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2014 Espirito Santo Trophy
The 2014 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 2–7 September at the Karuizawa 72 Golf East, on its Iriyama and Oshitate courses in Karuizawa, Japan. It was the 26th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were 50 team entries, each with two or three players. Each team played two rounds at the Iriyama Course and two rounds at the Oshitate Course. The leading teams played the fourth round at Iriyama. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total. Team Australia won their third title, with a 29-under-par score of 547, two strokes ahead of silver medalist team Canada. Defending champions, team South Korea, took the bronze medal on third place one more stroke back. The individual title went to 16-year-old Brooke Henderson, Canada, whose score of 19-under-par 269 was a championship record and three strokes ahead of Minjee Lee, Australia on second place. Teams 50 tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karuizawa
is a resort town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 20,323 in 9897 households, and a population density of 130 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Karuizawa is one of the oldest and most famous summer resorts in Japan, visited by many people from different countries since the 19th century. Geography Karuizawa is located in eastern Nagano Prefecture, bordered by Gunma Prefecture to the north, east and south. The town is located on an elevated plain at the foot of Mount Asama, one of Japan's most active volcanoes. The mountain is classed as a Category A active volcano. A small eruption was detected in June 2015, a more significant eruption spewing hot rocks and a plume of ash occurred in February 2015. Mt. Asama's most destructive eruption in recent recorded history took place in 1783, when over 1,000 were killed. The volcano is actively monitored by scientists and climbing close to the summit is prohibited. *Usui Pass *Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, and claims a border with Albania through the Political status of Kosovo, disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia without Kosovo has about 6.7 million inhabitants, about 8.4 million if Kosvo is included. Its capital Belgrade is also the List of cities in Serbia, largest city. Continuously inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavs#Migrations, Slavic migrations in the 6th century, establishing several regional Principality of Serbia (early medieval), states in the early Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir
Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir (born 15 October 1992) is an Icelandic former professional golfer. She was named the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 2017. She was the first golfer from Iceland to participate in the LPGA Tour. In August 2022, she announced her retirement from professional golf. Results in LPGA majors ''Results not in chronological order before 2019.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut T = tied Team appearances Amateur *European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Iceland): 2009, 2010, 2011 *Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Iceland): 2014 Professional *European Championships (representing Iceland): 2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ... (winner – mixed team) References External links * * * Ólafía Thórunn Kristinsdóttir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Chan
Tiffany Chan (born 12 September 1993) is a professional golfer from Hong Kong. Chan attended Daytona State College where she was a two-time NJCAA champion. She played for the University of Southern California in 2016 and 2017. Chan played on the Hong Kong team in the Espirito Santo Trophy (World Amateur Team Championship) three times (2010, 2012, 2014) and the Asian Games twice ( 2010, 2014). In 2016, Chan won the Hong Kong Ladies Open on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour. Chan qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Chan turned professional in 2017 and competed on the Symetra Tour. She earned her 2018 LPGA Tour card through qualifying school. Amateur wins *2010 Hong Kong Ladies Close, Hong Kong Junior Open *2011 Hong Kong Close Amateur, Faldo Series (Hong Kong) Qualifying *2012 Hong Kong Ladies Close, Jack Kramer Memorial, China Amateur Open *2013 Hatter Classic *2014 North Florida Invitational, JMU Eagle Landing Invite, MSU Ocala Spring Invitational, NJCAA National Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Fünfstück
Laura Fünfstück (born 21 December 1994) is a German professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. She won the 2018 South African Women's Masters and was runner-up at the 2023 La Sella Open in Spain. Amateur career Fünfstück started playing golf at the age of three when her parents bought her first set of plastic clubs. She won the 2013 French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship (Internationaux de France – Trophee Esmond) and finished her amateur career with a win at the German National Amateur in 2017. Fünfstück was part of the German National Team, representing her country four times in the European Ladies' Team Championship and the 2014 Espirito Santo Trophy, the World Team Championship. She represented Europe at the Patsy Hankins Trophy in 2016. Before turning pro in January 2018, Fünfstück played college golf and studied finance at the College of Charleston from 2013 to 2017. Three out of her four years, she was named Player of the Year in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Cowan
Olivia Cowan (born 9 April 1996) is a German professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour. She won the 2022 Hero Women's Indian Open and captained the winning team at the 2021 at the Aramco Team Series – London. Personal life Cowan's father, Andrew, is an English-born teaching professional in Germany. He taught her golf from the age of three. Amateur career As an amateur, Cowan played for the German National Team from 2011 to 2015. She won the 2010 U14 German Girls' National Championship, the 2011 Luxembourg Ladies International Amateur Championship, the 2013 German Ladies National Championship, and in 2015 both the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship and the Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship, the Copa de S.M. la Reina. Cowan represented Germany at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in China and finished fourth. She was a member of the winning European Vagliano Trophy Team in 2015. She turned professional in July 2015 with a handicap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Céline Boutier
