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 | |
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The Laing Ladies Charity Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour held in England. It was first played in 1985 and held annually until 1990. [1]
Year | Winner | Country | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1990 | Laurette Maritz | ![]() | 275 (−13) | Playoff | ![]() |
1989 | Laura Davies | ![]() | 276 (−16) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
1988 | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya | ![]() | 203 | 7 strokes | ![]() |
1987 | Alison Nicholas | ![]() | 281 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
1986 | Debbie Dowling | ![]() | 274 (−18) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
1985 | Muriel Thomson | ![]() | 282 (−10) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
Source: [2]
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