Women's World Cup of Golf

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The Women's World Cup of Golf was an annual professional golf tournament for women in national teams of two. Only one team per nation was allowed to start.

The event was held in South Africa from 2005 to 2008 and was limited to 22 teams that qualified based on the world rankings or in preliminary rounds.
The tournament took place in January or February at the start of the US LPGA Tour.

The tournament was held on three days as a counting game over 18 holes each and consisted of:

  • Singles - the results of the two participants are added.
  • Foursomes - the two players on the team take turns hitting the ball.
  • Better Ball - the two players play in parallel, the result of the better player per hole goes into the evaluation.

Winners list

year placement country Players
2008 1 PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines Jennifer Rosales and Dorothy Delasin
2 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea Ji-Yai Shin and Eun-Hee Ji
T3 JapanJapan Japan Miki Saiki and Shinobu Moromizato
TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan Amy Hung and Yun-Jye Wei
2007 1 ParaguayParaguay Paraguay Julieta Granada and Celeste Troche
2 United StatesUnited States United States Pat Hurst and Juli Inkster
3 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea Young Kim and Ji-Yai Shin
2006 1 SwedenSweden Sweden Annika Sörenstam and Liselotte Neumann
2 ScotlandScotland Scotland Catriona Matthew and Janice Moodie
3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales Becky Brewerton and Becky Morgan
2005 1 JapanJapan Japan Ai Miyazato and Rui Kitada
T2 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea Jang Jeong and Bo Bae Song
PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines Jennifer Rosales and Dorothy Delasin

See also