The WPGA International Challenge was a women's professional golf tournament on the LET Access Series, held between 2013 and 2019 in Suffolk, England.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England |
| Established | 2013 |
| Course(s) | Stoke by Nayland Hotel Golf & Spa |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour(s) | LET Access Series |
| Format | 54-hole Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €35,000 |
| Final year | 2019 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 205 Manon De Roey, Eva Gilly, Lydia Hall |
| To par | –11 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Manon De Roey | |
The event succeed the Challenge Tour's English Challenge, held at Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa in Stoke-by-Nayland 2010–2012. The 54-hole tournament, which was the only event on the LETAS schedule to be played in the United Kingdom during its run, featured an international field of 120 players.[1]
Alice Hewson made her first appearance as a professional at the 2019 event, but lost by one stroke to Manon De Roey, who became the only player to defend her title after Lydia Hall narrowly lost out in 2018.[2]
Winners edit
| Year | Winner | Country | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Manon De Roey | Belgium |
−6 (69-69-72=210) | 1 stroke |  Alice Hewson My Leander Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso |
[3] |
| 2018 | Manon De Roey | Belgium |
−11 (68-67-70=205) | Playoff |  Lydia Hall |
[4] |
| 2017 | Lydia Hall | Wales |
−9 (65-72-70=207) | Playoff |  Inès Lescudier |
[5] |
| 2016 | Eva Gilly | France |
−11 (73-64-68=205) | 3 strokes |  Sarah Schober |
[6] |
| 2015 | Natalia Escuriola (a) |  Spain |
−8 (68-67-73=208) | 2 strokes |  Rachel Raastad |
[7] |
| 2014 | Daisy Nielsen |  Denmark |
−7 (70-69-70=209) | Playoff | Melodie Bourdy |
[8] |
| 2013 | Hannah Ralph | England |
−7 (68-70-71=209) | 3 strokes | Amy Boulden Galina Rotmistrova |
[9] |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "WPGA International Challenge added to LETAS schedule". LET Access Series. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Alice Hewson Turns Professional at WPGA International Challenge". LET Access Series. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Results 2019 WPGA International Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Results 2018 WPGA International Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Results 2017 WPGA International Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Results 2016 WPGA International Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Results 2015 WPGA International Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Results 2014 WPGA International Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Results 2013 WPGA International Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 March 2021.