Ladies Ch'ship of Europe
Europe
S4C Wales
Played as the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe (Aug 12-15). Second-placed Melissa Reid (Eng) and Christel Boeljon (Neth) finished 3 shots behind Pace (RSA). [Conwy (Caernarvonshire) GC, Conwy, N Wales].
Europe
S4C Wales
Played as the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe (Aug 6-9). Second-placed Amy Yang (S Kor) finished 1 shot behind Stupples (Eng) who recorded her first win in five years. [Royal St David's GC, Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales].
Europe
S4C Wales
Played as the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe (Aug 14-17). Wahlin (Swe) beat Martina Eberl (Ger) at the second playoff hole. [Machynys Peninsula G&CC, Llanelli, South Wales].
Europe
S4C Wales
Played as the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe (Aug 16-19). Second-placed Bettina Hauert (Ger) and Georgina Simpson (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Mills (Aus), who recorded her first Ladies European Tour win for 10 years. [Machynys Peninsula G&CC, Llanelli, South Wales].
Europe
Wales
Played as the Wales Ladies Championship of Europe (Aug 17-20). Second-placed Laura Davies (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Wessberg (Swe), who claimed her first Ladies European Tour win with a birdie at the final hole. [Machynys Peninsula G&CC, Llanelli, South Wales].
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Played as the Wales Ladies Championship of Europe (Aug 11-14). Second-placed Laura Davies (Eng) and defending champion Trish Johnson (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Taylor (Eng), who claimed her first professional tour victory. In the first round Taylor shot an LET 18-hole record score of 61. [Machynys Peninsula G&CC, Llanelli, South Wales].
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Played as the Wales "Golf as it Should Be" Ladies Open (Aug 12-15). Second-placed Laura Davies (Eng) and Iben Tinning (Den) finished 2 shots behind Johnson (Eng). [Royal Porthcawl GC, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales].
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Played as the Wales WPGA Championship of Europe (Aug 22-24). Second-placed Becky Brewerton (Wales, amateur) finished 2 shots behind Waugh (Aus). [Royal Porthcawl GC, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales].
Europe
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Played as the Wales WPGA Championship of Europe (Aug 22-25). Second-placed Maria Hjorth (Swe) finished 2 shots behind Gottmo (Swe), who recorded her first and only Ladies European Tour win. [Royal Porthcawl GC, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales].
Europe
WPGA
Played as the WPGA Championship of Europe. Second-placed Suzann Pettersen (Nor) finished 4 shots behind Alfredsson (Swe), who recorded her tenth Ladies European Tour win. [Royal Porthcawl GC, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales].
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WPGA Championship of Europe not played in 2000.
Europe
McDonald's
Played as the McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe (Aug 5-8). Davies (Eng) beat Maria Hjorth (Swe) with a par at the second playoff hole. [King's course, Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire].
Europe
McDonald's
Played as the McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe (Aug 6-9). Second-placed Laura Davies (Eng) and defending champion Helen Alfredsson (Swe) finished 5 shots behind Matthew (Scot), who recorded her first European Ladies' PGA Tour win. [King's course, Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire].
Europe
McDonald's
Played as the McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe (Aug 7-10). Second-placed Charlotta Sorenstam (Swe) and Kathryn Marshall (Scot) finished 4 shots behind Alfredsson (Swe). [King's course, Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire].
Europe
McDonald's
Played as the inaugural McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe (Aug 8-11). Second-placed Helen Wadsworth (Wales), Charlotta Sorenstam (Swe), Trish Johnson (Eng) and Loraine Lambert (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Fischer (Ger), who recorded her first win on the Women's Professional Golf European Tour. [King's course, Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire].
Tournaments:
Solheim Cup: can Europe defend the most prestigious team trophy in women’s professional golf, when the 17th Solheim Cup is played out at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio (Sept 4-6).
Italian Open: Nicolai Højgaard recorded his first European Tour win (Sept 5), just a week after his twin brother Rasmus landed the European Masters title (Aug 29); the first brothers to win back-to-back on the European Tour.
Who's Who:
Patrick Cantlay: moved into the world top 5, after winning the final two FedEx Cup playoff events and scooping the $15 million first prize.
Trish Johnson: kept the Senior LPGA Championship trophy in European hands, with her second win in this event in its four-year history.
The San Roque Club: "... how best to revitalise a course that had previously been fit to play regular host to the European Tour’s qualifying school finals..." by Toby Ingleton.
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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