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1976 Espirito Santo Trophy

Tournament information
6–9 October
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Vilamoura Golf Club (Vilamoura Old Course)
World Amateur Golf Council
72 holes stroke play
73
6,181 yards (5,652 m)
25 teams74 players
United StatesDonna Horton, Nancy Lopez, Debbie Massey
605 (+21)
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The 1976 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 6–9 October at Vilamoura Golf Club in, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal. It was the seventh women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 25 teams, each with up to three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

The United States team won the Trophy, defending their title from two years ago and winning their sixth consecutive title, beating team France by 17 strokes. France took the silver medal and Brazil, on the podium for the first time, took the bronze.

25 teams contested the event. Each team had three players, except Sri Lanka, who only had two.

CountryPlayers
ArgentinaMaria Julia Caserta de Aftalion, Amanda de Felicia, Beatriz Rossello
AustraliaJane Lock, Sandra McCaw, Karen Permezel
BelgiumMaguy Brose, Marianne Toussaint, Francoise De Wagheneire
BrazilMaria Alice Gonzalez, Elisabeth Noronha, Laura M. dos Santos
CanadaBetty Stanhope-Cole, Marylin Palmer, Dale Shaw
ChilePatriciua Fernandez, Beatriz Steeger, Maria Pia Valdez
ChinaMei-Chin Chen, Ming-Ching Huang, Yu-Hsia Tai
DenmarkAnnettte Hagdrup, Marete Meiland, Tina Pors
Dominican RepublicSilivia Corrie, Susan Fellow, Jacqueline M. de Jesus
FranceCatherine Lacoste de Prado, Anne Marie Palli, Marie-Christine Ubald-Bocquet
Great Britain & IrelandMary McKenna, Catherine Panton, Jenny Lee Smith
ItalyFederica Dassù, Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, Marina Ragher
JamaicaPauline Laman, Dorothy Mahfood, Suanne Rebhan
JapanHaruko Ishii, Yuniki Kanoh, Machiko Yamada
MexicoLuz de Lourdes Fernandez, Maria Luisa Martinez, Fela Chaves de Subirats
NetherlandsAlice Janmaat, Nicole Spitz, Marischka Zegger-Swane
NorwayLilly Gulliksen, Vivi Horn Marstrand, Mette Rinde Reuss
PortugalTeresa Mata, Graca Medina, Veronica Oliveira e Silva
RhodesiaJean Freeman, Anne Esson, Joan Walker
South AfricaJenny Bruce, Cheran Gerber, Alison Sheard
SpainElena Corminas, Carmen Maestre de Pellon, Cristina Marsans
Sri LankaTiru Fernando, Mrs W.P. Fernando
SwedenHillewi Hagström, Pia Nilsson, Liv Wollin
SwitzerlandCarole Charbonnier, Verena Salvisberg, Marie Christine de Werra
United StatesDonna Horton, Nancy Lopez, Debbie Massey
PlaceCountryScoreTo par
United States152-152-147-154=605+21
France154-157-149-162=622+38
Brazil160-160-152-154=626+42
4Italy157-159-157-162=635+51
T5Australia160-160-157-159=636+52
Canada161-156-157-162=636
7China157-161-157-163=638+54
T8South Africa159-157-160-163=639+55
Spain162-160-157-160=639
T10Sweden165-158-159-159=641+57
West Germany164-160-155-162=641
12Japan158-163-166-156=643+59
13Great Britain & Ireland164-162-162-157=645+61
14Argentina160-170-159-160=649+65
15Switzerland166-171-166-160=663+79
16Netherlands166-171-165-167=669+85
17Belgium172-171-166-165=674+90
18Chile168-170-171-168=677+93
T19Denmark175-169-169-172=685+101
Mexico167-171-175-172=685
T21Norway172-177-175-177=701+117
Sri Lanka176-184-174-167=701
23Rhodesia177-175-175-175=702+118
24Portugal193-199-185-185=762+178
25Dominican Republic208-189-183-197=777+193

Sources:

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nancy LopezUnited States72-75-73-77=297+5
2Catherine Lacoste de PradoFrance76-77-75-79=307+15
T3Debbie MasseyUnited States80-77-74-78=309+23
Liv WollinSweden79-79-77-74=309+25
T5Maria Alice GonzalezBrazil81-76-80-75=312+28
Donna HortonUnited States81-77-77-77=312
T7Carmen Maestre de PellonSpain78-78-77-81=314+30
Elisabeth NoronhaBrazil79-84-72-79=314
9Anne Marie PalliFrance78-80-74-83=315+31
10Federica DassùItaly80-77-78-81=316+32
  • World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website
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