# St Rule Trophy

The St Rule Trophy is an international women's amateur golf tournament contested on the St Andrews Links in Scotland. It has been played annually since 1984. The format is 54-hole stroke play over two days. Since 2014, two rounds have been played on the New course on the first day and one round on the Old course on the final day.
Originally the event was contested over 36 holes of the Old course on a single day, a Saturday. The original trophy was stolen from the St Rule Club in 1986. The event was extended to 54 holes in 1989 when the men's St Andrews Links Trophy was founded. Initially the two events were played concurrently, the women playing one round on the New and Old courses on the opening day and a further round on the Old course on the second day. From 1993 the event was played on a different weekend to the St Andrews Links Trophy, with one round played on the New course on the first day and two rounds played on the Old course on the final day.

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 2024 | Elice Fredriksson | 211 | 2 strokes | Charlotte Naughton |
| 2023 | Patience Rhodes | 212 | 1 stroke | Lois Lau Ebba Nordstedt |
| 2022 | Jennifer Saxton | 217 | 3 strokes | Beth Coulter Chloe Goadby Lucy Jamieson Meghan Stasi |
| 2021 | Hannah Darling | 208 | 3 strokes | Clara Young |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland |
| 2019 | Hazel MacGarvie | 208 | 4 strokes | Lianna Bailey |
| 2018 | Lianna Bailey | 214 | 1 stroke | Emily Brennan Hazel MacGarvie |
| 2017 | Clara Young | 210 | 1 stroke | Montana Strauss |
| 2016 | Pauline Roussin-Bouchard | 213 | 1 stroke | Anais Meyssonnier |
| 2015 | Aditi Ashok | 216 | 5 strokes | Bethan Popel |
| 2014 | Jessica Meek | 213 | Playoff | Anaelle Carnet |
| 2013 | Ailsa Summers | 211 | 2 strokes | Céline Boutier |
| 2012 | Laura Murray | 220 | 2 strokes | Emma Goddard |
| 2011 | Ashley Ona | 73 | Countback | Breanna Elliott Leona Maguire Madelene Sagström |
| 2010 | Laura Murray | 221 | Playoff | Amy Boulden Stacey Keating |
| 2009 | Kylie Walker | 218 | 2 strokes | Carly Booth |
| 2008 | Kylie Walker | 148 | 1 stroke | Audrey Goumard |
| 2007 | Melissa Reid | 209 | 8 strokes | Denise Becker Henrietta Brockway Kate Coombes |
| 2006 | Krystle Caithness | 216 | 1 stroke | Katharina Schallenberg |
| 2005 | Naomi Edwards | 225 | Playoff | Felicity Johnson Heather Nolan |
| 2004 | Louise Stahle | 141 | 4 strokes | Nikki Garret Annie Thurman |
| 2003 | Karin Börjeskog | 217 | 2 strokes | Martina Gillen Anne Laing |
| 2002 | Heather Stirling | 218 | 3 strokes | Alison Coffey |
| 2001 | Alison Coffey | 221 | 2 strokes | Rebecca Hudson |
| 2000 | Vikki Laing | 153 | Playoff | Kirsty Fisher |
| 1999 | Lesley Nicholson | 227 | 2 strokes | Kim Andrew Rebecca Hudson |
| 1998 | Nuria Clau | 154 | 2 strokes | Sinead Keane |
| 1997 | Kim Rostron | 217 | 1 stroke | Janice Moodie |
| 1996 | Anne Laing | 227 | 1 stroke | Ada O'Sullivan |
| 1995 | Maria Hjorth | 220 | 2 strokes | Anna Berg Janice Moodie Alison Rose |
| 1994 | Catriona Matthew | 217 | 10 strokes | Anna Berg Sharon McMaster Alison Rose Kirsty Speak |
| 1993 | Catriona Lambert | 215 | 2 strokes | Mhairi McKay |
| 1992 | Morag Wright | 222 | 1 stroke | Mia Bergman |
| 1991 | Alison Rose | 237 | 2 strokes | Helen Wilson |
| 1990 | Annika Sörenstam | 228 | Playoff | Jennifer Allmark |
| 1989 | Christine Middleton | 232 | 3 strokes | Julie Forbes Donna Jackson |
| 1988 | Christine Middleton | 152 | 1 stroke | Sharon Gallagher |
| 1987 | Joanne Morley | 153 | 5 strokes | Fiona Farquharson |
| 1986 | Tracy Hammond | 153 | 2 strokes | Mary Mackie |
| 1985 | Kathryn Imrie | 151 | 1 stroke | Pamela Wright |
| 1984 | Penny Hammel | 149 | 3 strokes | Wilma Aitken |
* ↑ Meek beat Carnet with a par on the third playoff hole.
* ↑ Event reduced to 18 holes because of strong wins.
* ↑ Ona won on countback having scored 34 for the final 9 holes. The others scored 35, Elliott was placed second based on scores for the last 6 holes.
* ↑ Murray beat Boulden with a par on the second playoff hole. Keating was eliminated by pars at the first extra hole.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Event contested over 36 holes.
* ↑ Edwards won with an eagle on the second playoff hole.
* 1 2 Event reduced to 36 holes because of adverse weather.
* ↑ Laing beat Fisher on the second playoff hole.
* ↑ Sörenstam beat Allmark on the first playoff hole.
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