British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship
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The British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship was founded in 1893 by the Ladies' Golf Union
of Great Britain
. Until the dawn of the professional era in 1976, it was the most important golf tournament for women in Great Britain and would eventually begin to draw golfers from continental Europe
. Along with the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship
, it is considered the highest honor in women's amateur golf.
A match play
tournament with 18 holes per match, the first tournament was played at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
in Lytham St Annes
in Lancashire
, England
and was won by Lady Margaret Scott
(who also won the following two years). In 1927, Simone de la Chaume
of France
, who had won the 1924 British Girls Amateur Golf Championship, became the first foreign golfer to win the Ladies championship. The first competitor from the United States
to win the title was Babe Zaharias
in 1947.
The "Pam Barton
Memorial Salver" is awarded to the winner to be held for one year, as the actual Championship Cup is held by the Ladies' Golf Union. The runner-up receives the The Diana Fishwick Cup.
Eleven players have won both the British Ladies and U.S. Women's
Amateur Championships, through 2011:
^ Won both in same year.
Ladies' Golf Union
The Ladies' Golf Union is the governing body for women's and girls' amateur golf in Great Britain and Ireland . It was founded in 1893 and is based in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, which is often known as the "Home of Golf"...
of Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
. Until the dawn of the professional era in 1976, it was the most important golf tournament for women in Great Britain and would eventually begin to draw golfers from continental Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. Along with the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship
United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship
The U.S. Women's Amateur is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association . Female amateurs from all nations are eligible to compete...
, it is considered the highest honor in women's amateur golf.
A match play
Match play
Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; this is as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes...
tournament with 18 holes per match, the first tournament was played at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, is one of the courses in the Open Championship rotation. The Women's British Open has also been played on the course four times: once prior to being designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour, and three times since.The...
in Lytham St Annes
Lytham St Annes
Lytham St Annes is a conurbation in the Fylde district of Lancashire, England. The neighbouring towns of Lytham and St-Anne's-on-the-Sea have grown together and now form a seaside resort...
in Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and was won by Lady Margaret Scott
Lady Margaret Scott
Lady Margaret Rachel Scott was a dominant player in early women's golf, who won the first three British Ladies Amateurs in 1893, 1894, and 1895....
(who also won the following two years). In 1927, Simone de la Chaume
Simone de la Chaume
Simone Thion de la Chaume was a French amateur golfer.In 1924, she became the first foreign player to win the British Girls Amateur and in 1927 the first to win the British Ladies Amateur, then the most prestgious tournament in British and European ladies' golf and an event her daughter, Catherine...
of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, who had won the 1924 British Girls Amateur Golf Championship, became the first foreign golfer to win the Ladies championship. The first competitor from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to win the title was Babe Zaharias
Babe Zaharias
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field...
in 1947.
The "Pam Barton
Pamela Barton
Pamela Espeut "Pam" Barton was an English amateur golfer. Known as "Pam," she was born in the London suburb of Barnes, the daughter of Henry Charles Johnston Barton and Ethel Maude Barton....
Memorial Salver" is awarded to the winner to be held for one year, as the actual Championship Cup is held by the Ladies' Golf Union. The runner-up receives the The Diana Fishwick Cup.
Winners
| Year | Venue | Winner | Country | Score | Runner-up |
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| 2012 | Carnoustie Golf Club | ||||
| 2011 | Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club is a private golf club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is the only golf club outside of the UK Mainland which has hosted The Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships. The club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links and the Valley Links.The... |
Lauren Taylor | 6 &5 |  Alexandra Bonetti |
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| 2010 | Ganton Golf Club Ganton Golf Club Ganton Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course in Ganton, North Yorkshire, England.Founded in 1891, the course was initially designed by Tom Chisholm and Robert Bird, but modifications to the course have been made since by a number of people including James Braid, Alister MacKenzie, Harry Colt, John... |
Kelly Tidy | 2 & 1 |  Kelsey MacDonald |
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| 2009 | Royal St David's Golf Club | Azahara Muñoz Azahara Muñoz Azahara Muñoz Guijarro is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:... |
2 & 1 |  Carlota Ciganda |
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| 2008 | North Berwick West Links North Berwick West Links One of two golf courses within North Berwick, the West Links is by far the more renowned. It regularly holds various championships and is used as a qualifying venue when The Open Championship is held at Muirfield... |
Anna Nordqvist Anna Nordqvist Anna Maria Nordqvist is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:... |
3 & 2 |  Caroline HedwallCaroline Hedwall Caroline Hedwall is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She lives in Löddeköpinge, Sweden.... |
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| 2007 | Alwoodley Golf Club | Carlota Ciganda | 4 & 3 | Anna Nordqvist Anna Nordqvist Anna Maria Nordqvist is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:... |
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| 2006 | Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club is a golf club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Dating from 1889, it is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland... |
Belen Mozo | 3 & 1 | Anna Nordqvist Anna Nordqvist Anna Maria Nordqvist is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:... |
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| 2005 | Littlestone Golf Club | Louise Stahle Louise Stahle Louise Stahle is a professional golf player who plays on both the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:Stahle was born in Lund, Sweden. She had a very successful amateur career... |
3 & 2 |  Claire Coughlan |
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| 2004 | Gullane Golf Club | Louise Stahle Louise Stahle Louise Stahle is a professional golf player who plays on both the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:Stahle was born in Lund, Sweden. She had a very successful amateur career... |
4 & 2 |  Anna Highgate |
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| 2003 | Lindrick Golf Club | Elisa Serramia | 2 up |  Pia Odefey |
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| 2002 | Ashburnham Golf Club | Rebecca Hudson Rebecca Hudson Rebecca Emma Gisela Hudson is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:Hudson had a very successful junior and amateur career... |
