British Ladies Amateur Championship

The British Ladies Amateur Championship is the premier golf tournament in Great Britain and Europe for female amateurs. First played in 1893, the tournament's official name is Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship. It is also sometimes referred to as the British Ladies Am and the British Women's Amateur.

The governing body for the British Ladies Amateur Championship is the Ladies Golf Union (LGU).

LGU Web site

Format
The British Ladies Amateur Championship opens with two rounds of stroke play qualifying. The Top 64 advance to match play, with an 18-hole championship final.

2009 Tournament
In a battle of Spaniards, Azahara Munoz defeated Carlota Ciganda, the 2007 champion, 2 and 1 in the championship match. Munoz was the 2008 individual champ at the NCAA tournament, and Munoz and Ciganda led Arizona State to the 2009 team NCAA title.

2008 Recap
Anna Nordqvist, an Arizona State University golfer, defeated fellow Swede Caroline Hedwall 3 and 2 for the championship. Nordqvist had been runner-up the previous two years.

Most Victories
• 4 wins - Cecil Leitch (1914, 1920-21, 1926), Joyce Wethered (1922, 1924-25, 1929)
• 3 wins - Lady Margaret Scott (1893-95), May Hezlet (1899, 1902, 1907), Enid Wilson (1931-33), Jessie Valentine (1937, 1955, 1958), Brigitte Varangot (1963, 1965, 1968)

Tournament Trivia
• Eleven golfers have won both the British Ladies Amateur Championship and the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship: Dorothy Campbell, Gladys Ravenscroft, Pamela Barton, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Louise Suggs, Marlene Stewart Streit, Barbara McIntire, Catherine Lacoste, Carol Semple Thompson, Anne Quast, Kelli Kuehne

• Babe Didrikson Zaharias in 1947 was the first American to win the British Ladies Am.

• Four golfers have won the British Ladies Am and U.S. Women's Am in the same year: Dorothy Campbell (1909), Pamela Barton (1936), Catherine Lacoste (1969) and Kelli Kuehne (1996).

2009 - Azahara Munoz def. Carlota Ciganda, 2 and 1
2008 - Anna Nordqvist def. Caroline Hedwall, 3 and 2
2007 - Carlota Ciganda def. Anna Nordqvist, 4 and 3
2006 - Belen Mozo def. Anna Nordqvist, 3 and 1
2005 - Louise Stahle def. Claire Coughlan, 3 and 2
2004 - Louise Stahle def. Anna Highgate, 4 and 2
2003 - Elisa Serramia def. Pia Odefey, 2-up
2002 - Rebecca Hudson def. Lindsey Wright, 5 and 4
2001 - Marta Prieto def. Emma Duggleby, 4 and 3
2000 - Rebecca Hudson def. Emma Duggleby, 5 and 4
1999 - Marine Monnet def. Rebecca Hudson, 1-up
1998 - Kim Rostron def. Gwladys Nocera, 3 and 2
Full List of Winners