English Women's Amateur Championship

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

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.

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 who beat 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 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 an, using the same format as in 1913.[5] Cecil Leitch beat 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. From 2020 the final was played over 36 holes.

Winners[]

Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Ref
2021 37 holes Moortown [7]
2020 4 & 3 Lily May Humphreys Woodhall Spa [8]
2019 19 holes Lily May Humphreys Saunton [9]
Year Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref
2018 280 1 stroke Annabell Fuller
 Wilmslow [10]
2017 Lily May Humphreys 289 2 strokes
Lindrick [11]
2016 Samantha Giles 295 1 stroke West Lancs [12]
2015 Bronte Law 275 16 strokes
Hunstanton [13]
2014 Bronte Law 291 3 strokes St Enodoc [14]
2013 290 2 strokes King's Norton [15]
2012 Kelly Tidy 304 Playoff Georgia Hall Royal Birkdale [16]
Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Ref
2011 19 holes Charley Hull West Sussex [17]
2010 2 & 1 Broadstone [18]
2009 3 & 2 Lindrick [19]
2008 2 & 1 Florentyna Parker Ganton [20]
2007 2 & 1 Melissa Reid Littlestone [21]
2006 Kiran Matharu 5 & 4 West Lancashire [22]
2005 Felicity Johnson 20 holes Burnham & Berrow [23]
2004 4 & 3 Northamptonshire County [24]
2003 Emma Duggleby 2 & 1 Aldeburgh [25]
2002 6 & 5 Littlestone [26]
2001 Rebecca Hudson 20 holes Emma Duggleby West Sussex
2000 Emma Duggleby 4 & 3 Rebecca Hudson Hunstanton
1999 2 & 1 Ganton
1998 19 holes Walton Heath
1997 4 & 2 Saunton
1996 4 & 3 Silloth-on-Solway
1995 2 & 1 Ipswich
1994 1 up The Berkshire
1993 2 & 1 St. Enodoc
1992 1 up St. Annes Old Links
1991 2 up Karen Stupples Sheringham
1990 Angela Uzielli 2 & 1 Rye
1989 Helen Dobson 4 & 3 Burnham & Berrow
1988 19 holes Little Aston
1987 4 & 3 Alwoodley
1986 Jill Thornhill 3 & 1 Prince's
1985 Trish Johnson 1 up Linda Bayman Ferndown
1984 3 & 2 Linda Bayman Hunstanton
1983 Linda Bayman 4 & 3 Hayling
1982 4 & 3 Brancepeth Castle
1981 2 up Cotswold Hills
1980 3 & 2 Aldeburgh
1979 2 & 1 Royal Liverpool
1978 2 & 1 West Sussex
1977 1 up Burnham & Berrow
1976 4 & 2 Angela Uzielli Notts [27]
1975 Beverly Huke 2 & 1 Royal Birkdale
1974 Ann Irvin 1 up Jill Thornhill Sunningdale [28]
1973 Michelle Walker 6 & 5 Broadstone
1972 2 & 1 Woodhall Spa
1971 5 & 4 Royal Liverpool
1970 3 & 2 Rye
1969 6 & 4 Burnham & Berrow
1968 5 & 4 Hunstanton [29]
1967 Ann Irvin 3 & 2 Alwoodley [30]
1966 3 & 1 Hayling [31]
1965 6 & 5 Whittington Barracks [32]
1964 Marley Spearman 6 & 5 Royal Lytham & St. Annes [33]
1963 7 & 6 Liphook [34]
1962 3 & 1 Woodhall Spa
1961 2 up Littlestone [35]
1960 3 & 1 Burnham & Berrow [36]
1959 5 & 4 Frances Smith Aldeburgh [37]
1958 3 & 2 Formby [38]
1957 Jeanne Bisgood 10 & 8 Queen's Park [39]
1956 2 & 1 Hunstanton [40]
1955 Frances Smith 4 & 3 Moortown [41]
1954 Frances Stephens 37 holes Woodhall Spa [42]
1953 Jeanne Bisgood 6 & 5 Prince's [43]
1952 Pam Davies 6 & 5 Jacqueline Gordon Royal North Devon [44]
1951 Jeanne Bisgood 2 & 1 Gabrielle Keiller St Annes Old Links [45]
1950 8 & 6 Pam Davies Sheringham [46]
1949 3 & 2 Katharine Cairns Burnham & Berrow [47]
1948 Frances Stephens 1 up Hayling [48]
1947 3 & 1 Ganton [49]
1939–1946: Not played due to World War II
1938 Elsie Corlett 2 & 1 Aldeburgh [50]
1937 Wanda Morgan 4 & 2 St Enodoc [51]
1936 Wanda Morgan 2 & 1 Hayling [52]
1935 38 holes Elsie Corlett Royal Lytham & St. Annes [53]
1934 4 & 3 Seacroft [54]
1933 5 & 3 Royal North Devon [55]
1932 5 & 4 Royal Ashdown Forest [56]
1931 Wanda Morgan 3 & 1 Molly Gourlay Ganton [57]
1930 Enid Wilson 12 & 11 Aldeburgh [58]
1929 Molly Gourlay 6 & 5 Broadstone [59]
1928 Enid Wilson 9 & 8 Walton Heath [60]
1927 1 up Enid Wilson Pannal [61]
1926 Molly Gourlay 6 & 4 Elsie Corlett Woodhall Spa [62]
1925 9 & 7 Royal North Devon [63]
1924 Joyce Wethered 8 & 7 Cooden Beach [64]
1923 Joyce Wethered 8 & 7 Ganton [65]
1922 Joyce Wethered 7 & 6 Hunstanton [66]
1921 Joyce Wethered 12 & 11 Lytham & St. Annes [67]
1920 Joyce Wethered 2 & 1 Cecil Leitch Sheringham [68]
1919 Cecil Leitch 10 & 8 Gladys Dobell St Annes Old Links [69]
1915–1918: Not played due to World War I
1914 Cecil Leitch 2 & 1 Walton Heath [6]
1913 1 up Winifred McNair Notts [3]
1912 20 holes Prince's [2]

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