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Sunday 31 July 1988Women’s tour eventsYear in Review
Dibnah wins Weetabix Women's British Open
Lindrick Golf Club, Worksop, England · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 July 1988 · purse £100,000 · winner's share £15,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/11°C · wind 35 km/h SSW, gusts 62 · 6.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/10°C · wind 32 km/h W, gusts 62 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/11°C · wind 31 km/h SW, gusts 65 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/12°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ladies' British Open
- AIG Women's Open
- Women's British Open
- Pretty Polly Women's British Open
- Hitachi Ladies British Open
- Burberry Women's British Open
- Weetabix Women's British Open
- Ricoh Women's British Open
- AIG Women's British Open
1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's tour event
Weetabix Women's British Open
Lindrick Golf Club, Worksop
1 of 5 researched
Winner
Corinne Dibnah
295Total
−1To par
playoff: sudden death; 2 holes; beat Sally Little; 2nd extra hole (course hole number not stated) - Dibnah birdieMargin
PlayoffDecided
Runner-up: Sally Little
Top 10
Not yet researched
The golfer
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet