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WPGA Championship of Europe
The WPGA Championship of Europe was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | France (1979) Scotland (1996–1999) Wales (2001–2010) |
| Established | 1979 |
| Tour(s) | Ladies European Tour |
| Format | 72-hole Stroke play |
| Final year | 2010 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 274 Linda Wessberg, Kirsty Taylor |
| To par | −16 Helen Alfredsson |
| Final champion | |
| Lee-Anne Pace | |
The tournament was first played in 1979 in France, the first WPGA event held outside the United Kingdom.[1] It was revived 1996 at Gleneagles in Scotland, titled the McDonald's WPGA Championship, and was the first event on the tour to be played solely for charity.[2] Following the withdrawal of McDonald's as sponsors after just four years, there was a one-year break before the tournament returned to the tour in 2001 with a new home in Wales. It was last played in 2010.
Winners edit
| Year | Venue | Winner | Country | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S4/C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe | |||||||
| 2010 | Conwy Golf Club | Lee-Anne Pace | South Africa | 282 (−6) | 3 strokes | Christel Boeljon | Netherlands |
| Melissa Reid | England | ||||||
| 2009 | Royal St. David's | Karen Stupples | England | 276 (−12) | 1 stroke | Amy Yang | South Korea |
| 2008 | Machynys Peninsula | Lotta Wahlin | Sweden | 209 (−7) | Playoff | Martina Eberl | Germany |
| 2007 | Machynys Peninsula | Joanne Mills | Australia | 282 (−6) | 1 stroke | Bettina Hauert | Germany |
| Georgina Simpson | England | ||||||
| Wales Ladies Championship of Europe | |||||||
| 2006 | Machynys Peninsula | Linda Wessberg | Sweden | 274 (−14) | 1 stroke | Laura Davies | England |
| 2005 | Machynys Peninsula | Kirsty Taylor | England | 274 (−14) | 3 strokes | Laura Davies | England |
| Trish Johnson | England | ||||||
| Wales "Golf as it should be" Ladies Open | |||||||
| 2004 | Royal Porthcawl | Trish Johnson | England | 277 (−15) | 3 strokes | Iben Tinning | Denmark |
| Laura Davies | England | ||||||
| The Wales WPGA Championship of Europe | |||||||
| 2003 | Royal Porthcawl | Shani Waugh | Australia | 286 (−6) | 2 strokes | Becky Brewerton | Wales |
| 2002 | Royal Porthcawl | Åsa Gottmo | Sweden | 285 (−7) | 2 strokes | Maria Hjorth | Sweden |
| WPGA Championship of Europe | |||||||
| 2001 | Royal Porthcawl | Helen Alfredsson | Sweden | 276 (−16) | 4 strokes | Suzann Pettersen | Norway |
| 2000: No tournament | |||||||
| McDonald's WPGA Championship | |||||||
| 1999 | Gleneagles (King's) | Laura Davies | England | 280 (−8) | Playoff | Maria Hjorth | Sweden |
| 1998 | Gleneagles (King's) | Catriona Matthew | Scotland | 276 (−12) | 5 strokes | Helen Alfredsson | Sweden |
| Laura Davies | England | ||||||
| McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe | |||||||
| 1997 | Gleneagles (King's) | Helen Alfredsson | Sweden | 276 (−12) | 4 strokes | Charlotta Sorenstam | Sweden |
| Kathryn Marshall | Scotland | ||||||
| 1996 | Gleneagles (King's) | Tina Fischer | Germany | 278 (−10) | 1 stroke | Helen Wadsworth | Wales |
| Charlotta Sorenstam | Sweden | ||||||
| Trish Johnson | England | ||||||
| Loraine Lambert | Australia | ||||||
| WPGA European Championship | |||||||
| 1980–1995: No tournament | |||||||
| 1979 | Valbonne (France) | Susan Moon | United States | 292 (+4) | 2 strokes | Irene Koehler | West Germany |
References edit
- ^ "Weekend results | Golf". The Guardian. 1 October 1979. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Women's tour welcomes new events". The Independent. 7 December 1995. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
External links edit
- Official Ladies European Tour Website