Tournament information | |
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Location | Stoke Poges, England |
Established | 1985 |
Course(s) | Stoke Poges GC |
Tour(s) | Ladies European Tour |
Format | 72-hole Stroke play |
Final year | 1990 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 274 Debbie Dowling |
To par | −18 As above |
Final champion | |
Laurette Maritz |
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Year | Winner | Country | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1990 | Laurette Maritz | South Africa | 275 (−13) | Playoff | Alison Nicholas |
1989 | Laura Davies | England | 276 (−16) | 3 strokes | Dale Reid Jane Connachan Corinne Dibnah Susan Moon |
1988 | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya | France | 203 | 7 strokes | Caroline Griffiths |
1987 | Alison Nicholas | England | 281 | 2 strokes | Corinne Dibnah |
1986 | Debbie Dowling | England | 274 (−18) | 1 stroke | Corinne Dibnah |
1985 | Muriel Thomson | Scotland | 282 (−10) | 1 stroke | Vanessa Marvin Beverly Huke |
Source: [2]
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