Scottish Women's Amateur Championship

The Scottish Women’s Amateur Championship is the women's national amateur match play golf championship of Scotland. It was first played in 1903 and is currently organised by Scottish Golf.

Scottish Women’s Amateur Championship
Tournament information
LocationScotland
Established1903
Organised byScottish Golf
FormatMatch play
Current champion
Cameron Neilson

The Scottish Women's Amateur Championship is contested through two phases. It begins with a 36 hole stroke play competition, with the leading competitors progressing to the knock-out match play competition.

History

The first championship was held in 1903. It was organised by the St Rule Club and played on the Old Course at St Andrews. With 46 ladies entering, there were six rounds of match-play, held over four days from 16 to 19 June, the semi-finals and final being played on separate days.[1] It was won by Alexa Glover who beat Molly Graham by one hole.[2] In late 1903 it was decided to hold the 1904 championship at Prestwick, St Nicholas.[3] It was held over three days in May with the semi-final and final played on the same day and was won by Molly Graham.[4] Following the 1904 event, the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association was formed to run the event. The 1905 was the first organised by the association and was held at North Berwick Golf Club in June.[5] It was won by Dorothy Campbell who beat defending championship Graham in the final, at the 19th hole.[6]

The championship was not held from 1915 to 1919 but resumed at Cruden Bay in 1920.[7] Charlotte Watson beat Lena Scroggie 5&3 in the final.[8] A Scottish Ladies Victory Tournament had been held in October 1919 on the Old Course at St Andrews.[9] Ida Kyle won the event, beating Scroggie 3&2 in the final.[10]

The championship was not held from 1940 to 1946. In 1951 the final was extended to 36 holes, the championship being won by Jessie Valentine who beat Moira Paterson in the final.[11] The following year, Jean Donald beat Marjorie Peel in the final by a record score, 13&11.[12]

The format was revised in 1971 at Royal Dornoch. A 36-hole qualifying stage was introduced with the leading 64 players playing in the match-play stage. The final was reduced to 18 holes.[13] Belle Robertson led the qualifying by 7 strokes and she went on to win the title, beating Marjory Ferguson 3&2 in the final.[14][15] In 1972 at Machrihanish, Robertson led the qualifying stage by 14 strokes and regained the title with a 5&3 win over Connie Lugton in the final.[16][17] The format was revised in 1973 on the Old Course at St Andrews, with the number of qualifiers reduced to 32.[18] A new trophy, the Clark Rosebowl was introduced for the next 32 qualifiers.[19] Robertson did not defend her title and the championship was won by Janette Wright who beat Aileen Wilson by two holes in the final.[20]

In 2015 the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association merged with the Scottish Golf Union to form Scottish Golf, which now runs the championship. From 2019 the number of qualifiers was reduced to 16, the event being reduced to three days.

