Tournament information | |
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Location | Rabat, Morocco |
Established | 1993 |
Course(s) | Royal Golf Dar Es Salam |
Par | 72 |
Tour(s) | Ladies European Tour |
Format | stroke play |
Prize fund | €450,000 |
Month played | February |
Current champion | |
Bronte Law |
The Lalla Meryem Cup is a women's professional golf tournament in Morocco under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. It was held in Rabat until it moved to Agadir in 2011. It moved back to Rabat in 2016.
The tournament has been played annually since 1993 and is held alongside the Hassan II Golf Trophy. In 2010 it was added to the Ladies European Tour schedule and upgraded to a full field tournament having previously been limited to around 12 players. Both tournaments moved to Agadir in 2011. [1]
Year | Player | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Purse (€) | Ref. |
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2024 | Bronte Law | England | 73-69-64=206 | −13 | 3 strokes | Pauline Roussin | 450,000 | |
2023 | Maja Stark | Sweden | 71-67-69=207 | −12 | 4 strokes | Linn Grant | 450,000 | |
2019 | Nuria Iturrioz | Spain | 68-71-70-70=279 | −13 | 7 strokes | Lina Boqvist Caroline Hedwall | 450,000 | |
2018 | Jenny Haglund | Sweden | 75-72-68-70=285 | −3 | Playoff | Sarah Kemp Klára Spilková | 450,000 | |
2017 | Klára Spilková | Czech Republic | 69-74-71-66=280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Suzann Pettersen | 450,000 | |
2016 | Nuria Iturrioz | Spain | 70-72-70-65=277 | −11 | 6 strokes | Florentyna Parker | 450,000 | |
2015 | Gwladys Nocera | France | 68-65-68-70=271 | −13 | 2 strokes | Nicole Garcia | 450,000 | [2] |
2014 | Charley Hull | England | 68-71-68-62=269 | −15 | Playoff | Gwladys Nocera | 450,000 | [3] |
2013 | Ariya Jutanugarn | Thailand | 69-67-67-67=270 | −14 | 3 strokes | Beth Allen | 325,000 | [4] |
2012 | Karen Lunn | Australia | 72-66-68-66=272 | −12 | 3 strokes | Tandi Cuningham | 325,000 | [5] |
2011 | Zuzana Kamasova | Slovakia | 71-68-71-76=286 | −2 | 2 strokes | Kiran Matharu | 325,000 | [6] |
2010 | Anja Monke | Germany | 71-68-69=208 | −8 | 1 stroke | Carin Koch | 275,000 | [7] |
Prior to Ladies European Tour co-sanctioning
Year | Winner | Country | Note |
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2009 | No tournament | ||
2008 | Laura Davies | England | |
2007 | Gwladys Nocera | France | |
2006 | Sophie Sandolo | Italy | |
2005 | Ana Belén Sánchez | Spain | |
2004 | No tournament | ||
2003 | Johanna Head | England | |
2002 | Johanna Head | England | |
2001 | Marine Monnet | France | |
2000 | Elisabeth Esterl | Germany | |
1999 | Lora Fairclough | England | |
1998 | Sophie Gustafson | Sweden | |
1997 | Diane Barnard | England | |
1996 | Lora Fairclough | England | |
1995 | Amaia Arruti | Spain | |
1994 | Gillian Stewart | England | |
1993 | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi | France |
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