The 2002 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 16–19 October at

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. It was the 20th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the

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. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were 39 team entries, each with two or three players. Each team played two rounds at the Palm Course and two rounds at the Bunga Raya Course in different orders, but the 21 leading teams played the fourth round at the Palm Course. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total. The

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team won the Trophy for their second title, their first since 1978. Silver medalist team

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had the same total score as Australia, but Australia was declared the winner, since their third player, Vicky Uwland, had a lower score than Thailand's third player, Titiya Plucksataporn, in the final round, 78 against 81. Team

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took the bronze on third place one stroke back. Defending champion France finished tied 15th. The individual title went to Aree Song Wongluekiet,

, whose score of 4-under-par, 288, was one stroke ahead of

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e, Spain, and

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, Australia.

Teams

39 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players, except the teams from

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and

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which had only two players. One player representing

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withdraw from the fourth round and one player representing

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withdraw from the third and fourth round.

Results

*''Australia was awarded the tiebreak, since their third player, Vicky Uwland, had a lower score than Thailand's third player, Titiya Plucksataporn, in the final round, 78 against 81.''
Sources:

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

References

External links

Record Book on International Golf Federation website
{{Espirito Santo Trophy Espirito Santo Trophy Golf tournaments in Malaysia