Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship

Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship was founded in 1969 by the Ladies' Golf Union (now merged into The R&A) of Great Britain.

Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
Tournament information
LocationUnited Kingdom
Established1969
Organised byThe R&A
FormatStroke play
Month playedSeptember
Final year2017
Final champion
Linn Grant

A stroke play tournament over 72 holes, it was discontinued by the R&A after the 2017 tournament won by Linn Grant[1] in favour of a new Girls U16 Amateur Championship.[2]

Notably, in 2000 Rebecca Hudson won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship match play title as well as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship.[3] Leona Maguire, at age 16, was the youngest player to win the event.

Winners
YearWinnerScoreMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upVenueRef.
2017 Linn Grant2883 strokes Hannah Screen
Annabel Wilson		North Berwick Golf Club[4]
2016 Sophie Lamb2912 strokes Chloe WilliamsKnock Golf Club[5]
2015 Aditi Ashok2855 strokes Olivia MehaffeyMoortown Golf Club[6]
2014 Meghan MacLaren2921 stroke Sarah-Jane BoydAshburnham Golf Club[7]
2013 Jing Yan2822 strokes Gemma DryburghPrestwick Golf Club[8]
2012 Sarah-Jane Boyd2942 strokes Amy BouldenShandon Park Golf Club[9]
2011 Leona Maguire2886 strokes Laurence HermanRoyal Ashdown Forest Golf Club[10]
2010 Pamela Pretswell2183 strokes Amy BouldenTenby Golf Club[11]
2009 Danielle McVeigh3041 stroke Hannah TurlandRoyal Aberdeen Golf Club[12]
2008 Roseanne Niven288Playoff Kylie WalkerMalone Golf Club[13]
2007 Melissa Reid2901 stroke Florentyna ParkerConwy Golf Club[14]
2006 Anna Rossi2901 stroke Rachel BellPrince's Golf Club[15]
2005 Heather MacRae288Playoff Nicole GergelyNairn Golf Club[16]
2004 Clare Queen294Playoff Stephanie Evans
Shelley McKevit		Alwoodley Golf Club[17]
2003 Shelley McKevitt3061 stroke Lynn KennyRoyal Portrush Golf Club[18]
2002 Becky Brewerton2913 strokes Clare QueenHunstanton Golf Club[19]
2001 Rebecca Hudson3002 strokes Alison CoffeyKilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club[20]
2000 Rebecca Hudson2945 strokes Heather StirlingRoyal County Down Golf Club[21]
1999 Becky Brewerton294Playoff Niloufar AzamHuddersfield Golf Club[22]
1998 Nienke Nijenhuis2971 stroke Becky MorganStirling Golf Club[23]
1997 Karen Margrethe Juul2933 strokes Elaine RatcliffeSilloth on Solway Golf Club[24]
1996 Christina Kuld2894 strokes Elaine RatcliffeConwy Golf Club[25]
1995 Maria José Pons2893 strokes Elaine RatcliffePrince's Golf Club[26]
1994 Kirsty Speak2972 strokes Eileen Rose PowerWoodhall Spa Golf Club
1993 Julie Hall2906 strokes Lynnette BrookyGullane Golf Club[27]
1992 Joanne Hockley2873 strokes Rachel BolasFrilford Heath Golf Club
1991 Joanne Morley2972 strokes Janice MoodieLong Ashton Golf Club[28]
1990 Vicki Thomas2871 stroke Claire HourihaneStrathaven Golf Club
1989 Helen Dobson2982 strokes Nadene HallSoutherness Golf Club[29]
1988 Karen Mitchell3172 strokes Mary McKenna
Julie Wade		Royal Porthcawl Golf Club[30]
1987 Linda Bayman2972 strokes Jill Thornhill
Nicola Way		Ipswich Golf Club[31]
1986 Claire Hourihane298Playoff Trish JohnsonBlairgowrie Golf Club[32]
1985 Belle Robertson3054 strokes Cindy ScholefieldFormby Golf Club[33]
1984 Claire Waite2852 strokes Mary McKennaConwy Golf Club[34]
1983 Alison Nicholas2922 strokes Jane ConnachanMoortown Golf Club[35]
1982 Jane Connachan2945 strokes Barbara Bunkowsky
Claire Waite		Downfield Golf Club[36]
1981 Janet Soulsby3002 strokes Jane ConnachanRoyal Norwich Golf Club[37]
1980 Maureen Madill304Playoff Pamela WrightBrancepeth Castle Golf Club[38]
1979 Mary McKenna3052 strokes Vicki RawlingsMoseley Golf Club[39]
1976–1978: Contested as Women's British Open
1975 Julia Greenhalgh2983 strokes Suzanne CaddenNorthumberland Golf Club[40]
1974 Julia Greenhalgh3023 strokes Tegwen PerkinsSeaton Carew Golf Club[41]
1973 Anne Stant2983 strokes Mary EverardIpswich Golf Club[42]
1972 Belle Robertson2961 stroke Michelle WalkerSilloth on Solway Golf Club[43]
1971 Belle Robertson3023 strokes Mary EverardAyr Belleisle Golf Club[44]
1970 Mary Everard3132 strokes Frances SmithRoyal Birkdale Golf Club[45]
1969 Ann Irvin2959 strokes Dinah OxleyNorthumberland Golf Club[46]

See also

References
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