23 AUGUST, 2022 - SHANK MEDIA, BY MATT HOOPER: FOUR YEARS AFTER HOSTING THE RYDER CUP, AND 2 BEFORE IT WILL STAGE THE OLYMPIC GOLF COMPETITIONS, LE GOLF NATIONAL RETURNS TO THE GLOBAL STAGE THIS WEEK WITH THE WORLD AMATEUR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND THE ESPIRITO SANTO TROPHY. THE CO-HOST FOR THE EVENTS NEAR PARIS IS AN OLD FRIEND, GOLF DE SAINT-NOM-LE-BRETÈCHE WAS ONE OF THE EUROPEAN TOUR'S MOST REVERED COURSES, HOSTING THE TROPHEE LANCOME AND SEVE TROPHY IN THE PAST.
MANY OF THE WORLD'S BEST FEMALE AMATEUR GOLFERS WILL BE REPRESENTING THE BIGGEST GOLFING NATIONS IN THE WORLD, AS TEAMS REPRESENTING 54 COUNTRIES FROM 6 CONTINENTS COMPETE FOR THE BIGGEST GLOBAL TITLE IN AMATEUR GOLF. ST ANDREWS' CHLOE GOADBY WILL BE JOINED BY 2021 ST RULE TROPHY CHAMPION HANNAH DARLING AND LORNA MCCLYMONT AT LE GOLF NATIONAL, AND THEY WILL BE CAPTAINED BY GILLIAN PATON. THE UNITED STATES HAS AN EXTREMELY STRONG TEAM WHICH INCLUDES ROSE ZHANG, RACHEL HECK AND RACHEL KUEHN, CAPTAINED BY PAM MURRAY.
PLAY NEAR PARIS BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY AT 8AM LOCAL TIME AND CHLOE GOADBY BEGINS HER FIRST ROUND AT 8.44AM LOCAL TIME, AT GOLF DE SAINT-NOM-LE-BRETÈCHE ALONGSIDE Johanna Ebner OF Austria, AND Maria Rafaela Singson, Philippines.
SCORING CAN BE FOUND AT IGFGOLF.ORG AND SHANK WILL ROUND UP THE ACTION EACH DAY ON SHANKMEDIA.CO.UK/WOMENSGOLF.