at the 2008 Curtis Cup at St Andrews. Individually, she won the 2006 English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship and won the 2008 English Amateur Order of Merit. In 2008, she also won the Sally Tournament on the Orange Blossom Tour in the United States. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malene Jørgensen
Malene Jørgensen (born 30 July 1986) is a Danish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour between 2009 and 2016. She was runner-up in the Dutch Ladies Open, Turkish Ladies Open and Hero Women's Indian Open. Early life and amateur career Jørgensen started playing golf at age 9 with her family, encouraged by her 6 years older brother Michael Jørgensen, a professional golfer and Challenge Tour player. She represented Odense Eventyr Golf Club. Jørgensen was a member of the Danish National Team between 2002 and 2008. She represented Denmark at the 2008 European Ladies' Team Championship where Denmark finished fifth and at the 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy in Adelaide, Australia, where Denmark tied for 8th place. Professional career Jørgensen turned professional in January 2009 and joined the Ladies European Tour. In her rookie year, she finished inside the top 80 in the rankings, to keep her full card. She finished 48th on the Order of Merit in 2010 and 56th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariajo Uribe
María José Uribe Durán (known more commonly as Mariajo Uribe; born 27 February 1990) is a professional golfer from Colombia, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. Amateur career Uribe was born in Girón, Santander. At age 17, she won the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur, defeating Amanda Blumenherst 1 up. She is the only player from Latin America to have won this championship. Uribe tied for tenth and low amateur at the 2008 U.S. Women's Open and won the 2008 Mexican International Amateur. She played college golf at UCLA, and was an All-American First Team selection in 2008 and 2009. Professional career Uribe left UCLA in the spring of 2009 to return to her native Colombia. Prior to the 2009 U.S. Women's Open, Uribe ended her amateur status and competed in the tournament as a professional. Uribe joined the Duramed Futures Tour in July 2009 and competed in the ING New England Golf Classic, finishing in a tie for 15th place. At the end of the year she qualified for both LPGA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Moreno
Paola Moreno Perez (born 22 August 1985) is a Colombian professional golfer. Amateur career Moreno played college golf at the University of Southern California where she was on the 2008 NCAA Division I Championship team. She was a two-time All-American. As an amateur, she finished T42 at the 2008 U.S. Women's Open. Professional career Moreno has won three times on the Symetra Tour. She finished 2nd on the 2012 Symetra Tour money list to earn her tour card to play on the 2013 LPGA Tour where she qualified for the 2013 CME Group Titleholders. She also finished T51 at the 2013 LPGA Championship. International career In 2014, Moreno individually took bronze in golf at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games. She won a gold medal in the mixed team event at the 2015 Pan American Games. Amateur wins *2002 Junior World Golf Championships (Girls 15–17) *2004 Colombian Open, Colombian National Championship *2005 Colombian Open *2006 Colombian Open, South American Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paz Echeverría
Paz Echeverría (born 7 May 1985) is a Chilean professional golfer. She is only the second golfer from Chile to have a tour card on the LPGA Tour after Nicole Perrot. For the 2016 season, she is playing on the second-tier Symetra Tour since she only earned conditional status on the LPGA Tour and hopes to earn enough world ranking points to qualify for the 2016 Olympics. Team appearances Amateur *Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Chile): 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ..., 2010 References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Echeverria, Paz Chilean female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Sportspeople from Santiago 1985 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
