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The Women's World Cup of Golf was a professional
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tournament contested by teams of two female golfers representing their respective countries. The tournament was played in several incarnations, first in 1992 as the Sunrise Cup World Team Championship held in Taiwan, and in 2000 at Adare Manor in
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sanctioned only by the
Ladies European Tour The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. Most of the players on the tour are European, with members from more than 40 countries internationally. Despite its name, the tour also has tournaments in A ...
. It was later played annually between 2005 and 2008 at Gary Player Country Club in
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, and sanctioned also by the
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, money unofficial on both tours. The purse in the final year was
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1.4 million. The field consisted of twenty-two teams and each qualifying country could field one team. It was held in January or February, at the beginning of the season for the world's dominant professional tours. In 2014, the
International Crown The Hanwha LifePlus International Crown is a biennial women's professional team golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. Eight national teams of four players each (32 players in total) participate in the match play event. Beginning in 2025, the field ...
succeeded the event, a women's team golf tournament featuring national teams of four players.


Winners


Performance by nation 2005–2008


Teams

22 nation teams contested the event.


See also

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World Cup of Golf The World Cup of Golf is a men's golf tournament contested by teams of two representing their country. Only one team is allowed from each country. The players are selected on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking, although not all of the fir ...
- the equivalent event for men's golf.


References


External links

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TSN Ladies World Cup of Golf 2000 - Results
Golf Sweden, 17 September 2000
LPGA official microsite
{{Main world championships Former Ladies European Tour events Team golf tournaments Golf tournaments in the Republic of Ireland Golf tournaments in South Africa Golf in Munster
Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
World championships in golf Recurring sporting events established in 2005 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2008