Göteborg Masters

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Göteborg Masters
Tournament information
Location Göteborg, Sweden
Established 2008
Course(s) Lycke Golf Club
Par 72
Tour(s) Ladies European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund €250,000
Month played September
Final year 2008
Tournament record score
Aggregate 259 Gwladys Nocera (2008)
To par −29 Gwladys Nocera (2008)
Final champion
Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera

The Göteborg Masters was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that took place in Sweden.

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The tournament was first played 2008 and meant to be a recurring annual event, but the 2009 tournament [1] was cancelled due to financial difficulties and it never returned to the LET schedule. [2]

Gwladys Nocera won after scoring 259 (−29) following rounds of 66-62-65-66, [3] the best 72-hole score in the LET's 30-year history. [4]

Gwladys Nocera professional golfer

Gwladys Nocera is a French professional golfer. She currently resides in Biarritz, France.

Nina Reis was the runner-up with 270 (−18), shooting 69-67-73-61. [3] The 11-under-par 61 tied the record for the LET's all time lowest round set by Kirsty Taylor at the 2005 Wales Ladies Championship of Europe. After 17 holes, Reis was at (−12) for the day and a score of 59 looked possible, but she bogeyed the last hole to drop back to a (−18) 270 for second place, her career best finish on the LET. [4]

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Winners

YearDatesWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner-upWinner's
share (€)
2009 13–16 Aug Cancelled; financial difficulties [5]
2008 18–21 Sep Gwladys Nocera Flag of France.svg  France 259 −29 11 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Nina Reis 37,500

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References

  1. ↑ "Ladies European Tour: 2009 Schedule" (PDF). Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 21 May 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Golf.se - Svenska Golfförbundets webbplats för tidbokning, golftävling, Svensk Golf och din golfklubb". Goteborgmasters.golf.se. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Resultatlista Göteborg Masters". Golfdata.se. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Nocera wins Göteborg Masters with best score in LET history". Ladies European Tour. 21 September 2008. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2015-04-10.


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