The 1970 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 30 September – 3 October at the Negro course at the R.S.H.E. Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain. Several years later, in the late 1970s, the course became home of the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, while the R.S.H.E Club moved to another location, north of the Madrid city.

It was the fourth women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 22 three-woman teams. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.

The United States team won the Trophy, defending their title from two years ago and winning their third consecutive title, beating France by one stroke. France took the silver medal while South Africa, seven strokes further behind, for the first time on the podium in the championship, took the bronze.

Teams

22 teams contested the event. Each team had three players.

CountryPlayers
ArgentinaMaria Julia Caserta de Aftalion, Silvia Bertolaccini, Beatriz Rossello
AustraliaRobyn N. Dummett, Lindy G. Jennings, Rhys Wright
BelgiumCorinne Reybroeck, Louise van den Berghe, Marie Anne Touissant
BrazilYolanda Figueiredo, Elizabeth N. Noranha, Irene Ribeiro
CanadaJoycelyne Bourassa, Gail Harvey Moore, Marlene Stewart Streit
ChinaEva Chih-Hua Chang, Yu-Hwa Pan, Ming-Yueh Wu
FranceClaudine Cros Rubin, Catherine Lacoste, Brigitte Varangot
United Kingdom Great Britain & IrelandMary McKenna, Dinah Oxley, Julia Greenhalgh
ItalyIsa Goldschmidt Bevione, Bianca Martini Crotti, Marina Ragher
JapanKazuko Kabayashi, Fasako Masui, Masuyo Toyama
NetherlandsAlice Janmaat, Marischka Swane, Joyce de Witt Puyt
New ZealandHeather Booth, Cushla Sullivan, Glennis Taylor
NorwayBebban Björge, Vivi Marstrand Horn, Mette Rinde Reuss
PhilippinesMercedes Feliclano, Nora Mateo, Vicky Pertierra
South AfricaJudy Angel, Jeanette Burd, Sally Knight Little
SpainCondesa de Albox, Emma Villacieros de García-Ogara, Cristina Marsans
SwedenLiv Forsell, Birgit Forsman, Christina Westerberg
SwitzerlandAstrid Bek, Margrit Burki, Jacqueline Stucki
United StatesJane Bastachury Booth, Cindy Hill, Martha Wilkinson
UruguayGladys C. De Bragard, Madelon Paez Vilaro, Rosina F. De Pons
VenezuelaSusana Ortega, Elizabeth Tovar, Doris Wright
West GermanyMarietta Gutermann, Marion Peterson, Katherina Trebitsch

Results

PlaceCountryScoreTo par
United States145-153-149-151=598+14
France141-150-154-154=599+15
South Africa154-152-150-150=606+22
4Canada150-150-153-157=610+26
5Argentina154-154-161-155=624+40
6United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland155-156-157-158=626+42
7Australia151-162-156-160=629+45
8West Germany155-161-153-161=630+46
T9Belgium157-159-151-165=632+48
Italy156-161-154-161=632
Sweden154-163-157-158=632
12China155-159-154-165=633+49
13Spain160-161-152-161=634+50
14Netherlands157-166-158-159=640+56
15Philippines159-164-160-159=642+58
16New Zealand160-162-164-167=653+69
17Brazil162-167-165-169=663+79
18Japan173-167-168-162=670+86
T19Uruguay173-159-170-170=672+88
Switzerland162-168-173-170=673
21Norway169-164-167-176=676+91
22Venezuela176-174-167-180=697+112

Sources:

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Sally Knight LittleSouth Africa76-74-74-75=299+7
2Jane Bastachury BoothUnited States73-78-74-77=302+10
Catherine LacosteFrance74-74-76-78=302
Marlene Stewart StreitCanada75-73-75-79=302
T5Claudine Cros RubinFrance70-76-81-76=303+11
Martha WilkinsonUnited States79-75-75-74=303
7Brigitte VarangotFrance71-76-78-79=304+12
T8Cindy HillUnited States72-78-77-78=305+13
Dinah OxleyUnited Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland76-77-75-77=305
Corinne ReybroeckBelgium75-77-73-80=305
11Liv ForsellSweden76-79-75-77=307+15

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