Céline Boutier (born 10 November 1993) is a French professional golfer. Amateur career Boutier won several international amateur events including the 2012 European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 2015 British Ladies Amateur. She played college golf at Duke University from 2012 to 2016, winning four events. She helped the team to an NCAA Golf Championship in 2014. In 2014, she was the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WCGA) Player of the Year and won the Honda Sports Award for golf. In her junior year, Boutier began working with Cameron McCormick, a swing coach known for his work with the PGA Tour's Jordan Spieth. In late 2014 and early 2015, Boutier was the No. 1 woman in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. In September 2014, Boutier finished T-29th at the Evian Championship, an LPGA major in her home country. Professional career In 2017, Boutier captured two wins on the Symetra Tour (Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Classic and Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge) as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matilda Castren
Matilda Maria Castren (born 18 January 1995) is a Finnish professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. In 2021 she won the LPGA Mediheal Championship to become the first player from Finland to win on the LPGA Tour. Career Castren won the 2011 Doral Publix Junior Classic in the U.S. and the 2013 Skandia Junior Open in Sweden, and was runner-up at the 2013 Portuguese Ladies Amateur. She represented Finland at the 2011, 2012 and 2013 European Girls' Team Championship, the 2014, 2015 and 2016 European Ladies' Team Championship, and at the 2014 and 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy. She was also on the winning Vagliano Trophy team in 2017. Castren played college golf at Florida State University beginning in 2014 and graduated in May 2017 with a degree in International Affairs, after winning seven individual titles in collegiate competition during her time with the Florida State Seminoles women's golf team, a school record. She was named second-Team All-American by the Women's Golf Coaches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronte Law
Bronte May Law (born 12 March 1995) is an English professional golfer. Her maiden LPGA Tour victory, her first win as a professional, came in May 2019 at the Pure Silk Championship in Virginia. Her second professional victory occurred in October 2021 in Dubai; this was her first win on the Ladies European Tour. Early life and amateur career Law was born in Stockport and attended Cheadle Hulme School and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Law played for Great Britain & Ireland in the 2012, 2014 and 2016 Curtis Cup matches. In 2016, she became the second player, and the first from Great Britain and Ireland, to get a perfect 5–0 record. Also in 2016 she won the European Ladies Amateur Championship, becoming the world number 2 ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Professional career Law turned professional late in 2016. She competed in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, earning full status on the Symetra Tour and partial status on the LPGA Tour for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Kristine Pedersen
Emily Kristine Pedersen (born 7 March 1996) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. She had a successful amateur career winning the 2013 International European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 2014 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship. Turning professional in early 2015 she had a successful first season, finishing runner-up in the Deloitte Ladies Open and the Lacoste Ladies Open de France before winning the Hero Women's Indian Open. She was named LET Rookie of the Year for 2015. Pedersen earned her card for the 2022 LPGA Tour through qualifying school. She made only the second hole-in-one in Solheim Cup history in 2023 on the 12th hole in the afternoon four-ball on 22 September 2023. Amateur wins *2010 Mølleån Open, Danish Match Play, Royal Tour Damer III *2011 Doral Publix Junior Classic (14–15) *2012 Furesøpokalen, DGU Elite Tour Damer III, Doral-Publix Junior Classic *2013 Spanish Ladies Amateur, German Girls Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanna Koerstz Madsen
Nanna Koerstz Madsen (born 23 October 1994) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the American LPGA Tour and maintains membership of the Ladies European Tour (LET). She won the 2022 Honda LPGA Thailand and made history becoming the first Dane to win an LPGA Tour event. She played in the 2021 Solheim Cup and represented Denmark at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she finished tied for 13th, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where she finished tied for 9th. Amateur career Madsen had a successful amateur career and she won both the 2012 Danish Women's Match Play Championship and the 2013 Danish Women's Stroke Play Championship. She was 2013 British Ladies Amateur Championship stroke play medalist with rounds of 69 and 72. At the end of the season 2014, Madsen finished as the best European amateur player on the World Amateur Golf Ranking. She played college golf with the South Carolina Gamecocks women's golf team at the University of South Carolina, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ssu-Chia Cheng
Ssu-Chia Cheng ( zh, c=程思嘉; born 27 October 1997) is a Taiwanese professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. Early life and amateur career Cheng started playing golf at the age of 8 and as an amateur won four events on the Taiwan LPGA Tour, three of which were co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour. She became the first amateur in Taiwan to capture three wins. She won her first Ladies European Tour event as an amateur at 17, the Xiamen Open International in Xiamen, China. Starting in 2012 at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, she also made nine career starts on the LPGA Tour as an amateur, with best finish a tie for 15th at the 2014 LPGA Taiwan Championship. Cheng represented her country at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, and the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, winning the girls' individual silver at the latter. Professional career Cheng turned professional at 18 and in 2015, her rookie season on the Ladies European Tour, she came clos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
