Astor Trophy

The Astor Trophy is a women's team golf tournament between teams of amateurs golfers from Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. It has been played every four years since 1959. From its foundation until 2007 it was called the Commonwealth Trophy. South Africa did not compete from 1963 to 1991. While it was called the Commonwealth Trophy, Irish golfers were not eligible. The trophy was presented by Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor.

Astor Trophy
Tournament information
Established1959
FormatTeam match play
Current champion
New Zealand

Format

Each team plays the other four teams. Two matches are played each day, the tournament lasting five days. Each match is contested over one day with foursomes in the morning and singles in the afternoon.

In 2019 there were four players in each team. Each match consisted of two foursomes and four singles. Previously there were five players in each team and each match consisted of two foursomes and five singles. The winner of the match receives 1 point while in a tied match each side receives ½ point. The cup is decided by the number of team matches won. In the event of a tie the order is decided by the number of individual matches won, including a half point for each halved match. If the team are still tied then the cup is tied.[1]

Results
YearDatesVenueWinnersRef
201928 Aug –1 SepRoyal Colwood Golf Club, Canada New Zealand[2]
201512–16 JanGrange Golf Club, Australia Australia[3][4]
201115–19 JunFairhaven Golf Club, England Great Britain &  Ireland[5][6]
20077–11 MayRoyal Johannesburg Golf Club, South Africa Great Britain[7]
20034–8 NovRemuera Golf Club, New Zealand Australia[8]
199930 Aug – 3 SepMarine Drive Golf Club, Canada Australia
19954–8 SepRoyal Sydney Golf Club, Australia Australia
19916–8 JunNorthumberland Golf Club, England Great Britain[9]
198722–24 OctChristchurch Golf Club, New Zealand Canada[10]
198311–13 AugGlendale Golf and Country Club, Canada Australia[11][12]
197927–29 SepLake Karrinyup Golf Club, Australia Canada[13]
197526–28 JunGanton Golf Club, England Great Britain[14]
197123–25 SepSt Andrews of Hamilton, New Zealand Great Britain[15]
19673–5 AugHamilton Golf and Country Club, Canada Great Britain[16]
19638–10 AugRoyal Melbourne Golf Club, Australia Great Britain[17]
19592–6 JunOld Course at St Andrews, Scotland Great Britain[18]

South Africa did not compete from 1963 to 1991.

Source: [19]

Teams

Australia

Source:[19]

Canada
  • 1959 Judy Darling, Mary Gay, Rae Milligan, Roma Neundorf, Marlene Streit
  • 1963 Betty Cole, Judy Darling, Gayle Hitchens, Rae Milligan, Marlene Streit
  • 1967 Helene Gagnon, Gail Hitchens, Gail Harvey Moore, Marilyn Palmer, Marlene Streit
  • 1971 Gayle Borthwick, Jocelyne Bourassa, Betty Cole, Gail Moore, Marilyn Palmer
  • 1975 Susie Conklin, Sue Higgs, Liz Hoffman, Debbie Savoy, Dale Shaw
  • 1979 Michele Guilbault, Gail Moore, Marilyn O'Connor, Marlene Streit, Stacey West
  • 1983 Dawn Coe, Patty Grant, Cheryll Gibb, Mary Ann Hayward, Marlene Streit
  • 1987 Gail Anderson, Audrey Bendick, Cathy Burton, Judy Medlicott, Jennifer Wyatt
  • 1991 Evelyn Biron, Marie-Josee Desbiens, Lorie Kane, Mary Ann Lapointe, Terrill Samuel
  • 1995 Kelly Doohan, Anna-Jane Eathorne, Tracey Lipp, Kareen Qually, Aileen Robertson
  • 1999 Isabelle Blais, Laura Henderson, Mary Ann Lapointe, Jessica Luciuk, Kareen Qually
  • 2003 Veronique Drouin, Mary Ann Lapointe, Laura Matthews, Eom-ji Park, Terrill Samuel
  • 2007 Isabelle Blais, Laura Henderson, Jessica Luciuk, Laura Matthews, Kareen Qually
  • 2011 Rebecca Lee-Bentham, Anne-Catherine Tanguay, Nicole Vandermade, Jessica Wallace, Christine Wong
  • 2015 Michelle Kim, Naomi Ko, Alisha Lau, Jaclyn Lee, Grace St-Germain
  • 2019 Noémie Paré, Mary Parsons, Brooke Rivers, Emily Zhu

