- Source: 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy
The 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 24–27 August at Le Golf National and Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche south-west of Paris, France.
It was the 29th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.
Format
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. Each team of three players played two rounds at Le Golf National and two rounds at Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche in different orders. The top teams played their final round on Le Golf National, The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
Venues
Le Golf National had previously hosted the Open de France every year except two since 1991, the 2018 Ryder Cup and the 1994 Eisenhower Trophy and Espirito Santo Trophy. The facility was scheduled to host the golfing competition during the Olympics in 2024.
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche had previously hosted the Open de France three times and the 1963 Canada Cup, an event later renamed the World Cup.
Course layouts
Le Golf National (Albatros Course)
Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche (Red Course)
Teams
56 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players.
Players in the teams
Winners
Team Sweden won the trophy for their third title. Silver medalist and defending champion, team United States, had the same total score, but Sweden was declared the winner. The initial tiebreaker, the final round non-counting score of the respective teams, was in the favor of Sweden, 73 against 74. This was the third time in the history of the championship, the winner was decided after a tie. Last time, in 2006, Sweden lost the championship in a similar way.
Team Germany and team Japan shared the bronze on third place one stroke back.
Although there was no official recognition, Meja Örtengren, Sweden, Rose Zhang, United States and Helen Briem, Germany tied for the low individual score at seven-under-par 279.
Results
Team standings
* Sweden was awarded the tiebreak, since their third player, Louise Rydqvist, had a lower score than United States' third player, Rachel Kuehn, in the final round, 73 against 74.
Individual leaders
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
See also
2022 Eisenhower Trophy
References
External links
Official website
World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website