1988 Weetabix Women's British Open: Corinne Dibnah wins at Lindrick Golf Club

Corinne Dibnah won the 1988 Weetabix Women's British Open at Lindrick Golf Club, Worksop, South Yorkshire, England with 295 (−1), beating Sally Little in a playoff.

Updated October 23, 2026

Every year is on the AIG Women's Open winners list.

Dates: 28 July 1988 to 31 July 1988
Course: Lindrick Golf Club, Worksop, South Yorkshire, England
Edition: 12th 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: 74
Purse: £100,000 · winner's share £15,000
Champion: Corinne Dibnah · age 26 · Australia · born Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Champion's title: 1st title at this event
Winning score: 73-73-74-75 = 295 (−1)
Runner-up: Sally Little (295)
Playoff: sudden death; 2 holes; beat Sally Little; 2nd extra hole (course hole number not stated) - Dibnah birdie
Low amateur: Kathryn Imrie (301)

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Corinne Dibnah	73	73	74	75	295	−1
2	Sally Little					295

What happened at the 1988 Weetabix Women's British Open

Corinne Dibnah hit an eight-iron to six feet at the second extra hole and holed the birdie putt to beat Sally Little in the first play-off in the championship's history.

Defending champion Alison Nicholas finished one shot outside the Dibnah-Little tie on a dramatic final day.

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).

1988 Weetabix Women's British Open: Corinne Dibnah wins at Lindrick Golf Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1988 Weetabix Women's British Open

How this was built

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