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. 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. 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.
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 1946.
The "Pam Barton Memorial Salver" is awarded to the winner to be held for one year. Along with the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship, it is considered the most prestigious honor in women's amateur golf. Eleven women have won both titles. They are:
- Kelli Kuehne (1996 U.S. - 1996 British)
- Anne Quast (1958, 1961, 1963 U.S. - 1980 British)
- Carol Semple Thompson (1973 U.S. - 1974 British)
- Catherine Lacoste (1969 U.S. - 1969 British)
- Barbara McIntire (1959, 1964 U.S. - 1960 British)
- Marlene Stewart Streit (1953 British - 1956 U.S.)
- Louise Suggs (1947 U.S. - 1948 British)
- Pamela Barton (1936 U.S. - 1936, 1939 British)
- Babe Zaharias (1946 U.S. - 1947 British)
- Gladys Ravenscroft (1912 British - 1913 U.S.)
- Dorothy Campbell (1909, 1910, 1924 U.S. - 1909, 1911 British)
[edit] Winners
- 1893 : Lady Margaret Scott
- 1894 : Lady Margaret Scott
- 1895 : Lady Margaret Scott
- 1896 : Amy Pascoe
- 1897 : Edith Orr
- 1898 : Lena Thomson
- 1899 : May Hezlet
- 1900 : Rhona Adair
- 1901 : Mary Graham
- 1902 : May Hezlet
- 1903 : Rhona Adair
- 1904 : Lottie Dod
- 1905 : Bertha Thompson
- 1906 : Mrs. W. Kennion
- 1907 : May Hezlet
- 1908 : Maud Titterton
- 1909 : Dorothy Campbell
- 1910 : Elsie Grant-Suttie
- 1911 : Dorothy Campbell
- 1912 : Gladys Ravenscroft
- 1913 : Muriel Dodd
- 1914 : Cecil Leitch
- 1915-1919 : WWI - No Tournament
- 1920 : Cecil Leitch
- 1921 : Cecil Leitch
- 1922 : Joyce Wethered
- 1923 : Doris Chambers
- 1924 : Joyce Wethered
- 1925 : Joyce Wethered
- 1926 : Cecil Leitch
- 1927 : Simone de la Chaume
- 1928 : Nanette le Blan
- 1929 : Joyce Wethered
- 1930 : Diana Fishwick
- 1931 : Enid Wilson
- 1932 : Enid Wilson
- 1933 : Enid Wilson
- 1934 : Helen Holm
- 1935 : Wanda Morgan
- 1936 : Pamela Barton
- 1937 : Jessie Anderson
- 1938 : Helen Holm
- 1939 : Pamela Barton
- 1940-1945 : WWII - No Tournament
- 1946 : Jean Hetherington
- 1947 : Babe Zaharias
- 1948 : Louise Suggs
- 1949 : Frances Stephens
- 1950 : Lally de St. Sauveur
- 1951 : Catherine MacCann
- 1952 : Moira Paterson
- 1953 : Marlene Stewart
- 1954 : Frances Stephens
- 1955 : Jessie Valentine
- 1956 : Wiffi Smith
- 1957 : Philomena Garvey
- 1958 : Jessie Valentine
- 1959 : Elizabeth Price
- 1960 : Barbara McIntire
- 1961 : Marley Spearman
- 1962 : Marley Spearman
- 1963 : Brigitte Varangot
- 1964 : Carol Sorenson
- 1965 : Brigitte Varangot
- 1966 : Elizabeth Chadwick
- 1967 : Elizabeth Chadwick
- 1968 : Brigitte Varangot
- 1969 : Catherine Lacoste
- 1970 : Dinah Oxley
- 1971 : Michelle Walker
- 1972 : Michelle Walker
- 1973 : Ann Irvin
- 1974 : Carol Semple
- 1975 : Nancy Roth Syms
- 1976 : Cathy Panton
- 1977 : Angela Uzielli
- 1978 : Edwina Kennedy
- 1979 : Maureen Madill
- 1980 : Anne Quast
- 1981 : Belle Robertson
- 1982 : Kitrina Douglas
- 1983 : Jill Thornhill
- 1984 : Jody Rosenthal
- 1985 : Lillian Behan
- 1986 : Marnie McGuire
- 1987 : Janet Collingham
- 1988 : Joanne Furby
- 1989 : Helen Dobson
- 1990 : Julie Wade Hall
- 1991 : Valerie Michaud
- 1992 : Bernille Pedersen
- 1993 : Catriona Lambert
- 1994 : Emma Duggleby
- 1995 : Julie Wade Hall
- 1996 : Kelli Kuehne
- 1997 : Alison Rose
- 1998 : Kim Rostron
- 1999 : Marine Monnet
- 2000 : Rebecca Hudson
- 2001 : Marta Prieto
- 2002 : Rebecca Hudson
- 2003 : Elisa Serramia
- 2004 : Louise Stahle
- 2005 : Louise Stahle
