Ladies Italian Open
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Played as the Ladies Italian Open (May 28-30; for the first time since 2014). Second-placed Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) and Gabriella Cowley (Eng) finished 1 shot behind 18-year-old Lucie Malchirand (Fra, amateur), who recorded her first Ladies European Tour win in only her second start on the Tour. Wikstrom and Cowley split the combined first/second place money (€30,000/€18,000), each winning €24,000. [Glauco Lolli Ghetti course, Margara GC, Fubine Monferrato, Piedmont].
Europe
Ruco Line
Played as the Ladies Italian Open presented by Ruco Line (June 27-29; for the first time since 2011, and last time until 2021). Second-placed Holly Clyburn (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Parker (Eng), who recorded her first ever albatross at the par-5 14th in the final round. [Perugia GC, Umbria, Italy].
Europe
Sicily
Played as the Sicilian Ladies Italian Open (Oct 7-9; for the last time until 2014). Second-placed Giulia Sergas (Italy) finished 4 shots behind first-time Ladies European Tour winner Kim (USA), who claimed her first professional title since 2005. [Il Picciola GC, Castiglione di Sicilia, Sicily].
Europe
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Ladies Italian Open not played in 2010.
Europe
CarteSi
Played as the CarteSi Ladies Italian Open (Oct 15-17). Skarpnord (Nor) beat Laura Davies (Eng) at the third playoff hole. [GC Le Rovedine, Opera, nr Milan, Italy].
Europe
BMW
Played as the BMW Ladies Italian Open (July 17-20). Second-placed Carmen Alonso (Esp) finished 5 shots behind Eberl (Ger). [Argentario Resort, Porto Ercole, Italy].
Europe
BMW
Played as the BMW Ladies Italian Open (May 23-26). Second-placed Bettina Hauert (Ger) finished 1 shot behind Johnson (Eng). [Parco de' Medici GC, Rome].
Europe
BMW
Played as the BMW Ladies Italian Open (June 14-17). Second-placed Sophie Giquel (Fra) finished 2 shots behind Nocera (Fra). [Parco de' Medici GC, Rome].
Europe
BMW
Played as the BMW Ladies Italian Open (June 2-5). Second-placed Veronica Zorzi (Italy) finished 1 shot behind Tinning (Den). [Parco de' Medici GC, Rome].
Europe
BMW
Played as the BMW Ladies Italian Open (June 3-6). Second-placed Martina Eberl (Ger) finished 1 shot behind first-time Ladies European Tour winner Sanchez (Esp). [Parco di Roma G&CC, Rome].
Europe
La Perla
Played as La Perla Ladies Italian Open (May 15-18). Second-placed Elisabeth Esterl (Ger), Anne-Marie Knight (Aus) and Karen Lunn (Aus) finished 1 shot behind first-time LET winner Kreutz (Fra). [Poggio dei Medici GC, Scarperia, nr Florence].
Europe
La Perla
Played as La Perla Ladies Italian Open (May 16-19). Second-placed Silvia Cavalleri (Italy) finished 1 shot behind Tinning (Den), who made it back-to-back wins, having won the Ladies Irish Open a week earlier. [Poggio dei Medici GC, Scarperia, nr Florence].
Europe
La Perla
Played as La Perla Ladies Italian Open (May 17-20). Playing in her fourth professional event, 21-year-old tour rookie Martí (Esp) beat Raquel Carriedo (Esp), to claim her first LET win. [Poggio dei Medici GC, Scarperia, nr Florence].
Europe
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Played as the Ladies Italian Open (March 18-21). Second-placed Valerie Van Ryckeghem (Belg) and Silvia Cavalleri (Italy) finished 3 shots behind Gustafson (Swe). [Poggio dei Medici GC, Scarperia, nr Florence].
Europe
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Played as the Ladies Italian Open. Second-placed Marina Arruti (Esp), Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (Fra), Mette Hageman (Neth), Rikka Hakkarainen (Fin) and Trish Johnson (Eng) finished 1 shot behind first-time European Ladies' PGA Tour winner Head (Eng). [Poggio dei Medici GC, Scarperia, nr Florence].