5 & 4 |  Lindsey WrightLindsey Wright Lindsey Elizabeth Wright is an Australian professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She earned exempt status for the 2004 LPGA season in 2005, and has been competing full time on the Tour since.-Personal life:... |
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| 2001 | Ladybank Golf Club | Marta Prieto Marta Prieto Marta Prieto is a Spanish professional golfer from Seville, Spain who plays on the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:... |
4 & 3 |  Emma Duggleby |
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| 2000 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club Royal Birkdale Golf Club Royal Birkdale Golf Club is a golf course in the town of Southport, England, and is one of the clubs in the Open Championship rotation for both men and women. The club has hosted the men's championship nine times since 1954, most recently in July 2008, and has hosted the women's tournament five... |
Rebecca Hudson Rebecca Hudson Rebecca Emma Gisela Hudson is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:Hudson had a very successful junior and amateur career... |
5 & 4 | Emma Duggleby |
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| 1999 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club Royal Birkdale Golf Club Royal Birkdale Golf Club is a golf course in the town of Southport, England, and is one of the clubs in the Open Championship rotation for both men and women. The club has hosted the men's championship nine times since 1954, most recently in July 2008, and has hosted the women's tournament five... |
Marine Monnet | 1 up | Rebecca Hudson Rebecca Hudson Rebecca Emma Gisela Hudson is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:Hudson had a very successful junior and amateur career... |
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| 1998 | Little Aston Golf Club | Kim Rostron | 3 & 2 | Gwladys Nocera Gwladys Nocera Gwladys Nocera is a French professional golfer. She currently resides in Biarritz, France.- Amateur career :Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She had a successful amateur career... |
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| 1997 | Cruden Bay Golf Club | Alison Rose | 4 & 3 | Mhairi McKay Mhairi McKay Mhairi McKay is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:... |
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| 1996 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake The Royal Liverpool Golf Club is a leading golf club in Merseyside in North West England. It was founded in 1869 on what was then the racecourse of the Liverpool Hunt Club, and received the "Royal" designation in 1871 due to the patronage of the Duke of Connaught of the day, who was one of Queen... |
Kelli Kuehne Kelli Kuehne -Amateur career:Kuehne was born in Dallas, Texas. In 1994 she won the U.S. Girls' Junior. The following year she won the U.S. Women's Amateur and in 1996 repeated as the U.S. Women's Amateur champion while also winning the British Ladies Amateur. She played college golf at the University of Texas... |
5 & 3 | Becky Morgan Becky Morgan Becky Morgan is a Welsh professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:... |
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| 1995 | Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club is a private golf club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is the only golf club outside of the UK Mainland which has hosted The Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships. The club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links and the Valley Links.The... |
Julie Wade Hall | 3 & 2 | Kristel Mourgue D'Algue |
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| 1994 | Newport Golf Club | Emma Duggleby | 3 & 1 | Cecilia Mourgue D'Algue |
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| 1993 | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, is one of the courses in the Open Championship rotation. The Women's British Open has also been played on the course four times: once prior to being designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour, and three times since.The... |
Catriona Lambert Catriona Matthew Catriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:... |
3 & 2 | Kirsty Speak |
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| 1992 | Saunton Golf Club Saunton Golf Club Saunton Golf Club is a private golf club in England, that is located about to the west of Braunton, Devon. It was founded in 1897.Saunton has two golf courses, East and West, and has hosted many prestigious amateur championships including the English Amateur and the Brabazon Trophy on several... |
Pernille Pedersen | 1 up | Joanne Morley Joanne Morley Joanne Lois Morley is an English professional golfer.Morley was born in Sale. She was leading amateur at the Women's British Open in 1989 and 1993 and English Amateur Strokeplay Champion in 1992. She finished runner-up in the 1992 British Ladies Amateur... |
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| 1991 | Pannal Golf Club | Valerie Michaud | 3 & 2 | Wendy Doolan Wendy Doolan Wendy Doolan is an Australian professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.Doolan was born in Sydney, Australia. She started playing golf at the age of 14... |
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| 1990 | Dunbar Golf Club | Julie Wade Hall | 3 & 2 | Helen Wadsworth Helen Wadsworth Helen Wadsworth is a Welsh professional golfer on the Ladies European Tour.In her first year as a professional, she had three top ten finishes, winning her the Ladies European Tour - Rookie of the Year Award. She won the 1994 BMW European Masters and took second place at the Irish Open... |
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| 1989 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake The Royal Liverpool Golf Club is a leading golf club in Merseyside in North West England. It was founded in 1869 on what was then the racecourse of the Liverpool Hunt Club, and received the "Royal" designation in 1871 due to the patronage of the Duke of Connaught of the day, who was one of Queen... |
Helen Dobson Helen Dobson Helen Dobson is an English professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Dobson won the 1989 British Ladies Amateur.Dobson won once on the LPGA Tour in 1993.-LPGA Tour wins :1Defeated Mochrie with birdie on fifth extra hole.... |
6 & 5 | Elaine Farquharson |
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| 1988 | Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club is in the town of Deal in the County of Kent in Southern England . It was founded in 1892. The name derives from Deal's membership of an ancient group of trading towns granted special privileges by the medieval English monarchs, known as the Cinque Ports... |
Joanne Furby | 4 & 3 | Jule Wade Hall |
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| 1987 | Royal St David's Golf Club | Janet Collingham | 19 holes | Susan Shapcott |
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| 1986 | West Sussex Golf Club | Marnie McGuire | 2 & 1 | Louise Briers |
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| 1985 | Ganton Golf Club Ganton Golf Club Ganton Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course in Ganton, North Yorkshire, England.Founded in 1891, the course was initially designed by Tom Chisholm and Robert Bird, but modifications to the course have been made since by a number of people including James Braid, Alister MacKenzie, Harry Colt, John... |
Lillian Behan | 1 up | Claire Waite |
