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Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship

Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship was founded in 1969 by the Ladies' Golf Union (now merged into The R&A) of Great Britain.

Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
Tournament information
LocationUnited Kingdom
Established1969
Organised byThe R&A
FormatStroke play
Month playedSeptember
Final year2017
Final champion
Sweden Linn Grant

A stroke play tournament over 72 holes, it was discontinued by the R&A after the 2017 tournament won by Linn Grant[1] in favour of a new Girls U16 Amateur Championship.[2]

Notably, in 2000 Rebecca Hudson won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship match play title as well as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship.[3] Leona Maguire, at age 16, was the youngest player to win the event.

Winners edit

Year Winner Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
2017   Linn Grant 288 3 strokes   Hannah Screen
  Annabel Wilson		 North Berwick Golf Club [4]
2016   Sophie Lamb 291 2 strokes   Chloe Williams Knock Golf Club [5]
2015   Aditi Ashok 285 5 strokes   Olivia Mehaffey Moortown Golf Club [6]
2014   Meghan MacLaren 292 1 stroke   Sarah-Jane Boyd Ashburnham Golf Club [7]
2013   Jing Yan 282 2 strokes   Gemma Dryburgh Prestwick Golf Club [8]
2012   Sarah-Jane Boyd 294 2 strokes   Amy Boulden Shandon Park Golf Club [9]
2011   Leona Maguire 288 6 strokes   Laurence Herman Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club [10]
2010   Pamela Pretswell 218 3 strokes   Amy Boulden Tenby Golf Club [11]
2009   Danielle McVeigh 304 1 stroke   Hannah Turland Royal Aberdeen Golf Club [12]
2008   Roseanne Niven 288 Playoff   Kylie Walker Malone Golf Club [13]
2007   Melissa Reid 290 1 stroke   Florentyna Parker Conwy Golf Club [14]
2006   Anna Rossi 290 1 stroke   Rachel Bell Prince's Golf Club [15]
2005   Heather MacRae 288 Playoff   Nicole Gergely Nairn Golf Club [16]
2004   Clare Queen 294 Playoff   Stephanie Evans
  Shelley McKevit		 Alwoodley Golf Club [17]
2003   Shelley McKevitt 306 1 stroke   Lynn Kenny Royal Portrush Golf Club [18]
2002   Becky Brewerton 291 3 strokes   Clare Queen Hunstanton Golf Club [19]
2001   Rebecca Hudson 300 2 strokes   Alison Coffey Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club [20]
2000   Rebecca Hudson 294 5 strokes   Heather Stirling Royal County Down Golf Club [21]
1999   Becky Brewerton 294 Playoff   Niloufar Azam Huddersfield Golf Club [22]
1998   Nienke Nijenhuis 297 1 stroke   Becky Morgan Stirling Golf Club [23]
1997   Karen Margrethe Juul 293 3 strokes   Elaine Ratcliffe Silloth on Solway Golf Club [24]
1996   Christina Kuld 289 4 strokes   Elaine Ratcliffe Conwy Golf Club [25]
1995   Maria José Pons 289 3 strokes   Elaine Ratcliffe Prince's Golf Club [26]
1994   Kirsty Speak 297 2 strokes   Eileen Rose Power Woodhall Spa Golf Club
1993   Julie Hall 290 6 strokes   Lynnette Brooky Gullane Golf Club [27]
1992   Joanne Hockley 287 3 strokes   Rachel Bolas Frilford Heath Golf Club
1991   Joanne Morley 297 2 strokes   Janice Moodie Long Ashton Golf Club [28]
1990   Vicki Thomas 287 1 stroke   Claire Hourihane Strathaven Golf Club
1989   Helen Dobson 298 2 strokes   Nadene Hall Southerness Golf Club [29]
1988   Karen Mitchell 317 2 strokes   Mary McKenna
  Julie Wade		 Royal Porthcawl Golf Club [30]
1987   Linda Bayman 297 2 strokes   Jill Thornhill
  Nicola Way		 Ipswich Golf Club [31]
1986   Claire Hourihane 298 Playoff   Trish Johnson Blairgowrie Golf Club [32]
1985   Belle Robertson 305 4 strokes   Cindy Scholefield Formby Golf Club [33]
1984   Claire Waite 285 2 strokes   Mary McKenna Conwy Golf Club [34]
1983   Alison Nicholas 292 2 strokes   Jane Connachan Moortown Golf Club [35]
1982   Jane Connachan 294 5 strokes   Barbara Bunkowsky
  Claire Waite		 Downfield Golf Club [36]
1981   Janet Soulsby 300 2 strokes   Jane Connachan Royal Norwich Golf Club [37]
1980   Maureen Madill 304 Playoff   Pamela Wright Brancepeth Castle Golf Club [38]
1979   Mary McKenna 305 2 strokes   Vicki Rawlings Moseley Golf Club [39]
1976–1978: Contested as Women's British Open
1975   Julia Greenhalgh 298 3 strokes   Suzanne Cadden Northumberland Golf Club [40]
1974   Julia Greenhalgh 302 3 strokes   Tegwen Perkins Seaton Carew Golf Club [41]
1973   Anne Stant 298 3 strokes   Mary Everard Ipswich Golf Club [42]
1972   Belle Robertson 296 1 stroke   Michelle Walker Silloth on Solway Golf Club [43]
1971   Belle Robertson 302 3 strokes   Mary Everard Ayr Belleisle Golf Club [44]
1970   Mary Everard 313 2 strokes   Frances Smith Royal Birkdale Golf Club [45]
1969   Ann Irvin 295 9 strokes   Dinah Oxley Northumberland Golf Club [46]

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "R&A scraps Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play; new U16 Girls Open". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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  5. ^ "Sophie Lamb wins stroke-play title by two shots from Chloe Williams". KirkwoodGolf. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
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  11. ^ "Pamela is British champion after an exciting finish at Tenby". KirkwoodGolf. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Danielle pips faltering Hannah for title". KirkwoodGolf. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Roseanne beats Kylie for British title play-off". KirkwoodGolf. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
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  35. ^ "6 costs Scot her title". The Glasgow Herald. 27 August 1983. p. 18.
  36. ^ "5-shot win for Miss Connachan". The Glasgow Herald. 28 August 1982. p. 18.
  37. ^ "Record breaking winner". The Glasgow Herald. 29 August 1981. p. 18.
  38. ^ "Pamela Wright (16) beaten in title play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 30 August 1980. p. 14.
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  46. ^ "Nine-stroke win for Miss Irvin". The Glasgow Herald. 6 September 1969. p. 4.

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