EMS Masters

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EMS Masters
Tournament information
Location Lisbon, Portugal
Established1988
Course(s)Quinta Da Marinha
Par71
Length5,845 yards (5,345 m)
Tour(s) Ladies European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund £50,000
Month playedMay
Final year1988
Tournament record score
Aggregate213 Laurette Maritz
To parE as above
Final champion
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Laurette Maritz
Location Map
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Icona golf.svg
Quinta Da Marinha
Location in Portugal

The EMS Masters was a golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour (LET). It was played in 1988 on the Quinta Da Marinha golf course near Lisbon, Portugal. [1]

Contents

LET rookie Laurette Maritz of South Africa won the inaugural event, two weeks after she was victorious at the Marbella Ladies Open in her LET debut, on her way to secure the LET Rookie of the Year title. [2] She finished 3 strokes ahead of a quartet made up of Tania Abitbol, Karen Lunn, Alison Nicholas and Marie Wennersten-From. [3]

As of 2022, the EMS Masters was the only Portuguese tournament, other than the Portuguese Ladies Open which ran intermittently between 1985 and 2011, to feature on the LET. Portugal also hosted the Azores Ladies Open on the LET Access Series between 2011 and 2017.

Winner

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runners-up
1988 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Laurette Maritz 213E3 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Tania Abitbol
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karen Lunn
Flag of England.svg Alison Nicholas
Flag of Sweden.svg Marie Wennersten-From

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References

  1. "Results 1988 EMS Masters". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  2. Mair, Lewine (18 April 1988). "£9,000 debut for Maritz" . The Daily Telegraph. p. 30 via newspapers.com.
  3. Mair, Lewine (9 May 1988). "Ban on S Africans may limt Maritz's earnings" . The Daily Telegraph. p. 36 via newspapers.com.