Tournament information | |
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Location | Spain |
Course(s) | Sotogrande |
Organised by | Royal Spanish Golf Federation |
Format | Match play |
Month played | March |
Current champion | |
Nora Sundberg |
The Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship (Copa S.M. la Reina) is an annual amateur golf tournament in Spain for women. [1]
It is an "A" rated tournament in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and a qualifying event for the European teams in the Junior Ryder Cup [2] and Junior Solheim Cup. [3]
The tournament begins with 36 holes of stroke play, were the best placed players qualify for a following match play competition. In 2020, the 32 best players qualified for the match-play. [4]
Every year the tournament has taken place, the Spanish International Amateur Championship for men has also been played, until 1985 on the same course as the ladies' tournament.
Year | Venue | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Ref |
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2023 | La Reserva, Sotogrande | Nora Sundberg | 2 & 1 | Savannah de Bock | [5] |
2022 | RCG Pineda | Cayetana Fernández García-Poggio | 1 up | Charlotte Back | |
2021 | Real Club de Golf de Sevilla | Carla Bernat Escuder | 2 & 1 | Julia Lopez Ramirez | |
2020 | RCG Tenerife | Lilas Pinther | 22 holes | Cayetana Fernández García-Poggio | [6] |
2019 | El Zaudin, Sevilla | Candice Mahé | 21 holes | Alessia Nobilio | [7] |
2018 | Montecastillo Barceló, Cádiz | Frida Kinhult | 1 up | Natalia Aseguinolaza Martin | [8] |
2017 | Sherry Golf, Jerez | Frida Kinhult | 19 holes | Alessia Nobilio | [9] |
2016 | Club de Golf Escorpion | Marta Perez Sanmartin | 1 up | Chloé Salort | [10] |
2015 | Pineda de Sevilla | Olivia Cowan | 2 & 1 | Linnea Ström | [11] |
2014 | El Saler | Linnea Ström | 2 & 1 | Annabel Dimmock | [12] |
2013 | Pula Golf | Emily Kristine Pedersen | 3 & 2 | Linnea Ström | [13] |
2012 | El Valle | Karolin Lampert | 4 & 3 | Ileen Domela Nieuwenhuis | [14] |
2011 | Sherry Golf Jerez | Lisa Maguire | 1 up | Émilie Alonso | [15] |
2010 | Platja de Pals | Nerea Salaverría | 1 up | Emma Nilsson | [16] |
2009 | Las Palmas | Lucie André | 5 & 4 | Rosanna Crepiat | |
2008 | La Reserva | Caroline Masson | 2 & 1 | Adriana Zwanck | |
2007 | Sherry Golf | Katharina Schallenberg | 3 & 2 | Nicole Roessler | |
2006 | Isla Canela | Carlota Ciganda | 19 holes | Caroline Hedwall | |
2005 | Costa Ballena | Carlota Ciganda | 1 up | Azahara Muñoz | |
2004 | El Bosque | Beatriz Recari | 4/3 | Carlota Ciganda | |
2003 | El Saler | Adriana Zwanck | 20 holes | Denise Simon | |
2002 | Montecastillo | Martina Eberl | 3 & 2 | Rebecca Hudson | |
2001 | Sevilla | Niloufar Azam | 1 stroke | Rebecca Hudson | |
2000 | Pals | Rebecca Hudson | 3 & 1 | Tania Elósegui | |
1999 | Pineda | Stéphanie Arricau | 2 up | Rebecca Hudson | |
1998 | El Bosque | Fiona Brown | 5 & 3 | Martina Eberl | |
1997 | Zaudín | Karine Icher | 3 & 2 | Maitena Alsuguren | |
1996 | Villamartín | Julie Hall | 5 & 3 | Maria Hjorth | |
1995 | Las Brisas | Maria Hjorth | 6 & 5 | Ana Belén Sánchez | |
1994 | Empordá | Anna-Carin Jonasson | 20 holes | Stephanie Dallongeville | |
1993 | San Roque | Catriona Lambert | 1 stroke | Janice Moodie | |
1992 | El Saler | Julie Hall | 5 & 3 | Silvia Cavalleri | |
1991 | Sotogrande | Caterina Quintarelli | 4 & 3 | Laura Navarro | |
1990 | El Bosque | Delphine Bourson | 4 & 3 | Amaya Arruti | |
1989 | Los Naranjos | Isabella Calogero | 21 holes | Macarena Campomanes | |
1988 | Pals | Mary Carmen Navarro | 3 & 2 | Valérie Michaud | |
1987 | Las Brisas | Claire Hourihane | 3 & 2 | Xonia Wunsch-Ruiz | |
1986 | Aloha | Regine Lautens | 7 & 5 | Martina Koch | |
1985 | Las Brisas | Karine Espinasse | 11 & 9 | Marina Buscaini | |
1984 | El Prat | Mary Carmen Navarro | 1 up | Gillian Stewart | |
1983 | Sotogrande | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi | 1 up | Claire Waite | |
1982 | Santa Ponsa | Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue | 6 & 5 | Vicki Thomas | |
1981 | Torrequebrada | Cristina Marsans | 2 up | Condesa de Albox | |
