English Women's Amateur Championship

The English Women's Amateur Championship is the women's national amateur match play golf championship of England. It was first played in 1912 and is currently organised by England Golf.

English Women’s Amateur Championship
Tournament information
LocationEngland
Established1912
Organised byEngland Golf
FormatMatch play
Current champion
Abbie Teasdale

The English Women's Amateur Championship is contested through two phases. It begins with a 36-hole stroke play competition, with the leading 32 competitors progressing to the knock-out match play competition. All matches in the knock-out phase are played over 18 holes except the final, which is played over 36 holes.

It is a close event, entry being restricted to women born in England, or with one parent or grandparent born in England, or resident in England for five years (two years if under 18).

Joyce Wethered has been the most successful player, winning the event five times in succession from 1920 to 1924.

History

The event was initially organised by the National County Golf Alliance, an organisation formed in 1911, separate from the Ladies Golf Union, with the intention of running county and national events.The first English Ladies Championship was held at Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich in April 1912. 32 players qualified for the match-play stage, after an 18-hole stroke-play round.[1] The final was over 18 holes and was won by Margaret Gardner who beat Beryl Cautley at the 20th hole. Gardner had been 5 up with 5 holes to play, but lost them all and the match went to extra holes.[2] The second event was held in April 1913 at Notts Golf Club and was won by Winifred Brown by one hole, the final being extended to 36 holes.[3]

In 1914, the Ladies Golf Union wanted to organise their own English Ladies Championship and a dispute arose with the National County Golf Alliance, leading to possibility of there being two competing events. However, the Alliance was disbanded in early 1914 and the Ladies Golf Union organised the event at Walton Heath Golf Club in June.[4] The event continued to be restricted to English golfers, using the same format as in 1913.[5] Cecil Leitch beat Gladys Bastin 2&1 in the final.[6]

The Ladies Golf Union continued to run the event until the English Women's Golf Association was founded in 1952. The English Women's Golf Association merged with the English Golf Union in 2011. The English Golf Union was later renamed England Golf.

From 2012 to 2018 the event was run as a 72-hole stroke-play event. It returned to match-play in 2019 with an 18-hole final. Since 2020 the event has been played concurrently with the men's event. From 2020 the final has been played over 36 holes.

