1987 Weetabix Women's British Open: Alison Nicholas wins at St Mellion (then the Old course, now the Kernow course)
Alison Nicholas won the 1987 Weetabix Women's British Open at St Mellion (then the Old course, now the Kernow course), St Mellion, Cornwall, England with 296 (+4), by 1 stroke over Laura Davies and Muffin Spencer-Devlin.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the AIG Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- 30 July 1987 to 2 August 1987
- Course
- St Mellion (then the Old course, now the Kernow course), St Mellion, Cornwall, England
- Edition
- 11th 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 · 6,129 yards
- Cut
- 159
- Purse
- £100,000 · winner's share £15,000
- Champion
- Alison Nicholas · age 25 · England · born Gibraltar
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event
- Winning score
- 74-76-73-73 = 296 (+4) · won by 1 stroke
- Runners-up
- Laura Davies, Muffin Spencer-Devlin (297 each)
- Low amateur
- Joanne Furby (305)
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alison Nicholas | 74 | 76 | 73 | 73 | 296 | +4 |
| T2 | Laura Davies | 297 | |||||
| T2 | Muffin Spencer-Devlin | 297 |
What happened at the 1987 Weetabix Women's British Open
In the second round defending champion Laura Davies triple-bogeyed her first hole to fall seven shots behind overnight leader Sally Little, yet recovered to a 72 and took the 36-hole lead on 145 as Little slumped to an 80.
Muffin Spencer-Devlin followed an opening 79 with a six-birdie, record five-under-par 68 in the second round and went on to share second, one behind Nicholas.
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: alison nicholas
- theguardian.newspapers.com: newspage
- where2golf.com: alison nicholas
- lpga.com: british history
- Wikipedia: 1987 Ladies European Tour
- Wikipedia: Alison Nicholas
- e-magin.se: paper
- aigwomensopen.com: previous championships