Great Britain (and Ireland)

Source:[20]

New Zealand
  • 1959 Nicki Campbell, Susan Grigg, VS Land, Jean Mangan, Aileen Nash
  • 1963 Susan Grigg, Pat Harrison, Jean Mangan, Natalie White, Una Wickham
  • 1967 Heather Booth, Wendy Bryant, Jane Little, Glennis Taylor, Natalie White
  • 1971 Dawn Blake, Heather Booth, Marilyn Smith, Glennis Taylor, Jean Whitehead
  • 1975 Gillian Bannan, Sue Bishop, Sue Boag, Liz Douglas, Frances Pere
  • 1979 Janice Arnold, Liz Douglas, Cherry Kingham, Brenda Rhodes, Heather Ryan
  • 1983 Janice Arnold, Liz Douglas, Debbie Randell, Brenda Rhodes, Jan Scandrett
  • 1987 Jan Cooke, Liz Douglas, Tracey Hanson, Brenda Ormsby, Debbie Smith
  • 1991 Lisa Aldridge, Jan Higgins, Marnie McGuire, Kerryn Starr, Annette Stott
  • 1995 Shelley Duncan, Catherine Knight, Gina Scott, Pam Sowden, Kerryn Starr
  • 1999 Lisa Aldridge, Wendy Hawkes, Tina Howard, Catherine Knight, Pam Sowden
  • 2003 Enu Chung, Penny Newbrook, Sarah Nicholson, Jenny Park, Stacey Tate
  • 2007 Tammy Clelland, Larissa Eruera, Yeon Song Kim, Dasom Lee, Penny Smith
  • 2011 Julianne Alvarez, Chantelle Cassidy, Cecilia Cho, Lydia Ko, Emily Perry
  • 2015 Julianne Alvarez, Alanna Campbell, Chantelle Cassidy, Munchin Keh, Wenyung Keh
  • 2019 Julianne Alvarez, Amelia Garvey, Wenyung Keh, Carmen Lim

Source:[21]

South Africa
  • 1959 Jeanette Burd, Mary Clemence, Rita Easton, Jackie Mercer, Jean Tindall
  • 1995 Claudette Beukes, Lara Lipworth, Sanet Marais, Barbara Plant, Wendy Warrington
  • 1999 not known
  • 2003 Esme Behrens, Lee-Anne Pace, Ashleigh Simon, Tanica van As, Sandra Winter
  • 2007 Kelli Shean, Ashleigh Simon, Bertine Strauss, Gina Switala, Iliska Verwey
  • 2011 Tiffany Avern-Taplin, Henriëtte Frylinch, Bertine Strauss, Iliska Verwey, Kim Williams
  • 2015 Lora Assad, Michaela Fletcher, Eleonora Galletti, Ivanna Samu, Bertine Strauss
  • 2019 Kiera Floyd, Caitlyn Tate Macnab, Kaleigh Telfer, Kaylah Williams

Similar events

In 1973, Australia hosted a similar tournament, the Women's International Series, at Royal Sydney, played from 27 to 31 October. Five teams competed, Australia, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, Japan and New Zealand. Australia won the event with 3 wins ahead of New Zealand.[22][23]

  • Australia: Gayle Flynn, Lindy Goggin, Vicki Jellis, Jane Lock
  • Canada: Liz Hoffman, Marilyn Palmer, Dale Shaw, Barbara Turnbull
  • Great Britain and Ireland: Linda Denison-Pender, Mary Everard, Ann Irvin, Carol Le Feuvre, Maisey Mooney
  • Japan Takako Kiyomoto, Michiko Tachibana, Machiko Yamada, Shinako Yoshimochi
  • New Zealand: Gillian Bannon, Sue Boag, Sue Hamilton, Frances Pere, Sue Ritchie

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