NatWest East Anglian Open
{{short description|Golf tournament}}
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{{Infobox golf tournament
| name = East Anglian Open
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| location = Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
| establishment = 1982
| course = Lark Valley Golf & Country Club
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| tour = Ladies European Tour
| format = Stroke play
| purse = £3,000
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| final_year = 1983
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| final_champion = {{flagicon|ENG}} Beverly Huke
{{flagicon|ENG}} Judy Statham
| map = England#Suffolk
| map_label = Lark Valley
| map_caption = Location in England##Location in Suffolk
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| coordinates = {{coord|52.272|0.696|type:event|display=title}}
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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.{{cite web |title=2011 LET Media Guide |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/24467905/chic-diverse-engaging-ladies-european-tour |publisher=Ladies European Tour |pages=196 |accessdate=27 January 2025}}
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.{{cite news |title=Bury Free Press columnist Chris Boughton profiles The Suffolk Golf Club |url=https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/bury-st-edmunds/sport/in-profile-the-suffolk-golf-club-9106717/ |access-date=27 January 2025 |work=Suffolk News}}
Winners
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| Year | Winner | Score | Margin of victory | Runner-up | Winner's share (£) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan=7|Playford Lark Valley Classic | ||||||
| 1983 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Beverly Huke {{flagicon|ENG}} Judy Statham | 138 (−4) | Tie | {{n/a}} | align=center|350 (each) | {{cite news |title=Judy clickety-clicks |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19830806/403/0019 |accessdate=29 September 2020 |newspaper=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=6 August 1983 |page=20 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}} |
| colspan=7|NatWest East Anglian Open | ||||||
| 1982 | {{flagicon|USA}} Linda Bowman | 215 (−1) | 1 stroke | {{flagicon|SCO}} Muriel Thomson | align=center|700 | {{cite news |title=Second win for Bowman |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YsNAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6520%2C423969 |accessdate=30 September 2020 |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |date=2 October 1982 |page=14 |via=Google News Archive}} |
References
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External links
- [http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/ Ladies European Tour]
Category:Former Ladies European Tour events
Category:Golf tournaments in England
Category:Defunct sports competitions in England