Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship

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Scottish Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
Tournament information
LocationScotland
Established1973
Course(s) Royal Troon
(Portland and Old courses)
Par75
Organised by Scottish Golf
Format Stroke play
Month playedApril
Current champion
Flag of England.svg Ellie Monk

The Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship is the national women's amateur stroke play golf championship in Scotland (although entry is open to overseas golfers). It has been played annually at Royal Troon since 1973 and is organised by the Scottish Golf. [1]

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The format is 54-hole stroke play contested over three days. It is played at Royal Troon with the first two rounds played on the Portland course and the final round on the Old course. [2] Originally it was played over two days, with 36 holes on the first day. [3]

The tournament is named after Helen Holm, a Scottish amateur golfer who was Scottish champion five times. [4]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upRef.
2024 Flag of England.svg Ellie Monk 2182 strokes Flag of Ireland.svg Kate Lanigan
Flag of England.svg Nellie Ong
[5]
2023 Flag of Scotland.svg Jasmine Mackintosh 218Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Lorna McClymont [6]
2022 Flag of Scotland.svg Grace Crawford 2124 strokes Flag of England.svg Thalia Kirby
2021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kirsten Rudgeley 2041 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Hannah Darling
Flag of England.svg Emily Toy
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
2019 Flag of Slovenia.svg Pia Babnik 2011 stroke Flag of France.svg Charlotte Bunel [7]
2018 Flag of England.svg Lily May Humphreys 2071 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Chloe Goadby [8]
2017 Flag of Sweden.svg Linn Grant 2095 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Shannon McWilliam [9]
2016 Flag of England.svg Olivia Winning 2171 stroke Ulster Banner.svg Olivia Mehaffey [10]
2015 Ulster Banner.svg Olivia Mehaffey 2201 stroke Flag of France.svg Anais Meyssonnier [11]
2014 Flag of England.svg Annabel Dimmock 2143 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Connie Jaffrey [12]
2013 Flag of England.svg Olivia Winning 2202 strokes Flag of England.svg Poppy Finlay
Flag of Scotland.svg Alyson McKechin
[13]
2012 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Amy Boulden 2151 stroke Flag of France.svg Perrine Delacour [14]
2011 Flag of England.svg Charlotte Ellis 2131 stroke Flag of Ireland.svg Leona Maguire [15]
2010 Flag of Ireland.svg Danielle McVeigh 2152 strokes Flag of England.svg Nikki Foster [16]
2009 Flag of Ireland.svg Leona Maguire 2192 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Kelsey MacDonald [17]
2008 Flag of France.svg Barbara Genuini 2142 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Jacqueline Hedwall [18]
2007 Flag of England.svg Melissa Reid 2113 strokes Flag of England.svg Rachel Bell [19]
2006 Flag of England.svg Melissa Reid 2121 stroke Flag of England.svg Emma Duggleby [20]
2005 Flag of Ireland.svg Martina Gillen 215Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Clare Queen [21]
2004 Flag of England.svg Emma Duggleby 2115 strokes Flag of Ireland.svg Claire Coughlan [22]
2003 Flag of France.svg Nathalie David 2272 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Becky Brewerton
Flag of England.svg Rachel Lomas
Flag of Scotland.svg Clare Queen
[23]
2002 Flag of Scotland.svg Heather Stirling 2154 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Becky Brewerton [24]
2001 Flag of England.svg Fiona Brown 2152 strokes Flag of England.svg Rebecca Hudson [25]
2000 Flag of England.svg Rebecca Hudson 213Playoff Flag of England.svg Emma Duggleby
1999 Flag of Scotland.svg Lesley Nicholson 2221 stroke Ulster Banner.svg Alison Coffey
1998 Flag of Denmark.svg Karen Margrethe Juul 2252 strokes Ulster Banner.svg Alison Coffey
1997 Flag of England.svg Kim Rostron 219Playoff Flag of England.svg Fiona Brown [26]
1996 Flag of England.svg Joanne Hockley 2198 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Valerie Melvin
1995 Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Hjorth 2191 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Sara Eklund
Flag of England.svg Julie Hall
[27]
1994 Flag of England.svg Katie Tebbet 2233 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Myra McKinlay [28]
1993 Flag of England.svg Julie Hall 2242 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Janice Moodie [29]
1992 Flag of Scotland.svg Mhairi McKay 2272 strokes Flag of England.svg Julie Hall [30]
1991 Flag of England.svg Julie Hall 2245 strokes Flag of England.svg Linzi Fletcher [31]
1990 Flag of Scotland.svg Catriona Lambert 2252 strokes Flag of England.svg Linzi Fletcher [32]
1989 Flag of England.svg Sara Robinson 2255 strokes Flag of England.svg Linzi Fletcher [33]
1988 Flag of Scotland.svg Alison Gemmill 2332 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Donna Jackson
Flag of England.svg Katie Tebbet
[34]
1987 Flag of Scotland.svg Elaine Farquharson 2271 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Malin Landehag [35]
1986 Flag of Scotland.svg Belle Robertson 2273 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Shirley Lawson [36]
1985 Flag of Scotland.svg Pamela Wright 2442 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Belle Robertson [37]
1984 Flag of Scotland.svg Gillian Stewart 2179 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Vicki Thomas [38]
1983 Flag of Scotland.svg Jane Connachan 2281 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Wilma Aitken [39]
1982 Flag of Scotland.svg Wilma Aitken 231
1981 Flag of Scotland.svg Gillian Stewart 2315 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Vicki McAlister [40]
1980 Flag of Scotland.svg Wilma Aitken 2254 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Gillian Stewart [41]
1979 Flag of Scotland.svg Belle Robertson 2346 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Vicki McAlister
Flag of Scotland.svg Gillian Stewart
[42]
1978 Flag of Scotland.svg Wilma Aitken 2306 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Kärstin Ehrnlund [43]
1977 Flag of England.svg Beverly Huke 2393 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Vicki McAlister
Flag of Scotland.svg Muriel Thomson
[44]
1976 Flag of Scotland.svg Muriel Thomson 2334 strokes Flag of Ireland.svg Mary McKenna
Flag of Scotland.svg Sandra Needham
[45]
1975 Flag of Scotland.svg Muriel Thomson 2351 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Maureen Walker [46]
1974 Flag of Scotland.svg Sandra Needham 2367 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Lorna Bennett [47]
1973 Flag of Scotland.svg Belle Robertson 2383 strokes Flag of England.svg Mary Everard [3]

Source: [48] [2]

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