WIZARDS OF OZ WIN ASTOR TROPHY ON

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Host nation Australia won the women's amateur international team match-play golf championship for the Astor Trophy - played every four years - for a fifth time at Grange Golf Club, Adelaide in South Australia today.
The team of Shelly Shin (16), Hannah Green (18), Jenny Lee (18), Becky Kay (15) and Gennai Goodwin (20) completed a 100 per cent winning record through the four-match programme by beating South Africa 5-2 on the final day.
Australia led 2-0 after the morning foursomes and took the singles 3-2.

The top Aussie individual players over the week were Hannah Green (5.5pt out of 8) and Shelly Shin (5 out of 8). GB and I's Bronte Law, pictured right, was the MVP of the tournament with 6.5pt out of 8.
New Zealand beat Canada 5-2 in today's other closing encounter, winning the foursomes 1.5-0.5 and the singles 3.5 to 1.5.
Australia's previous triumphs in the Astor Trophy - formerly known as the Commonwealth Tournament - came in 1983, 1995, 1999 and 2003.
Defending the title they won at Fairhaven GC, Lancashire in 2011, Great Britain and Ireland, who completed their programme on Thursday, finished on the 2pt mark alongside New Zealand and South Africa.
The final points totals were:
4pt Australia
2pt GB and Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa.
0pt Canada.

+The 2020 Astor Trophy will be hosted by Canada.

SUMMARY OF THIS WEEK'S RESULTS
DAY ONE - NZ 4, GBandI 3; Australia 4.5, Canada 2.5.
DAY TWO: GBandI 6, S Africa 1; Australia 4, NZ 3.
DAY THREE: GBandI 5, Canada 2; S Africa 4, NZ 3.
DAY FOUR: Australia 5.5, GBandI 1.5; S Africa 5, Canada 2.

DAY FIVE RESULTS

AUSTRALIA 5, SOUTH AFRICA 2
Foursomes (2-0)
S Shin and Jenny Lee bt B Strauss and I Samu 3 and 2.
H Green and B Kay bt M Fletcher and E Galletti 3 and 2.

Singles (3-2)
Shin bt Strauss 5 and 3.
Green bt Fletcher 4 and 2.
Kay lost to L Assad 2 holes
Jenny Lee lost to Samu 3 and 2.
Gennai Goodwin bt Galletti 2 holes. 

NEW ZEALAND 5, CANADA 2

Foursomes (1.5-0.5)
M Keh and J Alvarez halves with N Ko and A Lau
C Cassidy and W Keh bt G St Germain and M Kim 2 and 1.

Singles (3.5-1.5)
M Keh halved with Ko
Alvarez bt St Germain 2 and 1.
Cassidy lost to Jaclyn Lee 7 and 5
W Keh bt Lau 5 and 3.
A Campbell bt Kim 4 and 3.

FINAL PLACINGS
4pt Australia
2pt GB  and Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa.
0pt Canada 

TOP 22 INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

6.5pt out of 8: Bronte Law (GB and I)

5.5pt out of 8: Hannah Green (Australia)
5.5pt out of 8: Chantelle Cassidy (NZ)

5pt out of 8: Charlotte Thomas (GB and I)
5pt out of 8: Shelly Shin (Australia)
5pt out of 8: Julianne Alvarez (NZ)
5pt out of 8: Ivanna Samu (S Africa)

4.5pt out of 7: Becky Kay (Australia)
4.5pt out of 8: Hayley Davis (GB and I )
4.5pt out of 8: Alanna Campbell (NZ).

4pt out of 6: Gennai Goodwin (Australia)
4pt out of 7: Jenny Lee (Australia).
4pt out of 8: Naomi Ko (Canada)
4pt out of 8: Chloe Williams (GB and I)

3pt out of 6: Wenyung Keh (NZ)
3pt out of 8: Bertine Strauss (S Africa)

2.5pt out of 7: Jaclyn Lee (Canada)
2.5pt out of 7: Michaela Fletcher (S Africa)
2.5pt out of 8: Eleonara Galletti (S Africa)
2.5pt out of 8: Gennai St Germain (Canada)

2pt out of 4: Connie Jaffrey (GB and I)
2pt out of 5: Lora Assad (S Africa) 

ASTOR TROPHY (formerly Commonwealth Tournament)
ROLL OF HONOUR
8 wins: GB and I (1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1991, 2007, 2011).
5 wins: Australia (1983, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2015)
2 wins: Canada (1979, 1987).
0 wins: New Zealand and South Africa 

+NZ have been runners-up five times - but never won the trophy.