WPGA Championship of Europe

WPGA Championship of Europe
Tournament information
Location	France (1979); Scotland (1996–1999); Wales (2001–2010)
Established	1979
Tour(s)	Ladies European Tour
Format	72-hole Stroke play
Final year	2010
Tournament record score
Aggregate	274 Linda Wessberg, Kirsty Taylor
To par	−16 Helen Alfredsson
Final champion
	Lee-Anne Pace

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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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

Year	Venue	Winner	Country	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Country
S4/C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe
2010	Conwy Golf Club	Lee-Anne Pace	South Africa	282 (−6)	3 strokes	Christel Boeljon	Netherlands
2010	Conwy Golf Club	Lee-Anne Pace	South Africa	282 (−6)	3 strokes	Melissa Reid	England
2009	Royal St. David's	Karen Stupples	England	276 (−12)	1 stroke	Amy Yang	South Korea
2008	Machynys Peninsula	Lotta Wahlin	Sweden	209 (−7)	Playoff	Martina Eberl	Germany
2007	Machynys Peninsula	Joanne Mills	Australia	282 (−6)	1 stroke	Bettina Hauert	Germany
2007	Machynys Peninsula	Joanne Mills	Australia	282 (−6)	1 stroke	Georgina Simpson	England
Wales Ladies Championship of Europe
2006	Machynys Peninsula	Linda Wessberg	Sweden	274 (−14)	1 stroke	Laura Davies	England
2005	Machynys Peninsula	Kirsty Taylor	England	274 (−14)	3 strokes	Laura Davies	England
2005	Machynys Peninsula	Kirsty Taylor	England	274 (−14)	3 strokes	Trish Johnson	England
Wales "Golf as it should be" Ladies Open
2004	Royal Porthcawl	Trish Johnson	England	277 (−15)	3 strokes	Iben Tinning	Denmark
2004	Royal Porthcawl	Trish Johnson	England	277 (−15)	3 strokes	Laura Davies	England
The Wales WPGA Championship of Europe
2003	Royal Porthcawl	Shani Waugh	Australia	286 (−6)	2 strokes	Becky Brewerton	Wales
2002	Royal Porthcawl	Åsa Gottmo	Sweden	285 (−7)	2 strokes	Maria Hjorth	Sweden
WPGA Championship of Europe
2001	Royal Porthcawl	Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	276 (−16)	4 strokes	Suzann Pettersen	Norway
2000: No tournament
McDonald's WPGA Championship
1999	Gleneagles (King's)	Laura Davies	England	280 (−8)	Playoff	Maria Hjorth	Sweden
1998	Gleneagles (King's)	Catriona Matthew	Scotland	276 (−12)	5 strokes	Helen Alfredsson	Sweden
1998	Gleneagles (King's)	Catriona Matthew	Scotland	276 (−12)	5 strokes	Laura Davies	England
McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe
1997	Gleneagles (King's)	Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	276 (−12)	4 strokes	Charlotta Sorenstam	Sweden
1997	Gleneagles (King's)	Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	276 (−12)	4 strokes	Kathryn Marshall	Scotland
1996	Gleneagles (King's)	Tina Fischer	Germany	278 (−10)	1 stroke	Helen Wadsworth	Wales
						Charlotta Sorenstam	Sweden
						Trish Johnson	England
						Loraine Lambert	Australia
WPGA European Championship
1980–1995: No tournament
1979	Valbonne (France)	Susan Moon	United States	292 (+4)	2 strokes	Irene Koehler	West Germany

References

^ "Weekend results | Golf". The Guardian. 1 October 1979. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Women's tour welcomes new events". The Independent. 7 December 1995. Retrieved 10 March 2010.

External links

Official Ladies European Tour Website

[1] "Weekend results | Golf". The Guardian. 1 October 1979. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Women's tour welcomes new events". The Independent. 7 December 1995. Retrieved 10 March 2010.

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