The 111th staging of the Ladies&apos British Amateur Championship tees off tonight from June 11-15 at a new Ladies Golf Union venue – the Jack Nicklaus-designed Machynys Peninsula Golf & Country Club, near Llanelli in South Wales. Grace Lennon, who was the leading amateur at the 2013 Victorian Open and Australia s number one ranked female player Su-Hyun Oh. join fellow Victorians Bianca Ling, Jo Charlton, Grace Daniell and 15-year-old Julienne Soo, already a three-time State representative will join Lennon and Oh for the trip. The composite course to be used for the LGU&aposs flagship amateur event will come in at 6,290 yards, a little longer than when the four Ladies European Tour events were played at Machynys and Kirsty Taylor set the women&aposs professional course record of 61. On paper, the standard of competitors for the Ladies&apos British Open Amateur Championship is extremely strong. To participate in next month&aposs field, capped at 144, a player must have a handicap of at least +0.2. The winner who steps up to receive the magnificent trophy on June 15 will also earn a place in the starting fields at this year&aposs Ricoh Women&aposs British Open over the Old Course, St Andrews, the US Women&aposs Open and the Evian Championship – if the player is still an amateur when the relevant events are played. After two rounds of stroke play, the 64 players with the lowest aggregates will progress to the matchplay stages. >Visit Tournament Website and Scoring
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