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]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Established | 1988 |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour(s) | Ladies European Tour LET Access Series Swedish Golf Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | £90,000 (LET) €60,000 (LETAS) |
| Final champion | |
 Laura Davies (LET) | |
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 | Gemma Clews |
204 (–6) | Playoff |  Nathalie Borg (a) Corinne Vidén |
€60,000 | [2] |
| 2022 | LETAS · SGT | Smørum |  Cecilie Leth-Nissen (a) |
208 (–2) | 4 strokes | Natacha Høst Husted (a) Amalie Leth-Nissen (a) |
€50,000 | [3] |
| 2021: No tournament | ||||||||
| Danish Ladies Open | ||||||||
| 2020 | Hillerød | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | €40,000 | |||||
| 2013–2019: No tournament | ||||||||
| Samsø Ladies Open | ||||||||
| 2012 | LETAS | Samsø | Antonella Cvitan |
213 (–2) | Playoff | Nicole Broch Larsen (a) |
€20,000 | [4] |
| 2003–2011: No tournament | ||||||||
| Nykredit Ladies Open | ||||||||
| 2002 | SGT | Smørum | Lisa Hed |
211 (–5) | Playoff | Lisa Holm Sørensen (a) |
SEK 150,000 | [5] |
| 1998–2001: No tournament | ||||||||
| Ford-Stimorol Danish Open | ||||||||
| 1997 | LET | Vejle | Laura Davies |
207 (–9) | 3 strokes | Maria Hjorth |
90,000 | [6] |
| 1996 | LET | Vejle |  Nadene Gole |
207 (–9) | 2 strokes | Corinne Dibnah |
80,000 | [7] |
| 1995 | LET | Vejle | Caroline Hall |
201 (–15) | 8 strokes | Rachel Hetherington Anne-Marie Knight Gillian Stewart |
60,000 | [8] |
| 1990–94: No tournament | ||||||||
| Danish Ladies Open | ||||||||
| 1989 | LET · SGT | Rungsted |  Tania Abitbol |
285 | Playoff |  Marie-Laure Taya |
65,000 | [9] |
| 1988 | LET · SGT | Rungsted |  Florence Descampe |
285 | 4 strokes |  Peggy Conley Laura Davies Liselotte Neumann |
60,000 | [10] |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Results Ladies Danish Open". Where2golf. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "2023 Smørum Ladies Open". LET Access Series. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "2022 Smørum Ladies Open". LET Access Series. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ "Results 2012 Samsø Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Results 2002 Nykredit Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 1997 Ford-Stimorol Danish Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 1996 Ford-Stimorol Danish Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 1995 Ford-Stimorol Danish Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 1989 Danish Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 1988 Danish Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "LET Tournament Winners". GolfToday. Archived from the original on 25 Sep 2015.