The Chrysler Open was a women's professional
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
tournament on the
Ladies European Tour
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that took place in
Sweden.
Held at
Sjögärde Golf Club in 1998, the tournament was moved to
Halmstad Golf Club, host of the
2007 Solheim Cup, in 1999.
The tournament's name is the result of a sponsorship agreement with Harry Karlsson Bilimport AB, importer of
Chrysler
Stellantis North America (officially FCA US and formerly Chrysler ()) is one of the " Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It is the American subsidiary of the multinational automot ...
vehicles.
Laura Davies
Dame Laura Jane Davies, (born 5 October 1963) is an English female professional golfer. She has achieved the status of her nation's most accomplished female golfer of modern times, being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA ...
won the 1998 and 1999 installments scoring 284 (72-71-71-70) and 273 (71-69-66-67).
European Womens Tour – 1994 To 1999
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Carin Koch
Anna Carin Pernilla Hjalmarsson Koch (née Hjalmarsson; born 23 February 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer who previously played on the Ladies European Tour and on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was captain of the 2015 European Solheim Cup te ...
won the final tournament after scoring 277 (−11) following rounds of 70-73-65-69, finishing 4 strokes ahead of Samantha Head at 281 and 7 strokes ahead of Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson (born 27 December 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer. She was a member of the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is a life member of the Ladies European Tour (LET).
She has five LPGA Tour and 23 international wins in her career, incl ...
and Catrin Nilsmark at 284. Laura Davies
Dame Laura Jane Davies, (born 5 October 1963) is an English female professional golfer. She has achieved the status of her nation's most accomplished female golfer of modern times, being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA ...
, at 289 strokes, finished tied for 10th place along with Helen Alfredsson, Judith Van Hagen and Ã…sa Gottmo (still an amateur).
Winners
References
External links
Ladies European Tour
Official Results Chrysler Open 1998
Official Results Chrysler Open 1999
Official Results Chrysler Open 2000
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Former Ladies European Tour events
Golf tournaments in Sweden