1980 | El Saler | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi | 6 & 5 | Martine Crochet | |
1979 | Sotogrande | Cristina Marsans | 2 up | Condesa de Albox | |
1978 | El Prat | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi | 4 & 2 | U. Cocquet | |
1977 | Sotogrande | Cristina Marsans | 1 up | Anne-Marie Palli | |
1976 | Aloha | Catherine Lacoste | 3 & 2 | Odile Garaïalde | |
1975 | Las Brisas | Nathalie Jeanson | 4 & 3 | Martine Giraud | |
1974 | Atalaya | Anne-Marie Palli | 4 & 3 | Carmen Maestre | |
1973 | Sotogrande | Michele Walker | 3 & 2 | Cristina Marsans | |
1972 | Málaga | Catherine Lacoste | 9 & 8 | Odile Garaïalde | |
1971 | Pedreña | Vicky Pertierra | 3 & 2 | Condesa de Albox | |
1970 | Pals | Elena Corominas | 2 & 1 | P.S. de Rottier | |
1969 | Club de Campo | Catherine Lacoste | 10 & 9 | Marquesa de Villa Alegre | |
1968 | Río Real | A. Higgotte | 6 & 5 | Sra. de Tullis | |
1967 | Neguri | Marta Balet | 4 & 3 | Sra. de Aspiazu | |
1966 | El Prat | Marta Balet | 2 & 1 | María Elena Corachán de Gibernau | |
1965 | Puerta de Hierro | Cristina Marsans | 3 & 2 | Isabel Gómez Acebo | |
1964 | Club de Campo | Sra. de Lepori | Emma Villacieros de García-Ogara | ||
1963 | El Prat | Ana María Marfull | 4 & 3 | Mercedes Etchart de Ártiach | |
1962 | Puerta de Hierro | Mercedes Etchart de Ártiach | 5 & 4 | Ana María Marfull | [17] |
1961 | Club de Campo | Louise Van den Berghe | Ana María Marfull | ||
1960 | El Prat | Martine Gajan | Duquesa del Arco | ||
1959 | Puerta de Hierro | Sandra Clifford Fullmer | Rosa Culto de Serra | ||
1958 | Club de Campo | Sofía Pérez de Tordesillas | 1 up | Valvanuz Pérez de Tordesillas | [18] |
1957 | El Prat | María Elena Corachán de Gibernau | Mme. Moerman | ||
1956 | Puerta de Hierro | Rosanna Bérgamo | 11 & 9 | Condesa de Puerto Hermoso | [19] |
1955 | No tournament | ||||
1954 | Puerta de Hierro | Elvira Larrazábal | 2 up | Vanda Rosa | [20] |
1953 | Puerta de Hierro | Elvira Larrazábal | Mercedes Etchart de Ártiach | ||
1952 | Puerta de Hierro | Isa Goldschmid-Bevione | Nuria Soler de Fdez. Villaverde | ||
1951 | Puerta de Hierro | Lally Vagliano Segard | Nuria Soler de Fdez. Villaverde | ||
1950 | Puerta de Hierro | Marquesa de Movellán | Marquesa de Sobroso | ||
1949 | No tournament | ||||
1948 | Puerta de Hierro | Marquesa de Sobroso | María Tordesillas | ||
1947 | Pedreña | Marquesa de Sobroso | Nuria Soler de Fdez. Villaverde | ||
1946 | Puerta de Hierro | Marquesa de Sobroso | María Tordesillas | ||
1945 | San Cugat | Dona Concha Rouet | |||
1944 | Puerta de Hierro | Ana Maria Perogordo Penaske de Ugarte | Rosario Churruca | ||
1943 | Pedreña | Ana Maria Perogordo Penaske de Ugarte | Marquesa de Sabroso | ||
1942 | Puerta de Hierro | Ana Maria Perogordo Penaske de Ugarte | Amalia López Dóriga | ||
1941 | Pedreña | Ana Maria Perogordo Penaske de Ugarte | Amalia López Dóriga | ||
1936–40 | No tournament | ||||
1935 | Puerta de Hierro | Sra. de Gandarias | |||
1934 | Puerta de Hierro | Sra. de Gandarias | |||
1933 | Puerta de Hierro | Sra. de Gandarias | |||
1932 | Puerta de Hierro | Sra. de Gandarias | |||
1931 | Puerta de Hierro | Duquesa de Lecera | |||
1930 | Puerta de Hierro | Teresa Arteche | |||
1929 | Puerta de Hierro | Pilar Lezama Leguizamón | |||
1928 | Puerta de Hierro | Amalia López Dóriga | |||
1927 | Puerta de Hierro | Amalia López Dóriga | |||
1926 | Puerta de Hierro | Eielen Cowirick | |||
1925 | Puerta de Hierro | Eileen Cowirick | |||
1924 | Puerta de Hierro | Mme. De Zia Bey | |||
1923 | Puerta de Hierro | Amalia López Dóriga | |||
1922 | Puerta de Hierro | Condesa de Torre Hermosa | |||
1921 | Puerta de Hierro | Condesa de Torre Hermosa | |||
1920 | Puerta de Hierro | Marquesa de Villaviciosa | |||
1919 | Puerta de Hierro | Mrs. Buring | |||
1918 | Puerta de Hierro | Mrs. Buring | |||
1917 | Puerta de Hierro | Marquesa de Villaviciosa | |||
1916 | Puerta de Hierro | Marquesa de Almohacid | |||
1915 | Puerta de Hierro | Mme. De Viegue | |||
1914 | No tournament | ||||
1913 | Madrid Polo Golf | Elena de Potestad | |||
1912 | Madrid Polo Golf | Elena de Potestad | |||
1911 | Madrid Polo Golf | Elena de Potestad |
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