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Astor Trophy Established 1959 Format Team
match play New Zealand
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 .
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.
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Results
Year
Dates
Venue
Winners
Ref
2019
28 Aug –1 Sep
Royal Colwood Golf Club , Canada
New Zealand
[2]
2015
12–16 Jan
Grange Golf Club , Australia
Australia
[3]
[4]
2011
15–19 Jun
Fairhaven Golf Club , England
Great Britain & Ireland
[5]
[6]
2007
7–11 May
Royal Johannesburg Golf Club , South Africa
Great Britain
[7]
2003
4–8 Nov
Remuera Golf Club , New Zealand
Australia
[8]
1999
30 Aug – 3 Sep
Marine Drive Golf Club , Canada
Australia
1995
4–8 Sep
Royal Sydney Golf Club , Australia
Australia
1991
6–8 Jun
Northumberland Golf Club , England
Great Britain
[9]
1987
22–24 Oct
Christchurch Golf Club , New Zealand
Canada
[10]
1983
11–13 Aug
Glendale Golf and Country Club , Canada
Australia
[11]
[12]
1979
27–29 Sep
Lake Karrinyup Golf Club , Australia
Canada
[13]
1975
26–28 Jun
Ganton Golf Club , England
Great Britain
[14]
1971
23–25 Sep
St Andrews of Hamilton , New Zealand
Great Britain
[15]
1967
3–5 Aug
Hamilton Golf and Country Club , Canada
Great Britain
[16]
1963
8–10 Aug
Royal Melbourne Golf Club , Australia
Great Britain
[17]
1959
2–6 Jun
Old Course at St Andrews , Scotland
Great Britain
[18]
South Africa did not compete from 1963 to 1991.
Source:
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Teams
Australia
1959
Pat Borthwick ,
Burtta Cheney ,
Joan Fletcher ,
Mardi Mair ,
Margaret Masters
1963
Pat Borthwick ,
Diana Cross ,
Joan Fletcher ,
Margaret Masters ,
Judith Percy
1967
Carole Blair ,
Barbara Coulson ,
Betty Dalgleish ,
Marea Hickey ,
Dianna Thomas
1971
Lindy Goggin ,
June Howe ,
Dianna Thomas ,
Sandra Williams ,
Rhys Wright
1975
Anne Alletson ,
Vicki Jellis ,
Jane Lock ,
Sandra McCaw ,
Marea Parsons
1979
Jane Crafter ,
Edwina Kennedy ,
Jane Lock ,
Sandra McCaw ,
Karen Permezel
1983
Louise Briers ,
Corinne Dibnah ,
Lindy Goggin ,
Edwina Kennedy ,
Diane Pavich
1987
Louise Briers ,
Lindy Goggin ,
Edwina Kennedy ,
Ericka Maxwell ,
Alison Munt
1991
Louise Briers ,
Wendy Doolan ,
Sarah Gautrey ,
Edwina Kennedy ,
Jane Shearwood
1995
Tanya Holl ,
Anne-Marie Knight ,
Kate MacIntosh ,
Allison Wheelhouse ,
Simone Williams
1999
Helen Beatty ,
Tamie Durdin ,
Sandy Grimshaw ,
Rebecca Stevenson ,
Lindsey Wright
2003
Misun Cho ,
Sarah Kemp ,
Sarah-Jane Kenyon ,
Rochelle Miles ,
Anna Parsons
2007
Emma Bennett ,
Frances Bondad ,
Stephanie Na ,
Helen Oh ,
Sunny Park
2011
Breanna Elliott ,
Emma de Groot ,
Minjee Lee ,
Ashley Ona ,
Cathleen Santoso
2015
Gennai Goodwin ,
Hannah Green ,
Becky Kay ,
Jenny Lee ,
Shelly Shin
2019
Amelia Grohn ,
Kirsty Hodgkins ,
Emily Mahar ,
Stacey White
Source:
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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)
1959
Bridget Jackson ,
Elizabeth Price ,
Janette Robertson ,
Frances Smith ,
Marley Spearman
1963
Julia Greenhalgh ,
Ruth Porter ,
Frances Smith ,
Marley Spearman ,
Sheila Vaughan
1967
Liz Chadwick ,
Ann Irvin ,
Bridget Jackson ,
Dinah Oxley ,
Vivien Saunders
1971
Mary Everard ,
Jill Hutton ,
Dinah Oxley ,
Belle Robertson ,
Michelle Walker
1975
Julia Greenhalgh ,
Ann Irvin ,
Jenny Lee-Smith ,
Tegwen Perkins ,
Anne Stant
1979
Sue Hedges ,
Maureen Madill ,
Tegwen Perkins ,
Vicki Rawlings ,
Gillian Stewart
1983
Jane Connachan ,
Gillian Stewart ,
Vicki Thomas ,
Jill Thornhill ,
Claire Waite
1987
Janet Collingham ,
Karen Davies ,
Susan Shapcott ,
Vicki Thomas ,
Jill Thornhill
1991
Elaine Farquharson ,
Linzi Fletcher ,
Julie Hall ,
Catriona Lambert ,
Vicki Thomas
1995
Julie Hall ,
Mhairi McKay ,
Janice Moodie ,
Alison Rose ,
Lisa Walton
1999
Kim Andrew ,
Fiona Brown ,
Rebecca Hudson ,
Anne Laing ,
Becky Morgan
2003
Anna Highgate ,
Lynn Kenny ,
Anne Laing ,
Shelley McKevitt ,
Kate Phillips
2007
Krystle Caithness ,
Naomi Edwards ,
Breanne Loucks ,
Melissa Reid ,
Kerry Smith
2011
Amy Boulden ,
Holly Clyburn ,
Kelsey MacDonald ,
Pamela Pretswell ,
Kelly Tidy
2015
Hayley Davis ,
Connie Jaffrey ,
Bronte Law ,
Charlotte Thomas ,
Chloe Williams
2019
Alice Hewson ,
Lily May Humphreys ,
Olivia Mehaffey ,
Emily Toy
Source:
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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:
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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.
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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
References