WPGA International Challenge

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WPGA International Challenge
Tournament information
Location Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England
Established 2013
Course(s)Stoke by Nayland Hotel Golf & Spa
Par72
Tour(s) LET Access Series
Format54-hole Stroke play
Prize fund €35,000
Final year 2019
Tournament record score
Aggregate205 Manon De Roey, Eva Gilly, Lydia Hall
To par–11 as above
Final champion
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Manon De Roey

The WPGA International Challenge was a women's professional golf tournament on the LET Access Series, held between 2013 and 2019 in Suffolk, England.

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The event succeed the Challenge Tour's English Challenge, held at Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa in Stoke-by-Nayland 2010–2012. The 54-hole tournament, which was the only event on the LETAS schedule to be played in the United Kingdom during its run, featured an international field of 120 players. [1]

Alice Hewson made her first appearance as a professional at the 2019 event, but lost by one stroke to Manon De Roey, who became the only player to defend her title after Lydia Hall narrowly lost out in 2018. [2]

Winners

YearWinnerCountryScoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef
2019 Manon De Roey Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium −6 (69-69-72=210)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Alice Hewson
Flag of Sweden.svg My Leander
Flag of Italy.svg Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso 		[3]
2018 Manon De Roey Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium −11 (68-67-70=205)Playoff Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Lydia Hall [4]
2017 Lydia Hall Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales −9 (65-72-70=207)Playoff Flag of France.svg Inès Lescudier [5]
2016 Eva Gilly Flag of France.svg  France −11 (73-64-68=205)3 strokes Flag of Austria.svg Sarah Schober [6]
2015 Natalia Escuriola (a)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain −8 (68-67-73=208)2 strokes Flag of Norway.svg Rachel Raastad [7]
2014 Daisy Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark −7 (70-69-70=209)Playoff Flag of France.svg Melodie Bourdy [8]
2013 Hannah Ralph Flag of England.svg  England −7 (68-70-71=209)3 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Amy Boulden
Flag of Russia.svg Galina Rotmistrova 		[9]

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References

  1. ↑ "WPGA International Challenge added to LETAS schedule". LET Access Series. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Alice Hewson Turns Professional at WPGA International Challenge". LET Access Series. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Results 2019 WPGA International Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Results 2018 WPGA International Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Results 2017 WPGA International Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Results 2016 WPGA International Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Results 2015 WPGA International Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Results 2014 WPGA International Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Results 2013 WPGA International Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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