# 1982 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 1982 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 8–11 October at Geneva Golf Club in Geneva, Switzerland. It was the tenth women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 28 teams, each with up to three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The United States team won the Trophy, defending the title from two years ago and winning their eighth title, beating team New Zealand by seven strokes. New Zealand earned the silver medal while the combined team of Great Britain and Ireland took the bronze on third place another two strokes behind.

## Teams

26 teams contested the event. Each team had three players, except the team representing Portugal, which only had two.
| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Amanda De Felizia, Susanna B. Garmendia, Maria E. Noguerol |
| Austria | Doris Derntl, Martina Franz, Alexandra Kotschwar |
| Belgium | Francoise Bonnelance, Isabelle De Clercq, Aline Van Der Haegen |
| Bermuda | Judithanne Astwood Outerbridge, Nathalie Davis, Ginette Spinucci |
| Brazil | Maria Alicia Gonzales, Isabel D. Lopes, Elisabeth Nickhorn |
| Chile | Marita Barrillas, Andrea Boettiger, Ana Maria Cambiaso |
| China | Chen Li-Ying, Cheng Mei-Chi, Chen Yueh-Ying |
| Denmark | Lise Eliasen, Merette Meiland, Anette Peitersen |
| Finland | Varpu Hakulinen, Arja Sipronen, Pirjo Sipronen |
| France | Elaine Berthet, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue |
| Great Britain & Ireland | Jane Connachan, Belle Robertson, Gillian Stewart |
| Iceland | Thordis Geirsdottir, Johanna Ingolfsdottir, Asgerdur Sverrisdottir |
| Indonesia | Ida Makasutji, Rien Tobing, Wani Tobing |
| Italy | Emanuelo Braito, Marina Buscani, Federica Dassù |
| Japan | Hiromi Kobayashi, Tashie Matsubara, Kimiko Yoshizawa |
| Mexico | Liz Chahin, Carolina Fernandez, Adriana Ramirez |
| Netherlands | Alice Janmaat, Lisebeth Koopman, Marischka Zegger |
| New Zealand | Janice Arnold, Liz Douglas, Brenda Rhodes |
| Norway | Reidun S. Dirdal, Anna Skanse Dönnestad, Cathrine Schröder |
| Portugal | Teresa Matta, Garca Medina |
| South Africa | Rae Hast, Laurette Maritz, Sheree Muirhead |
| Spain | Marta Figueras-Dotti, Carmen Maestre de Pellon, Cristina Marsans |
| Sweden | Hillewi Hagström, Liselotte Neumann, Liv Wollin |
| Switzerland | Marie Christine de Werra, Régine Lautens, Priscilla Staible |
| United States | Kathy Baker, Amy Benz, Juli Inkster |
| West Germany | Susana Knodler, Elizabeth Peter, Ines Umsen |

## Results

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | United States | 148-144-146-141=579 | +3 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 155-149-149-143=596 | +20 |
| 3 | Great Britain & Ireland | 155-144-144-155=598 | +22 |
| 4 | Sweden | 156-141-152-151=600 | +24 |
| T5 | Spain | 154-146-147-154=601 | +25 |
| T5 | Switzerland | 153-147-150-151=601 | +25 |
| 7 | France | 156-145-151-150=602 | +26 |
| 8 | Brazil | 158-155-149-151=613 | +37 |
| 9 | China | 160-152-153-149=614 | +38 |
| 10 | Italy | 158-158-149-151=616 | +40 |
| 11 | Japan | 156-155-153-154=618 | +42 |
| 12 | Denmark | 165-152-153-153=623 | +47 |
| 13 | Belgium | 164-151-156-156=627 | +51 |
| 14 | South Africa | 163-158-154-153=628 | +52 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 165-155-158-152=630 | +54 |
| T16 | Argentina | 161-159-157-162=639 | +63 |
| T16 | West Germany | 165-157-162-155=639 | +63 |
| 18 | Norway | 165-164-153-159=641 | +65 |
| 19 | Mexico | 169-156-163-158=646 | +70 |
| 20 | Chile | 172-158-160-169=659 | +83 |
| 21 | Austria | 161-175-161-171=668 | +92 |
| T22 | Bermuda | 180-177-171-174=698 | +122 |
| T22 | Finland | 175-174-175-174=698 | +122 |
| T22 | Indonesia | 181-168-173-176=698 | +122 |
| 25 | Iceland | 184-190-186-184=744 | +168 |
| DQ | Portugal | 182-170-183-DQ | |
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## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Juli Inkster | United States | 73-76-71-70=290 | +2 |
| 2 | Marta Figueras-Dotti | Spain | 73-74-73-74=294 | +6 |
| 3 | Kathy Baker | United States | 75-72-77-71=295 | +7 |
| T4 | Belle Robertson | Great Britain & Ireland | 77-74-72-75=298 | +10 |
| T4 | Liv Wollin | Sweden | 77-75-73-73=298 | +10 |
| T6 | Liz Douglas | New Zealand | 82-72-75-70=299 | +11 |
| T6 | Régine Lautens | Switzerland | 77-72-72-78=299 | +11 |
| 8 | Amy Benz | United States | 79-72-75-74=300 | +12 |
| T9 | Janice Arnold | New Zealand | 77-77-74-73=301 | +13 |
| T9 | Jane Connachan | Great Britain & Ireland | 78-70-72-81=301 | +13 |