# 1964 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 1964 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 1–4 October at Golf de Saint Germain in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, west of Paris, France. It was the first women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 25 three-woman teams. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
France won the Trophy, beating United States by one stroke. United States took the silver medal while England, a further nine strokes behind, took the bronze.

## Teams

25 teams contested the event. Each team had three players.
| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Margarita MacInlay de Maglione, Cecilia Palacio, Adelina J. de Rodriguez |
| Australia | Gail Corry, Betty Dalgleish, Dianna Thomas |
| Belgium | Mrs. Jacques Francois, Arlette Engel-Jacquet, Josyane Leysen |
| Bermuda | Mrs. Brock Park, Mrs. Tom Smith, Mrs. George Wardman |
| Canada | Betty Stanhope-Cole, Gail Harvey Moore, Joanne Goulet |
| Chile | Sara Garcia de Raby, Gabriela Gazitua, Maria-Angelica Segovia |
| Denmark | Bjørg Damm, Vibeke Knudsen, Karin Vang Sigumfeldt Birch |
| England | Bridget Jackson, Ruth Porter, Marley Spearman |
| France | Claudine Cros, Catherine Lacoste, Brigitte Varangot |
| Ireland | Elisabeth Barnett, Ita Burke, Zelie Fallon |
| Italy | Isa Goldschmidt Bevione, Marina Ragher, Marion Tadini |
| Japan | Tamako Isutani, Tokusaburo Kosaka, Hiroko Matsunami |
| Mexico | Fela Chavez, Ana Luisa Hernandez de Ortega, Maria Luisa Martinez |
| Netherlands | Annie van Lanschot, Anneke van Riemsdijk, Mrs Roely Sauter |
| New Zealand | Jane Butler, Pat Harrison, Jean Mangan |
| Philippines | Dominga Capati, Mercedes Feleciano, Nora M. Mateo |
| Portugal | Barbara de Brito e Cunha, Vera Costa Lennox, Salette de Sousa e Melo |
| Scotland | Joan Lawrence, Mary Roberts, Belle Robertson |
| South Africa | Jeanette Burd, Jacqueline Mercer, Mary Clemence |
| Spain | Rosa Cuito de Serra, Mercedes Etchart de Ártiach, Emma Villacieros de García-Ogara |
| Sweden | Liv Forsell, Britt Mattsson, Cécilia Perslow |
| United States | Barbara McIntire, Carol Sorenson, Barbara Fay White |
| Wales | Mary Oliver, Pat Roberts, Nancy Wright |
| West Germany | Marietta Gutermann, Monika Möller, Monica Steegmann |

## Results

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| | France | 147-146-148-147=588 | +12 |
| | United States | 148-147-145-149=589 | +13 |
| | England | 148-149-149-151=597 | +21 |
| 4 | Canada | 149-156-155-146=606 | +30 |
| 5 | Australia | 154-157-152-150=613 | +37 |
| T6 | New Zealand | 154-158-155-149=616 | +40 |
| T6 | Sweden | 156-153-153-154=616 | +40 |
| 8 | West Germany | 157-156-152-156=621 | +45 |
| 9 | Mexico | 158-160-155-151=624 | +48 |
| 9 | Scotland | 158-160-151-155=624 | +48 |
| 11 | Belgium | 154-160-158-154=626 | +50 |
| 12 | South Africa | 156-158-153-160=627 | +51 |
| 13 | Wales | 164-156-156-158=634 | +58 |
| 14 | Ireland | 163-160-159-155=637 | +61 |
| T15 | Netherlands | 159-157-166-159=641 | +65 |
| T15 | Italy | 162-158-162-159=641 | +65 |
| T15 | Philippines | 159-164-158-160=641 | +65 |
| 18 | Chile | 166-159-159-161=645 | +69 |
| 19 | Japan | 168-157-159-165=649 | +73 |
| 20 | Argentina | 159-168-164-167=658 | +82 |
| 21 | Spain | 169-161-169-164=663 | +87 |
| 22 | Portugal | 164-169-163-172=668 | +92 |
| 23 | Denmark | 173-181-159-169=682 | +106 |
| 24 | Bermuda | 168-170-180-171=689 | +113 |
| 25 | Austria | 183-179-180-171=713 | +137 |
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## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| T1 | Catherine Lacoste | France | 72-71-78-73=294 | +6 |
| T1 | Carol Sorenson | United States | 75-74-72-73=294 | +6 |
| T3 | Gail Harvey | Canada | 73-77-75-72=297 | +9 |
| T3 | Marley Spearman | England | 75-75-72-75=297 | +9 |
| T5 | Claudine Cros | France | 76-75-75-74=300 | +12 |
| T5 | Barbara Fay White | United States | 73-78-73-76=300 | +12 |
| 7 | Brigitte Varangot | France | 75-76-73-77=301 | +13 |
| T8 | Liv Forsell | Sweden | 77-75-78-73=303 | +15 |
| T8 | Dianna Thomas | Australia | 75-76-75-77=303 | +15 |
| T10 | Barbara McIntire | United States | 80-73-78-76=307 | +19 |
| T10 | Ruth Porter | England | 80-74-77-76=307 | +19 |