Europe
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Ladies Italian Open not played in 1998.
Europe
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Played as the Sicilian Ladies Open-Italian Ladies Open (Oct 2-5). Van Ryckeghem (Belg) beat Patricia Gonzalez (Colombia) in a playoff, to record her first win on the Women's Professional Golf European Tour. [Il Picciola GC, Castiglione di Sicilia, Sicily].
Europe
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Played as the Italian Ladies Open di Sicilia (Oct 17-20). Second-placed Tina Fischer (Ger) and Fiona Pike (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Davies (Eng), who recorded her 25th win on the Women's Professional Golf European Tour. [Il Picciola GC, Castiglione di Sicilia, Sicily].
Europe
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Played as the Italian Ladies Open (Sept 28-Oct 1). Second-placed Amaia Arruti (Esp) finished 1 shot behind Booker (Aus), who recorded her first win on the Women's Professional Golf European Tour. [Il Picciola GC, Castiglione di Sicilia, Sicily].
Europe
BMW
Played as the BMW Italian Ladies Open (Sept 22-25). Dibnah (Aus) beat Dale Reid (Scot) in a playoff to record her second win in this event. [Lignano GC, Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine, Italy].
Europe
BMW
Played as the BMW Italian Ladies Open (Sept 16-19). Second-placed Annika Sörenstam (Swe) finished 2 shots behind Arruti (Esp). [Lignano GC, Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine, Italy].
Europe
BMW
Played as the BMW Italian Ladies Open (Sept 17-20). Second-placed Sandrine Mendiburu (Fra) finished 5 shots behind Davies (Eng), who claimed her third win in this event. [Frassenelle GC, nr Padua, Italy].
Europe
BMW
Played as the BMW Italian Ladies Open (Sept 19-22). Second-placed Florence Descampe (Belg) finished 3 shots behind Dibnah (Aus). [Albarella GC, Rosolina, nr Venice].
Europe
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Played as the Open d'Italia Femminile (Oct 4-7). Second-placed Helen Alfredsson (Swe) finished 3 shots behind Descampe (Belg). [Gardagolf CC, Lake Garda, nr Brescia, Italy].
Europe
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Played as the Ladies Italian Open. Second-placed Jane Connachan (Scot) finished 2 shots behind Xonia Wunsch-Ruiz (Esp). [Golf Club Carimate, Carimate, nr Milan, Italy].
Europe
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Played as the Ladies Italian Open. Second-placed Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Taya (Fra) finished 9 shots behind defending champion Davies (Eng). [Ca' della Nave GC, Martellago, nr Venice, Italy].
Europe
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Played as the inaugural Ladies Italian Open. Second-placed Liselotte Nuemann (Swe) finished 1 shot behind Davies (Eng). [Croara CC, Gazzola, nr Piancenza, Italy].
Tournaments:
European Tour: 2021 marks the 50th and last season of the world renowned European Tour, launched in April 1972 at the Spanish Open. From 2022 the Tour will be sponsored by Dubai-based global supply chain and ports operator DP World, and will be known as the DP World Tour.
South African Open: December 2021 events in South Africa have again been impacted by the Covid pandemic. The South African Open (Dec 2-5) will no longer be played as a DP World Tour event, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Dec 9-12) has been cancelled.
Who's Who:
Bernhard Langer: at age 64, Langer collected a record sixth Charles Schwab Cup, the only player to have won the season-long points chase more than twice. He also topped the PGA Tour Champions money-list for the 11th time out of a possible 13 since 2008.
Carlota Ciganda: the five-time Solheim Cup star was delighted to record a fourth Ladies European Tour win in her home national championship, the Ladies Spanish Open.
Lee Elder: Trailblazer, Ryder Cup player, four-time PGA Tour winner and eight-time Senior PGA Tour winner, Lee Elder died on November 28, aged 87. In 1975 he became the first African American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, and in so doing provided one of the pivotal moments in the history of professional golf.
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
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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