WPGA Championship of Europe explained

WPGA Championship of Europe
Location:France (1979)
Scotland (1996–1999)
Wales (2001–2010)
Establishment:1979
Tour:Ladies European Tour
Format:72-hole Stroke play
Final Year:2010
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

YearVenueWinnerCountryScoreMargin of victoryRunner(s)-upCountry
S4/C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe
Conwy Golf Club 282 (−6) 3 strokes
Royal St. David's 276 (−12) 1 stroke
Machynys Peninsula 209 (−7) Playoff
Machynys Peninsula 282 (−6) 1 stroke
Wales Ladies Championship of Europe
Machynys Peninsula 274 (−14) 1 stroke
Machynys Peninsula 274 (−14) 3 strokes
Wales "Golf as it should be" Ladies Open
277 (−15) 3 strokes
The Wales WPGA Championship of Europe
286 (−6) 2 strokes
285 (−7) 2 strokes
WPGA Championship of Europe
276 (−16) 4 strokes
2000: No tournament
McDonald's WPGA Championship
Gleneagles (King's) 280 (−8) Playoff
Gleneagles (King's) 276 (−12) 5 strokes
McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe
Gleneagles (King's) 276 (−12) 4 strokes
Gleneagles (King's) 278 (−10) 1 stroke
WPGA European Championship
1980–1995: No tournament
Valbonne (France) 292 (+4) 2 strokes

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Notes and References

  1. News: Weekend results Golf . The Guardian . 1 October 1979 . 27 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  2. News: Women's tour welcomes new events . . 7 December 1995 . 2010-03-10.