Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship was founded in 1969 by the Ladies' Golf Union (now merged into The R&A) of Great Britain.
A stroke play tournament over 72 holes, it was discontinued by the R&A after the 2017 tournament won by Linn Grant in favour of a new Girls U16 Amateur Championship.
Notably, in 2000 Rebecca Hudson won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship match play title as well as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship. Leona Maguire, at age 16, was the youngest player to win the event.
Winners YearWinnerScoreMarginof victoryRunner(s)-upVenueRef.2017 Linn Grant 288 3 strokes Hannah Screen Annabel Wilson North Berwick Golf Club 2016 Sophie Lamb 291 2 strokes Chloe Williams Knock Golf Club 2015 Aditi Ashok 285 5 strokes Olivia Mehaffey Moortown Golf Club 2014 Meghan MacLaren 292 1 stroke Sarah-Jane Boyd Ashburnham Golf Club 2013 Jing Yan 282 2 strokes Gemma Dryburgh Prestwick Golf Club 2012 Sarah-Jane Boyd 294 2 strokes Amy Boulden Shandon Park Golf Club 2011 Leona Maguire 288 6 strokes Laurence Herman Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club 2010 Pamela Pretswell 218 3 strokes Amy Boulden Tenby Golf Club 2009 Danielle McVeigh 304 1 stroke Hannah Turland Royal Aberdeen Golf Club 2008 Roseanne Niven 288 Playoff Kylie Walker Malone Golf Club 2007 Melissa Reid 290 1 stroke Florentyna Parker Conwy Golf Club 2006 Anna Rossi 290 1 stroke Rachel Bell Prince's Golf Club 2005 Heather MacRae 288 Playoff Nicole Gergely Nairn Golf Club 2004 Clare Queen 294 Playoff Stephanie Evans Shelley McKevit Alwoodley Golf Club 2003 Shelley McKevitt 306 1 stroke Lynn Kenny Royal Portrush Golf Club 2002 Becky Brewerton 291 3 strokes Clare Queen Hunstanton Golf Club 2001 Rebecca Hudson 300 2 strokes Alison Coffey Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club 2000 Rebecca Hudson 294 5 strokes Heather Stirling Royal County Down Golf Club 1999 Becky Brewerton 294 Playoff Niloufar Azam Huddersfield Golf Club 1998 Nienke Nijenhuis 297 1 stroke Becky Morgan Stirling Golf Club 1997 Karen Margrethe Juul 293 3 strokes Elaine Ratcliffe Silloth on Solway Golf Club 1996 Christina Kuld 289 4 strokes Elaine Ratcliffe Conwy Golf Club 1995 Maria José Pons 289 3 strokes Elaine Ratcliffe Prince's Golf Club 1994 Kirsty Speak 297 2 strokes Eileen Rose Power Woodhall Spa Golf Club 1993 Julie Hall 290 6 strokes Lynnette Brooky Gullane Golf Club 1992 Joanne Hockley 287 3 strokes Rachel Bolas Frilford Heath Golf Club 1991 Joanne Morley 297 2 strokes Janice Moodie Long Ashton Golf Club 1990 Vicki Thomas 287 1 stroke Claire Hourihane Strathaven Golf Club 1989 Helen Dobson 298 2 strokes Nadene Hall Southerness Golf Club 1988 Karen Mitchell 317 2 strokes Mary McKenna Julie Wade Royal Porthcawl Golf Club 1987 Linda Bayman 297 2 strokes Jill Thornhill Nicola Way Ipswich Golf Club 1986 Claire Hourihane 298 Playoff Trish Johnson Blairgowrie Golf Club 1985 Belle Robertson 305 4 strokes Cindy Scholefield Formby Golf Club 1984 Claire Waite 285 2 strokes Mary McKenna Conwy Golf Club 1983 Alison Nicholas 292 2 strokes Jane Connachan Moortown Golf Club 1982 Jane Connachan 294 5 strokes Barbara Bunkowsky Claire Waite Downfield Golf Club 1981 Janet Soulsby 300 2 strokes Jane Connachan Royal Norwich Golf Club 1980 Maureen Madill 304 Playoff Pamela Wright Brancepeth Castle Golf Club 1979 Mary McKenna 305 2 strokes Vicki Rawlings Moseley Golf Club 1976–1978: Contested as Women's British Open1975 Julia Greenhalgh 298 3 strokes Suzanne Cadden Northumberland Golf Club 1974 Julia Greenhalgh 302 3 strokes Tegwen Perkins Seaton Carew Golf Club 1973 Anne Stant 298 3 strokes Mary Everard Ipswich Golf Club 1972 Belle Robertson 296 1 stroke Michelle Walker Silloth on Solway Golf Club 1971 Belle Robertson 302 3 strokes Mary Everard Ayr Belleisle Golf Club 1970 Mary Everard 313 2 strokes Frances Smith Royal Birkdale Golf Club 1969 Ann Irvin 295 9 strokes Dinah Oxley Northumberland Golf Club
See also Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship
References
External links Ladies Golf Union 2016 Yearbook - Past Winners 1996–2015