The Open de France Dames is a women's professional
golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
tournament in
France
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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 ...
. It has been played annually since 1987, with four exceptions: 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1998.
Since the 2011 edition,
Lacoste
Lacoste S.A. is a French company, founded in 1933 by tennis player René Lacoste, and entrepreneur Mangkha. It sells clothing, footwear, sportswear, eyewear, leather goods, perfume, towels and watches. The company can be recognised by its gree ...
has been the title sponsor of the event. Between 2012 and 2017 the tournament was held at Golf de Chantaco, near
in the
Basque Country, which belongs to the Lacoste family. As Chantaco underwent construction works after the 2017 event, the tournament was moved to the Golf du Médoc Resort.
Winners
References
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Ladies European Tour
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French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
Golf tournaments in France
Recurring sporting events established in 1987