Danish Ladies Open

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Danish Ladies Open
Tournament information
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
Established1988
Par72
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LET Access Series
Swedish Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund£90,000 (LET)
60,000 (LETAS)
Final champion
England Laura Davies (LET)

The Danish Ladies Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour played between 1988 and 1997, the national open golf championship of Denmark.[1]

The tournament also featured on the Swedish Golf Tour in 1988, 1989, and 2002, as well as again from 2022, when it was also an LET Access Series event.

At only 18, Florence Descampe became the LET's youngest winner at the time when she won the inaugural event in 1988.[1]

It was succeeded on the LET schedule in 2005 by the Danish Ladies Masters.

Winners[edit]

Year Tour(s) Venue Winner Score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse (£) Ref
Smørum Ladies Open
2023 LETAS · SGT Smørum England Gemma Clews 204 (–6) Playoff Sweden Nathalie Borg (a)
Sweden Corinne Vidén
€60,000 [2]
2022 LETAS · SGT Smørum Denmark Cecilie Leth-Nissen (a) 208 (–2) 4 strokes Denmark Natacha Høst Husted (a)
Denmark Amalie Leth-Nissen (a)
€50,000 [3]
2021: No tournament
Danish Ladies Open
2020 LETAS · SGT Hillerød Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. €40,000
2013–2019: No tournament
Samsø Ladies Open
2012 LETAS Samsø Sweden Antonella Cvitan 213 (–2) Playoff Denmark Nicole Broch Larsen (a) €20,000 [4]
2003–2011: No tournament
Nykredit Ladies Open
2002 SGT Smørum Sweden Lisa Hed 211 (–5) Playoff Denmark Lisa Holm Sørensen (a) SEK 150,000 [5]
1998–2001: No tournament
Ford-Stimorol Danish Open
1997 LET Vejle England Laura Davies 207 (–9) 3 strokes Sweden Maria Hjorth 90,000 [6]
1996 LET Vejle Australia Nadene Gole 207 (–9) 2 strokes Australia Corinne Dibnah 80,000 [7]
1995 LET Vejle England Caroline Hall 201 (–15) 8 strokes Australia Rachel Hetherington
Australia Anne-Marie Knight
Scotland Gillian Stewart
60,000 [8]
1990–94: No tournament
Danish Ladies Open
1989 LET · SGT Rungsted Spain Tania Abitbol 285 Playoff France Marie-Laure Taya 65,000 [9]
1988 LET · SGT Rungsted Belgium Florence Descampe 285 4 strokes United States Peggy Conley
England Laura Davies
Sweden Liselotte Neumann
60,000 [10]

Source:[11][1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Results Ladies Danish Open". Where2golf. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. ^ "2023 Smørum Ladies Open". LET Access Series. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  3. ^ "2022 Smørum Ladies Open". LET Access Series. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Results 2012 Samsø Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Results 2002 Nykredit Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Results 1997 Ford-Stimorol Danish Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Results 1996 Ford-Stimorol Danish Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Results 1995 Ford-Stimorol Danish Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Results 1989 Danish Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Results 1988 Danish Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  11. ^ "LET Tournament Winners". GolfToday. Archived from the original on 25 Sep 2015.

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