Australian Ladies Masters Golf Tournament
First played: 1990
Last played: 2017
The Australian Ladies Masters tournament was part of the ALPG Tour and was one of the biggest events on that tour. But from 1997-2000, it was counted as an official LPGA Tour event, too. And from 2001 until it ended, the Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned it.
Karrie Webb was by far the tournament's biggest star. She won it eight times, including four consecutive times from 1998 through 2001. It took Annika Sorenstam beating her in a playoff in 2002 to end that run by Webb. But Webb went on to win in 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2013, as well. In addition to the playoff loss to Sorenstam in 2002, Webb was also runner-up in 1994, 1997 and 2003. So 12 times total she won or finished second.
Sorenstam was a three-time winner herself, as was Laura Davies. Cheyenne Woods, niece of Tiger Woods, won the Australia Ladies Masters in 2014. When Amy Yang won as a 16-year-old amateur in 2006, she became the youngest Ladies European Tour winner ever (a record since broken).
The 72-hole tournament scoring record was 262, recorded twice by Webb, in 1999 and again in 2010. Both times, she was 26-under par. Her 1999 victory was by 10 strokes, also the tournament record.
Also known as: The tournament was called the Daikyo Australian Ladies Masters the first two years it was played, and the RACV Gold Coast Challenge the last year. From 2001-2010, it was the ANZ Ladies Masters. Other names employed over the years were Alpine Australian Ladies Masters, ANZ RACV Ladies Masters, Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters and Volvik RACV Ladies Masters.
Winners of the Australian Ladies Masters
2017 — Prima Thammaraks, 2132016 — Jiyai Shin, 278
2015 — Su-Hyun Oh, 285
2014 — Cheyenne Woods, 276
2013 — Karrie Webb, 275
2012 — Christel Boeljon, 267
2011 — Yani Tseng, 264
2010 — Karrie Webb, 262
2009 — Katherine Hull, 272
2008 — Lisa Hall, 203
2007 — Karrie Webb, 269
2006 — a-Amy Yang, 275 (def. Catherine Cartwright in playoff)
2005 — Karrie Webb, 271
2004 — Annika Sorenstam, 269
2003 — Laura Davies, 275
2002 — Annika Sorenstam, 278 (def. Karrie Webb in playoff)
2001 — Karrie Webb, 271
2000 — Karrie Webb, 274
1999 — Karrie Webb, 262
1998 — Karrie Webb, 272
1997 — Gail Graham, 273
1996 — Jane Crafter, 273
1995 — Annika Sorenstam, 270
1994 — Laura Davies, 272
1993 — Laura Davies, 211
1992 — Jane Crafter, 207
1991 — Jane Geddes, 209
1990 — Jane Geddes, 209 (def. Kristal Parker in playoff)
Golf course: From 1992 until it ended, the tournament was played at the same place. That was RACV Royal Pines Resort in Benowa, Queensland, Australia.
