The European Senior Ladies' Championship is an annual European amateur golf championship for women over 50 (previously 55) organized by the European Golf Association. [1]
The inaugural event was held in 1996, with 25 editions have been contested so far. It is now played in conjunction with the European Senior Men's Championship. [2]
The championship is opened to women aged above 50 years old.
The format of this competition consists of three rounds of stroke play, with a cut after the second round out of which the lowest 33 ladies' scores can qualify for the final round.
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From 2000 to 2006, a Nations Cup was contested. This was discontinued when a separate European Senior Ladies' Team Championship was introduced.
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
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2005 | France (308) A. Lanrezac C. Mourgue d'algue L. Neuhaus | Sweden (318) M.-B. Heden V. Hoff G. Ekman | Spain (320) C. Marsans B. Ramirez de Haro R. Rodriguez-Donovan |
2004 | Germany (297) E. Annison E. Jacob R. Ruland | Sweden (299) M.-B. Heden V. Hoff G. Nordgren | France (305) F. Freiss C. Mourgue d'algue M.-C. Ubald Bocquet |
2003 | Sweden (298) Ch. Birke, A-K. Hermansson V. Hoff | Spain (300) C. Marsans V. Pertierra B. Ramirez de Haro | France (302) F. Freiss C. Mourgue d'Algue L. Neuhaus |
2002 | France (307) C. Mourgue d'Algue L. Neuhaus C. Pequignot | Spain (307) I. Lorenzana Diez V. Pertierra B. Ramirez de Haro | Germany (314) U. Eichler E. Maker R. Ruland |
2001 | France (301) C. Mourgue d'Algue F. Mourgue d'Algue L. Neuhaus | Germany (305) U. Eichler K. Gumpert R. Ruland | Spain (306) C. Marsans V. Pertierra B. Ramirez de Haro |
2000 | Germany (306) K. Gumpert C. Rassman R. Ruland | France (306) C. Chatrier C. Mourgue d'Algue L. Neuhaus | Spain (311) C. Marsans V. Pertierra B. Ramirez de Haro |
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