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Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship

The Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship is the national women's amateur stroke play golf championship in Scotland (although entry is open to overseas golfers). It has been played annually at Royal Troon since 1973 and is organised by the Scottish Golf.[1]

Scottish Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
Tournament information
LocationScotland
Established1973
Course(s)Royal Troon
(Portland and Old courses)
Par75
Organised byScottish Golf
FormatStroke play
Month playedApril
Current champion
Scotland Jasmine Mackintosh

The format is 54-hole stroke play contested over three days. It is played at Royal Troon with the first two rounds played on the Portland course and the final round on the Old course.[2] Originally it was played over two days, with 36 holes on the first day.[3]

The tournament is named after Helen Holm, a Scottish amateur golfer who was Scottish champion five times.[4]

Winners edit

Year Winner Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
2023   Jasmine Mackintosh 218 Playoff   Lorna McClymont [5]
2022   Grace Crawford 212 4 strokes   Thalia Kirby
2021   Kirsten Rudgeley 204 1 stroke   Hannah Darling
  Emily Toy
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
2019   Pia Babnik 201 1 stroke   Charlotte Bunel [6]
2018   Lily May Humphreys 207 1 stroke   Chloe Goadby [7]
2017   Linn Grant 209 5 strokes   Shannon McWilliam [8]
2016   Olivia Winning 217 1 stroke   Olivia Mehaffey [9]
2015   Olivia Mehaffey 220 1 stroke   Anais Meyssonnier [10]
2014   Annabel Dimmock 214 3 strokes   Connie Jaffrey [11]
2013   Olivia Winning 220 2 strokes   Poppy Finlay
  Alyson McKechin		 [12]
2012   Amy Boulden 215 1 stroke   Perrine Delacour [13]
2011   Charlotte Ellis 213 1 stroke   Leona Maguire [14]
2010   Danielle McVeigh 215 2 strokes   Nikki Foster [15]
2009   Leona Maguire 219 2 strokes   Kelsey MacDonald [16]
2008   Barbara Genuini 214 2 strokes   Jacqueline Hedwall [17]
2007   Melissa Reid 211 3 strokes   Rachel Bell [18]
2006   Melissa Reid 212 1 stroke   Emma Duggleby [19]
2005   Martina Gillen 215 Playoff   Clare Queen [20]
2004   Emma Duggleby 211 5 strokes   Claire Coughlan [21]
2003   Nathalie David 227 2 strokes   Becky Brewerton
  Rachel Lomas
  Clare Queen		 [22]
2002   Heather Stirling 215 4 strokes   Becky Brewerton [23]
2001   Fiona Brown 215 2 strokes   Rebecca Hudson [24]
2000   Rebecca Hudson 213 Playoff   Emma Duggleby
1999   Lesley Nicholson 222 1 stroke   Alison Coffey
1998   Karen Margrethe Juul 225 2 strokes   Alison Coffey
1997   Kim Rostron 219 Playoff   Fiona Brown [25]
1996   Joanne Hockley 219 8 strokes   Valerie Melvin
1995   Maria Hjorth 219 1 stroke   Sara Eklund
  Julie Hall		 [26]
1994   Katie Tebbet 223 3 strokes   Myra McKinlay [27]
1993   Julie Hall 224 2 strokes   Janice Moodie [28]
1992   Mhairi McKay 227 2 strokes   Julie Hall [29]
1991   Julie Hall 224 5 strokes   Linzi Fletcher [30]
1990   Catriona Lambert 225 2 strokes   Linzi Fletcher [31]
1989   Sara Robinson 225 5 strokes   Linzi Fletcher [32]
1988   Alison Gemmill 233 2 strokes   Donna Jackson
  Katie Tebbet		 [33]
1987   Elaine Farquharson 227 1 stroke   Malin Landehag [34]
1986   Belle Robertson 227 3 strokes   Shirley Lawson [35]
1985   Pamela Wright 244 2 strokes   Belle Robertson [36]
1984   Gillian Stewart 217 9 strokes   Vicki Thomas [37]
1983   Jane Connachan 228 1 stroke   Wilma Aitken [38]
1982   Wilma Aitken 231
1981   Gillian Stewart 231 5 strokes   Vicki McAlister [39]
1980   Wilma Aitken 225 4 strokes   Gillian Stewart [40]
1979   Belle Robertson 234 6 strokes   Vicki McAlister
  Gillian Stewart		 [41]
1978   Wilma Aitken 230 6 strokes   Kärstin Ehrnlund [42]
1977   Beverly Huke 239 3 strokes   Vicki McAlister
  Muriel Thomson		 [43]
1976   Muriel Thomson 233 4 strokes   Mary McKenna
  Sandra Needham		 [44]
1975   Muriel Thomson 235 1 stroke   Maureen Walker [45]
1974   Sandra Needham 236 7 strokes   Lorna Bennett [46]
1973   Belle Robertson 238 3 strokes   Mary Everard [3]

