Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship

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]

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
Kirsten Rudgeley

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
YearChampionScoreRef
2021 Kirsten Rudgeley70-68-66=204
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
2019 Pia Babnik66-69-66=201[5]
2018 Lily May Humphreys71-68-68=207[6]
2017 Linn Grant71-66-72=209[7]
2016 Olivia Winning73-72-72=217[8]
2015 Olivia Mehaffey72-73-75=220[9]
2014 Annabel Dimmock70-71-73=214[10]
2013 Olivia Winning70-72-78=220[11]
2012 Amy Boulden70-72-73=216[12]
2011 Charlotte Ellis73-69-71=213[13]
2010 Danielle McVeigh70-71-74=215[14]
2009 Leona Maguire69-77-73=218[15]
2008 Barbara Genuini74-70-70=214[16]
2007 Melissa Reid70-63-78=211[17]
2006 Melissa Reid71-69-72=212[18]
2005 Martina Gillen70-70-75=215[19]
2004 Emma Duggleby71-69-71=211[20]
2003 Nathalie David76-74-77=227[21]
2002 Heather Stirling70-71-74=215[22]
2001 Fiona Brown215
2000 Rebecca Hudson213
1999 Lesley Nicholson222
1998 Karen Margrethe Juul225
1997 Kim Rostron219
1996 Joanne Hockley219
1995 Maria Hjorth219
1994 Katie Tebbett223
1993 Julie Hall224
1992 Mhairi McKay227
1991 Julie Hall224
1990 Catriona Lambert225
1989 Sara Robinson75-73-77=225[23]
1988 Alison Gemmill78-73-82=233[24]
1987 Elaine Farquharson76-73-78=227[25]
1986 Belle Robertson77-75-75=227[26]
1985 Pamela Wright80-84-80=244[27]
1984 Gillian Stewart73-70-74=217[28]
1983 Jane Connachan69-75-84=228[29]
1982 Wilma Aitken231
1981 Gillian Stewart79-77-75=231[30]
1980 Wilma Aitken73-73-79=225[31]
1979 Belle Robertson77-81-76=234[32]
1978 Wilma Aitken74-76-80=230[33]
1977 Beverly Huke76-82-81=239[34]
1976 Muriel Thomson77-79-77=233[35]
1975 Muriel Thomson72-85-78=235[36]
1974 Sandra Needham78-80-78=236[37]
1973 Belle Robertson80-77-81=238[3]

Source:[38][2]

See also

References
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  2. "Past Champions". Scottish Golf. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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  24. Burnside, Elspeth (25 April 1988). "Alison claims trophy at her tenth attempt". The Glasgow Herald. p. 10.
  25. Burnside, Elspeth (27 April 1987). "Elaine hangs on for a nerve-racking victory". The Glasgow Herald. p. 12.
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  30. "Five-shot win for Miss Stewart". The Glasgow Herald. 27 April 1981. p. 17.
  31. "Victory smoothes ruffled feathers". The Glasgow Herald. 28 April 1980. p. 20.
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  33. "Wilma Aitken outstrips her rivals". The Glasgow Herald. 24 April 1978. p. 16.
  34. "Beverly breaks Scots' grip". The Glasgow Herald. 25 April 1977. p. 16.
  35. "Muriel keeps Holm trophy". The Glasgow Herald. 26 April 1976. p. 16.
  36. Jacobs, Raymond (28 April 1975). "Suzanne cracks up". The Glasgow Herald. p. 22.
  37. "Miss Needham boosts chances". The Glasgow Herald. 29 April 1974. p. 5.
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