Tournament information | |
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Location | L'Ancresse, Guernsey, Channel Islands |
Established | 1982 |
Course(s) | Royal Guernsey Golf Club |
Tour(s) | Ladies European Tour |
Format | 72-hole stroke play |
Month played | June |
Final year | 1988 |
Final champion | |
Alison Nicholas |
The Guernsey Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour. It was played from 1982 to 1984 and from 1987 to 1988. [1]
Year | Winner | Country | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | ||
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James Capel Guernsey Open | |||||||
1988 | Alison Nicholas | England | 274 | 2 strokes | Alison Sheard | ||
1987 | Corinne Dibnah | Australia | 275 | 10 strokes | Vanessa Marvin Gillian Stewart | ||
Guernsey Open | |||||||
1984 | Muriel Thomson | England | 280 (−8) | 3 strokes | Rae Hast | ||
1983 | Marta Figueras-Dotti | Spain | 209 (−7) | 3 strokes | Beverly Huke | ||
1982 | Dale Reid | Scotland | 219 | 3 strokes | Linda Bowman |
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