The Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship is the national women's amateur

stroke play Stroke play is a scoring system in the sport of golf. In the regular form of stroke play, also known as medal play, the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. In a regular stroke play competition, the winner is the ...

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

championship in

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

(although entry is open to overseas golfers). It has been played annually at

Royal Troon Royal Troon Golf Club is a links golf course in Scotland, located in Troon, South Ayrshire. The club was established in 1878, and originally only consisted of five holes whereas today, it has increased to a total of 45 holes. Its Old Course is ...

since 1973 and is organised by the

Scottish Golf Scottish Golf is the Sport governing body, governing body for Amateur sports, amateur golf in Scotland. It was formed in 2015 as a merger between the Scottish Golf Union, the governing body for men, and the Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association, ...

. The format is 54-hole stroke play contested over three days. It is played at

with the first two rounds played on the Portland course and the final round on the Old course. Originally it was played over two days, with 36 holes on the first day. The tournament is named after

Helen Holm Helen Warren Holm (née Gray) (14 March 1907 – 14 December 1971) was a Scottish amateur golfer. She was Scottish champion five times and she won the British Ladies Amateur twice. The Helen Holm Trophy is named in her memory. Life Holm was born ...

, a Scottish amateur golfer who was Scottish champion five times.

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Scottish Golf UnionList of winners
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Winners

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