Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship

Scottish Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship

Tournament information
Location	Scotland
Established	1973
Course(s)	Royal Troon (Portland and Old courses)
Par	75
Organised by	Scottish Golf
Format	Stroke play
Month played	April
Current champion
Roisin Scanlon

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]

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

Year	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
2025	Roisin Scanlon	212	5 strokes	Jessica Hall	[5]
2024	Ellie Monk	218	2 strokes	Kate Lanigan Nellie Ong	[6]
2023	Jasmine Mackintosh	218	Playoff	Lorna McClymont	[7]
2022	Grace Crawford	212	4 strokes	Thalia Kirby
2021	Kirsten Rudgeley	204	1 stroke	Hannah Darling Emily Toy
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
2019	Pia Babnik	201	1 stroke	Charlotte Bunel	[8]
2018	Lily May Humphreys	207	1 stroke	Chloe Goadby	[9]
2017	Linn Grant	209	5 strokes	Shannon McWilliam	[10]
2016	Olivia Winning	217	1 stroke	Olivia Mehaffey	[11]
2015	Olivia Mehaffey	220	1 stroke	Anais Meyssonnier	[12]
2014	Annabel Dimmock	214	3 strokes	Connie Jaffrey	[13]
2013	Olivia Winning	220	2 strokes	Poppy Finlay Alyson McKechin	[14]
2012	Amy Boulden	215	1 stroke	Perrine Delacour	[15]
2011	Charlotte Ellis	213	1 stroke	Leona Maguire	[16]
2010	Danielle McVeigh	215	2 strokes	Nikki Foster	[17]
2009	Leona Maguire	219	2 strokes	Kelsey MacDonald	[18]
2008	Barbara Genuini	214	2 strokes	Jacqueline Hedwall	[19]
2007	Melissa Reid	211	3 strokes	Rachel Bell	[20]
2006	Melissa Reid	212	1 stroke	Emma Duggleby	[21]
2005	Martina Gillen	215	Playoff	Clare Queen	[22]
2004	Emma Duggleby	211	5 strokes	Claire Coughlan	[23]
2003	Nathalie David	227	2 strokes	Becky Brewerton Rachel Lomas Clare Queen	[24]
2002	Heather Stirling	215	4 strokes	Becky Brewerton	[25]
2001	Fiona Brown	215	2 strokes	Rebecca Hudson	[26]
2000	Rebecca Hudson	213	Playoff	Emma Duggleby
1999	Lesley Nicholson	222	1 stroke	Alison Coffey
1998	Karen Margrethe Juul	225	2 strokes	Alison Coffey
1997	Kim Rostron	219	Playoff	Fiona Brown	[27]
1996	Joanne Hockley	219	8 strokes	Valerie Melvin
1995	Maria Hjorth	219	1 stroke	Sara Eklund Julie Hall	[28]
1994	Katie Tebbet	223	3 strokes	Myra McKinlay	[29]
1993	Julie Hall	224	2 strokes	Janice Moodie	[30]
1992	Mhairi McKay	227	2 strokes	Julie Hall	[31]
1991	Julie Hall	224	5 strokes	Linzi Fletcher	[32]
1990	Catriona Lambert	225	2 strokes	Linzi Fletcher	[33]
1989	Sara Robinson	225	5 strokes	Linzi Fletcher	[34]
1988	Alison Gemmill	233	2 strokes	Donna Jackson Katie Tebbet	[35]
1987	Elaine Farquharson	227	1 stroke	Malin Landehag	[36]
1986	Belle Robertson	227	3 strokes	Shirley Lawson	[37]
1985	Pamela Wright	244	2 strokes	Belle Robertson	[38]
1984	Gillian Stewart	217	9 strokes	Vicki Thomas	[39]
1983	Jane Connachan	228	1 stroke	Wilma Aitken	[40]
1982	Wilma Aitken	231
1981	Gillian Stewart	231	5 strokes	Vicki McAlister	[41]
1980	Wilma Aitken	225	4 strokes	Gillian Stewart	[42]
1979	Belle Robertson	234	6 strokes	Vicki McAlister Gillian Stewart	[43]
1978	Wilma Aitken	230	6 strokes	Kärstin Ehrnlund	[44]
1977	Beverly Huke	239	3 strokes	Vicki McAlister Muriel Thomson	[45]
1976	Muriel Thomson	233	4 strokes	Mary McKenna Sandra Needham	[46]
1975	Muriel Thomson	235	1 stroke	Maureen Walker	[47]
1974	Sandra Needham	236	7 strokes	Lorna Bennett	[48]
1973	Belle Robertson	238	3 strokes	Mary Everard	[3]

Source: ^{[49] [2]}

See also

• Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship – the equivalent championship for men

References

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External links

• Scottish Golf Union
• List of winners