Australian Ladies Masters

The RACV Gold Coast Challenge was a golf tournament played in Australia. It was one of the leading tournaments on the ALPG Tour and was co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET) since 2001. Between 1997 and 2000 it was an event on the LPGA Tour. It has been played at the RACV Royal Pines Resort in Benowa, Queensland, a suburb of Gold Coast since 1992.

RACV Gold Coast Challenge

Tournament information
Location	Benowa, Australia
Established	1990
Course(s)	RACV Royal Pines Resort
Par	73
Length	5,982 yards (5,470 m)
Tour(s)	ALPG Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€106,796 approx. A$150,000
Month played	February
Final year	2017
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 Karrie Webb (1999, 2010)
To par	−26 Karrie Webb (1999, 2010)
Final champion
Prima Thammaraks

Royal
Pines
Resort

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Location in Australia

In 2007 the Masters was the richest women's golf tournament in Australia, with a prize fund of A$800,000. Although the 2008 prize fund dropped to A$600,000, the tournament remained the richest in Australia. The 144 strong 2015 field consisted of 50 ALPG players, 50 LET players, 10 LPGA of Korea Tour players, 5 China Ladies Professional Golf Association players, 3 leading players from the Women's World Golf Rankings and sponsor's invitees.^[1]

The tournament was founded in 1990 as a 54-hole stroke play event, and was originally called the Australian Ladies Masters. It expanded to 72 holes in 1994. Australia's most successful women golfer Karrie Webb won the event a record eight times.