The European Ladies Amateur Championship is an annual amateur
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.
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tournament. It is organized by the
European Golf Association
The European Golf Association (EGA) is a non-profit organisation based in Epalinges, Switzerland, which was founded in 1937 in Luxembourg.
The EGA's main activity consists of coordinating and co-organizing European amateur golf championships. ...
and is one of the "elite" tournaments recognized by the
World Amateur Golf Ranking The World Amateur Golf Ranking for men was introduced by The R&A, the governing body of the sport of golf outside the United States and Mexico, on 23 January 2007. It is based on the results of over 2,600 amateur tournaments per year (and amateurs p ...
.
The championship was first played in 1986 and was called the International European Ladies Amateur Championship until 2015. There have been 33 editions contested so far, with many past winners and medallists of this championship are now members of the professional ranks.
Format
The top 144 ladies golfers compete for the win in a format consisting of four rounds of stroke play, with a cut after the third round, out of which the lowest 60 ladies' scores, including ties, qualify for the final round.
Winners
Source:
References
External links
European Golf AssociationList of winners
Amateur golf tournaments
Golf tournaments in Europe
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