1968 Espirito Santo Trophy
# 1968 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 1968 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 2–5 October at Victoria Golf Club in Cheltenham, south of central Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was the third women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 17 three-woman teams. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

The United States won the Trophy, beating the host nation Australia by five strokes. Australia took the silver medal while France, one stroke further behind, took the bronze, just as they did in the last championship two years earlier.

## Teams

17 teams contested the event. Each team had three players.

| Country | Players |
| - | - |
| Argentina | Maria Julia Caserta de Aftalion, Carmen Baca Castex de Conen, Marta Saenz Vallente |
| Australia | Liz Cavill Blackmore, Marea Hickey Parsons, Dianna Thomas |
| Belgium | Francoise Berard, Corinne Reybroeck, Louise van den Berghe |
| Bermuda | Mrs. A.W. Card, Mrs E. Graham Gibbons, Mrs. Eric N. Parker |
| Canada | Gayle Hitchens Borthwick, Gail Harvey Moore, Marylin Palmer |
| China | Eva Chang, Yu Hwa Pan, Ming Yeh Wu |
| France | Claudine Cros Rubin, Catherine Lacoste, Brigitte Varangot |
| Great Britain & Ireland | Mary Everard, Diane Frearson, Belle Robertson |
| Italy | Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, Marina Ragher, Marion Tadini |
| Japan | Haruko Ifuku, Fasako Masui, Masako Satomi |
| Mexico | Fela Chavez, Florencia Hernandez, Elena Larralde |
| Netherlands | Alice Janmaat, Priscilla Sauter, Joyce de Witt Puyt |
| New Zealand | Glennis Taylor, Natalie White, Jean Whitehead |
| Philippines | Mercedes Feliclano, Nora Mateo, Vicky Pertierra |
| South Africa | Jeanette Burd, Rita Easton, Felicity Wassenaar |
| Sweden | Liv Forsell, Louise Johansson, Nina Rehnqvist |
| United States | Jane Bastachury, Shelley Hamlin, Anne Quast Welts |

## Results

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| | United States | 156-156-151-153=616 | +32 |
| | Australia | 158-152-153-158=621 | +37 |
| | France | 156-152-156-158=622 | +38 |
| 4 | Sweden | 161-162-156-159=638 | +54 |
| 5 | Canada | 158-164-159-162=643 | +59 |
| 6 | Great Britain & Ireland | 163-158-161-167=649 | +65 |
| 7 | Argentina | 168-161-163-159=651 | +67 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 165-167-157-164=653 | +69 |
| 9 | Philippines | 168-160-165-161=654 | +70 |
| 10 | Italy | 161-164-161-169=655 | +71 |
| 11 | South Africa | 168-162-161-168=659 | +75 |
| 12 | Belgium | 167-163-162-169=661 | +77 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 172-162-164-167=665 | +81 |
| 14 | Japan | 169-163-167-167=666 | +82 |
| 15 | Mexico | 168-171-170-161=670 | +86 |
| 16 | China | 165-166-170-170=671 | +87 |
| 17 | Bermuda | 198-194-189-194=773 | +189 |

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## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Catherine Lacoste | France | 75-81-75-76=307 | +23 |
| 2 | Marea Hickey Parsons | Australia | 81-75-75-77=308 | +24 |
| 3 | Shelley Hamlin | United States | 82-76-76-75=309 | +25 |
| 4 | Jane Bastachury | United States | 78-80-76-78=312 | +28 |
| 5 | Anne Quast Welts | United States | 78-80-75-80=313 | +29 |
| 6 | Liv Forsell | Sweden | 82-77-78-77=314 | +30 |
| 7 | Claudine Cros Rubin | France | 81-75-81-82=319 | +35 |
| T8 | Elisabeth Blackmore | Australia | 79-80-80-81=320 | +36 |
| T8 | Dianna Thomas | Australia | 79-77-78-86=320 | +36 |
| T10 | Marylin Palmer | Canada | 78-81-81-81=321 | +37 |
| T10 | Corinne Reybroeck | Belgium | 81-78-78-84=321 | +37 |
| T10 | Belle Robertson | Great Britain & Ireland | 86-75-77-83=321 | +37 |
