Golf tournament
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Helsinki, Finland |
| Established | 2005 |
| Course(s) | Helsinki Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,609 yards (6,043 m) |
| Tour(s) | Ladies European Tour |
| Format | 54-hole Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €200,000 |
| Final year | 2011 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 199 Lee-Anne Pace (2010) |
| To par | −14 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Caroline Hedwall | |
| Location map | |
  Helsinki GCLocation in Europe | |
The Ladies Finnish Masters was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour held in Helsinki, Finland, between 2005 and 2011. In 2006 Finnair, the country's largest airline, became title sponsor and it changed name to the Finnair Masters. The 54-hole tournament was played every year at the Helsinki Golf Club and with a purse of €200,000 had one of the smaller prize funds on the tour.
Between 2005 and 2007 the tournament was a constituent of the Volvo Cross Country Challenge, which offered a bonus pool of $100,000 for events in the Nordic region, with the added bonus of $1million should any player win all four of the Volvo Cross Country Challenge events.
Winners
| Year | Date | Winner | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (€) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finnair Masters | |||||||||
| 2011 | 2 Jul | Caroline Hedwall | Sweden |
202 | −11 | 2 strokes |  Christel Boeljon |
30,000 | |
| 2010 | 29 Aug | Lee-Anne Pace |  South Africa |
199 | −14 | 3 strokes |  Vikki Laing |
30,000 | |
| 2009 | 30 Aug | Beatriz Recari |  Spain |
202 | −11 | Playoff |  Iben Tinning |
30,000 | |
| 2008 | 31 Aug | Minea Blomqvist |  Finland |
202 | −11 | 1 stroke | Ursula Wikström |
30,000 | |
| 2007 | 2 Sep | Bettina Hauert |  Germany |
207 | −6 | 3 strokes | Johanna Westerberg |
30,000 | |
| 2006 | 3 Sep | Virginie Lagoutte |  France |
203 | −10 | 2 strokes | Elin Ohlsson |
30,000 | |
| Ladies Finnish Masters | |||||||||
| 2005 | 28 Aug | Lisa Holm Sørensen | Denmark |
140 | −2 | 1 stroke | Cecilia Ekelundh Suzann Pettersen Caroline Westrup (a) Ursula Wikström |
30,000 | |
- Recari won on the first extra hole in 2009 with an eagle from the fairway.
- The inaugural 2005 tournament was reduced to 36 holes due to inclement weather.
See also
References
- ^ "LET announce Ladies Finnish Masters for 2005". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- "Duo share lead at Finnair Masters". Golf365. Retrieved 24 March 2021.