The Women's World Cup of Golf was a professional golf tournament contested by teams of two female golfers representing their respective countries.
The tournament was played in several incarnations, first in 1992 as the Sunrise Cup World Team Championship held in Taiwan, and in 2000 at Adare Manor in Ireland sanctioned only by the Ladies European Tour.
It was later played annually between 2005 and 2008 - in 2005 at The Links at Fancourt Resort and Country Club, and from 2006 to 2008 at Gary Player Country Club in South Africa, and sanctioned also by the LPGA Tour, money unofficial on both tours.Women's World Cup of Golf, Ladies European Tour, 20 January 2008 The purse in the final year was US$1.4 million. The field consisted of twenty-two teams and each qualifying country could field one team. It was held in January or February, at the beginning of the season for the world's dominant professional tours.
In 2014, the International Crown succeeded the event, a women's team golf tournament featuring national teams of four players.
Winners YearDatesTourCountryTeamRunners-upThird-placeIndividualWomen's World Cup of Golf2008 Jan 18–20 Jennifer Rosales & Dorothy Delasin Jiyai Shin & Eun-Hee Ji Miki Saiki & Shinobu Moromizato Amy Hung & Yun-Jye Wein/a2007 Jan 19–21 Julieta Granada & Celeste Troche Pat Hurst & Juli Inkster Young Kim & Jiyai Shin2006 Jan 20–22 Annika Sörenstam & Liselotte Neumann Catriona Matthew & Janice Moodie Becky Brewerton & Becky Morgan2005 Feb 11–13 Ai Miyazato & Rui Kitada Jang Jeong & Bo Bae Song Jennifer Rosales & Dorothy Delasin —TSN Ladies World Cup Golf2000 Sep 15–17 LET Carin Koch & Sophie Gustafson Laura Davies & Trish Johnson Alison Munt & Jane Crafter Laura DaviesSunrise Cup World Team Championship1992 Oct 16–18 LET Liselotte Neumann & Helen Alfredsson Trish Johnson & Laura Davies Jane Geddes & Meg Mallon Trish Johnson Liselotte Neumann
Performance by nation 2005–2008 TeamChampionsRunners-upThird-place110101100100021010010001001
Teams 22 nation teams contested the event.
CountryPlayers+ Participating teams 2006 Shani Waugh Rachel Hetherington Candy Hannemann Luciana Bemvenuti Lorie Kane A. J. Eathorne Christina Baena Marisa Baena Laura Davies Kirsty Taylor Minea Blomqvist Riikka Hakkarainen Karine Icher Gwladys Nocera Anja Monke Miriam Nagl Veronica Zorzi Silvia Cavalleri Ai Miyazato Sakura Yokomine Rose Naliaka Mary Karano Song Bo-bae Meena Lee Lynn Brooky Gina Scott Dorothy Delasin Ria Quiazon Catriona Matthew Janice Moodie Laurette Maritz Sally Little Caryn Louw Ashleigh Simon (a) Paula Marti Marta Prieto Annika Sörenstam Liselotte Neumann Amy Hung Yu Ping Lin Paula Creamer Natalie Gulbis Becky Brewerton Becky Morgan CountryPlayers+ Participating teams 2007 Nikki Garrett Lindsey Wright Candy Hannemann Maria Priscila Iida Iben Tinning Karen-Margrethe Juul Laura Davies Trish Johnson Riikka Hakkarainen Jenni Kuosa Gwladys Nocera Stephanie Arricau Anja Monke Denise Simon Rebecca Coakley Hazel Kavanagh Veronica Zorzi Giulia Sergas Shinobu Moromizato Momoko Ueda Rose Naliaka Jane Njoroge (a) Kim Young Jiyai Shin Lynn Brooky Elizabeth McKinnon Suzann Pettersen Marianne Skarpnord Julieta Granada Celeste Troche Janice Moodie Mhairi McKay Ashleigh Simon Laurette Maritz Ana Sánchez Tania Elosegui Helen Alfredsson Carin Koch Amy Hung Yu Ping Lin Juli Inkster Pat Hurst Becky Brewerton Becky Morgan
See also World Cup of Golf - the equivalent event for men's golf.
References
External links
TSN Ladies World Cup of Golf 2000 - Results, Golf Sweden, 17 September 2000 LPGA official microsite