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
CourseFalun-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and sometimes referred to as the Borlänge Ladies Open.[1] Originally scheduled to return in 1987, the tournament was withdrawn from the 1987 Ladies European Tour schedule and the prize fund dropped from SEK 500,000 to 50,000.[2]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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YearTour(s)WinnerScoreMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upPrize
fund (SEK)
Ref
1997SGTSweden Katharina Larsson217 (+1)5 strokesFinland Riikka Hakkarainen85,000[3]
1996SGTSweden Maria Hjorth214 (−5)5 strokesSweden Linda Ericsson85,000[4]
1995SGTSweden Mia Löjdahl (a)219 (+3)PlayoffSweden Pernilla Sterner85,000[5]
1994SGTSweden Åsa Gottmo222 (+6)1 strokeSweden Maria Bertilsköld85,000[6]
1993SGTSweden Maria Hjorth (a)225 (+9)1 strokeSweden Carin Koch75,000[7]
1992SGTSweden Carin Koch222 (+6)3 strokesSweden Helene Koch75,000[8]
1991SGTSweden Maria Hjorth (a)218 (+2)7 strokesSweden Ulrika Johansson75,000[9]
1990SGTSweden Margareta Burö (a)216 (E)5 strokesSweden Malin Burström75,000[10]
1989SGTSweden Marie Wennersten220 (+4)5 strokesSweden Katrin Möllerstedt
Sweden Victoria Norman
75,000[11]
1988SGTSweden Marie Wennersten216 (+2)1 strokeSweden Viveca Hoff50,000[12]
1987SGT · LETSweden Marie Wennersten221 (+5)3 strokesSweden Helena Brobeck50,000[13]
1986SGT · LETAustralia Karen Lunn212 (−4)2 strokesUnited States Peggy Conley
Sweden 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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