The Tasman Cup was an amateur women's team golf tournament, played between Australia and New Zealand from 1933 to 2016.
[2] In 2016 the trophy was contested using scores from the two qualifying rounds of the Australian Women's Amateur.
It was played on 1 September, after the qualifying rounds of the Australian Women's Amateur but before the start of the match-play stage.
The 1936 the match was played in Adelaide the day after the final of the Australian Women's Amateur, which had involved two of the New Zealand team.
[6] However, Australia regained the cup, winning a close match at the final hole.
[10] The 1950 match in Brisbane was played between the quarter and semi-finals of the Australian Women's Amateur[11] with Betty Kernot as manager.
[13] At Auckland in 1951 New Zealand led after the foursomes but Australia won three of the four singles, to retain the cup.
Both teams were a total of 9 holes ahead in their three wins, so there was also a tie on countback, Australia retaining the cup as defending champions.
[16][17] In 1955 the New Zealand Ladies' Golf Union suggested that it became a biennial event and it was played on that basis from 1956.
Gail Corry won the last three holes against Pat Bull to win her match and give Australia the cup.
the teams were level after the first day but Australia won three of the five singles matches to retain the cup.
[37] From 1995 to 2003 the contest was extended, with three foursomes and six singles matches each day, returning to the earlier format in 2005.
From 2007 to 2012 it was held as part of the Trans Tasman Cup, which also included men, boys and girls matches.
[1] A final event was held in 2016 using scores from the two qualifying rounds of the Australian Women's Amateur, New Zealand winning by four strokes.