Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship

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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
Scotland Jasmine Mackintosh

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[edit]

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

Source:[47][2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b "Past Champions". Scottish Golf. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Belle wins Holm trophy". The Glasgow Herald. 30 April 1973. p. 5.
  4. ^ Pottle, Mark (2004). "Holm [née Gray], Helen Warren (1907–1971), golfer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51540. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 2 June 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ "Jasmine Mackintosh brings home the Helen Holm to round off a Team Scotland win on 50th Anniversary of the championship". Scottish Golf. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  6. ^ "2019 Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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  30. ^ "Julie Hsll". The Daily Telegraph. 29 April 1991. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
  31. ^ "Catriona Lambert". The Daily Telegraph. 30 April 1990. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
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  36. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (29 April 1985). "Pamela beats Belle, her mother's rival". The Glasgow Herald. p. 18.
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  42. ^ "Wilma Aitken outstrips her rivals". The Glasgow Herald. 24 April 1978. p. 16.
  43. ^ "Beverly breaks Scots' grip". The Glasgow Herald. 25 April 1977. p. 16.
  44. ^ "Muriel keeps Holm trophy". The Glasgow Herald. 26 April 1976. p. 16.
  45. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (28 April 1975). "Suzanne cracks up". The Glasgow Herald. p. 22.
  46. ^ "Miss Needham boosts chances". The Glasgow Herald. 29 April 1974. p. 5.
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