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| 1984 | Royal Troon Golf Club Royal Troon Golf Club Royal Troon Golf Club is a links golf course located in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The club was founded in 1878, initially with five holes. Its Old Course is now one of the host courses for The Open Championship, one of the major championships on the PGA Tour and European Tour... |
Jody Rosenthal Jody Anschutz Jody Anschutz is an American professional golfer. She competed as Jody Rosenthal prior to marrying Fred Anschutz on October 14, 1989.... |
4 & 3 | Julie Brown |
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| 1983 | Silloth on Solway Golf Club | Jill Thornhill | 4 & 2 |  Regina Lautens |
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| 1982 | Walton Heath Golf Club Walton Heath Golf Club Walton Heath Golf Club is a golf club located just outside Walton-on-the-Hill in Surrey, England, that was founded in 1903.The club comprises two 18-hole golf courses, both of which are well known for having heather covering many of the areas of rough. The Old Course was the first to open in 1904,... |
Kitrina Douglas Kitrina Douglas Kitrina Douglas is an English ex-professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour.Douglas won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1982 and played in the 1982 European Curtis Cup team... |
4 & 2 | Gillian Stewart |
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| 1981 | Conwy Golf Club | Belle Robertson | 20 holes | Wilma Aitken |
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| 1980 | Woodhall Spa Woodhall Spa Woodhall Spa is a civil parish and village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England within a wooded area on the Southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, about south-west of Horncastle and about east-south-east of Lincoln... |
Anne Quast Sander | 3 & 1 | Liv Wollin |
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| 1979 | Nairn Golf Club Nairn Golf Club Nairn Golf Club is a golf course in Nairn, Scotland.Nairn is noted for hosting the 1999 Walker Cup and the 2004 Jacques Léglise Trophy. Nairn will host the 2012 Curtis Cup.... |
Maureen Madill Maureen Madill Maureen Madill is a professional golfer, coach and broadcaster.Madill was born in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. She won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1979 and the British Ladies Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 1980... |
2 & 1 | Jane Lock |
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| 1978 | Notts Golf Club | Edwina Kennedy | 1 up | Julia Greenhalgh |
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| 1977 | Hillside Golf Club Hillside Golf Club Hillside Golf Club is located near Southport, England. It lies almost side by side with the Royal Birkdale course, amid a stretch of sandhills, and the quality of the individual holes is such that golfers may find it difficult to separate the two... |
Angela Uzielli | 6 & 5 | Vanessa Marvin |
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| 1976 | Silloth on Solway Golf Club | Cathy Panton Catherine Panton-Lewis Catherine Rita Panton-Lewis is a Scottish professional golfer who was a founding member of the Ladies European Tour and won its first Order of Merit. Her father was John Panton, MBE, a professional golfer who played on three Ryder Cup teams.Panton was born in Bridge of Allan, Scotland... |
1 up |  Alison Sheard |
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| 1975 | St Andrews Links Old Course at St Andrews The Old Course at St Andrews is the oldest golf course in the world. The Old Course is a public course over common land in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland and is held in trust by The St Andrews Links Trust under an act of Parliament... |
Nancy Roth Syms | 3 & 2 | Suzanne Cadden |
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| 1974 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Royal Porthcawl Golf Club is a golf club located to the north of Porthcawl and bordering the Bristol Channel, in Wales.The club has hosted many prestigious tournaments including The Amateur Championship on six occasions, the Walker Cup in 1995, the Curtis Cup in 1964, the British Masters in 1961,... |
Carol Semple Carol Semple Carol Semple is an American amateur golfer.Semple was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. She is from a prominent golfing family; her father served as president of the United States Golf Association in 1974 and 1975. Her mother played competitive golf and served on various USGA committees for many... |
2 & 1 | Angela Bonallack |
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| 1973 | Carnoustie Golf Links Carnoustie Golf Links The Carnoustie Golf Links are in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. Its historic championship golf course is one of the venues in the Open Championship rotation.-History:... |
Ann Irvin | 3 & 2 | Mickey Walker |
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| 1972 | Hunstanton Golf Club | Mickey Walker | 2 up | Claudine Clos-Rubin |
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| 1971 | Alwoodley Golf Club | Mickey Walker | 3 & 1 | Beverly Huke |
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| 1970 | Gullane Golf Club | Dinah Oxley | 1 up | Belle Robertson |
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| 1969 | Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club is a private golf club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is the only golf club outside of the UK Mainland which has hosted The Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships. The club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links and the Valley Links.The... |
Catherine Lacoste Catherine Lacoste Catherine Lacoste is a French amateur golfer. She won the 1967 U.S. Women's Open as a 22-year-old amateur, playing in just her third professional golf tournament... |
1 up | Ann Irvin |
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| 1968 | Walton Heath Golf Club Walton Heath Golf Club Walton Heath Golf Club is a golf club located just outside Walton-on-the-Hill in Surrey, England, that was founded in 1903.The club comprises two 18-hole golf courses, both of which are well known for having heather covering many of the areas of rough. The Old Course was the first to open in 1904,... |
Brigitte Varangot Brigitte Varangot Brigitte Varangot was a French golfer.Principal victories:* 1957 : British Girls Amateur Golf Championship* 1959, 1960, 1961: French International Junior Girls Golf Championship... |
20 holes | Claudine Clos-Rubin |
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| 1967 | Royal St David's Golf Club | Elizabeth Chadwick | 1 up | Mary Everard |
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| 1966 | Ganton Golf Club Ganton Golf Club Ganton Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course in Ganton, North Yorkshire, England.Founded in 1891, the course was initially designed by Tom Chisholm and Robert Bird, but modifications to the course have been made since by a number of people including James Braid, Alister MacKenzie, Harry Colt, John... |
Elizabeth Chadwick | 3 & 2 | Vivien Saunders |
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| 1965 | St Andrews Links Old Course at St Andrews The Old Course at St Andrews is the oldest golf course in the world. The Old Course is a public course over common land in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland and is held in trust by The St Andrews Links Trust under an act of Parliament... |
Brigitte Varangot Brigitte Varangot Brigitte Varangot was a French golfer.Principal victories:* 1957 : British Girls Amateur Golf Championship* 1959, 1960, 1961: French International Junior Girls Golf Championship... |
4 & 3 | Belle Robertson |
