Ladies Swiss Open

{{short description|Golf tournament}} {{use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox golf tournament | name = Ladies Swiss Open | image = | caption = | location = Zug, Switzerland | establishment = 1988 | course = Golfpark Holzhäusern | par = 71 | yardage = | lang =  | org = | tour = Ladies European Tour | format = 54-hole Stroke play | purse = {{Currency|300000|EUR}} | month_played = | final_year = | aggregate = 194 Suzann Pettersen | to-par = −22 ''as above'' | current_champion = {{flagicon|ENG}} Alice Hewson }} The '''Ladies Swiss Open''' is a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that is held in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hewson ends four-year title drought at Swiss Open |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/articles/cv2g54gv27eo |access-date=23 October 2024 |work=BBC |date=30 June 2024}}</ref>

==History== The tournament was first played in 1988 and then again in 1989 near St. Moritz, and between 1990 and 1997 near Geneva.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/751118591/?terms=St%20Moritz%20Open&match=1 |title=Arnold gets invitation to land her first win |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=27 June 1988 |page=40 |first=Lewine |last=Mair |via=newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In 1990, Evelyn Orley became the first Swiss national to win the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |title=2011 LET Media Guide |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/24467905/chic-diverse-engaging-ladies-european-tour |publisher=Ladies European Tour |accessdate=4 August 2020}}</ref>

Between 2006 and 2012, Deutsche Bank was the title sponsor, and it was played in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bettina Hauert behauptet ihre Spitzenposition |url=https://www.welt.de/sport/article882274/Bettina-Hauert-behauptet-ihre-Spitzenposition.html |access-date=23 October 2024 |work=Die Welt |date=19 May 2007 |language=de}}</ref>

After an eight-year hiatus it returned to the LET schedule again in 2020, this time near Zug and with Liechtenstein-based VP Bank as title sponsor.<ref>{{cite web |title=VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/tournaments-information/?tourn=1930&season=2020 |publisher=Ladies European Tour |accessdate=8 September 2020}}</ref>

==Winners== {|class=wikitable style="font-size:95%" !Year!!Winner!!Score!!To par!!Margin<br>of victory!!Runner(s)-up!!Winner's<br>share (€)!!Venue |- !colspan=8|VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open |- | align=center|2025|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Alice Hewson (2) || align=right|66-67-67=200 || align=center|−13 || 5 strokes || {{flagicon|SWE}} Kajsa Arwefjäll<br>{{flagicon|SUI}} Chiara Tamburlini<br>{{flagicon|IRL}} Lauren Walsh || align=center|45,000 ||rowspan=6| Golfpark Holzhäusern |- | align=center|2024|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Alice Hewson || align=right|68-69-65=202 || align=center|−11 || Playoff || {{flagicon|IND}} Tvesa Malik || align=center|45,000 |- | align=center|2023 || {{flagicon|DEU}} Alexandra Försterling || align=right|66-66-66=198 || align=center|−15 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|NOR}} Madelene Stavnar || align=center|45,000 |- | align=center|2022 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Liz Young || align=right|68-67-69=204 || align=center|−12 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|SWE}} Linn Grant || align=center|30,000 |- | align=center|2021 || {{flagicon|THA}} Atthaya Thitikul || align=right|68-66-66=200 || align=center|−16 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|NOR}} Marianne Skarpnord || align=center|30,000 |- | align=center|2020 || {{flagicon|WAL}} Amy Boulden || align=right|70-65-64=199 || align=center|−17 || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|AUS}} Stephanie Kyriacou || align=center|30,000 |- | colspan=8 align=center|''2013–2019: No tournament'' |- !colspan=8|Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open |- | rowspan=2 align=center|2012 || rowspan=2|{{flagicon|SCO}} Carly Booth || rowspan=2 align=right|70-71-67-68=276 || rowspan=2 align=center|–12 || rowspan=2|Playoff || {{flagicon|DEU}} Anja Monke || rowspan=2 align=center|78,750 || rowspan=11| Golf Gerre Losone |- | {{flagicon|DEU}} Caroline Masson |- | rowspan=3 align=center|2011 || rowspan=3|{{flagicon|ITA}} Diana Luna || rowspan=3 align=right|69-67-67=203 || rowspan=3 align=center|–13 || rowspan=3|1 stroke || {{flagicon|RSA}} Lee-Anne Pace || rowspan=3 align=center|78,750 |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} Sophie Giquel-Bettan |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kristie Smith |- | align=center|2010 || {{flagicon|RSA}} Lee-Anne Pace || align=right|69-67-68=204 || align=center|–12 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|SCO}} Vikki Laing || align=center|78,750 |- | align=center|2009 || {{flagicon|NOR}} Marianne Skarpnord || align=right|69-71-66-70=276 || align=center|–16 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|ENG}} Melissa Reid || align=center|78,750 |- | align=center|2008 || {{flagicon|NOR}} Suzann Pettersen || align=right|67-63-64=194 || align=center|–22 || 6 strokes || {{flagicon|KOR}} Amy Yang || align=center|78,750 |- | rowspan=2 align=center|2007 || rowspan=2|{{flagicon|DEU}} Bettina Hauert || rowspan=2 align=right|68-73-72-72=285 || rowspan=2 align=center|–3 || rowspan=2|Playoff || {{flagicon|AUS}} Anna Rawson || rowspan=2 align=center|78,750 |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} Paula Martí |- | align=center|2006 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Gwladys Nocera || align=right|69-70-63-71=276 || align=center|–12 || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} Laura Davies || align=center|75,000 |- | colspan=8 align=center|''1998–2005: No tournament'' |- !colspan=8|Déesse Ladies' Swiss Open |- | align=center|1997 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Marie-Laure de Lorenzi || align=right|72-68-70-70=280 || align=center| −8 || Playoff || {{flagicon|ENG}} Trish Johnson || align=center|£13,500 ||rowspan=2| GC de Maison Blanche |- | align=center|1996 || {{flagicon|SWE}} Sophie Gustafson || align=right|69-69-73-69=280 || align=center|−8 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|ENG}} Lisa Hackney || align=center|£12,000 |- | colspan=8 align=center|''1991–1995: No tournament'' |- !colspan=8|Bonmont Ladies Swiss Classic |- | 1990 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Evelyn Orley ||align=right| 289 || align=center| +1 || Playoff || {{flagicon|SCO}} Gillian Stewart || align=center|£10,500 || Bonmont G&CC |- !colspan=8|St Moritz Classic |- | 1989 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Kitrina Douglas ||align=right| 286 || align=center| −2 || Playoff || {{flagicon|ENG}} Suzanne Strudwick || align=center|£10,500 || Engadine GC |- !colspan=8|St Moritz Open |- | 1988 || {{flagicon|NZL}} Janice Arnold ||align=right| 285 || align=center| −3 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|SCO}} Cathy Panton || align=center|£9,000 || Engadine GC |}

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==External links== *{{official|https://www.vpbankswissladiesopen.ch/en/}} *[http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/ Ladies European Tour]

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