The Aspeboda Ladies Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the Swedish Golf Tour. It was played annually from the inception of the tour in 1986 until 1997. It was always held at the Falun-Borlänge Golf Club in Aspeboda, Sweden.

Aspeboda Ladies Open
Tournament information
LocationFalun-Borlänge, Sweden
Established1986
Course(s)Falun-Borlänge GK Aspeboda
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour (1986)
Swedish Golf Tour
Format54-hole stroke play
Prize fundSEK 85,000
Final year1997
Tournament record score
Aggregate212 Karen Lunn
To par−5 Maria Hjorth
Final champion
Sweden Katharina Larsson

In 1986 the tournament was included on the Ladies European Tour and sometimes referred to as the Borlänge Ladies Open.[1] Originally scheduled to return in 1987, the tournament was withdrawn from the 1987 Ladies European Tour schedule and the prize fund dropped from SEK 500,000 to 50,000.[2]

Marie Wennersten, who finished fourth in 1986, won the tournament three consecutive years 1987–1989. Maria Hjorth won the tournament three times in six years 1991–1996.

Winners

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Year Tour(s) Winner Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Prize
fund (SEK)
Ref
1997 SGT   Katharina Larsson 217 (+1) 5 strokes   Riikka Hakkarainen 85,000 [3]
1996 SGT   Maria Hjorth 214 (−5) 5 strokes   Linda Ericsson 85,000 [4]
1995 SGT   Mia Löjdahl (a) 219 (+3) Playoff   Pernilla Sterner 85,000 [5]
1994 SGT   Åsa Gottmo 222 (+6) 1 stroke   Maria Bertilsköld 85,000 [6]
1993 SGT   Maria Hjorth (a) 225 (+9) 1 stroke   Carin Koch 75,000 [7]
1992 SGT   Carin Koch 222 (+6) 3 strokes   Helene Koch 75,000 [8]
1991 SGT   Maria Hjorth (a) 218 (+2) 7 strokes   Ulrika Johansson 75,000 [9]
1990 SGT   Margareta Burö (a) 216 (E) 5 strokes   Malin Burström 75,000 [10]
1989 SGT   Marie Wennersten 220 (+4) 5 strokes   Katrin Möllerstedt
  Victoria Norman
75,000 [11]
1988 SGT   Marie Wennersten 216 (+2) 1 stroke   Viveca Hoff 50,000 [12]
1987 SGT · LET   Marie Wennersten 221 (+5) 3 strokes   Helena Brobeck 50,000 [13]
1986 SGT · LET   Karen Lunn 212 (−4) 2 strokes   Peggy Conley
  Liselotte Neumann
400,000 [14][15]

References

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  1. ^ "2011 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. p. 197. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. ^ "1987 Tournament Calendar". Svensk Golf 3/1987 (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 78.
  3. ^ "1997 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. ^ "1996 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  5. ^ "1995 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  6. ^ "1994 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  7. ^ "1993 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  8. ^ "1992 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  9. ^ "1991 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  10. ^ "1990 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  11. ^ "1989 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  12. ^ "1988 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  13. ^ "1987 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  14. ^ "1986 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  15. ^ "1986 Tournament Calendar". Svensk Golf 3/1987 (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 130.
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