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| 1964 | Royal St George's Golf Club Royal St George's Golf Club The Royal St George's Golf Club is one of the premier golf clubs in the United Kingdom, and one of the courses on The Open Championship rotation. It has hosted 13 Open championships since 1894, when it became the first club outside Scotland to host the championship... |
Carol Sorenson | 37 holes | Bridget Jackson |
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| 1963 | Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club is a golf club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Dating from 1889, it is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland... |
Brigitte Varangot Brigitte Varangot Brigitte Varangot was a French golfer.Principal victories:* 1957 : British Girls Amateur Golf Championship* 1959, 1960, 1961: French International Junior Girls Golf Championship... |
3 & 1 | Philomena Garvey Philomena Garvey Philomena Garvey was an Irish amateur golfer, the daughter of James and Kathleen Garvey . She was born in the village of Baltray, which is on the north shore of the Boyne estuary approximately four miles from the historic town of Drogheda.-Career:In 1946, at age 20, Philomena Garvey won the first... |
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| 1962 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club Royal Birkdale Golf Club Royal Birkdale Golf Club is a golf course in the town of Southport, England, and is one of the clubs in the Open Championship rotation for both men and women. The club has hosted the men's championship nine times since 1954, most recently in July 2008, and has hosted the women's tournament five... |
Marley Spearman | 1 up | Angela Bonallack |
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| 1961 | Carnoustie Golf Links Carnoustie Golf Links The Carnoustie Golf Links are in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. Its historic championship golf course is one of the venues in the Open Championship rotation.-History:... |
Marley Spearman | 7 & 6 | Diane J. Robb |
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| 1960 | Royal St David's Golf Club | Barbara McIntire Barbara McIntire Barbara Joy McIntire is an American golfer.McIntire was born in Toledo, Ohio. Living in Florida, she began playing golf as a young girl and at age 15 made a splash at the 1950 U.S... |
 United States |
4 & 2 | Philomena Garvey Philomena Garvey Philomena Garvey was an Irish amateur golfer, the daughter of James and Kathleen Garvey . She was born in the village of Baltray, which is on the north shore of the Boyne estuary approximately four miles from the historic town of Drogheda.-Career:In 1946, at age 20, Philomena Garvey won the first... |
| 1959 | Royal Ascot Golf Club | Elizabeth Price | 37 holes | Belle McCorkindale |
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| 1958 | Hunstanton Golf Club | Jessie Valentine | 1 up | Elizabeth Price |
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| 1957 | Gleneagles Gleneagles Hotel The Gleneagles Hotel is a luxury hotel near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.- History :The hotel was built by the former Caledonian Railway Company and opened in 1924, originally with its own railway station... |
Philomena Garvey Philomena Garvey Philomena Garvey was an Irish amateur golfer, the daughter of James and Kathleen Garvey . She was born in the village of Baltray, which is on the north shore of the Boyne estuary approximately four miles from the historic town of Drogheda.-Career:In 1946, at age 20, Philomena Garvey won the first... |
4 & 3 | Jessie Valentine |
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| 1956 | Sunningdale Golf Club Sunningdale Golf Club Sunningdale Golf Club is a golf club, located approximately 30 miles to the west of London, in Sunningdale, Berkshire, England.... |
Wiffi Smith Wiffi Smith Margaret "Wiffi" Smith is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Smith was born in Redlands, California. She moved to Mexico when she was 11 years old and learned to play golf there. She won several amateur events including the 1954 U.S. Girls' Junior and the 1956 British... |
 United States |
8 & 7 | Mary Patton Janssen |
| 1955 | Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club is a private golf club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is the only golf club outside of the UK Mainland which has hosted The Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships. The club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links and the Valley Links.The... |
Jessie Valentine | 7 & 6 | Barbara Romack Barbara Romack Barbara Gaile Romack is an American professional golfer.Romack was born in Sacramento, California. She won the North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst in 1952, the Canadian Women's Amateur in 1953, and then in 1954, she defeated Mickey Wright in the finals to win the U.S. Women's Amateur... |
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| 1954 | Ganton Golf Club Ganton Golf Club Ganton Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course in Ganton, North Yorkshire, England.Founded in 1891, the course was initially designed by Tom Chisholm and Robert Bird, but modifications to the course have been made since by a number of people including James Braid, Alister MacKenzie, Harry Colt, John... |
Frances Stephens | 4 & 3 | Elizabeth Price |
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| 1953 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Royal Porthcawl Golf Club is a golf club located to the north of Porthcawl and bordering the Bristol Channel, in Wales.The club has hosted many prestigious tournaments including The Amateur Championship on six occasions, the Walker Cup in 1995, the Curtis Cup in 1964, the British Masters in 1961,... |
Marlene Stewart Marlene Streit Marlene Stewart Streit, OC, O.Ont is a Canadian amateur golfer, and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.She was born in Cereal, Alberta. She learned golf from Gordon McInnis Sr. at the Lookout Point Golf Club in Fonthill, Ontario... |
7 & 6 | Philomena Garvey Philomena Garvey Philomena Garvey was an Irish amateur golfer, the daughter of James and Kathleen Garvey . She was born in the village of Baltray, which is on the north shore of the Boyne estuary approximately four miles from the historic town of Drogheda.-Career:In 1946, at age 20, Philomena Garvey won the first... |
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| 1952 | Royal Troon Golf Club Royal Troon Golf Club Royal Troon Golf Club is a links golf course located in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The club was founded in 1878, initially with five holes. Its Old Course is now one of the host courses for The Open Championship, one of the major championships on the PGA Tour and European Tour... |
Moira Paterson | 39 holes | Frances Stephens |
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| 1951 | Broadstone Golf Club | Catherine MacCann | 4 & 3 | Frances Stephens |
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| 1950 | Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club is a golf club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Dating from 1889, it is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland... |
Vicomtesse de St Sauveur | 3 & 2 | Jessie Valentine |
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| 1949 | Royal St David's Golf Club | Frances Stephens | 5 & 4 | Valerie Reddan |
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| 1948 | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, is one of the courses in the Open Championship rotation. The Women's British Open has also been played on the course four times: once prior to being designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour, and three times since.The... |
Louise Suggs Louise Suggs Mae Louise Suggs is a retired professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.-Amateur career:Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager... |
