St Rule Trophy

The St Rule Trophy is an international women's amateur golf tournament contested on the St Andrews Links in Scotland. It has been played annually since 1984. The format is 54-hole stroke play over two days. Since 2014, two rounds have been played on the New course on the first day and one round on the Old course on the final day.

St Rule Trophy

Tournament information
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Established	1984
Organised by	St Andrews Links Trust
Format	Stroke play
Current champion
Elice Fredriksson

Originally the event was contested over 36 holes of the Old course on a single day, a Saturday. The original trophy was stolen from the St Rule Club in 1986.^[1] The event was extended to 54 holes in 1989 when the men's St Andrews Links Trophy was founded.^[2] Initially the two events were played concurrently, the women playing one round on the New and Old courses on the opening day and a further round on the Old course on the second day.^[3] From 1993 the event was played on a different weekend to the St Andrews Links Trophy, with one round played on the New course on the first day and two rounds played on the Old course on the final day.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
2024	Elice Fredriksson	211	2 strokes	Charlotte Naughton	[4]
2023	Patience Rhodes	212	1 stroke	Lois Lau Ebba Nordstedt	[5]
2022	Jennifer Saxton	217	3 strokes	Beth Coulter Chloe Goadby Lucy Jamieson Meghan Stasi	[6]
2021	Hannah Darling	208	3 strokes	Clara Young	[7]
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
2019	Hazel MacGarvie	208	4 strokes	Lianna Bailey	[8]
2018	Lianna Bailey	214	1 stroke	Emily Brennan Hazel MacGarvie	[9]
2017	Clara Young	210	1 stroke	Montana Strauss	[10]
2016	Pauline Roussin-Bouchard	213	1 stroke	Anais Meyssonnier	[11]
2015	Aditi Ashok	216	5 strokes	Bethan Popel	[12]
2014	Jessica Meek	213	Playoff[a]	Anaelle Carnet	[13]
2013	Ailsa Summers	211	2 strokes	Céline Boutier	[14]
2012	Laura Murray	220	2 strokes	Emma Goddard	[15]
2011	Ashley Ona	73[b]	Countback[c]	Breanna Elliott Leona Maguire Madelene Sagström	[16]
2010	Laura Murray	221	Playoff[d]	Amy Boulden Stacey Keating	[17]
2009	Kylie Walker	218	2 strokes	Carly Booth	[18]
2008	Kylie Walker	148[e]	1 stroke	Audrey Goumard	[19]
2007	Melissa Reid	209	8 strokes	Denise Becker Henrietta Brockway Kate Coombes	[20]
2006	Krystle Caithness	216	1 stroke	Katharina Schallenberg	[21]
2005	Naomi Edwards	225	Playoff[f]	Felicity Johnson Heather Nolan	[22]
2004	Louise Stahle	141[e]	4 strokes	Nikki Garret Annie Thurman	[23]
2003	Karin Börjeskog	217	2 strokes	Martina Gillen Anne Laing	[24]
2002	Heather Stirling	218	3 strokes	Alison Coffey	[25]
2001	Alison Coffey	221	2 strokes	Rebecca Hudson	[26]
2000	Vikki Laing	153[g]	Playoff[h]	Kirsty Fisher	[26]
1999	Lesley Nicholson	227	2 strokes	Kim Andrew Rebecca Hudson	[26]
1998	Nuria Clau	154[g]	2 strokes	Sinead Keane	[26]
1997	Kim Rostron	217	1 stroke	Janice Moodie	[26]
1996	Anne Laing	227	1 stroke	Ada O'Sullivan	[26]
1995	Maria Hjorth	220	2 strokes	Anna Berg Janice Moodie Alison Rose	[26]
1994	Catriona Matthew	217	10 strokes	Anna Berg Sharon McMaster Alison Rose Kirsty Speak	[26]
1993	Catriona Lambert	215	2 strokes	Mhairi McKay	[26]
1992	Morag Wright	222	1 stroke	Mia Bergman	[26]
1991	Alison Rose	237	2 strokes	Helen Wilson	[26]
1990	Annika Sörenstam	228	Playoff[i]	Jennifer Allmark	[27]
1989	Christine Middleton	232	3 strokes	Julie Forbes Donna Jackson	[28]
1988	Christine Middleton	152[e]	1 stroke	Sharon Gallagher	[29]
1987	Joanne Morley	153[e]	5 strokes	Fiona Farquharson	[30]
1986	Tracy Hammond	153[e]	2 strokes	Mary Mackie	[31]
1985	Kathryn Imrie	151[e]	1 stroke	Pamela Wright
1984	Penny Hammel	149[e]	3 strokes	Wilma Aitken	[32]

1. Meek beat Carnet with a par on the third playoff hole.
2. Event reduced to 18 holes because of strong wins.
3. Ona won on countback having scored 34 for the final 9 holes. The others scored 35, Elliott was placed second based on scores for the last 6 holes.
4. Murray beat Boulden with a par on the second playoff hole. Keating was eliminated by pars at the first extra hole.
5. Event contested over 36 holes.
6. Edwards won with an eagle on the second playoff hole.
7. Event reduced to 36 holes because of adverse weather.
8. Laing beat Fisher on the second playoff hole.
9. Sörenstam beat Allmark on the first playoff hole.

Source:^[33]

See also

• St Andrews Links Trophy

References

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27. "Annika Sörenstam". The Daily Telegraph. 28 May 1990. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
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External links

• Tournament homepage
• List of winners