The Magical Kenya Ladies Open is a professional
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 ...
tournament on the
Ladies European Tour
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. Most of the players on the tour are European, with members from more than 40 countries internationally. Despite its name, the tour also has tournaments in A ...
, first played in
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
.
The tournament is played in
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
at
Vipingo Ridge, near
Kikambala in the former
Coast Province
The Coast Province () was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010. It covered the entire country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was Mombasa. It was inhabited by the Mijikenda and Swahili peoples, among others. The provin ...
. It was the last Ladies European Tour event of the 2019 season and marked the first time professional lady golfers played competitively in the region.
In 2022, following a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Germany's
Esther Henseleit successfully defended her title.
In 2024,
Shannon Tan won the tournament in her LET debut to become the first Singaporean to win on the LET.
Winners
References
External links
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Ladies European Tour events
Golf tournaments in Kenya