Alison Nicholas MBE (born 6 March 1962) is an English professional golfer, who won the 1997 U.S. Women's Open.

She started playing golf at the age of 17 and won the 1982 and 1983 Northern Girls Amateur Open.

She became the seventh player to have won both the British and U.S. Open titles, joining Laura Davies, Jane Geddes, Betsy King, Patty Sheehan, Liselotte Neumann and Annika Sörenstam.

At her retirement at the end of the 2004 season, Nicholas had won 12 events on the Ladies European Tour.

Nicholas was a member of the European Solheim Cup team in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000, forming a formidable partnership with Laura Davies.