The ANNIKA Invitational Europe is an annual amateur

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tournament in

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for European girls under 18. The tournament, founded by

Annika Sörenstam Annika Charlotta Sörenstam (; born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 96 international p ...

in 2012, is a qualifying event for the European team in the Junior Solheim Cup since 2015 and has been rated up to level "A" in the

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Format

The tournament is stroke play over 54 holes, 18 holes on each day of the tournament, with no cut. In addition to twelve exemptions and open entries to make up the field of 78, the top 60 players on the

at the start of the year who represents a country that is a member of the

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are invited.

Winners

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References

External links

Annika Foundation Europe
{{European Junior Ryder Cup qualification series Junior golf tournaments Amateur golf tournaments Golf tournaments in Sweden