Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship

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.

Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship
Tournament information
LocationWales
Established1976
Organised byWales Golf
FormatStroke play
Current champion
Lorna McClymont

Winners
YearWinnerScoreMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upVenue(s)Ref.
2023 Lorna McClymont2082 strokes Jennifer SaxtonPrestatyn
2022 Alice Barlow2174 strokes Chloe Goadby
Abbie Teasdale		Southerndown[1]
2021 Lottie Woad2133 strokes Billie-Jo SmithNewport[2]
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in WalesRoyal Porthcawl
2019 Lily May Humphreys2094 strokes Isobel WardleRoyal St David's[3]
2018 Hannah McCook212Playoff[lower-alpha 1] Sophie LambAberdovey[4]
2017 Gemma Clews2195 strokes Lianna BaileyKirby Muxloe[5]
2016 Olivia Mehaffey2205 strokes Jessica RossConwy[6]
2015 Olivia Mehaffey2211 stroke Olivia WinningSoutherndown[7]
2014 Eilidh Briggs2161 stroke Annabel DimmockPrestatyn[8]
2013 Amy Boulden2244 strokes Alexandra PetersThe Vale Resort[9]
2012 Becky Harries2202 strokes Chole WilliamsAshburnham[10]
2011 Charley Hull2251 stroke Lucy GouldTenby[11]
2010 Julie Yang216Playoff[lower-alpha 2] Nikki FosterSoutherndown[12]
2009 Danielle McVeigh2231 stroke Rachel JenningsRoyal Porthcawl[13]
2008 Rhian Wyn Thomas2284 strokes Hannah Barwood
Niamh Kitching		Pyle & Kenfig[14]
2007 Heather MacRae2193 strokes Bronwyn Mullins-LaneNewport[15]
2006 Naomi Edwards2211 stroke Felicity JohnsonWhitchurch (Cardiff)[16]
2005 Henrietta Brockway218Playoff[lower-alpha 3] Kiran MatharuPyle & Kenfig[17]
2004 Danielle Masters2162 strokes Anna HighgateAshburnham[18]
2003 Vikki Laing2132 strokes Becky BrewertonSoutherndown[19]
2002 Vikki Laing2181 stroke Heather StirlingNorthop Country Park[20]
2001 Vikki Laing2293 strokes Stephanie Coverley
Anna Highgate
Fame More
Alison Waller		Royal Porthcawl[21]
2000 Rebecca Prout2282 strokes Melanie Holmes-SmithAshburnham[22]
1999 Anne Walker2302 strokes Eleanor PilgrimCeltic Manor
1998 Georgina Simpson150[lower-alpha 4]2 strokes Chloe CourtRolls of Monmouth
1997 Kelly Edwards2165 strokes Marieke ZelsmannWhitchurch (Cardiff)
1996 Emma Duggleby2231 stroke Fiona Brown
Becky Morgan		Whitchurch (Cardiff)
1995 Fiona Brown221Playoff[lower-alpha 5] Alison RoseNewport
1994 Alison Rose2171 stroke Emma FieldsNewport
1993 Julie Hall221Playoff[lower-alpha 6] Nicola BuxtonNewport[23]
1992 Catriona Lambert2185 strokes Caroline Hall
Joanne Morley		Royal Porthcawl
1991 Mandy Sutton2244 strokes Joanne MorleyRoyal Porthcawl
1990 Lisa Hackney2185 strokes Helen DobsonNewport
1989 Vicki Thomas2208 strokes Sarah Bennett
Katie Tebbet		Newport[24]
1988 Susan Shapcott2181 stroke Katie TebbetNewport
1987 Susan Shapcott225Playoff[lower-alpha 7] Sara Robinson
Vicki Thomas		Newport
1986 Helen Wadsworth2232 strokes Katherine Harridge
Sue Moorcroft		Aberdovey[25]
1985 Carol Swallow2195 strokes Mandy RawlingsAberdovey
1984 Laura Davies2302 strokes Vicki ThomasAberdovey
1983 Jill Thornhill2391 stroke Vicki ThomasAberdovey
1982 Vicki Thomas2245 strokes Claire WaiteAberdovey
1981 Vicki Thomas2246 strokes Tegwen ThomasAberdovey
1980 Tegwen Thomas2331 stroke Vicki ThomasAberdovey
1979 Sue Crowcroft2283 strokes Beverley NewAberdovey
1978 Sue Hedges208[lower-alpha 8]1 stroke Sue WestallAberdovey
1977 Julia Greenhalgh2393 strokes Tegwen PerkinsAberdovey
1976 Pamela Light2275 strokes Tegwen PerkinsAberdovey
  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]

References
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  15. "Heather follows in Welsh footsteps of Catriona, Anne and Vikki". Kirkwood Golf. 6 May 2007.
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  20. "North Wales Golf: Brewerton's third place". Daily Post (Liverpool). 2 July 2002 – via thefreelibrary.com.
  21. "Scholarship pays off as Laing takes title". The Herald (Scotland). 2 July 2001.
  22. "Scots duo fall away". The Herald (Scotland). 19 June 2000.
  23. "Welsh women's strokeplay ch'ship". The Daily Telegraph. 28 June 1993. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. "Curtis Cup star Vicki Thomas". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1989. p. 22.
  25. "Leading final aggregates". The Glasgow Herald. 30 June 1986. p. 10.
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