# 2002 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 2002 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 16–19 October at Saujana Golf and Country Club, on its Palm Course and Bunga Raya Course, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
It was the 20th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were 39 team entries, each with two or three players.
Each team played two rounds at the Palm Course and two rounds at the Bunga Raya Course in different orders, but the 21 leading teams played the fourth round at the Palm Course. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The Australia team won the Trophy for their second title, their first since 1978. Silver medalist team Thailand had the same total score as Australia, but Australia was declared the winner, since their third player, Vicky Uwland, had a lower score than Thailand's third player, Titiya Plucksataporn, in the final round, 78 against 81. Team Spain took the bronze on third place one stroke back. Defending champion France finished tied 15th.
The individual title went to Aree Song Wongluekiet, Thailand, whose score of 4-under-par, 288, was one stroke ahead of Tania Elóseguie, Spain, and Lindsey Wright, Australia.

## Teams

39 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players, except the teams from Bolivia, Greece and Russia which had only two players. One player representing Croatia withdraw from the fourth round and one player representing Iran withdraw from the third and fourth round.
| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Astrid Gulesserian, Victoria Gabenara, Maria Olivero |
| Australia | Katherine Hull, Vicky Uwland, Lindsey Wright |
| Austria | Katharina Werdinig, Nicole Gergely, Stefanie Michl |
| Belgium | Lien Willens, Justine Barbier, Amandine Brouwez |
| Bolivia | Verónica Maldonado, Andrea Maldonado |
| Brazil | Mariana De Biase, Patricia Carvalho, Maria Priscila Iida |
| Canada | Jan Dowling, Lisa Meldrum, Laura Matthews |
| Chile | Paz Echeverria, Gloria Soto Ferrada, Francisca Vargas |
| Chinese Taipei | Shih Huei-ju, Hung Chin-huei, Yu Pei-lin |
| Colombia | Cristina Baena, Carolina Llano, Maria Catalina Marin |
| Croatia | Snjezana Crnoglavac, Sanja Serfezi, Daria Zubrinic |
| Denmark | Mette Buus, Julie Tvede, Lisa Holm Sørensen |
| Finland | Kaisa Ruuttila, Jenni Kuosa, Minea Blomqvist |
| France | Mahault Passerat De Silans, Gwladys Nocera, Alexandra Vilatte |
| Germany | Denise Simon, Pia Odefey, Martina Eberl |
| Great Britain & Ireland | Emma Duggleby, Heather Stirling, Becky Brewerton |
| Greece | Irene Krambs, Evita Sideri |
| Guatemala | Beatríz de Arenas, María Cristina Arenas, María José Gutiérrez |
| Hong Kong | Betty Ng, Eva Yoe, Sarah Henderson |
| Iran | Zohreh Kasrai, Mina Varzi, Firozeh Mohamad Zamani |
| Italy | Claire Grignolo, Federica Piovano, Tullia Calzavara |
| Japan | Ai Miyazato, Izumi Narita, Kyoko Furuya |
| Malaysia | Nur Sayyedda, Valerie Tan, Nining Harris |
| Mexico | Alejandra Martin Del Campo, Tanya Dergal, Violeta Retamoza |
| Netherlands | Charlotte Heeres, Natascha Duvalois, Dewi Claire Schreefel |
| New Zealand | Wendy Hawkes, Tina Howard, Brenda Ormsby |
| Norway | Camilla Guriby Hilland, Lill Kristin Saether, Marianne Skarpnord |
| Philippines | Heidi Chua, Aileen Rose Yao, Carmelette Villaroman |
| Portugal | Carolina Catanho, Carla Cruz, Lara Vieira |
| Puerto Rico | Karen Calvesbert, María del Mar Colón, Laura Díaz |
| Russia | Daria Anisimova, Maria Kostina |
| Slovakia | Andrea Lupsinová, Veronika Falathová, Zuzana Kamasová |
| South Africa | Lee-Anne Pace, Tanica Van As, Gilly Tebbutt |
| South Korea | Kim Joo-mi, Park Won-mi, Yim Sung-ah |
| Spain | Nuria Clau, Tania Elósegui, Marta Prieto |
| Sweden | Helena Svensson, Karin Sjödin, Mikaela Parmlid |
| Switzerland | Nora Angehrn, Sheila Gut-Lee, Natalia Tanno |
| Thailand | Titiya Plucksataporn, Aree Song Wongluekiet, Naree Song Wongluekiet |
| United States | Emily Bastel, Becky Lucidi, Laura Myerscough |

