Volvo International Tournament

Golf tournament

Volvo Ladies InvitationalTournament information

Location| Gothenburg, Sweden
Established| 1980
Course(s)| Albatross GK
Par| 72
Tour(s)| Ladies European Tour
Format| 54-hole stroke play
Month played| June
Final year| 1981
Final champion
Beverly Lewis

Albatross GK

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Location in Europe

The Volvo Ladies Invitational was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour held in Sweden.[1] It was played in 1980 and 1981 at Albatross Golf Club near Gothenburg.[2]

The tournament was the first LET event held in Sweden and only the second LET event outside the United Kingdom, after the WPGA European Championship held in France.[1]

## Format

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The event was a limited field invitational with a field consisting of the top 24 players from the LET Order of Merit.[3]

The tournament was played over three rounds with the score based on the best of the two first rounds along with the final round.[4]

## Winners

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Year | Winner | Score | Margin of
victory | Runner-up | Ref

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1981 |  Beverly Lewis | +5 (76-71=147) | 3 strokes |  Kärstin Ehrnlund | [5]
1980 |  Jenny Lee Smith | +7 (73-76=149) | 2 strokes |  Mickey Walker | [4]

Source:[6][1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Golf - Den stora sporten" (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 242. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
2. ^ "2011 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
3. ^ "Svensk Golf 6/1981" (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 52. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
4. ^ a b "Svensk Golf 6/1980" (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 23. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
5. ^ "Svensk Golf 6/1981" (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 74. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
6. ^ "Volvo Invitational". Where2golf. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

## External links

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* Ladies European Tour