1978 Espirito Santo Trophy
# 1978 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 1978 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 10–13 October at Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club in Navua, Viti Levu, Fiji. It was the eighth women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 14 team entries, each with three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

The Australia team won the Trophy, winning their first title, beating team Canada by one stroke. Canada earned the silver medal and France took the bronze, five strokes further back.

## Teams

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

| Country | Players |
| - | - |
| Argentina | Amanda de Felicia, Susanna Garmendla, Beatriz Rossello |
| Australia | Lindy Goggin, Edwina Kennedy, Jane Lock |
| Canada | Marylin Palmer, Cathy Sherk, Stacey West |
| Fiji | Anna Dunn, Lydia Manueli, Adi Sai Tuivanuavou |
| France | Nathalie Jeanson, Catherine Lacoste de Prado, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi |
| Great Britain & Ireland | Mary Everard, Julia Greenhalgh, Muriel Thomson |
| Italy | Minette Marazza, Guenda Moavero, Marina Ragher |
| Japan | Haruko Ishii, Miki Oda, Machiko Yamada |
| New Zealand | Liz Douglas, Cherry Kingham, Heather Ryan |
| Spain | Marta Figueras-Dotti, Carmen Maestre de Pellon, Cristina Marsans |
| Sweden | Kärstin Ehrnlund, Charlotte Montgomery, Liv Wollin |
| Switzerland | Carole Charbonnier, Regine Lautens, Marie Christine de Werra |
| United States | Beth Daniel, Cindy Hill, Judith Oliver |
| West Germany | Barbara Böhm, Susanne Schultz, Marion Thannhauser |

## Results

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Australia | 149-143-151-153=596 | +20 |
| | Canada | 147-149-153-148=597 | +21 |
| | France | 146-153-156-147=602 | +26 |
| T4 | Great Britain & Ireland | 145-151-153-156=605 | +29 |
| T4 | United States | 152-149-148-156=605 | +29 |
| 6 | Japan | 148-153-151-158=610 | +34 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 153-150-152-159=614* | +38 |
| 8 | Sweden | 149-153-148-166=616* | +40 |
| 9 | Spain | 156-159-156-154=625 | +49 |
| 10 | West Germany | 167-156-152-157=632 | +56 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 153-156-163-163=635 | +59 |
| 12 | Argentina | 160-151-160-169=640 | +64 |
| 13 | Italy | 157-160-163-164=644 | +68 |
| 14 | Fiji | 183-181-175-198=737 | +161 |

* Notes: After scoring 74 in the first round, Sweden's Kärstin Ehrnlund withdrew due to food poisoning and Sweden had to count both scores from the other two players during the remaining three rounds. New Zealand's Heater Ryan withdrew from the last round. Sources:

## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cathy Sherk | Canada | 72-74-76-72=294 | +6 |
| T2 | Beth Daniel | United States | 75-71-74-78=298 | +10 |
| T2 | Miki Oda | Japan | 74-73-77-74=298 | +10 |
| T2 | Jane Lock | Australia | 73-72-75-78=298 | +10 |
| 5 | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi | France | 74-77-77-73=301 | +13 |
| 6 | Julia Greenhalgh | Great Britain & Ireland | 72-76-78-79=303 | +15 |
| T7 | Edwina Kennedy | Australia | 76-71-78-79=304 | +16 |
| T7 | Catherine Lacoste de Prado | France | 73-78-79-74=304 | +16 |
| T9 | Mary Everard | Great Britain & Ireland | 73-77-75-80=305 | +17 |
| T9 | Cherry Kingham | New Zealand | 75-74-74-82=305 | +17 |
