# 2006 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 2006 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 18–21 October at De Zalze Golf Club and Stellenbosch Golf Club in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
It was the 22nd women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were 42 team entries, each with two or three players.
For the first time since the inaugural edition, there were team entries representing each of the countries England, Scotland and Wales and a combined team representing the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. In former championships, a combined team have represented Great Britain and Ireland.
Each team played two rounds at De Zalze Golf Club and two rounds at Stellenbosch Golf Club in different orders, but all the leading teams played the fourth round at De Zalze. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The team of the hosting nation South Africa won the Trophy for their first title. Silver medalist and defending champions, team Sweden, had the same total score, but South Africa was declared the winner. The initial tiebreaker, the final round non-counting score of the respective teams, was equal, but the second criteria, the third round non-counting score, was in the favor of South Africa. Team Colombia took the bronze on third place one stroke back.
The individual title went to Caroline Westrup, Sweden, whose score of 8-under-par, 280, was two strokes ahead of Rikako Morita, Japan.

## Teams

42 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players, except the team representing Croatia, which had only two players.
| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Martina Gavier, Maria Olivero, Manuela Tarazona |
| Australia | Emma Bennett, Frances Bondad, Kate Combes |
| Austria | Stefanie Endstrasser, Martina Hochwimmer, Sabrina Poelderl |
| Belgium | Tamara Luccioli, Benedicte Toumpsin, Lien Willems |
| Bermuda | Ebonie Burgess, Katyna Rabain, Laura Robinson |
| Brazil | Mariana De Biase, Cristina Baldi, Patricia Carvalho |
| Canada | Mary Ann Lapointe, Laura Matthews, Kira Meixner |
| Chile | Paz Echeverría, Mariá José Hurtado, Alejandra Shaw |
| Chinese Taipei | Kwan-chih Lu, Yani Tseng, Pei-lin Yu |
| Colombia | Carolina Llano, Mariajo Uribe, Eileen Vargas |
| Croatia | Snjezana Crnoglava, Sanja Serfezi Lovric |
| Czech Republic | Jessica Korda, Zuzana Mašínová, Katerina Ruzickova |
| Egypt | Naela El Attar, Sophie Sallab, Donia Scarello |
| England | Melissa Reid, Kerry Smith, Sophie Walker |
| Finland | Sohvi Härkönen, Kaisa Ruuttila, Hanna-Leena Salonen |
| France | Isabelle Boineau, Mélodie Bourdy, Anne-Lise Caudal |
| Gabon | Dominique Offredi, Marie-Cecile Poncet, Zella Vovan |
| Germany | Sandra Gal, Caroline Masson, Katharina Schallenberg |
| Guatemala | Maria Cristina Arenas, Maria Alejandra Camey, Beatriz de Arenas |
| Iceland | Nina Björk Geirsdottir, Anna Lisa Johannsdottir, Tinna Johannsdottir |
| Ireland | Claire Coughlan, Martina Gillen, Tricia Margan |
| Italy | Marianna Causin, Claire Grignolo, Anna Rossi |
| Japan | Erina Hara, Mika Miyazato, Rikako Morita |
| Mexico | Lili Alvarez, Tanya Dergal, Violeta Retamoza |
| Netherlands | Christel Boeljon, Marjet van der Graaff, Dewi Claire Schreefel |
| New Zealand | Sharon Ahn, Natasha Krishna, Sarah Nicholson |
| Norway | Lene Krog, Ann Kristin Solvang, Amalie Valle |
| Philippines | Dottie Ardina, Deborah Marie de Villa, Cyna Marie Rodriguez |
| Puerto Rico | Laura Diaz, Patricia Garcia, Kyle Roig |
| Russia | Anastasia Kostina, Galina Rotmistrova, Maria Verchenova |
| Scotland | Krystle Caithness, Heather MacRae, Jenna Wilson |
| Slovakia | Lujza Bubanová, Veronika Falathová, Renata Petrasová |
| South Africa | Stacy Bregman, Kelli Shean, Ashleigh Simon |
| South Korea | Choi He-yong, Chung Jae-eun, Ryu So-yeon |
| Spain | Carlota Ciganda, Belén Mozo, Azahara Muñoz |
| Sweden | Sofie Andersson, Anna Nordqvist, Caroline Westrup |
| Switzerland | Sheila Gut-Lee, Fabienne In-Albon, Caroline Rominger |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Martine de Gannes, Kelsey Lou-Hing, Monifa Sealy |
| United States | Amanda Blumenherst, Kimberly Kim, Jennie Lee |
| Venezuela | Verónica Felibert, Stephanie Gelleni, Yolecci Jiménez |
| Wales | Tara Davies, Sahra Hassan, Breanne Loucks |
| Zambia | Tara Allin, Hilda Edwards, Melissa Nawa |

