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:
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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