WPGA Championship of Europe
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | France (1979) Scotland (1996–1999) Wales (2001–2010) |
| Established | 1979 |
| Tour(s) | Ladies European Tour |
| Format | 72-hole Stroke play |
| Final year | 2010 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 274 Linda Wessberg, Kirsty Taylor |
| To par | −16 Helen Alfredsson |
| Final champion | |
 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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References
[edit]- ^ "Weekend results | Golf". The Guardian. 1 October 1979. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Women's tour welcomes new events". The Independent. 7 December 1995. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- Former Ladies European Tour events
- Golf tournaments in Wales
- Golf tournaments in Scotland
- Defunct golf tournaments in France
- Defunct golf tournaments
- Annual sporting events in the United Kingdom
- Recurring sporting events established in 1979
- Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2010
- 1996 establishments in Scotland
- 2010 disestablishments in Wales