Canada finishes 10th; All three team members finish inside top 40 individually
SINGAPORE – The United States of America shot a collective 5-under on Saturday to win on a tiebreaker and claim the Espirito Santo Trophy at the 31st Women’s World Amateur Team Championship at Tanah Merah Country Club (Tampines Course) in Singapore.
The U.S. was led by Megha Ganne, the fifth ranked player on the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), who shot a bogey free 4-under 68. Farah O’Keefe (no. 7 WAGR) and Catherine Park (no. 11 WAGR) both added rounds of 1-under 71 to move the Americans to 18-under, tied with the Republic of Korea and Spain. The U.S. won the tiebreaker as it had the lowest non-counting score from the team’s third player. The two lowest scores count towards the team total each day. The win gives the U.S. its 15th gold medal at the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship and its first since 2018.
Spain made the largest charge in the final round, shooting a collective 6-under thanks to a pair of 3-under 69s from Paula Martin Sampedro and Andrea Revuelta Goicoechea. The 54-hole leaders, Republic of Korea shot a team score of 2-under on Saturday to move to 18-under. England and the People’s Republic of China finished T4 at 16-under.
Canada finished the championship in 10th at 7-under among the 36 countries competing as all three players finished with even par 72s on Saturday. Michelle Xing of Richmond Hill, Ont. finished as the low Canadian at 3-under, good for T18 individually. The 2025 Canadian Women’s Amateur champion posted rounds of 72-73-68-72-285. Lauren Kim of Surrey, B.C. finished T29 at 1-under following rounds of 73-70-72-72-287 and Vanessa Borovilos of Etobicoke, Ont. shot 70-76-72-72-290 to finish the championship in 38th at 2-over in the 108-player field.
Individually, Ying Xu of the People’s Republic of China fired a 5-under 67 on Saturday to win the individual championship by four shots of Rianne Mikhaela Malixi (Philippines), Sampedro (Spain) and Soomin Oh (Republic of Korea). Six golfers finished tied for fifth at 7-under.
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