The 1978 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 10–13 October at Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club in Navua, Viti Levu, Fiji. It was the eighth women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 14 team entries, each with three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The Australia team won the Trophy, winning their first title, beating team Canada by one stroke. Canada earned the silver medal and France took the bronze, five strokes further back.
Teams 14 teams contested the event. Each team had three players.
CountryPlayersAmanda de Felicia, Susanna Garmendla, Beatriz RosselloLindy Goggin, Edwina Kennedy, Jane LockMarylin Palmer, Cathy Sherk, Stacey WestAnna Dunn, Lydia Manueli, Adi Sai TuivanuavouNathalie Jeanson, Catherine Lacoste de Prado, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Great Britain &Mary Everard, Julia Greenhalgh, Muriel ThomsonMinette Marazza, Guenda Moavero, Marina RagherHaruko Ishii, Miki Oda, Machiko YamadaLiz Douglas, Cherry Kingham, Heather RyanMarta Figueras-Dotti, Carmen Maestre de Pellon, Cristina MarsansKärstin Ehrnlund, Charlotte Montgomery, Liv WollinCarole Charbonnier, Regine Lautens, Marie Christine de WerraBeth Daniel, Cindy Hill, Judith OliverBarbara Böhm, Susanne Schultz, Marion Thannhauser
Results PlaceCountryScoreTo par149-143-151-153=596+20147-149-153-148=597+21146-153-156-147=602+26T4 Great Britain &145-151-153-156=605+29152-149-148-156=6056148-153-151-158=610+347153-150-152-159=614*+388149-153-148-166=616*+409156-159-156-154=625+4910167-156-152-157=632+5611153-156-163-163=635+5912160-151-160-169=640+6413157-160-163-164=644+6814183-181-175-198=737+161
* Notes: After scoring 74 in the first round, Sweden's Kärstin Ehrnlund withdrew due to food poisoning and Sweden had to count both scores from the other two players during the remaining three rounds. New Zealand's Heater Ryan withdrew from the last round.Sources:
Individual leaders There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores. PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Cathy Sherk72-74-76-72=294+6T2Beth Daniel75-71-74-78=298+10Miki Oda74-73-77-74=298Jane Lock73-72-75-78=2985Marie-Laure de Lorenzi74-77-77-73=301+136Julia Greenhalgh Great Britain &72-76-78-79=303+15T7Edwina Kennedy76-71-78-79=304+16Catherine Lacoste de Prado73-78-79-74=304T9Mary Everard Great Britain &73-77-75-80=305+17Cherry Kingham75-74-74-82=305
References
External links World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website