British Girls U16 Amateur Golf Championship

The Girls U16 Amateur Championship is a golf tournament for girls under 16 which is held annually in the United Kingdom. The competition is organised and run by The R&A.[1]

Girls U16 Amateur Championship
Tournament information
LocationUnited Kingdom
Established2018
Organized byThe R&A
Format54 hole stroke play
Current champion
France Louise Landgraf

History

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In 2018 the tournament replaced the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship which was discontinued by The R&A in 2017 following the Ladies' Golf Union merger. It had been played since 1969.[2]

The inaugural championship took place at Fulford Golf Club near York in 2018, the venue that also hosted the inaugural Women's British Open in 1976.

Format

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The championship consists of 54 holes of stroke play, played over three days with no cut, contested by a field of 90 players. Entry is open to female golfers who are under 16 years of age on 1 January in the year of the championship.[3]

Results

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Year Venue Champion Winning
score
Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2024 The Berkshire Golf Club   Louise Landgraf 211 (−8) Playoff   Charlotte Naughton
2023 Enville Golf Club   Antonia Steiner 218 (+2) Playoff   Annika Kohoutek
2022 Enville Golf Club   Grace Crawford 220 (+4) 4 strokes   Kinga Kuśmierska,   Isla McDonald-O'Brien
2021 Enville Golf Club   Rosie Bee Kim 216 (E) 2 strokes   Róisín Scanlon
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
2019 Fulford Golf Club   Francesca Fiorellini 219 (−6) 3 strokes   Carmen Griffiths
2018 Fulford Golf Club   Hannah Darling 218 (−4) 2 strokes   Beth Coulter

Source:[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "R&A Girls U16 Amateur Championship". The R&A. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. ^ "R&A scraps Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play; new U16 Girls Open". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. ^ "R&A Girls U16 Amateur Championship - Format". The R&A. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Past Winners Girls U16 Amateur Championship". Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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