The WPGA Championship of Europe was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour.

The tournament was first played in 1979 in France, the first WPGA event held outside the United Kingdom. It was revived 1996 at Gleneagles in Scotland, titled the McDonald's WPGA Championship, and was the first event on the tour to be played solely for charity. Following the withdrawal of McDonald's as sponsors after just four years, there was a one-year break before the tournament returned to the tour in 2001 with a new home in Wales. It was last played in 2010.

Winners

YearVenueWinnerCountryScoreMargin of victoryRunner(s)-upCountry
S4/C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe
2010Conwy Golf ClubLee-Anne PaceSouth Africa282 (−6)3 strokesChristel BoeljonNetherlands
Melissa ReidEngland
2009Royal St. David'sKaren StupplesEngland276 (−12)1 strokeAmy YangSouth Korea
2008Machynys PeninsulaLotta WahlinSweden209 (−7)PlayoffMartina EberlGermany
2007Machynys PeninsulaJoanne MillsAustralia282 (−6)1 strokeBettina HauertGermany
Georgina SimpsonEngland
Wales Ladies Championship of Europe
2006Machynys PeninsulaLinda WessbergSweden274 (−14)1 strokeLaura DaviesEngland
2005Machynys PeninsulaKirsty TaylorEngland274 (−14)3 strokesLaura DaviesEngland
Trish JohnsonEngland
Wales "Golf as it should be" Ladies Open
2004Royal PorthcawlTrish JohnsonEngland277 (−15)3 strokesIben TinningDenmark
Laura DaviesEngland
The Wales WPGA Championship of Europe
2003Royal PorthcawlShani WaughAustralia286 (−6)2 strokesBecky BrewertonWales
2002Royal PorthcawlÅsa GottmoSweden285 (−7)2 strokesMaria HjorthSweden
WPGA Championship of Europe
2001Royal PorthcawlHelen AlfredssonSweden276 (−16)4 strokesSuzann PettersenNorway
2000: No tournament
McDonald's WPGA Championship
1999Gleneagles (King's)Laura DaviesEngland280 (−8)PlayoffMaria HjorthSweden
1998Gleneagles (King's)Catriona MatthewScotland276 (−12)5 strokesHelen AlfredssonSweden
Laura DaviesEngland
McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe
1997Gleneagles (King's)Helen AlfredssonSweden276 (−12)4 strokesCharlotta SorenstamSweden
Kathryn MarshallScotland
1996Gleneagles (King's)Tina FischerGermany278 (−10)1 strokeHelen WadsworthWales
Charlotta SorenstamSweden
Trish JohnsonEngland
Loraine LambertAustralia
WPGA European Championship
1980–1995: No tournament
1979Valbonne (France)Susan MoonUnited States292 (+4)2 strokesIrene KoehlerWest Germany

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