## Results

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| | South Africa * | 139-138-141-148=566 | −10 |
| | Sweden | 139-145-138-144=566 | −10 |
| | Colombia | 147-141-143-136=567 | −9 |
| 4 | France | 146-136-142-144=568 | −8 |
| T5 | Germany | 141-139-143-146=569 | −7 |
| T5 | Japan | 137-144-145-143=569 | −7 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 146-144-139-141=570 | −6 |
| 8 | Spain | 145-146-138-143=572 | −4 |
| 9 | United States | 144-146-138-146=574 | −2 |
| 10 | Chinese Taipei | 139-147-143-147=576 | E |
| T11 | England | 145-139-145-149=578 | +2 |
| T11 | Netherlands | 149-140-142-147=578 | +2 |
| T11 | South Korea | 145-141-149-143=578 | +2 |
| 14 | Australia | 143-143-150-145=581 | +5 |
| 15 | Canada | 142-148-151-142=583 | +7 |
| 16 | Italy | 148-144-142-150=584 | +8 |
| 17 | Russia | 150-144-147-144=585 | +9 |
| 18 | Mexico | 151-148-146-145=590 | +14 |
| 19 | Scotland | 153-141-150-147=591 | +15 |
| T20 | Belgium | 151-151-146-145=593 | +17 |
| T20 | Czech Republic | 149-150-145-149=593 | +17 |
| T20 | Wales | 150-148-153-142=593 | +17 |
| T23 | Austria | 151-142-142-159=594 | +18 |
| T23 | Ireland | 152-149-146-147=594 | +18 |
| 25 | Chile | 150-151-144-152=597 | +21 |
| 26 | Brazil | 154-150-148-150=602 | +26 |
| 27 | Finland | 149-154-147-153=603 | +27 |
| 28 | Argentina | 153-149-154-149=605 | +29 |
| 29 | Norway | 155-150-155-148=608 | +32 |
| T30 | Philippines | 155-148-152-155=610 | +34 |
| T30 | Venezuela | 150-147-155-158=610 | +34 |
| 32 | Bermuda | 160-150-148-165=623 | +47 |
| 33 | Iceland | 154-154-155-161=624 | +48 |
| 34 | Switzerland | 163-157-152-153=625 | +49 |
| 35 | Puerto Rico | 157-163-158-158=636 | +60 |
| 36 | Guatemala | 162-158-156-162=638 | +62 |
| 37 | Egypt | 164-155-166-158=643 | +67 |
| 38 | Trinidad and Tobago | 164-164-158-161=657 | +81 |
| 39 | Slovakia | 168-163-165-174=670 | +94 |
| 40 | Zambia | 176-167-175-176=694 | +118 |
| 41 | Croatia | 175-174-178-178=705 | +129 |
| 42 | Gabon | 191-187-198-184=760 | +184 |
* South Africa was awarded the tiebreak, since their third player, Ashleigh Simon, had a lower score than Sweden's third player, Sofie Andersson, in the third round, 73 against 77. The initial tiebreaker, the final round non-counting score of the respective teams, was equal. Source:

## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Caroline Westrup | Sweden | 72-73-66-69=280 | −8 |
| 2 | Rikako Morita | Japan | 65-72-70-75=282 | −6 |
| T3 | Azahara Muñoz | Spain | 74-72-68-69=283 | −5 |
| T3 | Pei-lin Yu | Chinese Taipei | 66-73-71-73=283 | −5 |
| T5 | Carolina Llano | Colombia | 75-72-71-66=284 | −4 |
| T5 | Sarah Nicholson | New Zealand | 76-73-67-68=284 | −4 |
| T7 | Mélodie Bourdy | France | 74-68-69-74=285 | −3 |
| T7 | Kelli Shean | South Africa | 70-69-72-74=285 | −3 |
| T7 | Ashleigh Simon | South Africa | 69-69-73-74=285 | −3 |
| T7 | Ryu So-yeon | South Korea | 72-70-74-69=285 | −3 |
| T7 | Eileen Vargas | Colombia | 74-69-72-70=285 | −3 |