The Northern Ireland Ladies Open was a professional
golf tournament on the
Ladies European Tour
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(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
Events
January
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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
€
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200,000. As well as the LET professionals, the field featured 12-year-old local twins
Lisa and
Leona Maguire.
Twelve-year-old twins in NI Open
''bbc.co.uk'', 25 May 2007.
Winners
Source:
See also
* Ladies Irish Open
* Northern Ireland Open
References
External links
Ladies European Tour
{{Former LPGA Tour Events
Northern Ireland Ladies Open
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 tourn ...
Former LPGA Tour events
Golf tournaments in Northern Ireland
Women's sport in Northern Ireland