Aussies claim amateur title

Australia won the women’s World Amateur Team Golf Championship and claimed the Espirito Santo Trophy for the first time for 24 years in a tight finish in the sweltering heat of Kuala Lumpur today.

Their 72-hole total – with two of the three cards counting each day – was 578, the same as Thailand, but they won on account of a lower discarded score. One stroke behind in bronze-medal position were Spain.