1964 Espirito Santo Trophy
Tournament information
Dates1–4 October
LocationSaint-Germain-en-Laye, France
48°55′06″N 2°03′26″E / 48.91833°N 2.05733°E / 48.91833; 2.05733
Course(s)Golf de Saint Germain
Organized byFrench Golf Federation and United States Golf Association
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length5,933 yards (5,425 m)
Field25 teams
75 players
Champion
 France
Claudine Cros, Catherine Lacoste, Brigitte Varangot
588 (+12)
Location Map
Golf de Saint Germain is located in France
Golf de Saint Germain
Golf de Saint Germain
Location in France
Golf de Saint Germain is located in Île-de-France (region)
Golf de Saint Germain
Golf de Saint Germain
Location in Île-de-France

The 1964 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 1–4 October at Golf de Saint Germain in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, west of Paris, France. It was the first women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 25 three-woman teams. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

France won the Trophy, beating United States by one stroke. United States took the silver medal while England, a further nine strokes behind, took the bronze.[1]

Teams

25 teams contested the event. Each team had three players.[2]

Country Players
 Argentina Margarita MacInlay de Maglione, Cecilia Palacio, Adelina J. de Rodriguez
 Australia Gail Corry, Betty Dalgleish, Dianna Thomas
 Belgium Mrs. Jacques Francois, Arlette Engel-Jacquet, Josyane Leysen
 Bermuda Mrs. Brock Park, Mrs. Tom Smith, Mrs. George Wardman
 Canada Betty Stanhope-Cole, Gail Harvey Moore, Joanne Goulet
 Chile Sara Garcia de Raby, Gabriela Gazitua, Maria-Angelica Segovia
 Denmark Bjørg Damm, Vibeke Knudsen, Karin Vang Sigumfeldt Birch
 England Bridget Jackson, Ruth Porter, Marley Spearman
 France Claudine Cros, Catherine Lacoste, Brigitte Varangot
 Ireland Elisabeth Barnett, Ita Burke, Zelie Fallon
 Italy Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, Marina Ragher, Marion Tadini
 Japan Tamako Isutani, Tokusaburo Kosaka, Hiroko Matsunami
 Mexico Fela Chavez, Ana Luisa Hernandez de Ortega, Maria Luisa Martinez
 Netherlands Annie van Lanschot, Anneke van Riemsdijk, Mrs Roely Sauter
 New Zealand Jane Butler, Pat Harrison, Jean Mangan
 Philippines Dominga Capati, Mercedes Feleciano, Nora M. Mateo
 Portugal Barbara de Brito e Cunha, Vera Costa Lennox, Salette de Sousa e Melo
 Scotland Joan Lawrence, Mary Roberts, Belle Robertson
 South Africa Jeanette Burd, Jacqueline Mercer, Mary Clemence
 Spain Rosa Cuito de Serra, Mercedes Etchart de Ártiach, Emma Villacieros de García-Ogara
 Sweden Liv Forsell, Britt Mattsson, Cécilia Perslow
 United States Barbara McIntire, Carol Sorenson, Barbara Fay White
 Wales Mary Oliver, Pat Roberts, Nancy Wright
 West Germany Marietta Gutermann, Monika Möller, Monica Steegmann

Results

Place Country Score To par
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France 147-146-148-147=588 +12
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 148-147-145-149=589 +13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  England 148-149-149-151=597 +21
4  Canada 149-156-155-146=606 +30
5  Australia 154-157-152-150=613 +37
T6  New Zealand 154-158-155-149=616 +40
 Sweden 156-153-153-154=616
8  West Germany 157-156-152-156=621 +45
9  Mexico 158-160-155-151=624 +48
 Scotland 158-160-151-155=624
11  Belgium 154-160-158-154=626 +50
12  South Africa 156-158-153-160=627 +51
13  Wales 164-156-156-158=634 +58
14  Ireland 163-160-159-155=637 +61
T15  Netherlands 159-157-166-159=641 +65
 Italy 162-158-162-159=641
 Philippines 159-164-158-160=641
18  Chile 166-159-159-161=645 +69
19  Japan 168-157-159-165=649 +73
20  Argentina 159-168-164-167=658 +82
21  Spain 169-161-169-164=663 +87
22  Portugal 164-169-163-172=668 +92
23  Denmark 173-181-159-169=682 +106
24  Bermuda 168-170-180-171=689 +113
25  Austria 183-179-180-171=713 +137

Sources:[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Catherine Lacoste  France 72-71-78-73=294 +6
Carol Sorenson  United States 75-74-72-73=294
T3 Gail Harvey  Canada 73-77-75-72=297 +9
Marley Spearman  England 75-75-72-75=297
T5 Claudine Cros  France 76-75-75-74=300 +12
Barbara Fay White  United States 73-78-73-76=300
7 Brigitte Varangot  France 75-76-73-77=301 +13
T8 Liv Forsell  Sweden 77-75-78-73=303 +15
Dianna Thomas  Australia 75-76-75-77=303
T10 Barbara McIntire  United States 80-73-78-76=307 +19
Ruth Porter  England 80-74-77-76=307

References

  1. ↑ "French Nip U.S. In Golf". The Detroit Daily Press. Reuters. 5 October 1964. p. 12 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Record Book 1964 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records". Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Golf-VM genom åren, VM-resultat genom tiderna" [World Team Championship through the years]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1988. pp. 168–170, 174–175. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 180–181. ISBN 9172603283.
  6. ↑ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 184. ISBN 91-86818007.
  7. ↑ Suhr-Jensen, Annette (September 2020). "Karin Birch En av KGK's Danmarksmestre, Förste VM i golf för kvinder" [Karin Birch One of KGK's Denmark champions, The first world championships in Golf for women]. Eremitagen, Medlemsblad for Kobenhavns Golf Klub (in Danish). No. 81. p. 18. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Mannschafts-Weltmeisterschaften" [Teams, World Team Championships] (PDF) (in German). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
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