Winners
YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueRef
2022Cameron Neilson19 holesLorna McClymontTrump International
2021Chloe Goadby4 & 3Tara MactaggartGullane[21]
2020Not held
2019Kimberley Beveridge1 upChloe GoadbyKilmarnock (Barassie)
2018Gemma Batty1 upGabrielle MacdonaldElie
2017Connie Jaffrey2 upClara YoungRoyal Aberdeen
2016Ailsa Summers2 & 1Gabrielle MacdonaldWest Kilbride
2015Clara Young1 upRachel WalkerMonifieth[22]
2014Gabrielle Macdonald19 holesConnie JaffreyPrestwick[23]
2013Alyson McKechin3 & 2Clara YoungLongniddry[24]
2012Laura Murray2 upJane TurnerTain[25]
2011Louise Kenney5 & 4Eilidh BriggsMachrihanish[26]
2010Kelsey MacDonald5 & 3Louise KenneyCraigielaw[27]
2009Megan Briggs4 & 3Louise KenneySoutherness[28]
2008Michele Thomson2 & 1Jo CarthewMoray[29]
2007Jenna Wilson2 & 1Emily OgilvyKilmarnock (Barassie)[30]
2006Martine Pow2 & 1Anne LaingDunbar[31]
2005Fiona Lockhart3 & 2Anne LaingCruden Bay[32]
2004Anne Laing (3)2 upClare QueenPrestwick Golf Links[33]
2003Anne Laing (2)4 & 3Claire HarganOld Course, St Andrews[34]
2002Heather Stirling3 & 1Anne LaingStranraer[35]
2001Linzi Morton6 & 4Lesley MackayCarnoustie
2000Lynn Kenny1 upHeather StirlingMachrihanish
1999Jayne Smith2 & 1Anne LaingNairn Dunbar
1998Elaine Moffat4 & 3Caroline AgnewNorth Berwick
1997Alison Rose3 & 2Hilary MonaghanWest Kilbride
1996Anne Laing1 upAlison RoseRoyal Dornoch
1995Hilary Monaghan21 holesSharon McMasterPortpatrick (Dunskey)
1994Catriona Matthew (3)1 upValerie MelvinGullane
1993Catriona Lambert (2)5 & 4Mhairi McKayPrestwick St Nicholas
1992Janice Moodie2 & 1Elaine FarquharsonRoyal Aberdeen
1991Catriona Lambert3 & 2Fiona AndersonCarnoustie
1990Elaine Farquharson3 & 2Shirley HugganMachrihanish
1989Shirley Huggan (2)5 & 4Lindsey AndersonMoray[36]
1988Shirley Lawson3 & 1Fiona AndersonSoutherness[37]
1987Fiona Anderson4 & 3Christine MiddletonNairn[38]
1986Belle Robertson (7)3 & 2Lesley HopeOld Course, St Andrews[39]
1985Alison Gemmill (2)2 & 1Donna ThomsonKilmarnock (Barassie)[40]
1984Gillian Stewart (3)3 & 2Alison GemmillRoyal Dornoch[41]
1983Gillian Stewart (2)3 & 1Fiona AndersonNorth Berwick[42]
1982Jane Connachan19 holesPamela WrightRoyal Troon[43]
1981Alison Gemmill2 & 1Wilma AitkenStranraer
1980Belle Robertson (6)1 upFiona AndersonCarnoustie[44]
1979Gillian Stewart2 & 1Lesley HopeGullane[45]
1978Belle Robertson (5)2 upJoan SmithPrestwick Golf Links[46]
1977Connie Lugton1 upMuriel ThomsonRoyal Dornoch[47]
1976Sandra Needham3 & 2Ina WalkerMachrihanish[48]
1975Lesley Hope1 upJoan SmithElie[49]
1974Aileen Wilson22 holesKathleen LackieNairn[50]
1973Janette Wright (4)2 upAileen WilsonOld Course, St Andrews[20]
1972Belle Robertson (4)5 & 3Connie LugtonMachrihanish[17]
1971Belle Robertson (3)3 & 2Marjory FergusonRoyal Dornoch[15]
1970Annette Laing1 upBelle RobertsonDunbar[51]
1969Heather Anderson5 & 4Kathleen LackieWest Kilbride[52]
1968Joan Smith10 & 9Joan RennieCarnoustie[53]
1967Joan Hastings5 & 3Annette LaingNorth Berwick[54]
1966Belle Robertson (2)2 & 1Marjory FowlerMachrihanish[55]
1965Belle Robertson5 & 4Joan LawrenceNairn[56]
1964Joan Lawrence (3)5 & 4Ansley ReidGullane[57]
1963Joan Lawrence (2)2 & 1Belle RobertsonTroon[58]
1962Joan Lawrence5 & 4Marjorie DraperRoyal Dornoch[59]
1961Janette Wright (3)1 upAnsley LurieOld Course, St Andrews[60]
1960Janette Robertson (2)2 & 1Dorothea SommervilleTurnberry[61]
1959Janette Robertson6 & 5Belle McCorkindaleNairn[62]
1958Dorothea Sommerville1 upJanette RobertsonElie[63]
1957Marigold Speir7 & 5Helen HolmTroon[64]
1956Jessie Valentine (6)8 & 7Helen HolmRoyal Dornoch[65]
1955Jessie Valentine (5)7 & 6Millicent CouperNorth Berwick[66]
1954Marjorie Peel7 & 6Jessie ValentineTurnberry[67]
1953Jessie Valentine (4)8 & 7Jean DonaldCarnoustie[68]
1952Jean Donald (3)13 & 11Marjorie PeelGullane[12]
1951Jessie Valentine (3)3 & 2Moira PatersonNairn[11]
1950Helen Holm (5)6 & 5Charlotte BeddowsOld Course, St Andrews[69]
1949Jean Donald (2)6 & 5Helen HolmTroon[70]
1948Helen Holm (4)5 & 4Vyvian FalconerGleneagles[71]
1947Jean Donald5 & 3Jean KerrElie[72]
1940–1946: Not played due to World War II
1939Jessie Anderson (2)19 holesCatherine ParkTurnberry[73]
1938Jessie Anderson2 upHelen HolmNairn[74]
1937Helen Holm (3)3 & 2Elizabeth BowhillGleneagles[75]
1936Doris Park19 holesClem MontgomeryTurnberry[76]
1935Minnie Robertson-Durham20 holesNan BairdLossiemouth[77]
1934Nan Baird1 upJessie AndersonNorth Berwick[78]
1933Millicent Couper22 holesHelen HolmTurnberry[79]
1932Helen Holm (2)23 holesFreda CoatsCruden Bay[80]
1931Jean McCulloch (3)19 holesDoris ParkGullane[81]
1930Helen Holm1 upDoris ParkTurnberry[82]
1929Charlotte Watson (4)3 & 1Doris ParkNairn[83]
1928Jean McCulloch (2)2 & 1Peggie RamsayOld Course, St Andrews[84]
1927Betty Inglis1 upHilda CameronMachrihanish[85]
1926Mary Wood2 & 1Mrs J CochraneCruden Bay[86]
1925Gertrude Percy1 upElsie Grant SuttieGullane[87]
1924Clem Montgomery5 & 4Hilda CameronTurnberry[88]
1923May Nicolson2 & 1Charlotte WatsonLossiemouth[89]
1922Charlotte Watson (3)2 & 1Audrey KyleOld Course, St Andrews[90]
1921Charlotte Watson (2)1 upMaude MartinMachrihanish[91]
1920Charlotte Watson5 & 3Lena ScroggieCruden Bay[8]
1915–1919: Not played due to World War I
1914Eva Anderson20 holesFrances TeacherMuirfield[92]
1913Jean McCulloch4 & 3Ruth MackintoshMachrihanish[93]
1912Dorothy Jenkins4 & 2Madge Neill-FraserLossiemouth[94]
1911Elsie Grant Suttie1 upIda KyleOld Course, St Andrews[95]
1910Elsie Kyle (2)4 & 3Alexa GloverNairn[96]
1909Elsie Kyle3 & 1Dorothy CampbellMachrihanish[97]
1908Dorothy Campbell (3)7 & 6Miss M CairnsGullane[98]
1907Frances Teacher21 holesDorothy CampbellTroon[99]
1906Dorothy Campbell (2)3 & 1Alexa GloverCruden Bay[100]
1905Dorothy Campbell19 holesMolly GrahamNorth Berwick[6]
1904Molly Graham6 & 5Miss M BishopPrestwick, St Nicholas[4]
1903Alexa Glover1 upMolly GrahamOld Course, St Andrews[2]

Source:[101]

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