French International Ladies Amateur Championship

French International Ladies Amateur Championship

Tournament information
Location	France
Organised by	Fédération française de golf
Format	72-hole stroke play
Month played	September
Current champion

The French International Ladies Amateur Championship, known since 1998 also as the Cécile de Rothschild Trophy, is an annual amateur golf tournament in France for women.

This stroke play championship, contested of 72 holes, was first held in 1962, making it the oldest such international ladies amateur championship in Europe. The British equivalent, the British Ladies Amateur Stroke Play Championship, was created several years later.^[1]

Initially it attracted little international interest and the title was contested mainly between French players. Brigitte Varangot, Catherine Lacoste and Odile Garaïalde dominated the event in the early years. By the 1990s the championship was attracting an international field and in 1992 the Spaniard Estefania Knuth won the title, followed in second place by her compatriot Laura Navarro.^[1]

Between 1994 and 2002 the tournament was contested every other year, alternating with the International de France Match Play, which was discontinued in 2001. Since 1998, due to a donation from Nathaniel de Rothschild, the winner is presented with the Cécile de Rothschild Trophy in her memory. The trophy is always kept at Morfontaine Golf Club.^[1]

Winners[]

Year	Venue	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Ref
Trophée Cécile de Rothschild
2021	Chiberta
2020	Omaha Beach		212PO		[2]
2019	Bondues	Virginia Elena Carta	209		[3]
2018	Granville		286		[4]
2017	Morfontaine	Puk Lyng Thomsen	274	Alessia Nobilio	[5]
2016	Belle Dune	Alessia Nobilio	283PO	Beatrice Wallin	[6]
2015	Morfontaine		281PO		[7]
2014	Saint-Germain		280
2013	Morfontaine		281PO	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	[8]
2012	Saint-Germain		213		[9]
2011	Morfontaine	Perrine Delacour
2010	Palmola
2009	Fontainebleau		289	Ann-Kathrin Lindner
2008	Morfontaine	Carlota Ciganda	285	Lucie André
2007	Ésery		294
2006	Morfontaine	Isabelle Boineau	285PO	Anne-Lise Caudal
2005	Pau	Anne-Lise Caudal	282
2004	Morfontaine			Dewi Claire Schreefel
2003	Le Lys		272
2002	Morfontaine	Gwladys Nocera	284
2001	No tournament
2000	Morfontaine	Carmen Alonso		Tania Elósegui
1999	No tournament
1998	Morfontaine	Stéphanie Arricau
International de France Medal Play
1997	No tournament
1996	Médoc	Anna Berg	277
1995	No tournament
1994	Le Golf National		284	Alessandra Salvi
1993	Apremont	Macarena Campomanes	294
1992	Paris International	Estefania Knuth	279	Laura Navarro
1991	Saint-Nom	Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue	290	Valérie Michaud
1990	Morfontaine
1989	Saint-Cloud
1988	Saint-Nom	Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue	297
1987	Le Lys		292
1986	Saint-Germain	Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue	300
1985	La Boulie		289
1984	Fontainebleau	Catherine Lacoste	302
1983	Le Lys		288
1982	Saint-Cloud	Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue	294	Marie-Laure de Lorenzi
1981	Saint-Nom
1980	Morfontaine	Marie-Laure de Lorenzi	295	Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue
1979	La Boulie		301	Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue
1978	Morfontaine		283	Catherine Lacoste
1977	No tournament
1976			296
1975	Saint Germain	Catherine Lacoste	293	Anne Marie Palli
1974	Saint Cloud		289
1973	Morfontaine		305	Brigitte Varangot Anne Marie Palli (a)
1972	Saint Nom	Brigitte Varangot	311
1971	No tournament
1970	Saint Cloud	Brigitte Varangot	299
1969	Saint Cloud		302
1968	Saint Germain		293	Catherine Lacoste
1967	Saint Cloud	Catherine Lacoste	300	Brigitte Varangot
Trophée Carven
1966	Saint Cloud	Catherine Lacoste	293
1965	Saint Cloud	Catherine Lacoste	291
1964	Saint Cloud	Brigitte Varangot	304	Catherine Lacoste
1963	Chantilly
1962	Morfontaine			Brigitte Varangot

Source: ^[1][10]

References[]

External links[]

• Fédération française de golf