WPGA Championship of Europe

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WPGA Championship of Europe
Tournament information
LocationFrance (1979)
Scotland (1996–1999)
Wales (2001–2010)
Established1979
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
Format72-hole Stroke play
Final year2010
Tournament record score
Aggregate274 Linda Wessberg, Kirsty Taylor
To par−16 Helen Alfredsson
Final champion
South Africa Lee-Anne Pace

The WPGA Championship of Europe was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour. 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

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 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 282 (−6) 3 strokes Christel Boeljon File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Melissa Reid File:Flag of England.svg England
2009 Royal St. David's Karen Stupples File:Flag of England.svg England 276 (−12) 1 stroke Amy Yang File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
2008 Machynys Peninsula Lotta Wahlin File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 209 (−7) Playoff Martina Eberl File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2007 Machynys Peninsula Joanne Mills File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 282 (−6) 1 stroke Bettina Hauert File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Georgina Simpson File:Flag of England.svg England
Wales Ladies Championship of Europe
2006 Machynys Peninsula Linda Wessberg File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 274 (−14) 1 stroke Laura Davies File:Flag of England.svg England
2005 Machynys Peninsula Kirsty Taylor File:Flag of England.svg England 274 (−14) 3 strokes Laura Davies File:Flag of England.svg England
Trish Johnson File:Flag of England.svg England
Wales "Golf as it should be" Ladies Open
2004 Royal Porthcawl Trish Johnson File:Flag of England.svg England 277 (−15) 3 strokes Iben Tinning File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Laura Davies File:Flag of England.svg England
The Wales WPGA Championship of Europe
2003 Royal Porthcawl Shani Waugh File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 286 (−6) 2 strokes Becky Brewerton File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales
2002 Royal Porthcawl Åsa Gottmo File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 285 (−7) 2 strokes Maria Hjorth File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
WPGA Championship of Europe
2001 Royal Porthcawl Helen Alfredsson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 276 (−16) 4 strokes Suzann Pettersen File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
2000: No tournament
McDonald's WPGA Championship
1999 Gleneagles (King's) Laura Davies File:Flag of England.svg England 280 (−8) Playoff Maria Hjorth File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
1998 Gleneagles (King's) Catriona Matthew File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 276 (−12) 5 strokes Helen Alfredsson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Laura Davies File:Flag of England.svg England
McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe
1997 Gleneagles (King's) Helen Alfredsson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 276 (−12) 4 strokes Charlotta Sorenstam File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Kathryn Marshall File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
1996 Gleneagles (King's) Tina Fischer File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 278 (−10) 1 stroke Helen Wadsworth File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales
Charlotta Sorenstam File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Trish Johnson File:Flag of England.svg England
Loraine Lambert File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
WPGA European Championship
1980–1995: No tournament
1979 Valbonne (France) Susan Moon File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 292 (+4) 2 strokes Irene Koehler File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany

References

  1. "Weekend results | Golf". The Guardian. 1 October 1979. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Women's tour welcomes new events". The Independent. 7 December 1995. Retrieved 10 March 2010.

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