Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship

Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship
Tournament information
LocationWales
Established1976
Organised byWales Golf
FormatStroke play
Current champion
Nellie Ong

The Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship is the women's national amateur stroke play golf championship of Wales. It was first played in 1976 and is currently organised by Wales Golf.

Winners

Year Winner Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue(s) Ref.
2024 Nellie Ong 211 4 strokes Jessica Ross Pyle & Kenfig
2023 Lorna McClymont 208 2 strokes Jennifer Saxton Prestatyn
2022 Alice Barlow 217 4 strokes Chloe Goadby
Abbie Teasdale		 Southerndown [1]
2021 Lottie Woad 213 3 strokes Billie-Jo Smith Newport [2]
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales Royal Porthcawl
2019 Lily May Humphreys 209 4 strokes Isobel Wardle Royal St David's [3]
2018 Hannah McCook 212 Playoff[a] Sophie Lamb Aberdovey [4]
2017 Gemma Clews 219 5 strokes Lianna Bailey Kirby Muxloe [5]
2016 Olivia Mehaffey 220 5 strokes Jessica Ross Conwy [6]
2015 Olivia Mehaffey 221 1 stroke Olivia Winning Southerndown [7]
2014 Eilidh Briggs 216 1 stroke Annabel Dimmock Prestatyn [8]
2013 Amy Boulden 224 4 strokes Alexandra Peters The Vale Resort [9]
2012 Becky Harries 220 2 strokes Chole Williams Ashburnham [10]
2011 Charley Hull 225 1 stroke Lucy Gould Tenby [11]
2010 Julie Yang 216 Playoff[b] Nikki Foster Southerndown [12]
2009 Danielle McVeigh 223 1 stroke Rachel Jennings Royal Porthcawl [13]
2008 Rhian Wyn Thomas 228 4 strokes Hannah Barwood
Niamh Kitching		 Pyle & Kenfig [14]
2007 Heather MacRae 219 3 strokes Bronwyn Mullins-Lane Newport [15]
2006 Naomi Edwards 221 1 stroke Felicity Johnson Whitchurch (Cardiff) [16]
2005 Henrietta Brockway 218 Playoff[c] Kiran Matharu Pyle & Kenfig [17]
2004 Danielle Masters 216 2 strokes Anna Highgate Ashburnham [18]
2003 Vikki Laing 213 2 strokes Becky Brewerton Southerndown [19]
2002 Vikki Laing 218 1 stroke Heather Stirling Northop Country Park [20]
2001 Vikki Laing 229 3 strokes Stephanie Coverley
Anna Highgate
Fame More
Alison Waller		 Royal Porthcawl [21]
2000 Rebecca Prout 228 2 strokes Melanie Holmes-Smith Ashburnham [22]
1999 Anne Walker 230 2 strokes Eleanor Pilgrim Celtic Manor
1998 Georgina Simpson 150[d] 2 strokes Chloe Court Rolls of Monmouth
1997 Kelly Edwards 216 5 strokes Marieke Zelsmann Whitchurch (Cardiff)
1996 Emma Duggleby 223 1 stroke Fiona Brown
Becky Morgan		 Whitchurch (Cardiff)
1995 Fiona Brown 221 Playoff[e] Alison Rose Newport
1994 Alison Rose 217 1 stroke Emma Fields Newport
1993 Julie Hall 221 Playoff[f] Nicola Buxton Newport [23]
1992 Catriona Lambert 218 5 strokes Caroline Hall
Joanne Morley		 Royal Porthcawl
1991 Mandy Sutton 224 4 strokes Joanne Morley Royal Porthcawl
1990 Lisa Hackney 218 5 strokes Helen Dobson Newport
1989 Vicki Thomas 220 8 strokes Sarah Bennett
Katie Tebbet		 Newport [24]
1988 Susan Shapcott 218 1 stroke Katie Tebbet Newport
1987 Susan Shapcott 225 Playoff[g] Sara Robinson
Vicki Thomas		 Newport
1986 Helen Wadsworth 223 2 strokes Katherine Harridge
Sue Moorcroft		 Aberdovey [25]
1985 Carol Swallow 219 5 strokes Mandy Rawlings Aberdovey
1984 Laura Davies 230 2 strokes Vicki Thomas Aberdovey
1983 Jill Thornhill 239 1 stroke Vicki Thomas Aberdovey
1982 Vicki Thomas 224 5 strokes Claire Waite Aberdovey
1981 Vicki Thomas 224 6 strokes Tegwen Thomas Aberdovey
1980 Tegwen Thomas 233 1 stroke Vicki Thomas Aberdovey
1979 Sue Crowcroft 228 3 strokes Beverley New Aberdovey
1978 Sue Hedges 208[h] 1 stroke Sue Westall Aberdovey
1977 Julia Greenhalgh 239 3 strokes Tegwen Perkins Aberdovey
1976 Pamela Light 227 5 strokes Tegwen Perkins Aberdovey
  1. ^ McCook won at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  2. ^ Yang won with a par at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  3. ^ Brockway won at the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  4. ^ Event reduced to 36 holes because of rain.
  5. ^ Brown won at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  6. ^ Hall won at the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  7. ^ Shapcott won at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  8. ^ Event reduced to 49 holes because of fog.

Source:[26]

References

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  20. ^ "North Wales Golf: Brewerton's third place". Daily Post (Liverpool). 2 July 2002 – via thefreelibrary.com.
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  22. ^ "Scots duo fall away". The Herald (Scotland). 19 June 2000.
  23. ^ "Welsh women's strokeplay ch'ship". The Daily Telegraph. 28 June 1993. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ "Curtis Cup star Vicki Thomas". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1989. p. 22.
  25. ^ "Leading final aggregates". The Glasgow Herald. 30 June 1986. p. 10.
  26. ^ "Welsh Ladies' Open Stroke Play Champions" (PDF). Wales Golf. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
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