title: 2014 Espirito Santo Trophy
text: # 2014 Espirito Santo Trophy
  
  The 2014 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 2–7 September at the Karuizawa 72 Golf East, on its Iriyama and Oshitate courses in Karuizawa, Japan.
  
  It was the 26th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.
  
  The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were 50 team entries, each with two or three players.
  
  Each team played two rounds at the Iriyama Course and two rounds at the Oshitate Course. The leading teams played the fourth round at Iriyama. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.
  
  Team Australia won their third title, with a 29-under-par score of 547, two strokes ahead of silver medalist team Canada. Defending champions, team South Korea, took the bronze medal on third place one more stroke back.
  
  The individual title went to 16-year-old Brooke Henderson, Canada, whose score of 19-under-par 269 was a championship record and three strokes ahead of Minjee Lee, Australia on second place.
  
  ## Teams
  
  50 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players, except three teams. The teams representing Bolivia, Gabon and Serbia only had two players each.
  
  | Country | Players |
  | - | - |
  | Argentina | Delfina Acosta, Manuela Carbajo Re, Magdalena Simmermacher |
  | Australia | Minjee Lee, Su-Hyun Oh, Shelly Shin |
  | Austria | Leonie Bettel, Nadine Dreher, Lea Zeitler |
  | Belgium | Leslie Cloots, Fanny Cnops, Manon De Roey |
  | Bolivia | Michelle Ledermann, Tamara Paz |
  | Brazil | Luiza Altmann, Luciane Lee, Clara Teixeira |
  | Canada | Brooke Henderson, Augusta James, Brittany Marchand |
  | Czech Republic | Barbora Bakova, Hana Ryskova, Karolina Vlckova |
  | China | Yuting Shi, XinYing Wang, Ziqi Ye |
  | Chinese Taipei | Chi-Hui Chen, Ssu-Chia Cheng, Jo-Hua Hung |
  | Colombia | Laura Camila Blanco, Maria Hoyos, Laura Sojo |
  | Denmark | Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Caroline Nistrup, Emily Kristine Pedersen |
  | England | Gabriella Cowley, Hayley Davis, Bronte Law |
  | Finland | Matilda Castren, Emily Penttila, Oona Vartiainen |
  | France | Céline Boutier, Mathilda Cappeliez, Manon Gidali |
  | Gabon | Lea Ndjobouela, Corine Beyeme |
  | Germany | Olivia Cowan, Laura Fünfstück, Antonia Scherer |
  | Guam | Kristin Oberiano, Rachael Peterson, Nalathai Vongjalorn |
  | Guatemala | Beatriz Arenas, Pilar Echeverria, Lucía Polo |
  | Hong Kong | Tiffany Chan, Isabella Leung, Kitty Tam |
  | Iceland | Gudrun Bjorgvinsdóttir, Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir, Sunna Vidisdóttir |
  | India | Aditi Ashok, Astha Madan, Gurbani Singh |
  | Ireland | Mary Doyle, Maria Dunne, Paula Grant |
  | Italy | Virginia Elena Carta, Roberta Liti, Laura Lonardi |
  | Japan | Minami Katsu, Yumi Matsubara, Eri Okayama |
  | Mexico | Maria Gabriela Lopez Butron, Marijosse Navarro Miguez, Ana Paula Valdes |
  | Netherlands | Romy Meekers, Anne van Dam, Dewi Weber |
  | New Zealand | Julianne Alvarez, Zoe-Beth Brake, Munchin Keh |
  | Norway | Mariell Bruun, Tonje Daffinrud, Nicoline Skaug |
  | Philippines | Pauline Del Rosario, Clare Amelia Legaspi, Princess Superal |
  | Poland | Dominika Gradecka, Nastasia Kossacky, Dorota Zalewska |
  | Portugal | Ines Barbosa, Leonor Bessa, Susana Mendes Ribeiro |
  | Puerto Rico | Valeria S. Pacheco, Paola Robles, Maria F. Torres |
  | Russia | Sofya Anokhina, Ksenia Eremina, Angelina Monakhova |
  | Scotland | Eilidh Briggs, Gemma Dryburgh, Gabrielle MacDonald |
  | Serbia | Ariana Savic, Tamara Palkovljevic |
  | Singapore | Sock Hwee Koh, Jo Ee Kok, Amanda Tan |
  | Slovakia | Aneta Abrahamova, Natalia Heckova, Lea Klimentova |
  | Slovenia | Ana Belac, Ursa Oreheu, Katja Pogačar |
  | South Africa | Michaela Fletcher, Cara Bella Gorlei, Monja Richards |
  | South Korea | Choi Hye-jin, Lee So-young, Park Gyeol |
