R&A Girls U16 Amateur Championship
The 2020 R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship has been cancelled, not postponed, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This event will not be played in 2020. The 2021 R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship will take place at Enville from 23-25 April.
The inaugural R&A Girls U16 Amateur Championship took place at Fulford near York in 2018.
Fulford enjoys a prestigious reputation as a championship venue having staged European Tour events for many years and was the host of the first ever Women’s British Open when Jenny Lee Smith won the championship in 1976. It has also hosted several amateur events including the European Ladies Team Championship in 2013.
Championship Overview
2019 Girls U16 Amateur Champion
Francesca Fiorellini (ITA)
The 2019 Girls U16 Amateur Championship was won by Italy's Francesca Fiorellini. The 13-year-old sealed a three-shot victory over Scotland's Carmen Griffiths and lift the trophy at Fulford Golf Club in York.
2020 Championship
Format
History
Fulford Golf Club, York - Cancelled
The 2020 R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship has been cancelled, not postponed, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This event will not be played in 2020.
The 2021 R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship will take place at Enville from 23-25 April.
2020 Championship
Format
History
Entries shall be limited to 90. In the event of entries exceeding this number, the 90 players with the lowest exact handicaps will be accepted.
The Championship shall consist of 54 holes of stroke play. One round of 18 holes shall be played on each of the three days. There will be no cut.
2020 Championship
Format
History
The inaugural Girls U16 Amateur Championship took place at Fulford near York.
Scotland’s Hannah Darling holed a closing 40-foot birdie putt to seal a dramatic victory in the inaugural Girls Under 16 Amateur Championship at Fulford.Ireland’s Beth Coulter had looked set for a wire-to-wire victory in York, leading by a stroke with the par-5 18th to play, only to go out of bounds after her second shot hit a tree leading to a triple bogey.