WPGA Championship of Europe
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{{Infobox golf tournament
| name = WPGA Championship of Europe
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| location = France (1979)
Scotland (1996–1999)
Wales (2001–2010)
| establishment = 1979
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| tour = Ladies European Tour
| format = 72-hole Stroke play
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| final_year = 2010
| aggregate = 274 Linda Wessberg, Kirsty Taylor
| to-par = −16 Helen Alfredsson
| final_champion = {{flagicon|ZAF}} Lee-Anne Pace
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The WPGA Championship of Europe was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour.
The tournament was first played in 1979 in France, the first WPGA event held outside the United Kingdom.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/260568987/ |title=Weekend results {{!}} Golf |newspaper=The Guardian |date=1 October 1979 |page=27 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}} It was revived 1996 at Gleneagles in Scotland, titled the McDonald's WPGA Championship, and was the first event on the tour to be played solely for charity.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf-womens-tour-welcomes-new-events-1524536.html |title=Women's tour welcomes new events |newspaper=The Independent |date=7 December 1995 |accessdate=2010-03-10}} Following the withdrawal of McDonald's as sponsors after just four years, there was a one-year break before the tournament returned to the tour in 2001 with a new home in Wales. It was last played in 2010.
Winners
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!Year!!Venue!!Winner!!Country!!Score!!Margin of victory!!Runner(s)-up!!Country | |||||||
colspan=8|S4/C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe | |||||||
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rowspan=2|2010 | rowspan=2|Conwy Golf Club | rowspan=2|Lee-Anne Pace | rowspan=2|{{ZAF}} | rowspan=2|282 (−6) | rowspan=2|3 strokes | Christel Boeljon | {{NLD}} |
Melissa Reid | {{ENG}} | ||||||
2009 | Royal St. David's | Karen Stupples | {{ENG}} | 276 (−12) | 1 stroke | Amy Yang | {{KOR}} |
2008 | Machynys Peninsula | Lotta Wahlin | {{SWE}} | 209 (−7) | Playoff | Martina Eberl | {{DEU}} |
rowspan=2|2007 | rowspan=2|Machynys Peninsula | rowspan=2|Joanne Mills | rowspan=2|{{AUS}} | rowspan=2|282 (−6) | rowspan=2|1 stroke | Bettina Hauert | {{DEU}} |
Georgina Simpson | {{ENG}} | ||||||
colspan=8|Wales Ladies Championship of Europe | |||||||
2006 | Machynys Peninsula | Linda Wessberg | {{SWE}} | 274 (−14) | 1 stroke | Laura Davies | {{ENG}} |
rowspan=2|2005 | rowspan=2|Machynys Peninsula | rowspan=2|Kirsty Taylor | rowspan=2|{{ENG}} | rowspan=2|274 (−14) | rowspan=2|3 strokes | Laura Davies | {{ENG}} |
Trish Johnson | {{ENG}} | ||||||
colspan=8|Wales "Golf as it should be" Ladies Open | |||||||
rowspan=2|2004 | rowspan=2|Royal Porthcawl | rowspan=2|Trish Johnson | rowspan=2|{{ENG}} | rowspan=2|277 (−15) | rowspan=2|3 strokes | Iben Tinning | {{DEN}} |
Laura Davies | {{ENG}} | ||||||
colspan=8|The Wales WPGA Championship of Europe | |||||||
2003 | Royal Porthcawl | Shani Waugh | {{AUS}} | 286 (−6) | 2 strokes | Becky Brewerton | {{WAL}} |
2002 | Royal Porthcawl | Åsa Gottmo | {{SWE}} | 285 (−7) | 2 strokes | Maria Hjorth | {{SWE}} |
colspan=8|WPGA Championship of Europe | |||||||
2001 | Royal Porthcawl | Helen Alfredsson | {{SWE}} | 276 (−16) | 4 strokes | Suzann Pettersen | {{NOR}} |
colspan=8 align=center| 2000: No tournament | |||||||
colspan=8|McDonald's WPGA Championship | |||||||
1999 | Gleneagles (King's) | Laura Davies | {{ENG}} | 280 (−8) | Playoff | Maria Hjorth | {{SWE}} |
rowspan=2|1998 | rowspan=2|Gleneagles (King's) | rowspan=2|Catriona Matthew | rowspan=2|{{SCO}} | rowspan=2|276 (−12) | rowspan=2|5 strokes | Helen Alfredsson | {{SWE}} |
Laura Davies | {{ENG}} | ||||||
colspan=8|McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe | |||||||
rowspan=2|1997 | rowspan=2|Gleneagles (King's) | rowspan=2|Helen Alfredsson | rowspan=2|{{SWE}} | rowspan=2|276 (−12) | rowspan=2|4 strokes | Charlotta Sorenstam | {{SWE}} |
Kathryn Marshall | {{SCO}} | ||||||
rowspan=4|1996 | rowspan=4|Gleneagles (King's) | rowspan=4|Tina Fischer | rowspan=4|{{DEU}} | rowspan=4|278 (−10) | rowspan=4|1 stroke | Helen Wadsworth | {{WAL}} |
Charlotta Sorenstam | {{SWE}} | ||||||
Trish Johnson | {{ENG}} | ||||||
Loraine Lambert | {{AUS}} | ||||||
colspan=8|WPGA European Championship | |||||||
colspan=8 align=center| 1980–1995: No tournament | |||||||
1979 | Valbonne (France) | Susan Moon | {{USA}} | 292 (+4) | 2 strokes | Irene Koehler | {{FRG}} |
References
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External links
- [http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/ Official Ladies European Tour Website]
Category:Former Ladies European Tour events
Category:Golf tournaments in Wales
Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland
Category:Defunct golf tournaments in France
Category:Defunct golf tournaments
Category:Annual sporting events in the United Kingdom
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1979
Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2010