# 2012 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 2012 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 27–30 September at the Gloria Golf Club, on its New Course and Old Course in Antalya, Turkey.
It was the 25th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were a record 53 team entries, each with two or three players.
Each team played two rounds at the New Course and two rounds at the Old Course. The leading teams played the fourth round at the Old Course. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
Team South Korea successfully defended their title from two years ago, winning the Trophy for the third time, with a 13-under-par score of 563, three strokes ahead of silver medalist team Germany. The bronze medal was shared between former champions team Australia and, for the first time on the podium, team Finland, on tied third place one more stroke back.
The individual title went to 15-year-old Lydia Ko, New Zealand, whose score of 14-under-par 274 was a championship record and six strokes ahead of two players who shared second place.

## Teams

53 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players, except team Bosnia and Herzegovina and team Serbia, which only had two.
| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Delfina Acosta, Manuela Carbajo Re, Maria Olivero |
| Australia | Brianna Elliott, Whitney Hillier, Minjee Lee |
| Austria | Marlies Krenn, Anja Purgauer, Sarah Schober |
| Belgium | Leslie Cloots, Fanny Cnops, Chloé Leurquin |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Lamija Cehajic, Ena Smajic |
| Brazil | Nathalie Da Silva, Clara Teixeira, Vitoria Teixeira |
| Canada | Brooke Henderson, Augusta James, Jennifer Kirby |
| Czech Republic | Lucie Hinnerova, Katerina Ruzickova, Karolina Vlckova |
| China | Wang Xinying, Shi Yuting, Zhang WeiWei |
| Chinese Taipei | Chang Yu-hsin, Ssu-Chia Cheng, Hsu Wei-ling |
| Colombia | Laura Blanco, Luz Alejandra Cangrejo, Maribel Lopez |
| Denmark | Nicole Broch Larsen, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Caroline Nistrup |
| England | Georgia Hall, Charley Hull, Emily Taylor |
| Estonia | Mari Hutsi, Liis Kuuli, Annika Meos |
| Finland | Krista Bakker, Sanna Nuutinen, Noora Tamminen |
| France | Shannon Aubert, Perrine Delacour, Céline Boutier |
| Germany | Nina Holleder, Karolin Lampert, Sophia Popov |
| Guam | Tessie Blair, Mary Parsons, Nalathai Vongjalorn |
| Guatemala | María José Camey, Pilar Echeverria, Lucía Polo |
| Hong Kong | Tiffany Chan, Mimi Ho, Kitty Tam |
| Iceland | Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir, Valdís Þóra Jónsdóttir, Olafia Kristinsdottir |
| India | Aditi Ashok, Gursimar Badwal, Gurbani Singh |
| Ireland | Paula Grant, Leona Maguire, Stephanie Meadow |
| Italy | Bianca Fabrizio, Roberta Liti, Giulia Molinaro |
| Japan | Kotone Hori, Sakura Kito, Yumi Matsubara |
| Latvia | Linda Dobele, Krista Puisite, Mara Puisite |
| Malaysia | Iman Nordin, Aretha Pan, Kelly Tan |
| Mexico | Marijosse Navarro, Regina Plasencia, Margarita Ramos |
| Netherlands | Ileen Domela Nieuwenhuis, Charlotte Puts, Anne van Dam |
| New Zealand | Mun Chin Keh, Lydia Ko, Emily Perry |
| Norway | Tonje Daffinrud, Marita Engzelius, Nicoline Skaug |
| Peru | Kiara Hayashida, Lucia Gutierrez, Maria Salinas |
| Philippines | Dottie Ardina, Chihiro Ikeda, Mia Piccio |
| Poland | Nastasia Kossacky, Martyna Mierzwa, Kasia Selwent |
| Portugal | Leonor Bessa, Ana Rita Felix, Susano Ribeiro |
| Puerto Rico | Patricia Garcia, Kyle Roig, María Fernanda Torres |
| Russia | Ksenia Eremina, Margarita Kim, Nina Pegova |
| Scotland | Eilidh Briggs, Laura Murray, Sally Watson |
| Serbia | Ariana Savic, Milena Savic |
| Singapore | Sock Hwee Koh, Jo Ee Kok, Amelia Yong |
| Slovakia | Aneta Abrahamova, Katarida Chovancova, Natalia Heckova |
| Slovenia | Ana Belac, Ursa Orehek, Katja Pogačar |
| South Africa | Alana van Greuning, Bertine Strauss, Kim Williams |
| South Korea | Baek Kyu-jung, Kim Hyo-joo, Kim Min-sun |
| Spain | Marta Sanz, Camilla Hedberg, Marta Silva Zamora |
| Sweden | Daniela Holmqvist, Nathalie Månsson, Madelene Sagström |
| Switzerland | Olivia Birrer, Celia Gimblett, Rachel Rossel |
| Thailand | Ornnicha Konsunthea, Supamas Sangchan, Sherman Santiwiwattanaphong |
| Tunisia | Feriel Chahed, Hana El Benna, Ghozlene Saki |
| Turkey | Yasemin Sari, Sena Ersoy, Elcin Ulu |
| Ukraine | Yulia Malimon, Maria Pedenko, Valeriia Sapronova |
| United States | Austin Ernst, Erynne Lee, Lisa McCloskey |
| Wales | Amy Boulden, Becky Harries, Chloe Williams |
| Venezuela | Claudia De Antonio, Maria Andreina Merchan, Fabiana Salazar |

