{{Short description|Professional golf tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox golf tournament | name = Northern Ireland Ladies Open | image = | caption = | location = Northern Ireland | establishment = 1979 | course = Templepatrick Golf & Country Club | par = 72 | yardage = | lang = <!-- Defaults to US English. Value must be "uk" for British English --> | org = | tour = Ladies European Tour<br />LPGA Tour (1984) | format = 54-hole or 72-hole Stroke play | purse = €200,000 | month_played = | final_year = 2007 | aggregate = 275 Sophie Gustafson (2003) | to-par = −13 ''as above'' | final_champion = {{flagicon|ENG}} Lisa Hall }} The '''Northern Ireland Ladies Open''' was a professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour (LET) held in Northern Ireland.
A Northern Ireland tournament was a fixture on the LET schedule since the tour's inception in 1979. In 1984 the tournament featured on the LPGA Tour along with the Women's British Open. The latest installment, in 2007, took place at Templepatrick Golf and Country Club near Belfast, with a prize fund of €200,000. As well as the LET professionals, the field featured 12-year-old local twins Lisa and Leona Maguire.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/6693675.stm Twelve-year-old twins in NI Open], ''bbc.co.uk'', 25 May 2007.</ref>
==Winners== {|class=wikitable style="font-size:95%" !Year|| Tour(s)!!Venue!!County!!Winner!!Score!! To Par !!Margin<br />of victory!!Runner(s)-up!!Note |- ! colspan="10" |Northern Ireland Ladies Open |- | 2007 ||LET || Templepatrick || Antrim || {{flagicon|ENG}} Lisa Hall || align=right|214 || align=center|–2 || Playoff || {{flagicon|FRA}} Gwladys Nocera||<ref>{{cite web |title=Northern Ireland Ladies Open |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/reports-page?url=tmscores~params%3DP%2a3ESC03~&id=2007&code=TM08&title=Round%203%20Scoreboard |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref> |- | colspan="10" align="center" |2004–2006: ''No tournament'' |- ! colspan="10" |BT Ladies Open in association with Northern Ireland Events Co. |- | 2003|| LET || Warrenpoint || Down || {{flagicon|SWE}} Sophie Gustafson || align=right| 275 || align=center| −13 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|ENG}} Alison Nicholas || <ref>{{cite web |title=BT Ladies Open in association with Northern Ireland Events Co. |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/reports-page/?tourn=TM20&report=tmscores~season=2003~params=P*4ESC04~ |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref> |- | colspan="10" align="center" |1987–2002: ''No tournament'' |- ! colspan="10" |British Midland Ladies' Irish Open |- | 1986||LET || City of Derry || Londonderry || {{flagicon|SCO}} Muriel Thomson || align=right|290 || align=center|+2 || 6 strokes || {{Flagicon|SWE}} Liselotte Neumann || |- | colspan="10" align="center" |1985: ''No tournament'' |- ! colspan="10" |Smirnoff Ladies Irish Open |- |1984 || LET{{·}}LPGA || Clandeboye || Down || {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth || align=right|285 || align=center|−3 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} Pat Bradley <br />{{flagicon|USA}} Becky Pearson || |- | 1983||LET || Portstewart || Londonderry || {{flagicon|SCO}} Cathy Panton || align=right|224 || align=center|+2 || Playoff || {{flagicon|ENG}} Beverly Lewis<br />{{flagicon|SCO}} Muriel Thomson<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Susan Moon || |- ! colspan="10" | Smirnoff Ulster Open |- |1982||LET || Portstewart || Londonderry || {{flagicon|USA}} Linda Bowman || align=right|225 || align=center|+3 || Playoff || {{flagicon|ENG}} Jenny Lee Smith || |- |1981||LET || Royal Portrush || Antrim || {{flagicon|USA}} Sarah Leveque || align=right|228 || align=center|E || Playoff || {{flagicon|ENG}} Christine Langford || |- ! colspan="10" | Viscount Double Glazing Championship |- |1980||LET || Royal Portrush || Antrim || {{flagicon|SCO}} Muriel Thomson || align=right|236 || align=center|+8 || 4 strokes || {{flagicon|SCO}} Dale Reid<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} Jenny Lee Smith || |- ! colspan="10" | State Express Tournament |- |1979||LET || Royal Portrush || Antrim || {{flagicon|SCO}} Cathy Panton || align=right|166 || align=center|+14 || Playoff || {{flagicon|ENG}} Amanda Middleton || |} Source:<ref name="LETMG">{{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 |access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
==See also== *Ladies Irish Open *Northern Ireland Open
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com Ladies European Tour]
{{Former LPGA Tour Events}}
Northern Ireland Ladies Open Category:Former LPGA Tour events Category:Golf tournaments in Northern Ireland Category:Women's sport in Northern Ireland