Championships - Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship 2006
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22.08.2006
2006 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
Curtis Cup players Naomi Edwards, Martina Gillen, Breanne Loucks, Trisha Mangan and Melissa Reid will lead the challenge for the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, to be played at Prince’s Golf Club, Sandwich from 23-25 August.It is over 10 years since Prince’s last hosted the Ladies’ Stoke Play Championship and then, it was Spanish player Maria Pons who took the trophy overseas. However the seven most recent winners have all resided in the British Isles and last year at Nairn, Heather MacRae of Dunblane New won a closely contested championship after a play-off with Nicole Gergely of Austria.
Heather was the first reserve for the Curtis Cup, and is defending her title against not only five of the players from Bandon Dunes, but also from a field of 120 players that includes many of the world’s top amateurs. Included in that list are French players, Caroline Alfonso, Isabelle Boineau, Anne-lise Caudal and Elena Giraud, Sarah Nicholson of New Zealand and Italian players Anna Rossi and Vitorria Valvassori.
All four holders of the national stroke play titles will be competing at Prince’s: Melissa Reid, the Scottish title holder, Martina Gillen, the Irish, Naomi Edwards, the Welsh and Liz Bennett, winner in July of the English title.
The Ladies’ British Stroke Play Championship is being played at Prince’s as one of the events during the club’s centenary celebrations and Bill Howie, Director of Prince’s Golf Club said: “I am delighted to welcome the return of the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship to mark our Centenary Year. We have a long association with ladies’ tournaments since 1912 having hosted the Curtis Cup and the English and British Championships throughout the years.”
The list of entrants can be viewed at www.lgu.org – Championships.
Further information:
Susan Simpson
Director of Championships
Ladies’ Golf Union
Tel: (44) 1334 475811
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