United States |
1 up | Jean Donald |
| 1947 | Gullane Golf Club | Babe Zaharias Babe Zaharias Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field... |
United States |
5 & 4 | Jacqueline Gordon |
| 1946 | Hunstanton Golf Club | Jean Hetherington | 1 up | Philomena Garvey Philomena Garvey Philomena Garvey was an Irish amateur golfer, the daughter of James and Kathleen Garvey . She was born in the village of Baltray, which is on the north shore of the Boyne estuary approximately four miles from the historic town of Drogheda.-Career:In 1946, at age 20, Philomena Garvey won the first... |
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| 1939 | Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club is a private golf club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is the only golf club outside of the UK Mainland which has hosted The Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships. The club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links and the Valley Links.The... |
Pamela Barton Pamela Barton Pamela Espeut "Pam" Barton was an English amateur golfer. Known as "Pam," she was born in the London suburb of Barnes, the daughter of Henry Charles Johnston Barton and Ethel Maude Barton.... |
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| 1938 | Burnham & Berrow Golf Club | Helen Holm | 4 & 3 | Elsie Corlett |
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| 1937 | Turnberry Turnberry Turnberry is a golf resort on the coast of the outer Firth of Clyde in southwestern Scotland. Located in South Ayrshire on the rugged coast, it comprises three links golf courses, a golf academy, a five-star hotel, designed by James Miller and completed in 1906, as well as lodge and cottage... |
Jessie Anderson | 6 & 4 | Dorothy Park |
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| 1936 | Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club is situated near the Merseyside towns of Southport and Ainsdale on the north west coast of England, not far north of the city of Liverpool. It has a single 18-hole course set amongst ranges of tall sandhills and smaller sand dunes.It was founded in 1906 and hosted... |
Pamela Barton Pamela Barton Pamela Espeut "Pam" Barton was an English amateur golfer. Known as "Pam," she was born in the London suburb of Barnes, the daughter of Henry Charles Johnston Barton and Ethel Maude Barton.... |
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| 1935 | Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club is a golf club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Dating from 1889, it is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland... |
Wanda Morgan | 3 & 2 | Pamela Barton Pamela Barton Pamela Espeut "Pam" Barton was an English amateur golfer. Known as "Pam," she was born in the London suburb of Barnes, the daughter of Henry Charles Johnston Barton and Ethel Maude Barton.... |
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| 1934 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Royal Porthcawl Golf Club is a golf club located to the north of Porthcawl and bordering the Bristol Channel, in Wales.The club has hosted many prestigious tournaments including The Amateur Championship on six occasions, the Walker Cup in 1995, the Curtis Cup in 1964, the British Masters in 1961,... |
Helen Holm | 6 & 5 | Pamela Barton Pamela Barton Pamela Espeut "Pam" Barton was an English amateur golfer. Known as "Pam," she was born in the London suburb of Barnes, the daughter of Henry Charles Johnston Barton and Ethel Maude Barton.... |
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| 1933 | Gleneagles Gleneagles Hotel The Gleneagles Hotel is a luxury hotel near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.- History :The hotel was built by the former Caledonian Railway Company and opened in 1924, originally with its own railway station... |
Enid Wilson Enid Wilson Enid Wilson was an English amateur golfer. She was a semi-finalist at her first British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1927 and won the Championship three years in a row between 1931 and 1933.... |
5 & 4 | Diana Plumpton |
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| 1932 | Saunton Golf Club Saunton Golf Club Saunton Golf Club is a private golf club in England, that is located about to the west of Braunton, Devon. It was founded in 1897.Saunton has two golf courses, East and West, and has hosted many prestigious amateur championships including the English Amateur and the Brabazon Trophy on several... |
Enid Wilson Enid Wilson Enid Wilson was an English amateur golfer. She was a semi-finalist at her first British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1927 and won the Championship three years in a row between 1931 and 1933.... |
7 & 6 | Clem Purvis-Russell-Montgomery |
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| 1931 | Portmarnock Golf Club Portmarnock Golf Club Portmarnock Golf Club was established in 1894, and lies just North of Dublin, in Portmarnock, Fingal, Ireland. The course was laid out by William Pickeman on land owned by the distiller John Jameson, and originally consisted of just 9 holes, with another nine being added two years later.Portmarnock... |
Enid Wilson Enid Wilson Enid Wilson was an English amateur golfer. She was a semi-finalist at her first British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1927 and won the Championship three years in a row between 1931 and 1933.... |
7 & 6 | Wanda Morgan |
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| 1930 | Formby Golf Club Formby Golf Club Formby Golf Club is a golf links in Formby, Merseyside, England.Founded in 1884, the course was redesigned by Willie Park in 1912, but has, over the years seen some changes since, including some in 1922 by James Braid.... |
Diana Fishwick | 4 & 3 | Glenna Collett-Vare Glenna Collett-Vare Glenna Collett Vare was an American Hall of Fame golfing champion whom the Hall calls the greatest female golfer of her day, and who dominated American women's golf in the 1920s.... |
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| 1929 | St Andrews Links Old Course at St Andrews The Old Course at St Andrews is the oldest golf course in the world. The Old Course is a public course over common land in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland and is held in trust by The St Andrews Links Trust under an act of Parliament... |
Joyce Wethered Joyce Wethered Joyce Wethered, Lady Heathcoat-Amory was a golfer widely regarded as the greatest British woman player of all time.... |
3 & 1 | Glenna Collett-Vare Glenna Collett-Vare Glenna Collett Vare was an American Hall of Fame golfing champion whom the Hall calls the greatest female golfer of her day, and who dominated American women's golf in the 1920s.... |
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| 1928 | Hunstanton Golf Club | Nanette le Blan | 3 & 2 | S. Marshall |
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| 1927 | Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club is a golf club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Dating from 1889, it is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland... |
Simone de la Chaume Simone de la Chaume Simone Thion de la Chaume was a French amateur golfer.In 1924, she became the first foreign player to win the British Girls Amateur and in 1927 the first to win the British Ladies Amateur, then the most prestgious tournament in British and European ladies' golf and an event her daughter, Catherine... |
5 & 4 | Dorothy Pearson |
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| 1926 | Royal St David's Golf Club | Cecil Leitch Cecil Leitch Charlotte Cecilia Pitcairn Leitch was a British amateur golfer. She was born in Silloth, Cumberland, England, the daughter of a local physician and one of three sisters who excelled at the game of golf.-Biography:... |