## Results

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| | South Korea | 144-136-141-142=563 | −13 |
| | Germany | 144-141-144-137=566 | −10 |
| | Australia | 144-141-142-140=567 | −9 |
| | Finland | 148-139-143-137=567 | −9 |
| T5 | New Zealand | 143-142-141-142=568 | −8 |
| T5 | Spain | 143-143-142-140=568 | −8 |
| 7 | Canada | 143-142-142-142=569 | −7 |
| 8 | United States | 148-143-137-142=570 | −6 |
| 9 | France | 144-143-144-141=572 | −4 |
| 10 | Japan | 143-142-145-144=574 | −2 |
| 11 | Italy | 151-139-146-141=577 | +1 |
| 12 | Belgium | 144-145-149-140=578 | +2 |
| T13 | England | 150-138-146-145=579 | +3 |
| T13 | Sweden | 141-147-148-143=579 | +3 |
| T15 | Czech Republic | 143-146-143-148=580 | +4 |
| T15 | Denmark | 146-147-145-142=580 | +4 |
| T15 | Ireland | 145-146-144-145=580 | +4 |
| 18 | Mexico | 149-146-141-145-=581 | +5 |
| 19 | Norway | 148-143-148-143=582 | +6 |
| 20 | Puerto Rico | 153-145-140-145=583 | +7 |
| T21 | China | 152-144-146-143=585 | +9 |
| T21 | Latvia | 142-148-149-146=585 | +9 |
| 23 | Wales | 149-146-147-146=588 | +12 |
| 24 | Argentina | 151-148-142-148=589 | +13 |
| T25 | Hong Kong | 151-145-149-145=590 | +14 |
| T25 | Malaysia | 154-145-143-148=590 | +14 |
| 27 | Thailand | 149-150-147-145=591 | +15 |
| T28 | Chinese Taipei | 147-152-147-146=592 | +16 |
| T28 | Netherlands | 151-143-150-148=592 | +16 |
| T30 | Scotland | 154-146-147-146=593 | +17 |
| T30 | Slovenia | 146-148-148-151=593 | +17 |
| 32 | Singapore | 144-153-149-149=595 | +19 |
| 33 | Colombia | 145-154-150-147=596 | +20 |
| 34 | India | 156-147-147-149=599 | +23 |
| 35 | South Africa | 157-151-145-151=604 | +28 |
| T36 | Austria | 154-145-149-157=605 | +29 |
| T36 | Iceland | 156-146-153-150=605 | +29 |
| T36 | Russia | 149-151-151-154=605 | +29 |
| T36 | Turkey | 155-151-148-151=605 | +29 |
| 40 | Switzerland | 154-158-148-148=608 | +32 |
| T41 | Peru | 155-157-150-158=620 | +44 |
| T41 | Venezuela | 160-150-156-154=620 | +44 |
| 43 | Serbia | 150-158-160-153=621 | +45 |
| T44 | Brazil | 154-152-159-161=626 | +50 |
| T44 | Slovakia | 158-156-158-154=626 | +50 |
| 46 | Poland | 159-158-157-156=630 | +54 |
| 47 | Portugal | 151-161-157-162=631 | +55 |
| 48 | Guatemala | 158-161-164-161=644 | +68 |
| 49 | Estonia | 160-166-167-168=661 | +85 |
| 50 | Guam | 170-168-166-169=673 | +97 |
| 51 | Tunisia | 173-165-173-167=678 | +102 |
| 52 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 184-181-173-179=717 | +141 |
| 53 | Ukraine | 200-204-190-197=791 | +215 |
Source:

## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Lydia Ko | New Zealand | 70-69-67-68=274 | −14 |
| T2 | Krista Bakker | Finland | 72-70-69-69=280 | −8 |
| T2 | Camilla Hedberg | Spain | 70-72-70-68=280 | −8 |
| T4 | Kim Hyo-joo | South Korea | 72-67-70-72=281 | −7 |
| T4 | Lisa McCloskey | United States | 70-71-67-73=281 | −7 |
| 6 | Sophia Popov | Germany | 72-70-72-68=282 | −6 |
| 7 | Bianca Fabrizio | Italy | 74-71-72-67=284 | −4 |
| T8 | Baek Kyu-jung | South Korea | 73-71-71-70=285 | −3 |
| T8 | Breanna Elliott | Australia | 74-70-72-69=285 | −3 |
| T8 | Kotone Hori | Japan | 70-70-74-71=285 | −3 |
| T8 | Karolin Lampert | Germany | 72-71-72-70=285 | −3 |