1990 Weetabix Women's British Open: Helen Alfredsson wins at Woburn Golf & Country Club (Duke's Course)
Helen Alfredsson won the 1990 Weetabix Women's British Open at Woburn Golf & Country Club (Duke's Course), Little Brickhill (near Milton Keynes), Buckinghamshire, England with 288 (−4), beating Jane Hill in a playoff.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the AIG Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- 2 August 1990 to 5 August 1990
- Course
- Woburn Golf & Country Club (Duke's Course), Little Brickhill (near Milton Keynes), Buckinghamshire, England
- Edition
- 14th 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
- £130,000 · winner's share £20,000
- Champion
- Helen Alfredsson · age 25 · Sweden · born Gothenburg, Sweden
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event
- Winning score
- 70-71-74-73 = 288 (−4)
- Runner-up
- Jane Hill (288)
- Playoff
- sudden death; 4 holes; beat Jane Hill; 4th extra hole (course hole number unknown); won with a par
- Low amateur
- Sarah Bennett (302)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helen Alfredsson | 70 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 288 | −4 |
| 2 | Jane Hill | 288 |
What happened at the 1990 Weetabix Women's British Open
Helen Alfredsson beat Zimbabwe's Jane Hill at the fourth hole of a sudden-death play-off at Woburn, in only her second year as a professional.
The 1990 Championship was the first of a run of seven successive Championships staged at Woburn's Duke's Course.
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: previous championships
- aigwomensopen.com: records
- aigwomensopen.com: aigwo champions
- lpga.com: british history
- aigwomensopen.com: helen alfredsson
- where2golf.com: helen alfredsson
- Wikipedia: Helen Alfredsson
- Wikipedia: Women's British Open
- forethegoodofthegame.com: helen alfredsson part 1 the early years