# 1998 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 1998 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 12–15 November at Prince of Wales Country Club in Santiago, Chile.
It was the 18th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were 33 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 for their 13th title, beating team Italy and team Germany by 21 strokes, the widest margin of victory in the history of the championship. Italy and Germany shared the silver medal on second place.
The individual title went to Jenny Chuasiriporn, United States, whose score of 12-under-par, 276, was seven strokes ahead of her teammate Kellee Booth.

## Teams

33 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players.
| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Maria Larrauri, Maria Olivero, Maria Lucia White |
| Australia | Michelle Ellis, Kate MacIntosh, Rebecca Stevenson |
| Austria | Sandra Fischer, Lilian Mensi-Klarbach, Tina Schneeberger |
| Belgium | Naima Ghilain, Stephanie Schinkel, Gaelle Van Wettere |
| Bolivia | Ella Maria Asbun, Veronica Malddonado, Ximena Maldonado |
| Brazil | Maria Candida Hanneman, Elisabeth Nickhorn, Cristina Schmitt Baldi |
| Canada | Isabelle Blais, Mary Ann Lapointe, Kareen Qually |
| Chile | Nicolle Perrot, Gloria Soto, Beatriz Steeger |
| Chinese Taipei | Hsiao-chuan Lu, Yu-ping Lin, Yun-jye Wei |
| Colombia | Cristina Baena, Marcela Gonzalez, Catalina Navarro |
| Croatia | Snjezana Crnoglavac, Sanja Serfezi, Daria Zubrinic |
| Denmark | Karen Margrethe Juul, Christina Kuld, Amanda Moltke-Leth |
| Ecuador | Maria Jose Ferro, Katy Pareja, Patricia Pazmino |
| Finland | Pia Koivuranta, Nina Laitinen, Hanna-Rikka Kuitunen |
| France | Stéphanie Arricau, Karine Icher, Marine Monnet |
| Germany | Martina Eberl, Miriam Nagl, Nicole Stillig |
| Guatemala | Maria Cristina Arenas, Nancy de Noguera, Graciela de Ruest |
| Italy | Fedezica Piovano, Sophie Sandolo, Giulia Sergas |
| Japan | Miho Koga, Mayumi Nakajima, Misato Nishikawa |
| Mexico | America Leal, Lorena Ochoa, Marta Ostos |
| Netherlands | Frederique Lempers, Nienke Nijenhuis, Marieke Zelsmann |
| New Zealand | Renee Fowler, Julia Krachinski, Brenda Ormsby |
| Norway | Line Berg, Monica Gundersund, Suzann Pettersen |
| Paraguay | Jazmin Cataldo, Rocio Delmas, Celeste Troche |
| Peru | Rosemarie Fuster, Maria Julia Fyfe, Marisa de la Puente |
| Philippines | Dorothy Delasin, Ria Denise Quiazon, Jennifer Rosales |
| South Africa | Sanet Marais, Joanne Norton, Wendy Warrington |
| South Korea | Jang Jeong, Cho Kyung-hee, Grace Park |
| Sweden | Maria Bodén, Marie Hedberg, Jessica Lindbergh |
| Switzerland | Barbara Albisetti, Niloufar Azam, Sheila Lee |
| United States | Kellee Booth, Jenny Chuasiriporn, Brenda Corrie-Kuehn |
| Uruguay | Adriana Lavina, Gabriela Villar, Magdalena Villar |
| Venezuela | Yubiri Cortez, Paola Mariño, Alessandra Perez |

## Results

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | United States | 143-134-139-142=558 | −18 |
| T2 | Germany | 149-141-145-144=579 | +3 |
| T2 | Italy | 153-143-143-140=579 | +3 |
| T4 | Australia | 141-141-154-144=580 | +4 |
| T4 | South Korea | 152-143-147-138=580 | +4 |
| 6 | France | 142-146-149-146=583 | +7 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 145-145-144-152=586 | +10 |
| 8 | Austria | 149-150-142-147=588 | +12 |
| 9 | Sweden | 149-147-151-143=590 | +14 |
| T10 | Denmark | 148-15-151-147=596 | +20 |
| T10 | Japan | 146-148-154-148=596 | +20 |
| 12 | Argentina | 154-151-149-144=598 | +22 |
| 13 | Canada | 152-148-152-147=599 | +23 |
| 14 | Colombia | 146-150-150-154=600 | +24 |
| 15 | Mexico | 151-154-154-143=602 | +26 |
| 16 | Norway | 147-157-151-149=604 | +28 |
| T17 | Belgium | 150-151-152-153=606 | +30 |
| T17 | Chile | 151-145-155-155=606 | +30 |
| T17 | New Zealand | 156-156-144-150=606 | +30 |
| T17 | Philippines | 151-149-152-154=606 | +30 |
| 21 | Paraguay | 156-152-149-153=610 | +34 |
| 22 | Finland | 150-150-157-155=612 | +36 |
| 23 | Brazil | 154-147-159-155=615 | +39 |
| 24 | Switzerland | 151-160-156-150=617 | +41 |
| 25 | South Africa | 159-156-148-158=621 | +45 |
| 26 | Netherlands | 158-157-154-154=623 | +47 |
| 27 | Peru | 159-160-158-153=630 | +54 |
| 28 | Venezuela | 156-163-155-162=636 | +60 |
| 29 | Uruguay | 154-165-160-159=638 | +62 |
| 30 | Ecuador | 160-161-163-157=641 | +65 |
| 31 | Bolivia | 165-162-162-166=655 | +79 |
| 32 | Guatemala | 161-179-161-176=677 | +101 |
| 33 | Croatia | 191-202-196-190=779 | +203 |
Sources:

## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Jenny Chuasiriporn | United States | 71-65-69-71=276 | −12 |
| 2 | Kellee Booth | United States | 72-70-70-71=283 | −8 |
| 3 | Martina Eberl | Germany | 72-68-75-73=288 | E |
| T4 | Michelle Ellis | Australia | 71-70-78-70=289 | +1 |
| T4 | Jang Jeong | South Korea | 72-75-72-70=289 | +1 |
| T4 | Christina Kuld | Denmark | 73-73-71-72=289 | +1 |
| T7 | Lin Yu-ping | Chinese Taipei | 71-73-73-74=291 | +3 |
| T7 | Rebecca Stevenson | Australia | 70-71-76-74=291 | +3 |
| T9 | Marine Monnet | France | 70-71-74-77=292 | +4 |
| T9 | Giulia Sergas | Italy | 79-70-69-74=292 | +4 |