1984 Hitachi Ladies British Open: Ayako Okamoto wins at Woburn Golf & Country Club (Duke's Course)
Ayako Okamoto won the 1984 Hitachi Ladies British Open at Woburn Golf & Country Club (Duke's Course), Little Brickhill (near Milton Keynes), Buckinghamshire, England with 289 (−3), by 11 strokes over Betsy King and Dale Reid.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the AIG Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- 4 October 1984 to 6 October 1984
- Course
- Woburn Golf & Country Club (Duke's Course), Little Brickhill (near Milton Keynes), Buckinghamshire, England
- Edition
- 8th edition
- Counted as a major
- no (the event became a major later, or was one only in other years)
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 73
- Purse
- £160,000 · winner's share £25,000 (US$200,000)
- Champion
- Ayako Okamoto · age 33 · Japan · born Akitsu, Hiroshima, Japan
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event
- Winning score
- 71-71-70-77 = 289 (−3) · won by 11 strokes
- Runners-up
- Betsy King, Dale Reid (300 each)
- 54-hole leader
- Ayako Okamoto
- Low amateur
- Mary McKenna (302)
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayako Okamoto | 71 | 71 | 70 | 77 | 289 | −3 |
| T2 | Betsy King | 300 | |||||
| T2 | Dale Reid | 300 |
What happened at the 1984 Hitachi Ladies British Open
Ayako Okamoto won by 11 strokes - still the largest margin in the championship's history - and was the only player in the field to finish under par.
Despite a closing 77, Okamoto covered the final front nine in 38 and finished with an 8-foot birdie putt on the last hole.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's AIG Women's Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).
Sources
- aigwomensopen.com: aigwo champions
- aigwomensopen.com: records
- aigwomensopen.com: ayako okamoto
- aigwomensopen.com: 50th year magic moments 41 50
- worldgolfhalloffame.org
- where2golf.com: ayako okamoto
- lpga.com: british history
- Wikipedia: 1984 Ladies European Tour
- Wikipedia: 1984 LPGA Tour
- Wikipedia: Ayako Okamoto
- aigwomensopen.com: previous championships
- aigwomensopen.com: vivien saunders