Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship was founded in 1969 by the

Ladies' Golf Union The Ladies' Golf Union (LGU) was the governing body for women's and girls' amateur golf in Great Britain and Ireland. It was founded in 1893 and was based in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland until merging with The R&A at the start of 2017. Issette ...

(now merged into

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) of

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. A

stroke play Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. In stroke play, the winner is the player who has taken the fewest strokes over the ...

tournament over 72 holes, it was discontinued by the R&A after the 2017 tournament won by Linn Grant in favour of a new Girls U16 Amateur Championship. Notably, in 2000

Rebecca Hudson Rebecca Emma Gisela Hudson (born 13 June 1979 in Doncaster, England) is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. Amateur career Hudson had a very successful junior and amateur career. She was Yorkshire Girls Champio ...

won the

Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship The Women's Amateur Championship, previously known as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, was founded in 1893 by the Ladies' Golf Union. It is organised by The R&A, which merged with the Ladies' Golf Union in 2017. Until the dawn of th ...

match play title as well as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship.

Leona Maguire Leona Maguire (born 30 November 1994) is an Irish professional golfer. She was ranked 1st in the world on the women's World Amateur Golf Ranking from May 2015 until May 2016 and then from August 2016 until February 2018. Maguire's 135 weeks a ...

, at age 16, was the youngest player to win the event.

Winners

References

External links

Ladies Golf Union 2016 Yearbook
- Past Winners 1996–2015 {{The R&A Amateur Championships R&A championships Amateur golf tournaments in the United Kingdom Women's golf in the United Kingdom 1969 establishments in England 2017 disestablishments in England Recurring sporting events established in 1969 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2017

Winners

See also

References

External links