  | Spain | Noemí Jiménez Martín, Marta Sanz Barrio, Luna Sobrón Galmés |
  | Sweden | Louise Ridderström, Madelene Sagström, Linnea Ström |
  | Switzerland | Albane Valenzuela, Kim Métraux, Morgane Métraux |
  | Thailand | Pajaree Anannarukarn, Suthavee Chanachai, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras |
  | Turkey | Damla Bilgic, Sena Ersoy, Elcin Ulu |
  | Ukraine | Maria Pedenko, Valeriia Sapronova, Galyna Zagorodnia |
  | United States | Kristen Gillman, Alison Lee, Emma Talley |
  | Venezuela | Nicole Ferre, Ariadna Fonseca, Maria Andreina Merchan |
  | Wales | Katie Bradbury, Rebecca Helen Harries, Chloe Williams |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Place | Country | Score | To par |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Australia | 144-138-134-131=547 | −29 |
  | | Canada | 135-139-135-140=549 | −27 |
  | | South Korea | 137-140-134-139=550 | −26 |
  | 4 | Denmark | 143-139-136-138=556 | −20 |
  | T5 | Sweden | 143-135-141-138=557 | −19 |
  | T5 | United States | 142-140-136-139=557 | −19 |
  | 7 | Mexico | 142-139-139-140=560 | −16 |
  | T8 | England | 147-134-139-142=562 | −14 |
  | T8 | Japan | 144-132-139-147=562 | −14 |
  | 10 | Philippines | 143-143-135-142=563 | −13 |
  | T11 | France | 140-142-143-139=564 | −12 |
  | T11 | Germany | 143-136-140-145=564 | −12 |
  | 13 | Spain | 142-136-139-149=566 | −10 |
  | 14 | China | 146-140-139-142=567 | −9 |
  | 15 | Italy | 141-147-136-146=570 | −6 |
  | 16 | Norway | 148-143-138-142=571 | −5 |
  | T17 | Finland | 145-144-139-144=572 | −4 |
  | T17 | India | 141-140-143-148=572 | −4 |
  | 19 | Netherlands | 143-145-138-147=573 | −3 |
  | T20 | Argentina | 145-146-145-140=576 | E |
  | T20 | Chinese Taipei | 146-148-139-143=576 | E |
  | T22 | Belgium | 147-145-145-144=581 | +5 |
  | T22 | Slovenia | 148-146-146-141=581 | +5 |
  | 24 | Austria | 146-142-145-149=582 | +6 |
  | T25 | Colombia | 147-142-148-146=583 | +7 |
  | T25 | Puerto Rico | 147-146-145-145=583 | +7 |
  | T25 | Wales | 146-144-145-148=583 | +7 |
  | 28 | Thailand | 152-145-139-148=584 | +8 |
  | T29 | Hong Kong | 146-151-143-148=588 | +12 |
  | T29 | Iceland | 149-147-144-148=588 | +12 |
  | T29 | South Africa | 142-144-152-150=588 | +12 |
  | 32 | Switzerland | 146-149-150-147=592 | +16 |
  | 33 | Ireland | 141-150-146-156=593 | +17 |
  | 34 | New Zealand | 154-138-149-154=595 | +19 |
  | 35 | Czech Republic | 150-154-149-146=599 | +23 |
  | T36 | Brazil | 150-151-153-147=601 | +25 |
  | T36 | Poland | 148-154-148-151=601 | +25 |
  | T36 | Singapore | 150-146-147-158=601 | +25 |
  | 39 | Russia | 149-153-148-156=606 | +30 |
  | 40 | Scotland | 154-151-152-151=608 | +32 |
  | 41 | Venezuela | 153-153-155-149=610 | +34 |
  | 42 | Guatemala | 151-149-155-159=614 | +38 |
  | 43 | Turkey | 155-157-155-150=617 | +41 |
  | 44 | Slovakia | 151-153-159-155=618 | +42 |
  | 45 | Portugal | 167-154-157-151=629 | +53 |
  | 46 | Guam | 164-168-160-155=647 | +71 |
  | 47 | Bolivia | 162-165-163-161=651 | +75 |
  | 48 | Serbia | 171-174-176-171=692 | +116 |
  | 49 | Ukraine | 185-196-183-184=748 | +172 |
  | 50 | Gabon | 183-198-181-187=749 | +173 |
  
  Source:
  
  ## Individual leaders
  
  There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
  
  | Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Brooke Henderson | Canada | 66-69-66-68=269 | −19 |
  | 2 | Minjee Lee | Australia | 73-70-64-65=272 | −16 |
  | T3 | Bronte Law | England | 71-65-67-71=274 | −14 |
  | T3 | Alison Lee | United States | 68-70-68-68=274 | −14 |
  | 5 | Su-Hyun Oh | Australia | 71-68-70-66=275 | −13 |
  | T6 | Maria Gabriela Lopez Butron | Mexico | 69-68-69-70=276 | −12 |
  | T6 | Linnea Ström | Sweden | 71-67-71-67=276 | −12 |
  | T6 | Anne Van Dam | Netherlands | 68-69-67-72=276 | −12 |
  | T9 | Choi Hye-jin | South Korea | 70-71-66-71=278 | −10 |
  | T9 | Tonje Daffinrud | Norway | 72-70-66-70=278 | −10 |
  | T9 | Lee So-young | South Korea | 67-69-70-72=278 | −10 |
  