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.
Results
South Africa did not compete from 1963 to 1991.
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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
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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