Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship

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Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship
Tournament information
LocationWales
Established1976
Organised by Wales Golf
Format Stroke play
Current champion
Nellie Ong

The Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship is the women's national amateur stroke play golf championship of Wales. It was first played in 1976 and is currently organised by Wales Golf.

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upVenue(s)Ref.
2024 Flag of England.svg Nellie Ong 2114 strokes Ulster Banner.svg Jessica Ross Pyle & Kenfig
2023 Flag of Scotland.svg Lorna McClymont 2082 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Jennifer Saxton Prestatyn
2022 Flag of England.svg Alice Barlow 2174 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Chloe Goadby
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Abbie Teasdale
Southerndown [1]
2021 Flag of England.svg Lottie Woad 2133 strokes Flag of England.svg Billie-Jo Smith Newport [2]
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales Royal Porthcawl
2019 Flag of England.svg Lily May Humphreys 2094 strokes Flag of England.svg Isobel Wardle Royal St David's [3]
2018 Flag of Scotland.svg Hannah McCook 212Playoff [lower-alpha 1] Flag of England.svg Sophie Lamb Aberdovey [4]
2017 Flag of England.svg Gemma Clews 2195 strokes Flag of England.svg Lianna Bailey Kirby Muxloe [5]
2016 Ulster Banner.svg Olivia Mehaffey 2205 strokes Ulster Banner.svg Jessica Ross Conwy [6]
2015 Ulster Banner.svg Olivia Mehaffey 2211 stroke Flag of England.svg Olivia Winning Southerndown [7]
2014 Flag of Scotland.svg Eilidh Briggs 2161 stroke Flag of England.svg Annabel Dimmock Prestatyn [8]
2013 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Amy Boulden 2244 strokes Flag of England.svg Alexandra Peters The Vale Resort [9]
2012 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Becky Harries 2202 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Chole Williams Ashburnham [10]
2011 Flag of England.svg Charley Hull 2251 stroke Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Lucy Gould Tenby [11]
2010 Flag of South Korea.svg Julie Yang 216Playoff [lower-alpha 2] Flag of England.svg Nikki Foster Southerndown [12]
2009 Ulster Banner.svg Danielle McVeigh 2231 stroke Flag of England.svg Rachel Jennings Royal Porthcawl [13]
2008 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Rhian Wyn Thomas 2284 strokes Flag of England.svg Hannah Barwood
Flag of Ireland.svg Niamh Kitching
Pyle & Kenfig [14]
2007 Flag of Scotland.svg Heather MacRae 2193 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bronwyn Mullins-Lane Newport [15]
2006 Flag of England.svg Naomi Edwards 2211 stroke Flag of England.svg Felicity Johnson Whitchurch (Cardiff) [16]
2005 Flag of England.svg Henrietta Brockway 218Playoff [lower-alpha 3] Flag of England.svg Kiran Matharu Pyle & Kenfig [17]
2004 Flag of England.svg Danielle Masters 2162 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Anna Highgate Ashburnham [18]
2003 Flag of Scotland.svg Vikki Laing 2132 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Becky Brewerton Southerndown [19]
2002 Flag of Scotland.svg Vikki Laing 2181 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Heather Stirling Northop Country Park [20]
2001 Flag of Scotland.svg Vikki Laing 2293 strokes Flag of England.svg Stephanie Coverley
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Anna Highgate
Flag of England.svg Fame More
Flag of England.svg Alison Waller
Royal Porthcawl [21]
2000 Flag of England.svg Rebecca Prout 2282 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melanie Holmes-Smith Ashburnham [22]
1999 Flag of Scotland.svg Anne Walker 2302 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Eleanor Pilgrim Celtic Manor
1998 Flag of England.svg Georgina Simpson 150 [lower-alpha 4] 2 strokes Flag of England.svg Chloe Court Rolls of Monmouth
1997 Flag of England.svg Kelly Edwards 2165 strokes Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marieke Zelsmann Whitchurch (Cardiff)
1996 Flag of England.svg Emma Duggleby 2231 stroke Flag of England.svg Fiona Brown
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Becky Morgan
Whitchurch (Cardiff)
1995 Flag of England.svg Fiona Brown 221Playoff [lower-alpha 5] Flag of Scotland.svg Alison Rose Newport
1994 Flag of Scotland.svg Alison Rose 2171 stroke Flag of England.svg Emma Fields Newport
1993 Flag of England.svg Julie Hall 221Playoff [lower-alpha 6] Flag of England.svg Nicola Buxton Newport [23]
1992 Flag of Scotland.svg Catriona Lambert 2185 strokes Flag of England.svg Caroline Hall
Flag of England.svg Joanne Morley
Royal Porthcawl
1991 Flag of England.svg Mandy Sutton 2244 strokes Flag of England.svg Joanne Morley Royal Porthcawl
1990 Flag of England.svg Lisa Hackney 2185 strokes Flag of England.svg Helen Dobson Newport
1989 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Vicki Thomas 2208 strokes Flag of England.svg Sarah Bennett
Flag of England.svg Katie Tebbet
Newport [24]
1988 Flag of England.svg Susan Shapcott 2181 stroke Flag of England.svg Katie Tebbet Newport
1987 Flag of England.svg Susan Shapcott 225Playoff [lower-alpha 7] Flag of England.svg Sara Robinson
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Vicki Thomas
Newport
1986 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Helen Wadsworth 2232 strokes Flag of England.svg Katherine Harridge
Flag of England.svg Sue Moorcroft
Aberdovey [25]
1985 Flag of England.svg Carol Swallow 2195 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mandy Rawlings Aberdovey
1984 Flag of England.svg Laura Davies 2302 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Vicki Thomas Aberdovey
1983 Flag of England.svg Jill Thornhill 2391 stroke Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Vicki Thomas Aberdovey
1982 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Vicki Thomas 2245 strokes Flag of England.svg Claire Waite Aberdovey
1981 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Vicki Thomas 2246 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Tegwen Thomas Aberdovey
1980 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Tegwen Thomas 2331 stroke Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Vicki Thomas Aberdovey
1979 Flag of England.svg Sue Crowcroft 2283 strokes Flag of England.svg Beverley New Aberdovey
1978 Flag of England.svg Sue Hedges 208 [lower-alpha 8] 1 stroke Flag of England.svg Sue Westall Aberdovey
1977 Flag of England.svg Julia Greenhalgh 2393 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Tegwen Perkins Aberdovey
1976 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Pamela Light 2275 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Tegwen Perkins Aberdovey
  1. McCook won at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  2. Yang won with a par at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  3. Brockway won at the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  4. Event reduced to 36 holes because of rain.
  5. Brown won at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  6. Hall won at the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  7. Shapcott won at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  8. Event reduced to 49 holes because of fog.

Source: [26]

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