Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship

Scottish Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
Tournament information
LocationScotland
Established1973
Course(s)Royal Troon
(Portland and Old courses)
Par75
Organised byScottish Golf
FormatStroke play
Month playedApril
Current champion
Roisin Scanlon

The Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship is the national women's amateur stroke play golf championship in Scotland (although entry is open to overseas golfers). It has been played annually at Royal Troon since 1973 and is organised by the Scottish Golf.[1]

The format is 54-hole stroke play contested over three days. It is played at Royal Troon with the first two rounds played on the Portland course and the final round on the Old course.[2] Originally it was played over two days, with 36 holes on the first day.[3]

The tournament is named after Helen Holm, a Scottish amateur golfer who was Scottish champion five times.[4]

Winners

Year Winner Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
2025 Roisin Scanlon 212 5 strokes Jessica Hall [5]
2024 Ellie Monk 218 2 strokes Kate Lanigan
Nellie Ong		 [6]
2023 Jasmine Mackintosh 218 Playoff Lorna McClymont [7]
2022 Grace Crawford 212 4 strokes Thalia Kirby
2021 Kirsten Rudgeley 204 1 stroke Hannah Darling
Emily Toy
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
2019 Pia Babnik 201 1 stroke Charlotte Bunel [8]
2018 Lily May Humphreys 207 1 stroke Chloe Goadby [9]
2017 Linn Grant 209 5 strokes Shannon McWilliam [10]
2016 Olivia Winning 217 1 stroke Olivia Mehaffey [11]
2015 Olivia Mehaffey 220 1 stroke Anais Meyssonnier [12]
2014 Annabel Dimmock 214 3 strokes Connie Jaffrey [13]
2013 Olivia Winning 220 2 strokes Poppy Finlay
Alyson McKechin		 [14]
2012 Amy Boulden 215 1 stroke Perrine Delacour [15]
2011 Charlotte Ellis 213 1 stroke Leona Maguire [16]
2010 Danielle McVeigh 215 2 strokes Nikki Foster [17]
2009 Leona Maguire 219 2 strokes Kelsey MacDonald [18]
2008 Barbara Genuini 214 2 strokes Jacqueline Hedwall [19]
2007 Melissa Reid 211 3 strokes Rachel Bell [20]
2006 Melissa Reid 212 1 stroke Emma Duggleby [21]
2005 Martina Gillen 215 Playoff Clare Queen [22]
2004 Emma Duggleby 211 5 strokes Claire Coughlan [23]
2003 Nathalie David 227 2 strokes Becky Brewerton
Rachel Lomas
Clare Queen		 [24]
2002 Heather Stirling 215 4 strokes Becky Brewerton [25]
2001 Fiona Brown 215 2 strokes Rebecca Hudson [26]
2000 Rebecca Hudson 213 Playoff Emma Duggleby
1999 Lesley Nicholson 222 1 stroke Alison Coffey
1998 Karen Margrethe Juul 225 2 strokes Alison Coffey
1997 Kim Rostron 219 Playoff Fiona Brown [27]
1996 Joanne Hockley 219 8 strokes Valerie Melvin
1995 Maria Hjorth 219 1 stroke Sara Eklund
Julie Hall		 [28]
1994 Katie Tebbet 223 3 strokes Myra McKinlay [29]
1993 Julie Hall 224 2 strokes Janice Moodie [30]
1992 Mhairi McKay 227 2 strokes Julie Hall [31]
1991 Julie Hall 224 5 strokes Linzi Fletcher [32]
1990 Catriona Lambert 225 2 strokes Linzi Fletcher [33]
1989 Sara Robinson 225 5 strokes Linzi Fletcher [34]
1988 Alison Gemmill 233 2 strokes Donna Jackson
Katie Tebbet		 [35]
1987 Elaine Farquharson 227 1 stroke Malin Landehag [36]
1986 Belle Robertson 227 3 strokes Shirley Lawson [37]
1985 Pamela Wright 244 2 strokes Belle Robertson [38]
1984 Gillian Stewart 217 9 strokes Vicki Thomas [39]
1983 Jane Connachan 228 1 stroke Wilma Aitken [40]
1982 Wilma Aitken 231
1981 Gillian Stewart 231 5 strokes Vicki McAlister [41]
1980 Wilma Aitken 225 4 strokes Gillian Stewart [42]
1979 Belle Robertson 234 6 strokes Vicki McAlister
Gillian Stewart		 [43]
1978 Wilma Aitken 230 6 strokes Kärstin Ehrnlund [44]
1977 Beverly Huke 239 3 strokes Vicki McAlister
Muriel Thomson		 [45]
1976 Muriel Thomson 233 4 strokes Mary McKenna
Sandra Needham		 [46]
1975 Muriel Thomson 235 1 stroke Maureen Walker [47]
1974 Sandra Needham 236 7 strokes Lorna Bennett [48]
1973 Belle Robertson 238 3 strokes Mary Everard [3]

Source:[49][2]

See also

References

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