The 2006 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 18–21 October at
De Zalze Golf Club and
Stellenbosch Golf Club in
Stellenbosch in the
Western Cape province of
South Africa.
It was the 22nd women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the
Espirito Santo Trophy.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were 42 team entries, each with two or three players.
For the first time since the
inaugural edition, there were team entries representing each of the countries
England,
Scotland and
Wales and a combined team representing the
Republic of Ireland and
Northern Ireland. In former championships, a combined team have represented
Great Britain and
Ireland.
Each team played two rounds at De Zalze Golf Club and two rounds at Stellenbosch Golf Club in different orders, but all the leading teams played the fourth round at De Zalze. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The team of the hosting nation South Africa won the Trophy for their first title. Silver medalist and defending champions, team
Sweden
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, had the same total score, but South Africa was declared the winner. The initial tiebreaker, the final round non-counting score of the respective teams, was equal, but the second criteria, the third round non-counting score, was in the favor of South Africa. Team
Colombia
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took the bronze on third place one stroke back.
The individual title went to
Caroline Westrup
Caroline Westrup (born 11 February 1986) is a Norwegian- Swedish professional golfer. She represented Sweden until she acquired Norwegian citizenship in 2015.
Early life
Westrup moved from her home of Åhus, Sweden to Bærum, Norway at age 11 aft ...
, Sweden, whose score of 8-under-par, 280, was two strokes ahead of
Rikako Morita,
Japan
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.
Teams
42 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players, except the team representing
Croatia, which had only two players.
Results
*''South Africa was awarded the tiebreak, since their third player, Ashleigh Simon, had a lower score than Sweden's third player, Sofie Andersson
Sofie Andersson Aagaard (born 6 June 1983) is a Swedish professional golfer who played mainly on the United States-based Futures Tour. She competed on tour as Sofie Andersson, adding Aagaard after her marriage in November 2012.
As an amateur, A ...
, in the third round, 73 against 77. The initial tiebreaker, the final round non-counting score of the respective teams, was equal.''Source:
Individual leaders
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
References
External links
Record Book on International Golf Federation website
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Golf tournaments in South Africa
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