The Women's Irish Open is a professional
golf tournament on the
Ladies European Tour
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal stru ...
(LET), held in the
Republic of Ireland.
The tournament became part of the LET schedule in 1994 and ran for ten editions through 2003. After a four-year hiatus, the tournament was revived again in
2008
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as part of the buildup to the
2011
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Solheim Cup, scheduled for late September at
Killeen Castle in
County Meath. Killeen Castle hosted the Ladies Irish Open in early August, the week following the
Women's British Open. Last played in 2012, the tournament returned in 2022, now held at
Dromoland Castle in
County Clare.
At St. Margaret's in 1995,
Laura Davies recorded a 72-hole total of 267 (−25), 16 strokes clear of runner-up
Ã…sa Gottmo, setting world records for the lowest aggregate score and the biggest margin of victory in women's professional golf.
Multiple winners are
Sophie Gustafson (1998, 2000, 2003, 2010),
Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen (born 7 April 1981) is a retired Norwegian professional golfer. She played mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and was also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking was second and she held that position ...
(2008, 2011) and
Laura Davies (1994, 1995).
Winners
Source:
See also
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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 ...
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Irish Open
References
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External links
Ladies Irish Open- official site
Ladies European Tour- official site
Irish Open
Golf tournaments in the Republic of Ireland
Recurring sporting events established in 1994
1994 establishments in Ireland