Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship

Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship

Tournament information
Location	United Kingdom
Established	1969
Organised by	The R&A
Format	Stroke play
Month played	September
Final year	2017
Final champion
Linn Grant

Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship was founded in 1969 by the Ladies' Golf Union (now merged into The R&A) of Great Britain.

A stroke play tournament over 72 holes, it was discontinued by the R&A after the 2017 tournament won by Linn Grant ^[1] in favour of a new Girls U16 Amateur Championship. ^[2]

Notably, in 2000 Rebecca Hudson won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship match play title as well as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship. ^[3] Leona Maguire, at age 16, was the youngest player to win the event.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
2017	Linn Grant	288	3 strokes	Hannah Screen Annabel Wilson	North Berwick Golf Club	[4]
2016	Sophie Lamb	291	2 strokes	Chloe Williams	Knock Golf Club	[5]
2015	Aditi Ashok	285	5 strokes	Olivia Mehaffey	Moortown Golf Club	[6]
2014	Meghan MacLaren	292	1 stroke	Sarah-Jane Boyd	Ashburnham Golf Club	[7]
2013	Jing Yan	282	2 strokes	Gemma Dryburgh	Prestwick Golf Club	[8]
2012	Sarah-Jane Boyd	294	2 strokes	Amy Boulden	Shandon Park Golf Club	[9]
2011	Leona Maguire	288	6 strokes	Laurence Herman	Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club	[10]
2010	Pamela Pretswell	218	3 strokes	Amy Boulden	Tenby Golf Club	[11]
2009	Danielle McVeigh	304	1 stroke	Hannah Turland	Royal Aberdeen Golf Club	[12]
2008	Roseanne Niven	288	Playoff	Kylie Walker	Malone Golf Club	[13]
2007	Melissa Reid	290	1 stroke	Florentyna Parker	Conwy Golf Club	[14]
2006	Anna Rossi	290	1 stroke	Rachel Bell	Prince's Golf Club	[15]
2005	Heather MacRae	288	Playoff	Nicole Gergely	Nairn Golf Club	[16]
2004	Clare Queen	294	Playoff	Stephanie Evans Shelley McKevit	Alwoodley Golf Club	[17]
2003	Shelley McKevitt	306	1 stroke	Lynn Kenny	Royal Portrush Golf Club	[18]
2002	Becky Brewerton	291	3 strokes	Clare Queen	Hunstanton Golf Club	[19]
2001	Rebecca Hudson	300	2 strokes	Alison Coffey	Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club	[20]
2000	Rebecca Hudson	294	5 strokes	Heather Stirling	Royal County Down Golf Club	[21]
1999	Becky Brewerton	294	Playoff	Niloufar Azam	Huddersfield Golf Club	[22]
1998	Nienke Nijenhuis	297	1 stroke	Becky Morgan	Stirling Golf Club	[23]
1997	Karen Margrethe Juul	293	3 strokes	Elaine Ratcliffe	Silloth on Solway Golf Club	[24]
1996	Christina Kuld	289	4 strokes	Elaine Ratcliffe	Conwy Golf Club	[25]
1995	Maria José Pons	289	3 strokes	Elaine Ratcliffe	Prince's Golf Club	[26]
1994	Kirsty Speak	297	2 strokes	Eileen Rose Power	Woodhall Spa Golf Club
1993	Julie Hall	290	6 strokes	Lynnette Brooky	Gullane Golf Club	[27]
1992	Joanne Hockley	287	3 strokes	Rachel Bolas	Frilford Heath Golf Club
1991	Joanne Morley	297	2 strokes	Janice Moodie	Long Ashton Golf Club	[28]
1990	Vicki Thomas	287	1 stroke	Claire Hourihane	Strathaven Golf Club
1989	Helen Dobson	298	2 strokes	Nadene Hall	Southerness Golf Club	[29]
1988	Karen Mitchell	317	2 strokes	Mary McKenna Julie Wade	Royal Porthcawl Golf Club	[30]
1987	Linda Bayman	297	2 strokes	Jill Thornhill Nicola Way	Ipswich Golf Club	[31]
1986	Claire Hourihane	298	Playoff	Trish Johnson	Blairgowrie Golf Club	[32]
1985	Belle Robertson	305	4 strokes	Cindy Scholefield	Formby Golf Club	[33]
1984	Claire Waite	285	2 strokes	Mary McKenna	Conwy Golf Club	[34]
1983	Alison Nicholas	292	2 strokes	Jane Connachan	Moortown Golf Club	[35]
1982	Jane Connachan	294	5 strokes	Barbara Bunkowsky Claire Waite	Downfield Golf Club	[36]
1981	Janet Soulsby	300	2 strokes	Jane Connachan	Royal Norwich Golf Club	[37]
1980	Maureen Madill	304	Playoff	Pamela Wright	Brancepeth Castle Golf Club	[38]
1979	Mary McKenna	305	2 strokes	Vicki Rawlings	Moseley Golf Club	[39]
1976–1978: Contested as Women's British Open
1975	Julia Greenhalgh	298	3 strokes	Suzanne Cadden	Northumberland Golf Club	[40]
1974	Julia Greenhalgh	302	3 strokes	Tegwen Perkins	Seaton Carew Golf Club	[41]
1973	Anne Stant	298	3 strokes	Mary Everard	Ipswich Golf Club	[42]
1972	Belle Robertson	296	1 stroke	Michelle Walker	Silloth on Solway Golf Club	[43]
1971	Belle Robertson	302	3 strokes	Mary Everard	Ayr Belleisle Golf Club	[44]
1970	Mary Everard	313	2 strokes	Frances Smith	Royal Birkdale Golf Club	[45]
1969	Ann Irvin	295	9 strokes	Dinah Oxley	Northumberland Golf Club	[46]

See also

• Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship

References

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External links

• Ladies Golf Union 2016 Yearbook Archived 30 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine - Past Winners 1996–2015