The Patsy Hankins Trophy is a women's
amateur golf
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competition on the model of the
Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe. The Ryder Cup is named af ...
, corresponding to the men's
Bonallack Trophy
The Bonallack Trophy is an amateur golf competition on the model of the Ryder Cup which opposes every two years a European team and a team representing Asia/Pacific. The venue alternates between courses in Europe and Asia/Pacific.
The first compe ...
. The competition opposes every two years a
European team and a team representing Asia/Pacific, and the venue alternates between courses in Europe and Asia/Pacific.
The Trophy is named after Patsy Hankins (1945–2015), one of the most respected golf administrators New Zealand has produced. The first competition took place in 2016 at Vidago Palace Golf Course, Portugal.
Format
The Patsy Hankins Trophy involves various
match play
Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 h ...
competitions between players selected from two teams of twelve representing Europe and Asia-Pacific. It takes place over three days, with a total of 32 matches being played, all matches being over 18 holes. The first two days comprise five foursomes matches and five four-ball matches. On the final day, there are 12 singles matches, when all twelve players compete.
The winner of each match scores a point for his team, with a half point each for any match that is tied after the 18 holes. The winning team is determined by cumulative total points. In the event of a tie (16 points each) the Patsy Hankins Trophy is retained by the previous holder.
A
foursomes Foursomes, also known as alternate shot, is a pairs playing format in the sport of golf.
Golfers compete in teams of two, using only one ball per team, and taking alternate shots until the hole is completed. Team members take turns in teeing off o ...
match is a competition between two teams of two golfers. On a particular hole the golfers on the same team take alternate shots playing the same ball. One team member tees off on all the odd-numbered holes, and the other on all the even-numbered holes. Each hole is won by the team that completes the hole in the fewest shots. A
fourball match is also a competition between two teams of two golfers, but all four golfers play their own ball throughout the round rather than alternating shots. The better score of the two golfers in a team determines the team's score on a particular hole; the score of the other member of the team is not counted. Each hole is won by the team whose individual golfer has the lowest score. A singles match is a standard match play competition between two golfers.
Team qualification and selection
European Team selection
The
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are used as the main reference for the selection process, in addition to a small number of players selected by the captain (known as "captain's picks"). No more than two players may be selected from the same country.
Results
Appearances
The following are those who have played in at least one of the matches.
Europe
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Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir 2018
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Zhen Bontan 2018
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Gioia Carpinelli 2016
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Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso 2016
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Bianca Fabrizio 2016, 2018
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Blanca Fernández García-Poggio 2018
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Annabell Fuller
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Golf career
In August 2020, Fuller won the English Women's Open Amateur ...
2018
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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 star ...
2016
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Paula Grant 2018
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Frida Kinhult
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Early life and ...
2016, 2018
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Amanda Linnér
Elsa Amanda Linnér (born 14 February 2001) is a Swedish amateur golfer. In 2017 she won the European Girls' Team Championship, the Vagliano Trophy, the French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship and the Annika Invitational Europe. I ...
2018
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Clarisse Louis 2018
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Thomsen Puk Lyng 2016
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Meghan MacLaren
Meghan MacLaren (born 15 May 1994) is an English professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player.
Early life and amateur career
MacLaren starting playing golf at age 4 and attended The Ferrers Specialists Arts College between 2005 and 12, w ...
2016
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Elena Moosmann
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2018
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Luque Maria Parra 2016
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Luna Sobrón Galmés 2016
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Emma Spitz
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Amateur career
Spitz enjoyed a prolific amateur career. She w ...
2016
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Puk Lyng Thomsen
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Amateur career
Thomsen was born in Frederikshavn in ...
2018
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Albane Valenzuela
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Amateur career
Valenzuela took low ama ...
2016
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Isobel Wardle 2018
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Chloe Williams 2016
Asia/Pacific
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Julianne Alvarez 2016
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Hina Aragaki 2016
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Ya-Chun Chiang 2018
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Tiffany Chan
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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 ...
2016
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Choi Hye-jin
Choi Hye-jin ( ko, 최혜진; born 23 August 1999) is a South Korean professional golfer.
Amateur career
Choi represented South Korea at the 2014 Asian Games where she helped the team to a silver medal and finished fifth in the individual ev ...
2016
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Hannah Green 2016
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Nasa Hataoka
is a Japanese professional golfer. She has won six times on the LPGA Tour and six times on the LPGA of Japan Tour.
Amateur career
Hataoka was born on 13 January 1999, named after the United States space program, NASA. As an amateur, she won the ...
2016
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Yu-Chiang Hou 2018
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Wenyung Keh 2016
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Grace Kim 2018
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Kwon Seo-yun 2018
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Wenbo Liu 2018
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Du Mohan 2018
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Yuna Nishimura
(born 4 August 2000) is a Japanese professional golfer. After playing on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has six wins, she joined the LPGA Tour in 2023.
Early life and amateur career
Nishimura attended Osaka University of Commerce High School. ...
2018
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Park Hyun-kyung
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2016
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Tian Qi 2016
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Ryu Hae-ran 2018
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Riri Sadoyama 2018
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Yuka Saso
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2018
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Princess Mary Superal
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2016
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Patty Tavatanakit
Paphangkorn "Patty" Tavatanakit (; born 11 October 1999) is a Thai professional golfer who began competing on the LPGA Tour in January 2020. On 4 April 2021, Tavatanakit accomplished her first win on the LPGA Tour the 2021 ANA Inspiration, a ma ...
2016, 2018
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Atthaya Thitikul
Atthaya Thitikul ( th, อาฒยา ฐิติกุล, , ; born 20 February 2003) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She is the youngest golfer ever to win a professional gol ...
2018
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Han-Hsuan Yu 2016
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