8 & 7 | Marjorie Ross Garon |
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| 1925 | Royal Troon Golf Club Royal Troon Golf Club Royal Troon Golf Club is a links golf course located in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The club was founded in 1878, initially with five holes. Its Old Course is now one of the host courses for The Open Championship, one of the major championships on the PGA Tour and European Tour... |
Joyce Wethered Joyce Wethered Joyce Wethered, Lady Heathcoat-Amory was a golfer widely regarded as the greatest British woman player of all time.... |
37 holes | Cecil Leitch Cecil Leitch Charlotte Cecilia Pitcairn Leitch was a British amateur golfer. She was born in Silloth, Cumberland, England, the daughter of a local physician and one of three sisters who excelled at the game of golf.-Biography:... |
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| 1924 | Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club is a private golf club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is the only golf club outside of the UK Mainland which has hosted The Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships. The club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links and the Valley Links.The... |
Joyce Wethered Joyce Wethered Joyce Wethered, Lady Heathcoat-Amory was a golfer widely regarded as the greatest British woman player of all time.... |
7 & 6 | Mrs. F. Cautley |
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| 1923 | Burnham & Berrow Golf Club | Doris Chambers | 2 up | Muriel Dodd Macbeth Muriel Dodd Muriel Dodd was an English amateur golfer. She held the British and Canadian titles in 1913.-Biography:Dodd was the winner of the 1913 British Ladies Amateur held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, taking the title from Gladys Ravenscroft. She also won the Canadian Women's Amateur in 1913.... |
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| 1922 | Royal St George's Golf Club Royal St George's Golf Club The Royal St George's Golf Club is one of the premier golf clubs in the United Kingdom, and one of the courses on The Open Championship rotation. It has hosted 13 Open championships since 1894, when it became the first club outside Scotland to host the championship... |
Joyce Wethered Joyce Wethered Joyce Wethered, Lady Heathcoat-Amory was a golfer widely regarded as the greatest British woman player of all time.... |
9 & 7 | Cecil Leitch Cecil Leitch Charlotte Cecilia Pitcairn Leitch was a British amateur golfer. She was born in Silloth, Cumberland, England, the daughter of a local physician and one of three sisters who excelled at the game of golf.-Biography:... |
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| 1921 | Turnberry Turnberry Turnberry is a golf resort on the coast of the outer Firth of Clyde in southwestern Scotland. Located in South Ayrshire on the rugged coast, it comprises three links golf courses, a golf academy, a five-star hotel, designed by James Miller and completed in 1906, as well as lodge and cottage... |
Cecil Leitch Cecil Leitch Charlotte Cecilia Pitcairn Leitch was a British amateur golfer. She was born in Silloth, Cumberland, England, the daughter of a local physician and one of three sisters who excelled at the game of golf.-Biography:... |
4 & 3 | Joyce Wethered Joyce Wethered Joyce Wethered, Lady Heathcoat-Amory was a golfer widely regarded as the greatest British woman player of all time.... |
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| 1920 | Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club is a golf club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Dating from 1889, it is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland... |
Cecil Leitch Cecil Leitch Charlotte Cecilia Pitcairn Leitch was a British amateur golfer. She was born in Silloth, Cumberland, England, the daughter of a local physician and one of three sisters who excelled at the game of golf.-Biography:... |
7 & 6 | Molly Griffiths |
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| 1915-1919: Not played due to World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... (1915–18) and a rail strike (1919) |
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| 1914 | Hunstanton Golf Club | Cecil Leitch Cecil Leitch Charlotte Cecilia Pitcairn Leitch was a British amateur golfer. She was born in Silloth, Cumberland, England, the daughter of a local physician and one of three sisters who excelled at the game of golf.-Biography:... |
2 & 1 | Gladys Ravenscroft Gladys Ravenscroft Gladys Ravenscroft was a British amateur golfer.-Biography:She was born in Cheshire, England in 1888. Ravenscroft won the 1912 British Ladies Amateur at Turnberry in Scotland. In 1913 she traveled to Wilmington, Delaware to win the U.S. Women's Amateur. She defeated Muriel Dodd, then played... |
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| 1913 | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, is one of the courses in the Open Championship rotation. The Women's British Open has also been played on the course four times: once prior to being designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour, and three times since.The... |
Muriel Dodd Muriel Dodd Muriel Dodd was an English amateur golfer. She held the British and Canadian titles in 1913.-Biography:Dodd was the winner of the 1913 British Ladies Amateur held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, taking the title from Gladys Ravenscroft. She also won the Canadian Women's Amateur in 1913.... |
8 & 6 | Evelyn Chubb |
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| 1912 | Turnberry Turnberry Turnberry is a golf resort on the coast of the outer Firth of Clyde in southwestern Scotland. Located in South Ayrshire on the rugged coast, it comprises three links golf courses, a golf academy, a five-star hotel, designed by James Miller and completed in 1906, as well as lodge and cottage... |
Gladys Ravenscroft Gladys Ravenscroft Gladys Ravenscroft was a British amateur golfer.-Biography:She was born in Cheshire, England in 1888. Ravenscroft won the 1912 British Ladies Amateur at Turnberry in Scotland. In 1913 she traveled to Wilmington, Delaware to win the U.S. Women's Amateur. She defeated Muriel Dodd, then played... |
3 & 2 | Stella Temple |
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| 1911 | Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club is a private golf club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is the only golf club outside of the UK Mainland which has hosted The Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships. The club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links and the Valley Links.The... |
Dorothy Campbell Dorothy Campbell Dorothy Iona Campbell was the first internationally dominant female golfer. She was also known in her lifetime as Dorothy Hurd, Mrs. J.V. Hurd and as Dorothy Howe... |
3 & 2 | Violet Hezlet | |
| 1910 | Royal North Devon Golf Club Royal North Devon Golf Club Royal North Devon Golf Club was founded in 1864, and is the oldest golf course in England. The course was designed by Old Tom Morris. RND is located on Northam Burrows between Northam and Westward Ho! Traditionally the course has been referred to as Westward Ho! - golf writer Bernard Darwin,... |
Elsie Grant Suttie | 6 & 4 | Lily Moore |
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| 1909 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club Royal Birkdale Golf Club Royal Birkdale Golf Club is a golf course in the town of Southport, England, and is one of the clubs in the Open Championship rotation for both men and women. The club has hosted the men's championship nine times since 1954, most recently in July 2008, and has hosted the women's tournament five... |
