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WPGA Championship of Europe
Tournament information
LocationFrance (1979)
Scotland (1996–1999)
Wales (2001–2010)
Established1979
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
Format72-hole Stroke play
Final year2010
Tournament record score
Aggregate274 Linda Wessberg, Kirsty Taylor
To par−16 Helen Alfredsson
Final champion
South Africa 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

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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
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
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
Trish Johnson  England
Wales "Golf as it should be" Ladies Open
2004 Royal Porthcawl Trish Johnson  England 277 (−15) 3 strokes Iben Tinning  Denmark
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
Laura Davies  England
McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe
1997 Gleneagles (King's) Helen Alfredsson  Sweden 276 (−12) 4 strokes Charlotta Sorenstam  Sweden
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

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  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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