1991 Weetabix Women's British Open: Penny Grice-Whittaker wins at Woburn Golf & Country Club (Duke's Course)
Penny Grice-Whittaker won the 1991 Weetabix Women's British Open at Woburn Golf & Country Club (Duke's Course), Little Brickhill (near Milton Keynes), Buckinghamshire, England with 284, by 3 strokes over Helen Alfredsson and Diane Barnard.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the AIG Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- 1 August 1991 to 4 August 1991
- Course
- Woburn Golf & Country Club (Duke's Course), Little Brickhill (near Milton Keynes), Buckinghamshire, England
- Edition
- 15th edition
- Counted as a major
- no (the event became a major later, or was one only in other years)
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Purse
- £150,000 · winner's share £25,000
- Champion
- Penny Grice-Whittaker · age 26 · England · born Sheffield, England
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event
- Winning score
- 69-69-77-69 = 284 · won by 3 strokes
- Runners-up
- Helen Alfredsson, Diane Barnard (287 each)
- Low amateur
- Akiko Fukushima (296)
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penny Grice-Whittaker | 69 | 69 | 77 | 69 | 284 |
| T2 | Helen Alfredsson | 287 | ||||
| T2 | Diane Barnard | 287 |
What happened at the 1991 Weetabix Women's British Open
Penny Grice-Whittaker won despite a third-round 77, with her other three rounds all 69s, including the final round.
Defending champion Helen Alfredsson was 'edged into a tie for second place' by Grice-Whittaker, whom the LPGA called a 'surprise winner'.
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).