# 1988 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 1988 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 8–11 September at Drottningholm Golf Club in Stockholm, Sweden. The club was later renamed the Royal Drottningholm Golf Club, named from the palace close to the course, the Drottningholm Palace, home of the Swedish king and queen. The course, laid out on crown property, opened in 1959 in a park and woodland area about 15 kilometres (9 miles) from midtown Stockholm. For this championship, the course was set up as the women's championship course with par 73.
It was the 13th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 27 team entries, each with three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The United States team won the Trophy, earning the title for the tenth time, beating the hosting country team Sweden by one stroke. Sweden earned the silver medal while the combined team of Great Britain & Ireland took the bronze on third place another twelve strokes back.
Anne Quast Sander, playing in the United States team, was a member of the winning team for a tied record third time, in 1988 at 51 years of age and 24 years after her first win in 1966 (at the time known as Anne Quast Welts). Her second win came in 1968. The only other women to have won the Espirito Santo Trophy three times is Jane Bastanchury Booth, who was a member of the winning U.S. team in 1968, 1970 and 1972.

## Teams

27 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players.
| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Dolores Nava, Maria Eugenia Noguerol, Nora Ventureira |
| Australia | Louise Briers, Elizabeth Cavill, Nicole Lowien |
| Belgium | Isabelle De Clercq, Sylvie Clausset, Aline Van Der Haegen |
| Bermuda | Judithanne Astwood-Outerbridge, Madeline Joell, Sherley Wildi |
| Brazil | Luciana Benvenuti, Elisabeth Nickhorn, Cristina Schmitt |
| Canada | Audrey Bendick, Joyce McAvoy, Terill Samuel |
| Chile | Ana Maria Cambiaso, Isabel Santa Maria, Beatriz Steeger |
| China | Tseng Hsiu-Feng, Liao Yueh-Hsiu, Tai Yu-Chuan |
| Colombia | Rocio Fonseca, Adriana Gomez, Sibile Suarez |
| Denmark | Maren Binau, Mette Brandt-Andersen, Pernille Carlson |
| Finland | Outi Eriksson, Sanna Kahiluoto, Marika Soravuo |
| France | Delphine Bourson, Caroline Bourtayre, Valérie Golléty-Pamard |
| Great Britain & Ireland | Linda Bayman, Susan Shapcott, Julie Wade |
| Iceland | Karen Saervarsdotir, Steinum Saemundsdotir, Asgerdur Sverrisdotir |
| Italy | Marina Buscaini, Isabella Calogero, Stefania Croce |
| Japan | Michiko Hattori, Chie Kihara, Asoko Kita |
| Mexico | Adriana Garcia, Ana Luisa Hernandez, Florencia Rols |
| Netherlands | Mette Hageman, Barbara Van Strien, Dagmar De Vries |
| New Zealand | Jan Cooke Higgins, Liz Douglas, Ingrid Van Steenbergen |
| Norway | Anette Bech, Vibeke Stensrud, Elizabeth Vinter |
| Portugal | Teresa Abecassis, Graca Medina, Patricia Roquette |
| Spain | Macarena Campomanes, Mari Carmen Navarro, Maria Orueta |
| Sweden | Helen Alfredsson, Helene Andersson, Eva Dahllöf |
| Switzerland | Irene Dubs, Evelyn Orley, Marie Christine De Werra |
| United States | Anne Quast Sander, Pearl Sinn, Carol Semple Thompson |
| Venezuela | Maria Eugenia Larrazabal, Angeles De Perez, Graciela De Plaza |
| West Germany | Ursula Beer, Tina Fischer, Martina Koch |

## Results

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| | United States | 147-144-148-148=587 | +3 |
| | Sweden | 146-146-153-143=588 | +4 |
| | Great Britain & Ireland | 149-155-148-148=600 | +16 |
| T4 | Italy | 147-153-146-157=603 | +19 |
| T4 | Japan | 157-152-151-143=603 | +19 |
| T4 | Switzerland | 153-151-154-143=603 | +19 |
| 7 | West Germany | 150-154-160-142=606 | +22 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 157-148-157-149=611 | +27 |
| T9 | New Zealand | 154-155-150-154=613 | +29 |
| T9 | France | 156-150-156-151=613 | +29 |
| 11 | Australia | 152-155-156-151=614 | +30 |
| T12 | Canada | 152-151-160-152=620 | +36 |
| T12 | Denmark | 156-153-160-152=620 | +36 |
| T12 | Spain | 152-154-153-161=620 | +36 |
| T15 | Brazil | 154-154-157-156=621 | +37 |
| T15 | China | 162-154-156-149=621 | +37 |
| 17 | Belgium | 159-152-163-152=626 | +42 |
| 18 | Mexico | 161-153-159-157=630 | +46 |
| 19 | Argentina | 158-160-158-155=631 | +47 |
| 20 | Colombia | 156-165-163-157=641 | +57 |
| 21 | Norway | 166-165-161-159=651 | +67 |
| 22 | Finland | 173-159-165-157=654 | +70 |
| 23 | Chile | 166-165-163-166=660 | +76 |
| 24 | Venezuela | 162-172-167-164=665 | +81 |
| 25 | Iceland | 163-166-166-172=667 | +83 |
| 26 | Bermuda | 173-174-163-167=677 | +93 |
| 27 | Portugal | 170-169-174-168=681 | +97 |
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## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| T1 | Stefania Croce | Italy | 71-73-71-78=293 | +1 |
| T1 | Carol Semple Thompson | United States | 71-75-75-72=293 | +1 |
| T3 | Eva Dahllöf | Sweden | 71-74-82-68=295 | +3 |
| T3 | Michiko Hattori | Japan | 76-78-74-67=295 | +3 |
| T3 | Martina Koch | West Germany | 72-78-76-69=295 | +3 |
| T3 | Marie Christine De Werra | Switzerland | 85-79-78-75=295 | +3 |
| 7 | Pearl Sinn | United States | 76-71-73-76=296 | +4 |
| 8 | Helene Andersson | Sweden | 75-73-76-75=299 | +7 |
| T9 | Helen Alfredsson | Sweden | 75-73-77-75=300 | +8 |
| T9 | Aline Van Der Haegen | Belgium | 77-71-80-72=300 | +8 |