Northern Ireland Ladies Open
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Northern Ireland |
| Established | 1979 |
| Course(s) | Templepatrick Golf & Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour(s) | Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour (1984) |
| Format | 54-hole or 72-hole Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €200,000 |
| Final year | 2007 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 275 Sophie Gustafson (2003) |
| To par | −13 as above |
| Final champion | |
| England Lisa Hall | |
The Northern Ireland Ladies Open was a professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour (LET) held in Northern Ireland. A Northern Ireland tournament was a fixture on the LET schedule since the tour's inception in 1979. In 1984 the tournament featured on the LPGA Tour along with the Women's British Open. The latest installment, in 2007, took place at Templepatrick Golf and Country Club near Belfast, with a prize fund of €200,000. As well as the LET professionals, the field featured 12-year-old local twins Lisa and Leona Maguire.[1]
Winners
| Year | Tour(s) | Venue | County | Winner | Score | To Par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland Ladies Open | |||||||||
| 2007 | LET | Templepatrick | Antrim | England Lisa Hall | 214 | –2 | Playoff | France Gwladys Nocera | [2] |
| 2004–2006: No tournament | |||||||||
| BT Ladies Open in association with Northern Ireland Events Co. | |||||||||
| 2003 | LET | Warrenpoint | Down | Sweden Sophie Gustafson | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | England Alison Nicholas | [3] |
| 1987–2002: No tournament | |||||||||
| British Midland Ladies' Irish Open | |||||||||
| 1986 | LET | City of Derry | Londonderry | Scotland Muriel Thomson | 290 | +2 | 6 strokes | Sweden Liselotte Neumann | |
| 1985: No tournament | |||||||||
| Smirnoff Ladies Irish Open | |||||||||
| 1984 | LET · LPGA | Clandeboye | Down | United States Kathy Whitworth | 285 | −3 | 2 strokes | United States Pat Bradley United States Becky Pearson |
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| 1983 | LET | Portstewart | Londonderry | Scotland Cathy Panton | 224 | +2 | Playoff | England Beverly Lewis Scotland Muriel Thomson United States Susan Moon |
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| Smirnoff Ulster Open | |||||||||
| 1982 | LET | Portstewart | Londonderry | United States Linda Bowman | 225 | +3 | Playoff | England Jenny Lee Smith | |
| 1981 | LET | Royal Portrush | Antrim | United States Sarah Leveque | 228 | E | Playoff | England Christine Langford | |
| Viscount Double Glazing Championship | |||||||||
| 1980 | LET | Royal Portrush | Antrim | Scotland Muriel Thomson | 236 | +8 | 4 strokes | Scotland Dale Reid England Jenny Lee Smith |
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| State Express Tournament | |||||||||
| 1979 | LET | Royal Portrush | Antrim | Scotland Cathy Panton | 166 | +14 | Playoff | England Amanda Middleton | |
Source:[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Twelve-year-old twins in NI Open, bbc.co.uk, 25 May 2007.
- ↑ "Northern Ireland Ladies Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ↑ "BT Ladies Open in association with Northern Ireland Events Co". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ↑ "2011 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 23 September 2020.