Air France Madame Open

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Air France Madame Open
Tournament information
Location France
Established1997
Course(s)Golf de Biarritz le Phare (1999)
New Golf de Deauville (1997–98)
Tour(s) Ladies European Tour
Format54-hole Stroke play
Prize fund£100,000 (1998–99) [1] [2]
£60,000 (1997) [3]
Final year1999
Tournament record score
Aggregate200 Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore (1999)
To par−10 as above
Final champion
Flag of Sweden.svg Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore

The Air France Madame Open, known in its final installment as Air France Madame Biarritz Open, was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that took place in France. [4]

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Winners

YearDatesVenueWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner-upNote
Air France Madame Biarritz Open
19997–9 OctGolf de Biarritz le Phare Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 200−103 strokes Flag of France.svg Sandrine Mendiburu [1]
Air France Madame Open
199816–18 OctNew Golf de Deauville Patricia Meunier-Lebouc Flag of France.svg  France 208−51 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Hjorth [2]
199724–26 OctNew Golf de Deauville Loraine Lambert Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 213E2 strokes Flag of England.svg Alison Nicholas [3]

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