Worplesdon Mixed Foursomes

The Worplesdon Open Scratch Mixed Foursomes is an open mixed foursomes golf tournament contested annually at the Worplesdon Golf Club in Surrey since 1921. From its inception until the 1960s the event attracted many of the leading amateur golfers.[1] The event was open to professionals and attracted some British women golfers who had lost their amateur status by taking up paid positions with golf equipment makers.[2]

Worplesdon Mixed Foursomes
Tournament information
LocationBrookwood, Surrey, England
Established1921
Course(s)Worplesdon Golf Club
FormatMixed foursomes match play
Month playedOctober

Joyce Wethered, a member at Worplesdon, won the event eight times with seven different partners.[3] She also lost two finals, in 1921 when partnered by her brother Roger and in 1948 when partnered by her husband John Heathcoat-Amory.[4][5]

The event is still played. It currently consists of a 36-hole stableford stage on a Saturday, after which the leading four pairs play semi-finals and a final on the following day.[2]

Winners

The first final in 1921 was played over 18 holes but from 1922 to 1948 it was played over 36 holes, before reverting to 18 holes from 1949.

This list is incomplete

YearWinnersMargin
of victory		Runners-upRef
1921England Eleanor Helme & Scotland Tony Torrance3 & 2England Joyce Wethered & England Roger Wethered[4]
1922England Joyce Wethered & England Roger Wethered2 & 1Scotland Jessie Patey & England Noel Layton[6]
1923England Joyce Wethered & England Cyril Tolley6 & 5England Muriel Macbeth & England Bernard Darwin[7]
1924England Dorothy Fowler & England Noel Layton8 & 7England Joy Winn & F. Mead[8]
1925England Cecil Leitch & Edward Esmond2 & 1Scotland Joan Gow & George Hannay[9]
1926France Simone de la Chaume & England Roger Wethered2 upEngland Molly Gourlay & Northern Ireland Charles Hezlet[10]
1927England Joyce Wethered & England Cyril Tolley3 & 2France Simone de la Chaume & England Roger Wethered[11]
1928England Joyce Wethered & England John Morrison1 upEngland Nancye Gold & England Noel Layton[12]
1929England Molly Gourlay & Northern Ireland Charles Hezlet39 holesEngland Joy Winn & Victor Longstaffe[13]
1930England Molly Gourlay & Northern Ireland Charles Hezlet5 & 4France Diana Esmond & England Roger Wethered[14]
1931England Joyce Wethered & England Michael Scott4 & 3Scotland Doris Park & Scotland Stuart Forsyth[15]
1932England Joyce Wethered & England Raymond Oppenheimer8 & 7Audrey Regnart & J. R. Johnston[16]
1933England Joyce Wethered & England Bernard Darwin8 & 7England Marjorie Ross Garon & Scotland Andrew McNair[17]
1934England Molly Gourlay & Scotland Tony Torrance6 & 5England Kathleen Garnham & England Noel Layton[18]
1935England Gwen Cradock-Hartopp & England John Cradock-Hartopp2 & 1England Jean Hamilton & Scotland Stuart Forsyth[19]
1936England Joyce Wethered & England Thomas Coke3 & 2England Dorrit Wilkins & C. J. Anderson[3]
1937England Molly Heppel & England Leonard Crawley5 & 4England Kathleen Garnham & England Guy Thompson[20]
1938England Marjorie Ross Garon & England Eustace Storey6 & 5England Wanda Morgan & Kenneth Morrice[21]
1939–1945 Suspended during World War II
1946England Jacqueline Gordon & Wales Tony Duncan4 & 3England Joan Pemberton & England Henry Longhurst[22]
1947England Jacqueline Gordon & Wales Tony Duncan8 & 7Republic of Ireland Dorothy Beck & England John Beck[23]
1948England Wanda Morgan & England Eustace Storey5 & 4England Joyce Heathcoat-Amory & England John Heathcoat-Amory[5]
1949England Frances Stephens & England Leonard Crawley4 & 3England Diana Critchley & England Cyril Tolley[24]
1950England Frances Stephens & England Leonard Crawley6 & 5England Elizabeth Johnston & England Peter Macdonald[25]
1951Scotland Cathie Barclay & England George Evans2 upScotland Marjorie Peel & Scotland George Mackie[26]
1952Scotland Marjorie Peel & Scotland George Mackie3 & 2England Frances Stephens & England Tony Slark[27]
1953England Jacqueline Gordon & Wales Graham Knipe1 upEngland Marley Spearman & Wales John Atkins[28]
1954England Frances Stephens & England Tony Slark2 upEngland Jean McIntyre & England Philip Scrutton[29]
1955Republic of Ireland Philomena Garvey & England Philip Scrutton2 & 1England Audrey van Oss & Wales George Duncan[30]
1956Czechoslovakia Luisa Abrahams & United States William Henderson3 & 1France Odile Semelaigne & England Gerald Micklem[31]
1957Scotland Betty Singleton & Scotland Dickson Smith5 & 4England Jacqueline Gordon & United States Harold Ridgley[32]
1958England Angela Bonallack & England Michael Bonallack4 & 3Scotland Betty Singleton & Scotland Dickson Smith[33]
1959Scotland Janette Robertson & Scotland Innes Wright4 & 3Italy Isa Goldschmid & Wales J. Tudor Davies[34]
1960England Bridget Jackson & England Michael Burgess2 & 1England Veronica Beharrell & England John Beharrell[35]
1961England Frances Smith & England Bruce Critchley3 & 2England Jill Woodside & John Thornhill[36]
1962France Vicomtesse de St Sauveur & England David Frame5 & 3Scotland Wylda Clark & England Keith Warren[37]
1963Scotland Jessie Valentine & John Behrend4 & 3Italy Isa Goldschmid & England Michael Burgess[38]
1964Scotland Jessie Valentine & John Behrend3 & 2England Marley Spearman & England Alan Thirlwell[39]
1965Scotland Jessie Valentine & John Behrend1 upScotland Jean Anderson & England Clive Clark[40]
1966Scotland Cathie Barclay & England David Miller19 holesEngland Elizabeth Mountain & England Peter Benka[41]
1967France Catherine Lacoste & Spain José Gancedo1 upScotland Cathie Barclay & England David Miller[42]
1968England Dinah Oxley & Netherlands Joan Dudok van Heel2 & 1Scotland Jessie Valentine & Richard Brown[43]
1969England Ruth Ferguson & Scotland Alistair Wilson4 & 3England Pam Tredinnick & England Bruce Critchley[44]
1970Susan Roberts & England Reg Glading2 & 1Mary Roberts & George Cole[45]
1971England Diane Frearson & Alan Smith3 & 2Netherlands Joyce de Witt Puyt & Jeremy Ward[46]

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