Winners
YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueRef
2022Abbie Teasdale1 upDavina XanhLindrick[7]
2021Kirsten Rudgeley37 holesIsobel WardleMoortown[8]
2020Emily Price4 & 3Lily May HumphreysWoodhall Spa[9]
2019Ellen Hume19 holesLily May HumphreysSaunton[10]
YearWinnerScoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upVenueRef
2018Georgina Blackman2801 strokeAnnabell Fuller
Sophie Lamb		Wilmslow[11]
2017Lily May Humphreys2892 strokesEmma Allen
India Clyburn		Lindrick[12]
2016Samantha Giles2951 strokeElizabeth PriorWest Lancs[13]
2015Bronte Law27516 strokesRochelle Morris
Elizabeth Prior		Hunstanton[14]
2014Bronte Law2913 strokesInci MehmetSt Enodoc[15]
2013Sarah-Jane Boyd2902 strokesAlexandra PetersKing's Norton[16]
2012Kelly Tidy304PlayoffGeorgia HallRoyal Birkdale[17]
YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueRef
2011Lucy Williams19 holesCharley HullWest Sussex[18]
2010Hayley Davis2 & 1Tara WattersBroadstone[19]
2009Charlie Douglass3 & 2Tara WattersLindrick[20]
2008Hannah Barwood2 & 1Florentyna ParkerGanton[21]
2007Naomi Edwards2 & 1Melissa ReidLittlestone[22]
2006Kiran Matharu5 & 4Naomi EdwardsWest Lancashire[23]
2005Felicity Johnson20 holesSophie WalkerBurnham & Berrow[24]
2004Kerry Smith4 & 3Shelley McKevittNorthamptonshire County[25]
2003Emma Duggleby2 & 1Naomi EdwardsAldeburgh[26]
2002Kerry Knowles6 & 5Chloe CourtLittlestone[27]
2001Rebecca Hudson20 holesEmma DugglebyWest Sussex
2000Emma Duggleby4 & 3Rebecca HudsonHunstanton
1999Fiona Brown2 & 1Kerry SmithGanton[28]
1998Elaine Ratcliffe19 holesLiza WaltersWalton Heath[29]
1997Kim Rostron4 & 2Kate BurtonSaunton[30]
1996Joanne Hockley4 & 3Lisa EducateSilloth-on-Solway[31]
1995Julie Hall2 & 1Elaine RatcliffeIpswich[32]
1994Julie Hall1 upSuzanne SharpeThe Berkshire[33]
1993Nicola Buxton2 & 1Sarah BurnellSt. Enodoc
1992Caroline Hall1 upJoanne HockleySt. Annes Old Links
1991Nicola Buxton2 upKaren StupplesSheringham
1990Angela Uzielli2 & 1Linzi FletcherRye
1989Helen Dobson4 & 3Simone MorganBurnham & Berrow
1988Julie Wade19 holesSusan ShapcottLittle Aston[34]
1987Joanne Furby4 & 3Maria KingAlwoodley
1986Jill Thornhill3 & 1Susan ShapcottPrince's
1985Trish Johnson1 upLinda BaymanFerndown
1984Claire Waite3 & 2Linda BaymanHunstanton
1983Linda Bayman4 & 3Christine MackintoshHayling
1982Julie Walter4 & 3Christine NelsonBrancepeth Castle
1981Diane Christison2 upSandy CohenCotswold Hills
1980Beverley New3 & 2Julie WalterAldeburgh[35]
1979Julia Greenhalgh2 & 1Sue HedgesRoyal Liverpool[36]
1978Vanessa Marvin2 & 1Ruth PorterWest Sussex[37]
1977Vanessa Marvin1 upMary EverardBurnham & Berrow[38]
1976Lynne Harrold4 & 2Angela UzielliNotts[39]
1975Beverly Huke2 & 1Lynne HarroldRoyal Birkdale
1974Ann Irvin1 upJill ThornhillSunningdale[40]
1973Michelle Walker6 & 5Carol Le FeuvreBroadstone
1972Mary Everard2 & 1Angela BonallackWoodhall Spa[41]
1971Dinah Oxley5 & 4Sally BarberRoyal Liverpool[42]
1970Dinah Oxley3 & 2Sally BarberRye[43]
1969Barbara Dixon6 & 4Margaret WenyonBurnham & Berrow[44]
1968Sally Barber5 & 4Dinah OxleyHunstanton[45]
1967Ann Irvin3 & 2Margaret PickardAlwoodley[46]
1966Julia Greenhalgh3 & 1Jean HolmesHayling[47]
1965Ruth Porter6 & 5Gillian CheethamWhittington Barracks[48]
1964Marley Spearman6 & 5Mary EverardRoyal Lytham & St. Annes[49]
1963Angela Bonallack7 & 6Liz ChadwickLiphook[50]
1962Jean Roberts3 & 1Angela BonallackWoodhall Spa
1961Ruth Porter2 upPeggy ReeceLittlestone[51]
1960Margaret Nichol3 & 1Angela BonallackBurnham & Berrow[52]
1959Ruth Porter5 & 4Frances SmithAldeburgh[53]
1958Angela Bonallack3 & 2Bridget JacksonFormby[54]
1957Jeanne Bisgood10 & 8Margaret NicholQueen's Park[55]
1956Bridget Jackson2 & 1Ruth FergusonHunstanton[56]
1955Frances Smith4 & 3Elizabeth PriceMoortown[57]
1954Frances Stephens37 holesElizabeth PriceWoodhall Spa[58]
1953Jeanne Bisgood6 & 5Jean McIntyrePrince's[59]
1952Pam Davies6 & 5Jacqueline GordonRoyal North Devon[60]
1951Jeanne Bisgood2 & 1Gabrielle KeillerSt Annes Old Links[61]
1950Joan Gee8 & 6Pam DaviesSheringham[62]
1949Diana Critchley3 & 2Katharine CairnsBurnham & Berrow[63]
1948Frances Stephens1 upZara BoltonHayling[64]
1947Mollie Wallis3 & 1Elizabeth PriceGanton[65]
1939–1946: Not played due to World War II
1938Elsie Corlett2 & 1Joy WinnAldeburgh[66]
1937Wanda Morgan4 & 2Madeleine FysheSt Enodoc[67]
1936Wanda Morgan2 & 1Phyllis WadeHayling[68]
1935Marjorie Ross Garon38 holesElsie CorlettRoyal Lytham & St. Annes[69]
1934Phyllis Wade4 & 3Mary JohnsonSeacroft[70]
1933Dorothy Pearson5 & 3Mary JohnsonRoyal North Devon[71]
1932Diana Fishwick5 & 4Beryl BrownRoyal Ashdown Forest[72]
1931Wanda Morgan3 & 1Molly GourlayGanton[73]
1930Enid Wilson12 & 11Muriel PorterAldeburgh[74]
1929Molly Gourlay6 & 5Diana FishwickBroadstone[75]
1928Enid Wilson9 & 8Dorothy PearsonWalton Heath[76]
1927Edith Guedalla1 upEnid WilsonPannal[77]
1926Molly Gourlay6 & 4Elsie CorlettWoodhall Spa[78]
1925Dorothy Fowler9 & 7Joy WinnRoyal North Devon[79]
1924Joyce Wethered8 & 7Dorothy FowlerCooden Beach[80]
1923Joyce Wethered8 & 7Vera LodgeGanton[81]
1922Joyce Wethered7 & 6Joan StockerHunstanton[82]
1921Joyce Wethered12 & 11Marjorie MudfordLytham & St. Annes[83]
1920Joyce Wethered2 & 1Cecil LeitchSheringham[84]
1919Cecil Leitch10 & 8Gladys DobellSt Annes Old Links[85]
1915–1918: Not played due to World War I
1914Cecil Leitch2 & 1Gladys BastinWalton Heath[6]
1913Winifred Brown1 upWinifred McNairNotts[3]
1912Margaret Gardner20 holesBeryl CautleyPrince's[2]

Source:[86]

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