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Saturday 11 June 2005AmateurYear in Review
Stahle wins Tropicana Essentials Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship
Littlestone Golf Club, Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent, England · Tuesday 7 to Saturday 11 June 2005 · Tropicana Essentials · 36-hole stroke-play qualifying 7-8 June, 64-player match play 9-11 June with an 18-hole final on Saturday 11 June (LGU/OCS; Kirkwood)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/7°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/6°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/6°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/10°C · wind 21 km/h NE, gusts 41 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R515°/8°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Claire Coughlan IRL · 3 and 2Irish Curtis Cup player from Cork; beaten 3 and 2 on the 16th green of the 18-hole final (LGU/OCS; Kirkwood) Gillian Kirkwood Golf News, June 2005 archive
133 started, 64 made it
Same week
Women's amateur championship
Tropicana Essentials Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship
Littlestone Golf Club, Littlestone Golf Club, Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent, England
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Louise Stahle
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
The golfer
born 1985-03-19, Lund, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 2005; age 20 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet