Women's World Cup of Golf

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Annika Sörenstam won the title once representing Sweden.

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

YearDatesTour[a]CountryTeamRunners-upThird-placeIndividual
Women's World Cup of Golf
2008Jan 18–20 PhilippinesJennifer Rosales & Dorothy DelasinSouth Korea Jiyai Shin & Eun-Hee JiJapan Miki Saiki & Shinobu Moromizato
Chinese Taipei Amy Hung & Yun-Jye Wei
n/a
2007Jan 19–21 ParaguayJulieta Granada & Celeste TrocheUnited States Pat Hurst & Juli InksterSouth Korea Young Kim & Jiyai Shin
2006Jan 20–22 SwedenAnnika Sörenstam & Liselotte NeumannScotland Catriona Matthew & Janice MoodieWales Becky Brewerton & Becky Morgan
2005Feb 11–13 JapanAi Miyazato & Rui KitadaSouth Korea Jang Jeong & Bo Bae Song
Philippines Jennifer Rosales & Dorothy Delasin
TSN Ladies World Cup Golf
2000Sep 15–17LET SwedenCarin Koch & Sophie GustafsonEngland Laura Davies & Trish JohnsonAustralia Alison Munt & Jane CrafterEngland Laura Davies
Sunrise Cup World Team Championship
1992Oct 16–18LET SwedenLiselotte Neumann & Helen AlfredssonEngland Trish Johnson & Laura DaviesUnited States Jane Geddes & Meg MallonEngland Trish Johnson
Sweden Liselotte Neumann

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
Participating teams 2006
 AustraliaShani WaughRachel Hetherington
 BrazilCandy HannemannLuciana Bemvenuti
 CanadaLorie KaneA. J. Eathorne
 ColombiaChristina BaenaMarisa Baena
 EnglandLaura DaviesKirsty Taylor
 FinlandMinea BlomqvistRiikka Hakkarainen
 FranceKarine IcherGwladys Nocera
 GermanyAnja MonkeMiriam Nagl
 ItalyVeronica ZorziSilvia Cavalleri
 JapanAi MiyazatoSakura Yokomine
 KenyaRose NaliakaMary Karano
 South KoreaSong Bo-baeMeena Lee
 New ZealandLynn BrookyGina Scott
 PhilippinesDorothy DelasinRia Quiazon
 ScotlandCatriona MatthewJanice Moodie
 South AfricaLaurette MaritzSally Little
 South AfricaCaryn LouwAshleigh Simon (a)
 SpainPaula MartiMarta Prieto
 SwedenAnnika SörenstamLiselotte Neumann
 Chinese TaipeiAmy HungYu Ping Lin
 United StatesPaula CreamerNatalie Gulbis
 WalesBecky BrewertonBecky Morgan
Country Players
Participating teams 2007
 AustraliaNikki GarrettLindsey Wright
 BrazilCandy HannemannMaria Priscila Iida
 DenmarkIben TinningKaren-Margrethe Juul
 EnglandLaura DaviesTrish Johnson
 FinlandRiikka HakkarainenJenni Kuosa
 FranceGwladys NoceraStephanie Arricau
 GermanyAnja MonkeDenise Simon
 IrelandRebecca CoakleyHazel Kavanagh
 ItalyVeronica ZorziGiulia Sergas
 JapanShinobu MoromizatoMomoko Ueda
 KenyaRose NaliakaJane Njoroge (a)
 South KoreaKim YoungJiyai Shin
 New ZealandLynn BrookyElizabeth McKinnon
 NorwaySuzann PettersenMarianne Skarpnord
 ParaguayJulieta GranadaCeleste Troche
 ScotlandJanice MoodieMhairi McKay
 South AfricaAshleigh SimonLaurette Maritz
 SpainAna SánchezTania Elosegui
 SwedenHelen AlfredssonCarin Koch
 Chinese TaipeiAmy HungYu Ping Lin
 United StatesJuli InksterPat Hurst
 WalesBecky BrewertonBecky Morgan

See also

References

  1. "TSN Ladies World Cup Golf". Ladies European Tour. 17 September 2000.
  2. Women's World Cup of Golf, Ladies European Tour, 20 January 2008
  3. "Philippines win Women's Golf World Cup". South Africa Info. 21 January 2008.
  4. "2006 Women's World Cup of Golf - Tournament Entries". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  5. "2007 Women's World Cup of Golf - Tournament Entries". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 24 October 2024.