The Women’s Amateur Championship

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golf tournament recurring sporting event women’s amateur golf tournament

The Women’s Amateur Championship is one of the most prestigious elite-level women’s amateur golf tournaments in the world.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Ladies British Open Amateur Championship	2
British Ladies Amateur	1
Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship	1
The Women’s Amateur Championship canonical	1
renamed to The Women’s Amateur Championship by The R&A	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2031685 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Women’s Amateur Championship
Context triple: [The R&A, organizes, The Women’s Amateur Championship]

A. The Amateur Championship
The Amateur Championship is one of the most prestigious and historic men's amateur golf tournaments in the world.
B. St Andrews Links Trophy
The St Andrews Links Trophy is a prestigious international amateur golf tournament played over the historic links at St Andrews in Scotland.
C. Evian Championship (historically involved)
The Evian Championship is a premier women’s professional golf tournament held annually in Évian-les-Bains, France, and recognized as one of the major championships on the LPGA Tour.
D. Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is a prestigious annual pro-am golf tournament on the European Tour, played across several famous Scottish links courses and known for pairing professional golfers with celebrity amateurs.
E. The Open Championship
The Open Championship is golf’s oldest major championship, an annual links tournament held in the United Kingdom and organized by The R&A.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Women’s Amateur Championship
Target entity description: The Women’s Amateur Championship is one of the most prestigious elite-level women’s amateur golf tournaments in the world.

A. The Amateur Championship
The Amateur Championship is one of the most prestigious and historic men's amateur golf tournaments in the world.
B. St Andrews Links Trophy
The St Andrews Links Trophy is a prestigious international amateur golf tournament played over the historic links at St Andrews in Scotland.
C. Evian Championship (historically involved)
The Evian Championship is a premier women’s professional golf tournament held annually in Évian-les-Bains, France, and recognized as one of the major championships on the LPGA Tour.
D. Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is a prestigious annual pro-am golf tournament on the European Tour, played across several famous Scottish links courses and known for pairing professional golfers with celebrity amateurs.
E. The Open Championship
The Open Championship is golf’s oldest major championship, an annual links tournament held in the United Kingdom and organized by The R&A.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	golf tournament ⓘ recurring sporting event ⓘ women’s amateur golf tournament ⓘ
ageRestriction	amateur status required ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship ⓘ linked to: The Women’s Amateur Championship
associatedWith	The Women’s Open ⓘ linked to: Women’s British Open World Amateur Golf Ranking ⓘ linked to: world amateur golf rankings (with partners)
category	amateur golf tournaments ⓘ recurring sporting events established in 1893 ⓘ women’s golf in the United Kingdom ⓘ
competitionLevel	elite amateur ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
format	stroke play qualifying followed by match play ⓘ
formerOrganiser	Ladies’ Golf Union ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderCategory	women ⓘ
governedByRules	Rules of Golf ⓘ linked to: The Rules of Golf code
governingBody	The R&A ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
inception	1893 ⓘ
locationPattern	rotates among leading championship courses in the United Kingdom and occasionally Ireland ⓘ
matchPlayFieldSize	64 players ⓘ
nameChange	renamed to The Women’s Amateur Championship by The R&A ⓘ linked to: The Women’s Amateur Championship
notableFor	being one of the most prestigious women’s amateur golf tournaments in the world ⓘ
numberOfQualifyingRounds	2 ⓘ
organiser	The R&A ⓘ
participantType	amateur golfers ⓘ
playedOn	18-hole golf courses ⓘ
qualifyingFormat	36-hole stroke play ⓘ
rankingImpact	contributes to World Amateur Golf Ranking points ⓘ
region	Europe ⓘ
scope	international field ⓘ
selectionCriteria	handicap-based entry and exemptions ⓘ
sport	golf ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
typicalFieldSize	around 144 players in stroke play qualifying ⓘ
typicalMonthPlayed	June ⓘ
winnerReceives	exemptions into major women’s professional championships (varies by year) ⓘ invitation to The Women’s Open (subject to conditions and year) ⓘ invitation to the AIG Women’s Open (subject to conditions and year) ⓘ invitation to the Amundi Evian Championship (subject to conditions and year) ⓘ invitation to the Chevron Championship (subject to conditions and year) ⓘ

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