Dorothy Campbell Dorothy Campbell Dorothy Iona Campbell was the first internationally dominant female golfer. She was also known in her lifetime as Dorothy Hurd, Mrs. J.V. Hurd and as Dorothy Howe... |
4 & 3 | Florence Hezlet | |
| 1908 | St Andrews Links Old Course at St Andrews The Old Course at St Andrews is the oldest golf course in the world. The Old Course is a public course over common land in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland and is held in trust by The St Andrews Links Trust under an act of Parliament... |
Maud Titterton | 19 holes | Dorothy Campbell Dorothy Campbell Dorothy Iona Campbell was the first internationally dominant female golfer. She was also known in her lifetime as Dorothy Hurd, Mrs. J.V. Hurd and as Dorothy Howe... |
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| 1907 | Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club is a golf club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Dating from 1889, it is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland... |
May Hezlet May Hezlet Mary Linzee "May" Hezlet was a British amateur golfer.Born in Gibraltar, she and her sisters Florence and Violet Hezlet grew up in Ireland and became top golfers in their era... |
2 & 1 | Florence Hezlet | |
| 1906 | Burnham & Berrow Golf Club | Alice Kennion | 4 & 3 | Bertha Thompson |
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| 1905 | Royal Cromer Golf Club | Bertha Thompson | 3 & 2 | Maud E. Stuart | |
| 1904 | Royal Troon Golf Club Royal Troon Golf Club Royal Troon Golf Club is a links golf course located in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The club was founded in 1878, initially with five holes. Its Old Course is now one of the host courses for The Open Championship, one of the major championships on the PGA Tour and European Tour... |
Lottie Dod Lottie Dod Charlotte "Lottie" Dod was an English sportswoman best known as a tennis player. She won the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Championship five times, the first one when she was only fifteen, in the summer of 1887... |
1 up | May Hezlet May Hezlet Mary Linzee "May" Hezlet was a British amateur golfer.Born in Gibraltar, she and her sisters Florence and Violet Hezlet grew up in Ireland and became top golfers in their era... |
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| 1903 | Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club is a private golf club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is the only golf club outside of the UK Mainland which has hosted The Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships. The club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links and the Valley Links.The... |
Rhona Adair Rhona Adair Rhona K. Adair was a British golf champion.Born in Ireland, along with May Hezlet Rhona Adair is the most famous Irish golfer from the turn of the 20th century. She was 17 years of age when she played in her first British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1895. She won the prestigious event in... |
4 & 3 | Florence Walker-Leigh | |
| 1902 | Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club is in the town of Deal in the County of Kent in Southern England . It was founded in 1892. The name derives from Deal's membership of an ancient group of trading towns granted special privileges by the medieval English monarchs, known as the Cinque Ports... |
May Hezlet May Hezlet Mary Linzee "May" Hezlet was a British amateur golfer.Born in Gibraltar, she and her sisters Florence and Violet Hezlet grew up in Ireland and became top golfers in their era... |
19 holes | Elinor C. Neville |
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| 1901 | Aberdovey Golf Club | Molly Graham | 3 & 1 | Rhona Adair Rhona Adair Rhona K. Adair was a British golf champion.Born in Ireland, along with May Hezlet Rhona Adair is the most famous Irish golfer from the turn of the 20th century. She was 17 years of age when she played in her first British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1895. She won the prestigious event in... |
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| 1900 | Royal North Devon Golf Club Royal North Devon Golf Club Royal North Devon Golf Club was founded in 1864, and is the oldest golf course in England. The course was designed by Old Tom Morris. RND is located on Northam Burrows between Northam and Westward Ho! Traditionally the course has been referred to as Westward Ho! - golf writer Bernard Darwin,... |
Rhona Adair Rhona Adair Rhona K. Adair was a British golf champion.Born in Ireland, along with May Hezlet Rhona Adair is the most famous Irish golfer from the turn of the 20th century. She was 17 years of age when she played in her first British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1895. She won the prestigious event in... |
6 & 5 | Isabel Neville |
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| 1899 | Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club is a golf club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Dating from 1889, it is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland... |
May Hezlet May Hezlet Mary Linzee "May" Hezlet was a British amateur golfer.Born in Gibraltar, she and her sisters Florence and Violet Hezlet grew up in Ireland and became top golfers in their era... |
2 & 1 | Jesse Magill | |
| 1898 | Great Yarmouth & Caister Golf Club | Lena Thomson | 7 & 5 | Elinor C. Neville |
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| 1897 | Gullane Golf Club | Edith C. Orr | 4 & 2 | Theodora Orr |
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| 1896 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake The Royal Liverpool Golf Club is a leading golf club in Merseyside in North West England. It was founded in 1869 on what was then the racecourse of the Liverpool Hunt Club, and received the "Royal" designation in 1871 due to the patronage of the Duke of Connaught of the day, who was one of Queen... |
Amy Pascoe | 3 & 2 | Lena Thomson |
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| 1895 | Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club is a private golf club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is the only golf club outside of the UK Mainland which has hosted The Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships. The club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links and the Valley Links.The... |
Lady Margaret Scott Lady Margaret Scott Lady Margaret Rachel Scott was a dominant player in early women's golf, who won the first three British Ladies Amateurs in 1893, 1894, and 1895.... |
5 & 4 | Emma M. Lythgoe |
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| 1894 | Littlestone Golf Club | Lady Margaret Scott Lady Margaret Scott Lady Margaret Rachel Scott was a dominant player in early women's golf, who won the first three British Ladies Amateurs in 1893, 1894, and 1895.... |
3 & 2 | Issette Pearson |
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| 1893 | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, is one of the courses in the Open Championship rotation. The Women's British Open has also been played on the course four times: once prior to being designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour, and three times since.The... |
Lady Margaret Scott Lady Margaret Scott Lady Margaret Rachel Scott was a dominant player in early women's golf, who won the first three British Ladies Amateurs in 1893, 1894, and 1895.... |
7 & 5 | Issette Pearson |
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Multiple winners
Eighteen players have won more than one British Ladies Amateur Championship, through 2011:- 4 wins: Cecil LeitchCecil LeitchCharlotte Cecilia Pitcairn Leitch was a British amateur golfer. She was born in Silloth, Cumberland, England, the daughter of a local physician and one of three sisters who excelled at the game of golf.-Biography:...
