Women's World Cup of Golf
The Women's World Cup of Golf was a professional golf tournament contested by teams of two female golfers representing their respective countries.
The tournament was played in several incarnations, first in 1992 as the Sunrise Cup World Team Championship held in Taiwan, and in 2000 at Adare Manor in Ireland sanctioned only by the Ladies European Tour.[1]
It was later played annually between 2005 and 2008 at Gary Player Country Club in South Africa, and sanctioned also by the LPGA Tour, money unofficial on both tours.[2] The purse in the final year was US$1.4 million. The field consisted of twenty-two teams and each qualifying country could field one team. It was held in January or February, at the beginning of the season for the world's dominant professional tours.[3]
In 2014, the International Crown succeeded the event, a women's team golf tournament featuring national teams of four players.
Winners
| Year | Dates | Tour[a] | Country | Team | Runners-up | Third-place | Individual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's World Cup of Golf | |||||||
| 2008 | Jan 18–20 | Philippines | Jennifer Rosales & Dorothy Delasin | Jiyai Shin & Eun-Hee Ji | Miki Saiki & Shinobu Moromizato Amy Hung & Yun-Jye Wei |
n/a | |
| 2007 | Jan 19–21 | Paraguay | Julieta Granada & Celeste Troche | Pat Hurst & Juli Inkster | Young Kim & Jiyai Shin | ||
| 2006 | Jan 20–22 | Sweden | Annika Sörenstam & Liselotte Neumann | Catriona Matthew & Janice Moodie | Becky Brewerton & Becky Morgan | ||
| 2005 | Feb 11–13 | Japan | Ai Miyazato & Rui Kitada | Jang Jeong & Bo Bae Song Jennifer Rosales & Dorothy Delasin |
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| TSN Ladies World Cup Golf | |||||||
| 2000 | Sep 15–17 | LET | Sweden | Carin Koch & Sophie Gustafson | Laura Davies & Trish Johnson | Alison Munt & Jane Crafter | Laura Davies |
| Sunrise Cup World Team Championship | |||||||
| 1992 | Oct 16–18 | LET | Sweden | Liselotte Neumann & Helen Alfredsson | Trish Johnson & Laura Davies | Jane Geddes & Meg Mallon | Trish Johnson Liselotte Neumann |
- ^ LET – Ladies European Tour; LPGA – LPGA Tour
Performance by nation 2005–2008
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Korea | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Scotland | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| United States | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Taiwan | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wales | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Teams
22 nation teams contested the event.[4][5]
| Country | Players | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Shani Waugh | Rachel Hetherington |
| Brazil | Candy Hannemann | Luciana Bemvenuti |
| Canada | Lorie Kane | A. J. Eathorne |
| Colombia | Christina Baena | Marisa Baena |
| England | Laura Davies | Kirsty Taylor |
| Finland | Minea Blomqvist | Riikka Hakkarainen |
| France | Karine Icher | Gwladys Nocera |
| Germany | Anja Monke | Miriam Nagl |
| Italy | Veronica Zorzi | Silvia Cavalleri |
| Japan | Ai Miyazato | Sakura Yokomine |
| Kenya | Rose Naliaka | Mary Karano |
| South Korea | Song Bo-bae | Meena Lee |
| New Zealand | Lynn Brooky | Gina Scott |
| Philippines | Dorothy Delasin | Ria Quiazon |
| Scotland | Catriona Matthew | Janice Moodie |
| South Africa | Laurette Maritz | Sally Little |
| South Africa | Caryn Louw | Ashleigh Simon (a) |
| Spain | Paula Marti | Marta Prieto |
| Sweden | Annika Sörenstam | Liselotte Neumann |
| Chinese Taipei | Amy Hung | Yu Ping Lin |
| United States | Paula Creamer | Natalie Gulbis |
| Wales | Becky Brewerton | Becky Morgan |
| Country | Players | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Nikki Garrett | Lindsey Wright |
| Brazil | Candy Hannemann | Maria Priscila Iida |
| Denmark | Iben Tinning | Karen-Margrethe Juul |
| England | Laura Davies | Trish Johnson |
| Finland | Riikka Hakkarainen | Jenni Kuosa |
| France | Gwladys Nocera | Stephanie Arricau |
| Germany | Anja Monke | Denise Simon |
| Ireland | Rebecca Coakley | Hazel Kavanagh |
| Italy | Veronica Zorzi | Giulia Sergas |
| Japan | Shinobu Moromizato | Momoko Ueda |
| Kenya | Rose Naliaka | Jane Njoroge (a) |
| South Korea | Kim Young | Jiyai Shin |
| New Zealand | Lynn Brooky | Elizabeth McKinnon |
| Norway | Suzann Pettersen | Marianne Skarpnord |
| Paraguay | Julieta Granada | Celeste Troche |
| Scotland | Janice Moodie | Mhairi McKay |
| South Africa | Ashleigh Simon | Laurette Maritz |
| Spain | Ana Sánchez | Tania Elosegui |
| Sweden | Helen Alfredsson | Carin Koch |
| Chinese Taipei | Amy Hung | Yu Ping Lin |
| United States | Juli Inkster | Pat Hurst |
| Wales | Becky Brewerton | Becky Morgan |
See also
- World Cup of Golf - the equivalent event for men's golf.
References
- ^ "TSN Ladies World Cup Golf". Ladies European Tour. 17 September 2000.
- ^ Women's World Cup of Golf, Ladies European Tour, 20 January 2008
- ^ "Philippines win Women's Golf World Cup". South Africa Info. 21 January 2008.
- ^ "2006 Women's World Cup of Golf - Tournament Entries". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "2007 Women's World Cup of Golf - Tournament Entries". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
External links
- Official website
- TSN Ladies World Cup of Golf 2000 - Results, Golf Sweden, 17 September 2000
- LPGA official microsite