The Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship is the national women's amateur
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 ...
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
championship in
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
(although entry is open to overseas golfers). It has been played annually at
Royal Troon
Royal Troon Golf Club is a links golf course in Scotland, located in Troon, South Ayrshire, southwest of Glasgow.
Founding and early years
The club, which now has a total of 45 holes, was founded in 1878, initially with five holes. It lies adj ...
since 1973 and is organised by the
Scottish Golf.
The format is 54-hole stroke play contested over three days. It is played at
Royal Troon
Royal Troon Golf Club is a links golf course in Scotland, located in Troon, South Ayrshire, southwest of Glasgow.
Founding and early years
The club, which now has a total of 45 holes, was founded in 1878, initially with five holes. It lies adj ...
with the first two rounds played on the Portland course and the final round on the Old course.
Originally it was played over two days, with 36 holes on the first day.
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The tournament is named after ]Helen Holm
Helen Warren Holm (née Gray) (14 March 1907 – 14 December 1971) was a Scottish amateur golfer. She was Scottish champion five times and she won the British Ladies Amateur twice. The Helen Holm Trophy is named in her memory.
Life
Holm was born ...
, a Scottish amateur golfer who was Scottish champion five times.
Winners
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See also
* Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship – the equivalent championship for men
References
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External links
Scottish Golf Union
List of winners
Golf tournaments in Scotland
Amateur golf tournaments in the United Kingdom
Women's golf in the United Kingdom
Annual sporting events in the United Kingdom
1973 establishments in Scotland
Recurring sporting events established in 1973