## Results

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Australia * | 152-140-141-145=578 | −6 |
| 2 | Thailand | 139-145-146-148=578 | −6 |
| 3 | Spain | 144-144-143-148=579 | −5 |
| 4 | Germany | 147-140-146-148=581 | −4 |
| 5 | United States | 143-150-142-149=584 | E |
| T6 | Japan | 147-145-150-145=587 | +3 |
| T6 | South Korea | 144-152-145-146=587 | +3 |
| T8 | Great Britain & Ireland | 156-147-141-144=588 | +4 |
| T8 | Italy | 148-142-150-148=588 | +4 |
| T8 | Sweden | 146-150-144-148=588 | +4 |
| 11 | Finland | 144-148-144-153=589 | +5 |
| T12 | Canada | 150-148-147-148=593 | +9 |
| T12 | Colombia | 149-149-146-149=593 | +9 |
| 14 | Chinese Taipei | 150-149-148-147=594 | +10 |
| T15 | Denmark | 147-150-151-149=597 | +13 |
| T15 | France | 147-152-148-150=597 | +13 |
| 17 | Mexico | 151-146-144-157=598 | +14 |
| 18 | Norway | 150-150-144-156=600 | +16 |
| 19 | Netherlands | 149-152-148-152=601 | +17 |
| 20 | New Zealand | 150-149-146-158=603 | +19 |
| 21 | Austria | 153-152-153-153=611 | +27 |
| 22 | Brazil | 156-161-148-150=615 | +31 |
| T23 | Argentina | 153-157-157-149=616 | +32 |
| T23 | Philippines | 158-152-155-151=616 | +32 |
| 25 | Switzerland | 148-158-157-157=620 | +36 |
| 26 | Chile | 162-164-148-153=627 | +43 |
| 27 | Belgium | 162-151-162-154=629 | +45 |
| 28 | Hong Kong | 157-157-155-162=631 | +47 |
| T29 | Malaysia | 161-157-162-155=635 | +51 |
| T29 | South Africa | 167-155-158-155=635 | +51 |
| 31 | Portugal | 154-167-157-160=638 | +54 |
| 32 | Guatemala | 159-166-170-157=652 | +68 |
| 33 | Russia | 172-161-167-161=661 | +77 |
| 34 | Slovakia | 172-165-160-166=663 | +79 |
| 35 | Puerto Rico | 171-169-166-168=674 | +90 |
| 36 | Bolivia | 180-176-170-164=690 | +106 |
| 37 | Greece | 173-181-182-173=709 | +126 |
| 38 | Croatia | 183-190-184-181=738 | +154 |
| 39 | Iran | 236-229-236-224=925 | +341 |
* Australia was awarded the tiebreak, since their third player, Vicky Uwland, had a lower score than Thailand's third player, Titiya Plucksataporn, in the final round, 78 against 81. Sources:

## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Aree Song Wongluekiet | Thailand | 71-71-74-72=288 | −4 |
| T2 | Tania Elóseguie | Spain | 72-74-70-73=289 | −3 |
| T2 | Lindsey Wright | Australia | 77-70-70-72=289 | −3 |
| 4 | Katherine Hull | Australia | 75-70-72-73=290 | −2 |
| T5 | Tullia Calzavara | Italy | 70-71-76-74=291 | −1 |
| T5 | Naree Song Wongluekiet | Thailand | 68-75-72-76=291 | −1 |
| T7 | Martina Eberl | Germany | 72-72-72-76=292 | E |
| T7 | Laura Matthews | Canada | 73-72-73-74=292 | E |
| T9 | Minea Blomqvist | Finland | 72-74-70-77=293 | +1 |
| T9 | Lisa Holm Sørensen | Denmark | 72-75-73-72=293 | +1 |
| T9 | Yu Pei Lin | Chinese Taipei | 75-75-73-70=293 | +1 |
| T9 | Denise Simon | Germany | 77-68-76-72=293 | +1 |