Source:[47][2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship". Scottish Golf. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Past Champions". Scottish Golf. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Belle wins Holm trophy". The Glasgow Herald. 30 April 1973. p. 5.
  4. ^ Pottle, Mark (2004). "Holm [née Gray], Helen Warren (1907–1971), golfer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51540. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 2 June 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ "Jasmine Mackintosh brings home the Helen Holm to round off a Team Scotland win on 50th Anniversary of the championship". Scottish Golf. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  6. ^ "2019 Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  7. ^ "2018 Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  8. ^ "2017 Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Stroke Play Championship". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  9. ^ "2016 Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Stroke Play Championship". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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  11. ^ "2014 Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship" (PDF). Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  12. ^ "TU Golf Signee Olivia Winning Claims Prestigious Helen Holm Scottish Women's Stroke Play Title". Tulane Green Wave. May 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Amy Boulden Stages Smash And Grab Victory To Win Helen Holm Title At Troon". Kirkwood Golf. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Minchinhampton golfer beats international field at Royal Troon". Wiltshire & Gloucestershire Standard. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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  16. ^ Keogh, Brian (26 April 2009). "Teen Leona Maguire becomes youngest winner of Scottish Women's Open". Irish Golf Desk.
  17. ^ Farquharson, Colin (27 April 2008). "French girl, with a little help from local caddie Neil, wins Helen Holm". Kirkwood.co.uk.
  18. ^ "Melissa Reid retains Helen Holm title". Scottish golf view. 29 April 2007.
  19. ^ Farquharson, Colin (23 April 2006). "Scotland win team title but England 1-2-3 in Helen Holm stroke-play at Troon". Gillian Kirkwood golf news.
  20. ^ "Martina Gillen beat Clare Queen in "Helen Holm" title playoff". Gillian Kirkwood golf news. 24 April 2005.
  21. ^ "Record-breaking win for Emma". Gazette & Herald. 28 April 2004.
  22. ^ "Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Amateur Stroke-play Championship". Gillian Kirkwood golf news. 27 April 2003.
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  24. ^ "Axed Curtis Cup player Fiona Brown". The Daily Telegraph. 30 April 2001. p. 39.
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  26. ^ Mair, Lewine (1 May 1995). "Late rally takes Hjorth to victory". The Daily Telegraph. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. ^ Mair, Lewine (25 April 1994). "Tebbet holds form". The Daily Telegraph. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
  28. ^ Mair, Lewine (26 April 1993). "Hall's sights are set on Curtis Cup". The Daily Telegraph. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
  29. ^ Mair, Lewine (27 April 1992). "McKay's breezy success". The Daily Telegraph. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
  30. ^ "Julie Hsll". The Daily Telegraph. 29 April 1991. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
  31. ^ "Catriona Lambert". The Daily Telegraph. 30 April 1990. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  32. ^ "Elliott silences the big guns with a record 66". The Glasgow Herald. 1 May 1989. p. 20.
  33. ^ Burnside, Elspeth (25 April 1988). "Alison claims trophy at her tenth attempt". The Glasgow Herald. p. 10.
  34. ^ Burnside, Elspeth (27 April 1987). "Elaine hangs on for a nerve-racking victory". The Glasgow Herald. p. 12.
  35. ^ "Belle again, by three strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 28 April 1986. p. 10.
  36. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (29 April 1985). "Pamela beats Belle, her mother's rival". The Glasgow Herald. p. 18.
  37. ^ "Gillian proves a point". The Glasgow Herald. 30 April 1984. p. 16.
  38. ^ "Trophy winner decided at last". The Glasgow Herald. 25 April 1983. p. 16.
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  40. ^ "Victory smoothes ruffled feathers". The Glasgow Herald. 28 April 1980. p. 20.
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  42. ^ "Wilma Aitken outstrips her rivals". The Glasgow Herald. 24 April 1978. p. 16.
  43. ^ "Beverly breaks Scots' grip". The Glasgow Herald. 25 April 1977. p. 16.
  44. ^ "Muriel keeps Holm trophy". The Glasgow Herald. 26 April 1976. p. 16.
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  46. ^ "Miss Needham boosts chances". The Glasgow Herald. 29 April 1974. p. 5.
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