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
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
YearWinnerScoreVenue
2017 Linn Grant288 (−4)North Berwick Golf Club
2016 Sophie Lamb291The Knock Golf Club
2015 Aditi Ashok285 (−11)Moortown Golf Club
2014 Meghan MacLaren292Ashburnham Golf Club
2013 Jing Yan282Prestwick Golf Club
2012 Sarah-Jane Boyd294Shandon Park Golf Club
2011 Leona Maguire288Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club
2010 Pamela Pretswell218Tenby Golf Club
2009 Danielle McVeigh304Royal Aberdeen Golf Club
2008 Roseanne Niven288Malone Golf Club
2007 Melissa Reid290Conwy Golf Club
2006 Anna Rossi290Prince Golf Club
2005 Heather MacRae288The Nairn Golf Club
2004 Clare Queen294Alwoodley Golf Club
2003 Shelley McKevitt306Royal Portrush Golf Club
2002 Becky Brewerton291Hunstanton Golf Club
2001 Rebecca Hudson300Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club
2000 Rebecca Hudson294Royal County Down Golf Club
1999 Becky Brewerton294Huddersfield Golf Club
1998 Nienke Nijenhuis297Stirling Golf Club
1997 Karen Margrethe Juul293Silloth on Solway Golf Club
1996 Christina Kuld289Conwy Golf Club
YearWinnerScoreMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upVenueRef.
1995 Maria José Pons2893 strokes Elaine RatcliffePrince's Golf Club
1994 Kirsty Speak2972 strokes Eileen Rose PowerWoodhall Spa Golf Club
1993 Julie Hall2906 strokes Lynnette BrookyGullane Golf Club
1992 Joanne Hockley2873 strokes Rachel BolasFrilford Heath Golf Club
1991 Joanne Morley2972 strokes Janice MoodieLong Ashton Golf Club
1990 Vicki Thomas2871 stroke Claire HourihaneStrathaven Golf Club
1989 Helen Dobson2982 strokes Nadene HallSoutherness Golf Club[4]
1988 Karen Mitchell3172 strokes Mary McKenna
Julie Wade		Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
1987 Linda Bayman2972 strokes Jill Thornhill
Nicola Way		Ipswich Golf Club[5]
1986 Claire Hourihane298Playoff Trish JohnsonBlairgowrie Golf Club[6]
1985 Belle Robertson3054 strokes Cindy ScholefieldFormby Golf Club[7]
1984 Claire Waite2852 strokes Mary McKennaConwy Golf Club[8]
1983 Alison Nicholas2922 strokes Jane ConnachanMoortown Golf Club[9]
1982 Jane Connachan2945 strokes Barbara Bunkowsky
Claire Waite		Downfield Golf Club[10]
1981 Janet Soulsby3002 strokes Jane ConnachanRoyal Norwich Golf Club[11]
1980 Maureen Madill304Playoff Pamela WrightBrancepeth Castle Golf Club[12]
1979 Mary McKenna3052 strokes Vicki RawlingsMoseley Golf Club[13]
1976–1978: Contested as Women's British Open
1975 Julia Greenhalgh2983 strokes Suzanne CaddenNorthumberland Golf Club[14]
1974 Julia Greenhalgh3023 strokes Tegwen PerkinsSeaton Carew Golf Club[15]
1973 Anne Stant2983 strokes Mary EverardIpswich Golf Club[16]
1972 Belle Robertson2961 stroke Michelle WalkerSilloth on Solway Golf Club
1971 Belle Robertson3023 strokes Mary EverardAyr Belleisle Golf Club[17]
1970 Mary Everard3132 strokes Frances SmithRoyal Birkdale Golf Club[18]
1969 Ann Irvin2959 strokes Dinah OxleyNorthumberland Golf Club[19]

See also

References
  1. "2017 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship". Golfbox. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. "R&A scraps Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play; new U16 Girls Open". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. "Hudson on course to double up". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. Giles, Karen (26 August 1989). "Helen charges to a unique double". The Glasgow Herald. p. 17.
  5. "Bayman at last". The Glasgow Herald. 29 August 1987. p. 22.
  6. "Claire's title after play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 25 August 1986. p. 10.
  7. "Belle is recalled after victory". The Glasgow Herald. 24 August 1985. p. 18.
  8. "Extra-hole victory for Weir". The Glasgow Herald. 25 August 1984. p. 18.
  9. "6 costs Scot her title". The Glasgow Herald. 27 August 1983. p. 18.
  10. "5-shot win for Miss Connachan". The Glasgow Herald. 28 August 1982. p. 18.
  11. "Record breaking winner". The Glasgow Herald. 29 August 1981. p. 18.
  12. "Pamela Wright (16) beaten in title play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 30 August 1980. p. 14.
  13. "Mary is champion - after ten years". The Glasgow Herald. 25 August 1979. p. 16.
  14. "Julia wins but titles for Suzanne". The Glasgow Herald. 30 August 1975. p. 15.
  15. "Sandra Needham top Scot". The Glasgow Herald. 31 August 1974. p. 4.
  16. "Title win for Mrs Stant". The Glasgow Herald. 1 September 1973. p. 2.
  17. "Mrs Robertson's British title". The Glasgow Herald. 4 September 1971. p. 4.
  18. "Miss Everard wins after hole in one". The Glasgow Herald. 5 September 1970. p. 4.
  19. "Nine-stroke win for Miss Irvin". The Glasgow Herald. 6 September 1969. p. 4.
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