Patsy Hankins Trophy
The Patsy Hankins Trophy is a women's amateur golf competition on the model of the Ryder Cup, corresponding to the men's Bonallack Trophy. The competition opposes every two years a European team and a team representing Asia/Pacific, and the venue alternates between courses in Europe and Asia/Pacific.[1]
The Trophy is named after Patsy Hankins (1945–2015), one of the most respected golf administrators New Zealand has produced.[2] The first competition took place in 2016 at Vidago Palace Golf Course, Portugal.[3]
Format
[edit | edit source]The Patsy Hankins Trophy involves various match play competitions between players selected from two teams of twelve representing Europe and Asia-Pacific. It takes place over three days, with a total of 32 matches being played, all matches being over 18 holes. The first two days comprise five foursomes matches and five four-ball matches. On the final day, there are 12 singles matches, when all twelve players compete.
The winner of each match scores a point for his team, with a half point each for any match that is tied after the 18 holes. The winning team is determined by cumulative total points. In the event of a tie (16 points each) the Patsy Hankins Trophy is retained by the previous holder.
A foursomes match is a competition between two teams of two golfers. On a particular hole the golfers on the same team take alternate shots playing the same ball. One team member tees off on all the odd-numbered holes, and the other on all the even-numbered holes. Each hole is won by the team that completes the hole in the fewest shots. A fourball match is also a competition between two teams of two golfers, but all four golfers play their own ball throughout the round rather than alternating shots. The better score of the two golfers in a team determines the team's score on a particular hole; the score of the other member of the team is not counted. Each hole is won by the team whose individual golfer has the lowest score. A singles match is a standard match play competition between two golfers.
| Year | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Total points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning | Afternoon | Morning | Afternoon | ||||
| 2016 | 5 foursomes | 5 fourballs | 5 foursomes | 5 fourballs | 12 singles | 32 | |
| 2018– | 5 fourballs | 5 foursomes | 5 fourballs | 5 foursomes | 12 singles | 32 | |
Team qualification and selection
[edit | edit source]European Team selection
[edit | edit source]The World Amateur Golf Rankings are used as the main reference for the selection process, in addition to a small number of players selected by the captain (known as "captain's picks"). No more than two players may be selected from the same country.
Results
[edit | edit source]| Year | Winners | Score | Losers | Host country | Venue | Europe captain | Asia/Pacific captain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Asia/Pacific | 20 | 12 | Europe | United Arab Emirates | Al Hamra Golf Club |  Myrte Eikenaar
|
Hong Kong Joanne McKee |
| 2023 | Europe | 19 | 13 | Asia/Pacific | Spain[a] | La Manga Club | Myrte Eikenaar
|
 Liz McKinnon
|
| 2018 | Asia/Pacific | 23½ | 8½ | Europe | Qatar | Doha Golf Club | England Elaine Ratcliffe | Hong Kong Joanne McKee |
| 2016 | Asia/Pacific | 17 | 15 | Europe | Portugal | Vidago Palace GC | England Elaine Ratcliffe | Libby Steele
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Appearances
[edit | edit source]The following are those who have played in at least one of the matches.[4]
Europe
[edit | edit source]- 2016
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- 2018
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- 2023
- Sweden Kajsa Arwefjäll
- Germany Helen Briem
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- Error creating thumbnail: Cayetana Fernández García-Poggio
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- Sweden Meja Örtengren
- England Patience Rhodes
- Germany Celina Rosa Sattelkau
- Error creating thumbnail: Rocío Tejedo
- England Lottie Woad
Asia/Pacific
[edit | edit source]- 2016
- Julianne Alvarez
- Error creating thumbnail: Hina Aragaki
- Hong Kong Tiffany Chan
- South Korea Choi Hye-jin
- Australia Hannah Green
- Error creating thumbnail: Nasa Hataoka
- Wenyung Keh
- South Korea Park Hyun-kyung
- Error creating thumbnail: Tian Qi
- Philippines Princess Mary Superal
- Thailand Patty Tavatanakit
- Error creating thumbnail: Han-Hsuan Yu
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- 2018
- Error creating thumbnail: Ya-Chun Chiang
- Error creating thumbnail: Yu-Chiang Hou
- Australia Grace Kim
- South Korea Kwon Seo-yun
- Error creating thumbnail: Wenbo Liu
- Error creating thumbnail: Du Mohan
- Error creating thumbnail: Yuna Nishimura
- South Korea Ryu Hae-ran
- Error creating thumbnail: Riri Sadoyama
- Philippines Yuka Saso
- Thailand Patty Tavatanakit
- Thailand Atthaya Thitikul
- 2023
- Error creating thumbnail: Mizuki Hashimoto
- Australia Maddison Hinson-Tolchard
- Error creating thumbnail: Huang Ting-hsuan
- Error creating thumbnail: Nanako Inagaki
- South Korea Minsol Kim
- Australia Caitlin Peirce
- India Avani Prashanth
- Indonesia Shannon Tan
- Thailand Rina Tatematsu
- Indonesia Elaine Widjaja
- South Korea Yeji Park
- Fiona Xu
- 2025
- Thailand Eila Galitsky
- Hong Kong Sophie Han
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- South Korea Jeong Min-seo
- Hong Kong Arianna Lau
- Vivian Lu
- Error creating thumbnail: Aira Nagasawa
- Error creating thumbnail: Ren Yijia
- Error creating thumbnail: Mamika Shinichi
- Thailand Suvichaya Vinichaitham
Mirabel Ting- Error creating thumbnail: Zhou Shiyuan
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ The 2023 edition hosted by Spain was originally scheduled for 2020
References
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