, Joyce WetheredJoyce WetheredJoyce Wethered, Lady Heathcoat-Amory was a golfer widely regarded as the greatest British woman player of all time.... - 3 wins: Lady Margaret ScottLady Margaret ScottLady Margaret Rachel Scott was a dominant player in early women's golf, who won the first three British Ladies Amateurs in 1893, 1894, and 1895....
, May HezletMay HezletMary Linzee "May" Hezlet was a British amateur golfer.Born in Gibraltar, she and her sisters Florence and Violet Hezlet grew up in Ireland and became top golfers in their era...
, Enid WilsonEnid WilsonEnid Wilson was an English amateur golfer. She was a semi-finalist at her first British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1927 and won the Championship three years in a row between 1931 and 1933....
, Jessie Valentine, Brigitte VarangotBrigitte VarangotBrigitte Varangot was a French golfer.Principal victories:* 1957 : British Girls Amateur Golf Championship* 1959, 1960, 1961: French International Junior Girls Golf Championship... - 2 wins: Rhona AdairRhona AdairRhona K. Adair was a British golf champion.Born in Ireland, along with May Hezlet Rhona Adair is the most famous Irish golfer from the turn of the 20th century. She was 17 years of age when she played in her first British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1895. She won the prestigious event in...
, Dorothy CampbellDorothy CampbellDorothy Iona Campbell was the first internationally dominant female golfer. She was also known in her lifetime as Dorothy Hurd, Mrs. J.V. Hurd and as Dorothy Howe...
, Helen Holm, Pamela BartonPamela BartonPamela Espeut "Pam" Barton was an English amateur golfer. Known as "Pam," she was born in the London suburb of Barnes, the daughter of Henry Charles Johnston Barton and Ethel Maude Barton....
, Frances Stephens, Marley Spearman, Elizabeth ChadwickElizabeth ChadwickElizabeth Chadwick is an author of historical fictions. She is a member of Regia Anglorum, a Medieval reenactment organisation.-Biography:Elizabeth Chadwick was born in Bury, Lancashire. She moved with her family to Scotland when she was four years old and spent her childhood in the village of...
, Mickey Walker, Julie Wade Hall, Rebecca HudsonRebecca HudsonRebecca Emma Gisela Hudson is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:Hudson had a very successful junior and amateur career...
, Louise StahleLouise StahleLouise Stahle is a professional golf player who plays on both the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:Stahle was born in Lund, Sweden. She had a very successful amateur career...
Eleven players have won both the British Ladies and U.S. Women's
United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship
The U.S. Women's Amateur is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association . Female amateurs from all nations are eligible to compete...
Amateur Championships, through 2011:
- Dorothy CampbellDorothy CampbellDorothy Iona Campbell was the first internationally dominant female golfer. She was also known in her lifetime as Dorothy Hurd, Mrs. J.V. Hurd and as Dorothy Howe...
:^ 1909, 1911 British; 1909, 1910, 1924 U.S. - Gladys RavenscroftGladys RavenscroftGladys Ravenscroft was a British amateur golfer.-Biography:She was born in Cheshire, England in 1888. Ravenscroft won the 1912 British Ladies Amateur at Turnberry in Scotland. In 1913 she traveled to Wilmington, Delaware to win the U.S. Women's Amateur. She defeated Muriel Dodd, then played...
: 1912 British; 1913 U.S. - Pamela BartonPamela BartonPamela Espeut "Pam" Barton was an English amateur golfer. Known as "Pam," she was born in the London suburb of Barnes, the daughter of Henry Charles Johnston Barton and Ethel Maude Barton....
:^ 1936, 1939 British; 1936 U.S. - Babe ZahariasBabe ZahariasMildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field...
: 1947 British; 1946 U.S. - Louise SuggsLouise SuggsMae Louise Suggs is a retired professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.-Amateur career:Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager...
: 1948 British; 1947 U.S. - Marlene Stewart StreitMarlene StreitMarlene Stewart Streit, OC, O.Ont is a Canadian amateur golfer, and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.She was born in Cereal, Alberta. She learned golf from Gordon McInnis Sr. at the Lookout Point Golf Club in Fonthill, Ontario...
: 1953 British; 1956 U.S. - Barbara McIntireBarbara McIntireBarbara Joy McIntire is an American golfer.McIntire was born in Toledo, Ohio. Living in Florida, she began playing golf as a young girl and at age 15 made a splash at the 1950 U.S...
: 1960 British; 1959, 1964 U.S. - Catherine LacosteCatherine LacosteCatherine Lacoste is a French amateur golfer. She won the 1967 U.S. Women's Open as a 22-year-old amateur, playing in just her third professional golf tournament...
:^ 1969 British; 1969 U.S. - Carol Semple ThompsonCarol SempleCarol Semple is an American amateur golfer.Semple was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. She is from a prominent golfing family; her father served as president of the United States Golf Association in 1974 and 1975. Her mother played competitive golf and served on various USGA committees for many...
: 1974 British; 1973 U.S. - Anne QuastAnne QuastAnne Quast is an American golfer. She won the U.S. Women's Amateur three times and was runner-up three times . She was married several times and played as Anne Decker, Anne Welts, and Anne Sander.-Career:Quast was born in Everett, Washington...
: 1980 British; 1958, 1961, 1963 U.S. - Kelli KuehneKelli Kuehne-Amateur career:Kuehne was born in Dallas, Texas. In 1994 she won the U.S. Girls' Junior. The following year she won the U.S. Women's Amateur and in 1996 repeated as the U.S. Women's Amateur champion while also winning the British Ladies Amateur. She played college golf at the University of Texas...
:^ 1996 British; 1996 U.S.
^ Won both in same year.