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The Wales Ladies Championship of Europe is a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that is held in Wales.
The tournament was first played in 1996 at Gleneagles in Scotland. It was titled as the McDonald's WPGA Championship and was the first event on the tour to be played solely for charity.[1] Following the withdrawal of McDonald's as sponsors after just three years, there was a one year break before the tournament returned to the tour in 2001 with a new home in Wales.
Winners
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 Asa 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 of Europe 1999 Gleneagles Laura Davies England
280 (−8) Playoff Maria Hjorth Sweden
1998 Gleneagles Catriona Matthew Scotland
276 (−12) 5 strokes Helen Alfredsson Sweden
Laura Davies England
1997 Gleneagles Helen Alfredsson Sweden
276 (−12) 4 strokes Charlotta Sorenstam Sweden
Kathryn Marshall Scotland
1996 Gleneagles Tina Fischer Germany
278 (−10) 1 stroke Helen Wadsworth Wales
Charlotta Sorenstam Sweden
Trish Johnson England
Loraine Lambert Australia
References
- ^ "Women's tour welcomes new events". The Independent. 7 December 1995. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf-womens-tour-welcomes-new-events-1524536.html. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
External links
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