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Tournament results: Ladies Italian Open

Results for the Ladies Italian Open are shown in the table below, which includes details of the respective winners, their scores and prize money, relevant venues and title sponsors.
1991
Europe
272 (-16)
£15,000
BMW

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Dibnah, Corinne

Score

272 (-16)

Prize money

£15,000

Title sponsor

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].

2008
Europe
Eberl, Martina
275 (-9)
€67,500
BMW

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Eberl, Martina

Score

275 (-9)

Prize money

€67,500

Title sponsor

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].

1990
Europe
Descampe, Florence
282 (-6)
£13,500
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Descampe, Florence

Score

282 (-6)

Prize money

£13,500

Title sponsor

x

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].

2009
Europe
Skarpnord, Marianne
204 (-12)
€30,000
CarteSi

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Skarpnord, Marianne

Score

204 (-12)

Prize money

€30,000

Title sponsor

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].

1994
Europe
277 (-11)
£10,500
BMW

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Dibnah, Corinne

Venue

Lignano

Score

277 (-11)

Prize money

£10,500

Title sponsor

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].

1993
Europe
Arruti, Amaia
270 (-18)
£15,750
BMW

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Arruti, Amaia

Venue

Lignano

Score

270 (-18)

Prize money

£15,750

Title sponsor

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].

2005
Europe
271 (-17)
€45,000
BMW

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Tinning, Iben

Score

271 (-17)

Prize money

€45,000

Title sponsor

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].

2007
Europe
273 (-15)
€60,000
BMW

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Johnson, Trish

Score

273 (-15)

Prize money

€60,000

Title sponsor

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].

2006
Europe
274 (-14)
€60,000
BMW

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Nocera, Gwladys

Score

274 (-14)

Prize money

€60,000

Title sponsor

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].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Sanchez, Ana Belen

Score

281 (-7)

Prize money

€41,250

Title sponsor

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].

1996
Europe
282 (-10)
£15,000
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Davies, Laura

Score

282 (-10)

Prize money

£15,000

Title sponsor

x

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].

2011
Europe
209 (-7)
€30,000
Sicily

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Kim, Christina

Score

209 (-7)

Prize money

€30,000

Title sponsor

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].

1997
Europe
Van Ryckeghem, Valerie
288 (-4)
£15,000
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Van Ryckeghem, Valerie

Score

288 (-4)

Prize money

£15,000

Title sponsor

x

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].

1995
Europe
Booker, Denise
284 (-8)
£15,000
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Booker, Denise

Score

284 (-8)

Prize money

£15,000

Title sponsor

x

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].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Gustafson, Sophie

Score

284 (-8)

Prize money

€24,203

Title sponsor

x

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].

1999
Europe
Head, Samantha
214 (-5)
£15,000
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Head, Samantha

Score

214 (-5)

Prize money

£15,000

Title sponsor

x

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].

2003
Europe
282 (-10)
€26,362
La Perla

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Kreutz, Ludivine

Score

282 (-10)

Prize money

€26,362

Title sponsor

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].

2002
Europe
278 (-14)
€28,575
La Perla

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Tinning, Iben

Score

278 (-14)

Prize money

€28,575

Title sponsor

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].

2001
Europe
283 (-9)
€29,383
La Perla

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Marti, Paula

Score

283 (-9)

Prize money

€29,383

Title sponsor

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].

1987
Europe
Croara CC
285 (-3)
£9,000
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Davies, Laura

Venue

Croara CC

Score

285 (-3)

Prize money

£9,000

Title sponsor

x

Played as the inaugural Ladies Italian Open. Second-placed Liselotte Nuemann (Swe) finished 1 shot behind Davies (Eng). [Croara CC, Gazzola, nr Piancenza, Italy].

2021
Europe
Malchirand, Lucie
Margara GC
209 (-7)
amateur
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Malchirand, Lucie

Venue

Margara GC

Score

209 (-7)

Prize money

amateur

Title sponsor

x

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].

2022
Europe
Metraux, Morgane
Margara GC
206 (-10)
€30,000
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Metraux, Morgane

Venue

Margara GC

Score

206 (-10)

Prize money

€30,000

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Ladies Italian Open presented by Regione Piemonte (June 2-4). 25-year-old Morgane Metraux (Sui) beat Alessandra Fanali (Italy, amateur) and Meghan MacLaren (Eng) with a 20-foot eagle putt at the first playoff hole (par-5 18th). Metraux recorded her first Ladies European Tour win in her 13th start on the Tour. [Glauco Lolli Ghetti course, Margara GC, Fubine Monferrato, Piedmont].

2010
Europe
(not played)
x
x
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

(not played)

Venue

Score

x

Prize money

x

Title sponsor

x

Ladies Italian Open not played in 2010.

1998
Europe
(not played)
x
x
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

(not played)

Venue

Score

x

Prize money

x

Title sponsor

x

Ladies Italian Open not played in 1998.

1992
Europe
Frassenelle GC
274 (-14)
£16,500
BMW

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Davies, Laura

Venue

Frassenelle GC

Score

274 (-14)

Prize money

£16,500

Title sponsor

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].

1989
Europe
Wunsch-Ruiz, Xonia
Carimate GC
278 (-10)
£12,000
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Wunsch-Ruiz, Xonia

Venue

Carimate GC

Score

278 (-10)

Prize money

£12,000

Title sponsor

x

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].

1988
Europe
Ca' della Nave
269 (-19)
£10,500
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Davies, Laura

Venue

Ca' della Nave

Score

269 (-19)

Prize money

£10,500

Title sponsor

x

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].

2014
Europe
Perugia GC
209 (-7)
€37,500
Ruco Line

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Parker, Florentyna

Venue

Perugia GC

Score

209 (-7)

Prize money

€37,500

Title sponsor

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].

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