Women's Victorian Open
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Victoria, Australia |
| Established | 1988 |
| Course(s) | 13th Beach Golf Links (Beach Course and Creek Course) |
| Par | 74 |
| Tour(s) |
ALPG Tour Ladies European Tour (2017–) |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | A$1,500,000 |
| Month played | February |
| Current champion | |
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The Women's Victorian Open is an annual golf tournament held in Australia. It was founded in 1988 and played annually through 1992. After a 20-year hiatus it returned in 2012 as a tournament on the ALPG Tour.
This was the first time the men's Victorian Open and women's Victorian Open were held concurrently - making it the only professional golf tournament in the world where men and women played the same courses, at the same time, for equal prize money.
In 2013, the men's and women's Victorian Opens moved to 13th Beach Golf Links in Barwon Heads, Victoria.
When the tournament moved to 13th Beach Golf Links in 2013 the combined prize pool was $300,000, with $150,000 on offer for each of the men's and women's fields.
In six years, the total prize pool has increased ten-fold, with the 2019 men's and women's Victorian Open fields to be playing for a total purse of $3 million ($1.5 million each).
Since 2017 the event has been co-sanctioned between the Ladies European Tour and the ALPG Tour.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Score | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Minjee Lee (2) | | 279 | 13th Beach Golf Links |
| 2017 | Melissa Reid |  | 276PO | 13th Beach Golf Links |
| 2016 | Georgia Hall | | 281 | 13th Beach Golf Links |
| 2015 | Marianne Skarpnord |  | 279 | 13th Beach Golf Links |
| 2014 | Minjee Lee (a) | | 279 | 13th Beach Golf Links |
| 2013 | Stacey Keating | | 278 | 13th Beach Golf Links |
| 2012 | Joanna Klatten |  | 212 | Woodlands/Spring Valley |
| 1993–2011 | No tournament | |||
| 1992 | Wendy Doolan | | 211 | Yarra Yarra |
| 1991 | Jennifer Wyatt |  | 222 | Woodlands |
| 1990 | Dale Reid |  | 212 | Commonwealth |
| 1989 | Susan Tonkin | | 227 | Commonwealth |
| 1988 | Helen Hopkins | | 219 | Commonwealth |
In 2017 Reid beat Sandra Gal at the third hole of a sudden-death playoff and in 2018, Minjee Lee won her second Victorian Open title, after winning her first as an amateur in 2014.
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