Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship was founded in 1969 by the
Ladies' Golf Union
The Ladies' Golf Union (LGU) was the governing body for women's and girls' amateur golf in Great Britain and Ireland. It was founded in 1893 and was based in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland until merging with The R&A at the start of 2017.
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(now merged into
The R&A
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) of
Great Britain
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.
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stroke play
Stroke play is a scoring system in the sport of golf. In the regular form of stroke play, also known as medal play, the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. In a regular stroke play competition, the winner is the ...
tournament over 72 holes, it was discontinued by the R&A after the 2017 tournament won by Linn Grant in favour of a new Girls U16 Amateur Championship.
Notably, in 2000
Rebecca Hudson won the
Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship match play title as well as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship.
Leona Maguire, at age 16, was the youngest player to win the event.
Winners
See also
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Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship
References
External links
Ladies Golf Union 2016 Yearbook- Past Winners 1996–2015
{{The R&A Amateur Championships
R&A championships
Amateur golf tournaments in the United Kingdom
Women's golf in the United Kingdom
1969 establishments in England
2017 disestablishments in England
Recurring sporting events established in 1969
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2017