NatWest East Anglian Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England |
| Established | 1982 |
| Course(s) | Lark Valley Golf & Country Club |
| Tour(s) | Ladies European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | £3,000 |
| Final year | 1983 |
| Final champion | |
| Beverly Huke Judy Statham | |
| Location map | |
The East Anglian Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour held in England. It was held in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, East Anglia.[1]
Venue
The tournament was always held at the Lark Valley Golf & Country Club in Fornham St Genevieve, originally built and run by a local farmer in the 1970s. It was briefly owned by a Japanese business before taken over by former newspaper magnate Eddie Shah. It later became The Suffolk Golf Club.[2]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share (£) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playford Lark Valley Classic | ||||||
| 1983 | Beverly Huke Judy Statham |
138 (−4) | Tie | — | 350 (each) |
[3] |
| NatWest East Anglian Open | ||||||
| 1982 | Linda Bowman | 215 (−1) | 1 stroke | Muriel Thomson | 700 | [4] |
Source:[5]
References
- ^ "2011 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. p. 196. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Bury Free Press columnist Chris Boughton profiles The Suffolk Golf Club". Suffolk News. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Judy clickety-clicks". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 6 August 1983. p. 20. Retrieved 29 September 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Second win for Bowman". Glasgow Herald. 2 October 1982. p. 14. Retrieved 30 September 2020 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Lark Valley Classic". Where2golf. Retrieved 27 January 2025.