Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship

The Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship is the women's national amateur stroke play golf championship of Wales. It was first played in 1976 and is currently organised by Wales Golf.

Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship

Tournament information
Location	Wales
Established	1976
Organised by	Wales Golf
Format	Stroke play
Current champion
Nellie Ong

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue(s)	Ref.
2024	Nellie Ong	211	4 strokes	Jessica Ross	Pyle & Kenfig
2023	Lorna McClymont	208	2 strokes	Jennifer Saxton	Prestatyn
2022	Alice Barlow	217	4 strokes	Chloe Goadby Abbie Teasdale	Southerndown	[1]
2021	Lottie Woad	213	3 strokes	Billie-Jo Smith	Newport	[2]
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales				Royal Porthcawl
2019	Lily May Humphreys	209	4 strokes	Isobel Wardle	Royal St David's	[3]
2018	Hannah McCook	212	Playoff[a]	Sophie Lamb	Aberdovey	[4]
2017	Gemma Clews	219	5 strokes	Lianna Bailey	Kirby Muxloe	[5]
2016	Olivia Mehaffey	220	5 strokes	Jessica Ross	Conwy	[6]
2015	Olivia Mehaffey	221	1 stroke	Olivia Winning	Southerndown	[7]
2014	Eilidh Briggs	216	1 stroke	Annabel Dimmock	Prestatyn	[8]
2013	Amy Boulden	224	4 strokes	Alexandra Peters	The Vale Resort	[9]
2012	Becky Harries	220	2 strokes	Chole Williams	Ashburnham	[10]
2011	Charley Hull	225	1 stroke	Lucy Gould	Tenby	[11]
2010	Julie Yang	216	Playoff[b]	Nikki Foster	Southerndown	[12]
2009	Danielle McVeigh	223	1 stroke	Rachel Jennings	Royal Porthcawl	[13]
2008	Rhian Wyn Thomas	228	4 strokes	Hannah Barwood Niamh Kitching	Pyle & Kenfig	[14]
2007	Heather MacRae	219	3 strokes	Bronwyn Mullins-Lane	Newport	[15]
2006	Naomi Edwards	221	1 stroke	Felicity Johnson	Whitchurch (Cardiff)	[16]
2005	Henrietta Brockway	218	Playoff[c]	Kiran Matharu	Pyle & Kenfig	[17]
2004	Danielle Masters	216	2 strokes	Anna Highgate	Ashburnham	[18]
2003	Vikki Laing	213	2 strokes	Becky Brewerton	Southerndown	[19]
2002	Vikki Laing	218	1 stroke	Heather Stirling	Northop Country Park	[20]
2001	Vikki Laing	229	3 strokes	Stephanie Coverley Anna Highgate Fame More Alison Waller	Royal Porthcawl	[21]
2000	Rebecca Prout	228	2 strokes	Melanie Holmes-Smith	Ashburnham	[22]
1999	Anne Walker	230	2 strokes	Eleanor Pilgrim	Celtic Manor
1998	Georgina Simpson	150[d]	2 strokes	Chloe Court	Rolls of Monmouth
1997	Kelly Edwards	216	5 strokes	Marieke Zelsmann	Whitchurch (Cardiff)
1996	Emma Duggleby	223	1 stroke	Fiona Brown Becky Morgan	Whitchurch (Cardiff)
1995	Fiona Brown	221	Playoff[e]	Alison Rose	Newport
1994	Alison Rose	217	1 stroke	Emma Fields	Newport
1993	Julie Hall	221	Playoff[f]	Nicola Buxton	Newport	[23]
1992	Catriona Lambert	218	5 strokes	Caroline Hall Joanne Morley	Royal Porthcawl
1991	Mandy Sutton	224	4 strokes	Joanne Morley	Royal Porthcawl
1990	Lisa Hackney	218	5 strokes	Helen Dobson	Newport
1989	Vicki Thomas	220	8 strokes	Sarah Bennett Katie Tebbet	Newport	[24]
1988	Susan Shapcott	218	1 stroke	Katie Tebbet	Newport
1987	Susan Shapcott	225	Playoff[g]	Sara Robinson Vicki Thomas	Newport
1986	Helen Wadsworth	223	2 strokes	Katherine Harridge Sue Moorcroft	Aberdovey	[25]
1985	Carol Swallow	219	5 strokes	Mandy Rawlings	Aberdovey
1984	Laura Davies	230	2 strokes	Vicki Thomas	Aberdovey
1983	Jill Thornhill	239	1 stroke	Vicki Thomas	Aberdovey
1982	Vicki Thomas	224	5 strokes	Claire Waite	Aberdovey
1981	Vicki Thomas	224	6 strokes	Tegwen Thomas	Aberdovey
1980	Tegwen Thomas	233	1 stroke	Vicki Thomas	Aberdovey
1979	Sue Crowcroft	228	3 strokes	Beverley New	Aberdovey
1978	Sue Hedges	208[h]	1 stroke	Sue Westall	Aberdovey
1977	Julia Greenhalgh	239	3 strokes	Tegwen Perkins	Aberdovey
1976	Pamela Light	227	5 strokes	Tegwen Perkins	Aberdovey

1. McCook won at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
2. Yang won with a par at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
3. Brockway won at the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
4. Event reduced to 36 holes because of rain.
5. Brown won at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
6. Hall won at the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
7. Shapcott won at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
8. Event reduced to 49 holes because of fog.

Source:^[26]