# 1986 Espirito Santo Trophy

The 1986 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 14–17 October at Lagunita Country Club in Caracas, Venezuela. It was the 12th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 27 team entries, each with three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The Spain team won the trophy, earning the title for the first time, beating team France by three strokes. France earned the silver medal while the United States team took the bronze at third place one more stroke back.

## Teams

27 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players.
| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Maria Marta Abramoff, Maria Eugenia Noguerol, Nora Ventureira |
| Australia | Louise Briers, Edwina Kennedy, Sandra McCaw |
| Austria | Alexandra Kotschwar, Daniela Rauch, Ike Wieser |
| Belgium | Isabelle De Clercq, Aline Van Der Haegen, Agathe Verlegh |
| Bermuda | Judithanne Astwood-Outerbridge, Diana Diel, Janice Trott |
| Brazil | Maria Alicia Gonzales, Elisabeth Nickhorn, Cristina Schmitt |
| Canada | Gail Anderson, Judy Medlicott, Marilyn Palmer O'Connor |
| China | Yeh Wei-fing, Li Wen-lin, Chen Yueh-shuang |
| Colombia | Susie Faccini, Adriana Gomez, Claudia Penuela |
| Costa Rica | Silvia P. Perez, Sylvia Siemon, Hilda Steinvorth |
| Denmark | Anette Peitersen, Merete Meiland, Annika Östberg |
| Dominican Republic | Carmen Corrie, Silvia Dowling, Pamela Gagnon |
| France | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue, Valérie Golléty-Pamard |
| Great Britain & Ireland | Claire Hourihane Dowling, Trish Johnson, Jill Thornhill |
| Hong Kong | Elidh Cameron, Nan Coockewit, Marianne Gerber |
| Italy | Stefania Croce, Emanuelo Braito Minetti, Stefania Scarpa |
| Japan | Hiromi Kobayashi, Aiko Hashimoto, Michiko Hattori |
| Mexico | Carolina Fernandez, Ana Luisa Hernandez, Adriana Ramirez |
| New Zealand | Karrien Duckworth, Marnie McGuire, Brenda Ormsby |
| Peru | Marisa Alzamora, Alicia Dibos, Maria Julia Raffo |
| Spain | Macarena Campomanes, Mari Carmen Navarro, Maria Orueta |
| Sweden | Helen Alfredsson, Eva Dahllöf, Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore |
| Switzerland | Régine Lautens, Evelyn Orley, Jackie Orley |
| United States | Kay Cockerill, Kathleen McCarthy, Leslie Shannon |
| Venezuela | Yubiri Cortez, Maria Eugenia Larrazabal, Chela Quintana |
| West Germany | Susanne Knödler, Martina Koch, Stephanie Lampert |
| Zimbabwe | E. Midgley, Karen Ryan, Linda M. Turnbull |

## Results

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| | Spain | 148-146-139-147=580 | +4 |
| | France | 148-142-145-148=583 | +7 |
| | United States | 151-145-144-144=584 | +8 |
| 4 | Great Britain & Ireland | 143-148-146-148=585 | +9 |
| 5 | Japan | 148-145-145-148=586 | +10 |
| 6 | Venezuela | 151-149-150-149=599 | +23 |
| 7 | Sweden | 152-149-147-152=600 | +24 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 148-157-152-146=603 | +27 |
| 9 | West Germany | 152-160-149-147=608 | +32 |
| T10 | Australia | 147-157-154-152=610 | +34 |
| T10 | China | 153-152-151-154=610 | +34 |
| 12 | Denmark | 153-156-152-150=611 | +35 |
| 13 | Peru | 150-156-148-159=613 | +37 |
| 14 | New Zealand | 164-153-150-150=617 | +41 |
| T15 | Brazil | 159-150-154-160=623 | +47 |
| T15 | Italy | 153-155-161-154=623 | +47 |
| 17 | Belgium | 162-151-153-158=624 | +48 |
| 18 | Canada | 158-159-157-155=629 | +53 |
| 19 | Mexico | 167-153-158-152=630 | +54 |
| T20 | Argentina | 157-159-161-159=636 | +60 |
| T20 | Colombia | 154-163-152-167=636 | +60 |
| 22 | Austria | 173-160-155-157=645 | +69 |
| 23 | Hong Kong | 169-167-160-162=658 | +82 |
| 24 | Bermuda | 165-171-168-165=669 | +93 |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 166-167-175-173=681 | +105 |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 164-185-172-162=682 | +106 |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 167-175-171-178=691 | +115 |
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## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya | France | 72-72-72-68=284 | −4 |
| 2 | Michiko Hattori | Japan | 75-70-71-72=288 | E |
| T3 | Trish Johnson | Great Britain & Ireland | 72-73-74-72=291 | +3 |
| T3 | Régine Lautens | Switzerland | 72-77-73-69=291 | +3 |
| 5 | Macarena Campomanes | Spain | 76-74-70-72=292 | +4 |
| 6 | Kay Cockerill | United States | 81-70-72-70=293 | +5 |
| 7 | Leslie Shannon | United States | 74-75-72-74=295 | +7 |
| T8 | Alicia Dibos | Peru | 72-74-74-76=296 | +8 |
| T8 | Jill Thornhill | Great Britain & Ireland | 71-77-72-76=296 | +8 |
| 10 | Chela Quintana | Venezuela | 77-72-74-74=297 | +9 |