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. 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. Along with the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship, it is considered the highest honor in women's amateur golf.

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 and was won by Lady Margaret Scott (who also won the following two years). 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 1947.

The "Pam Barton Memorial Salver" is awarded to the winner to be held for one year, as the actual Championship Cup is held by the Ladies' Golf Union. The runner-up receives the The Diana Fishwick Cup.

[edit] Winners

Year Venue Winner Country Score Runner-up
2009 Royal St David's Golf Club
2008 North Berwick West Links
2007 Alwoodley Golf Club Carlota Ciganda Flag of Spain Spain 4 & 3 Flag of Sweden Anna Nordqvist
2006 Royal County Down Golf Club Belen Mozo Flag of Spain Spain 3 & 1 Flag of Sweden Anna Nordqvist
2005 Littlestone Golf Club Louise Stahle Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 & 2 Flag of Ireland Claire Coughlan
2004 Gullane Golf Club Louise Stahle Flag of Sweden Sweden 4 & 2 Flag of Wales Anna Highgate
2003 Lindrick Golf Club Elisa Serramia Flag of Spain Spain 2 up Flag of Germany Pia Odefey
2002 Ashburnham Golf Club Rebecca Hudson Flag of England England 5 & 4 Flag of Australia Lindsey Wright
2001 Ladybank Golf Club Marta Prieto Flag of Spain Spain 4 & 3 Flag of England Emma Duggleby
2000 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Rebecca Hudson Flag of England England 5 & 4 Flag of England Emma Duggleby
1999 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Marine Monnet Flag of France France 1 up Flag of England Rebecca Hudson
1998 Little Aston Golf Club Kim Rostron Flag of England England 3 & 2 Flag of France Gwladys Nocera
1997 Cruden Bay Golf Club Alison Rose Flag of Scotland Scotland 4 & 3 Flag of Scotland Mhairi McKay
1996 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Kelli Kuehne Flag of the United States United States 5 & 3 Flag of Wales Becky Morgan
1995 Royal Portrush Golf Club Julie Wade Hall Flag of England England 3 & 2 Flag of France Kristel Mourgue D'Algue
1994 Newport Golf Club Emma Duggleby Flag of England England 3 & 1 Flag of France Cecilia Mourgue D'Algue
1993 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Catriona Lambert Flag of Scotland Scotland 3 & 2 Flag of England Kirsty Speak
1992 Saunton Golf Club Pernille Pedersen Flag of Denmark Denmark 1 up Flag of England Joanne Morley
1991 Pannal Golf Club Valerie Michaud Flag of France France 3 & 2 Flag of Australia Wendy Doolan
1990 Dunbar Golf Club Julie Wade Hall Flag of England England 3 & 2 Flag of England Helen Wadsworth
1989 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Helen Dobson Flag of England England 6 & 5 Flag of Scotland Elaine Farquharson
1988 Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club Joanne Furby Flag of England England 4 & 3 Flag of England Jule Wade Hall
1987 Royal St David's Golf Club Janet Collingham Flag of England England 19 holes Flag of England Susan Shapcott
1986 West Sussex Golf Club Marnie McGuire Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 2 & 1 Flag of Australia Louise Briers
1985 Ganton Golf Club Lillian Behan Flag of Ireland Ireland 1 up Flag of England Claire Waite
1984 Royal Troon Golf Club Jody Rosenthal Flag of the United States United States 4 & 3 Flag of Scotland Julie Brown
1983 Silloth on Solway Golf Club Jill Thornhill Flag of England England 4 & 2 Flag of Switzerland Regina Lautens
1982 Walton Heath Golf Club Kitrina Douglas Flag of England England 4 & 2 Flag of Scotland Gillian Stewart
1981 Conwy Golf Club Belle Robertson Flag of Scotland Scotland 20 holes Flag of Scotland Wilma Aitken
1980 Woodhall Spa Anne Quast Flag of the United States United States 3 & 1 Flag of Sweden Liv Wollin
1979 Nairn Golf Club Maureen Madill Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2 & 1 Flag of Australia Jane Lock
1978 Notts Golf Club Edwina Kennedy Flag of Australia Australia 1 up Flag of England Julia Greenhalgh
1977 Hillside Golf Club Angela Uzielli Flag of England England 6 & 5 Flag of England Vanessa Marvin
1976 Silloth on Solway Golf Club Cathy Panton Flag of Scotland Scotland 1 up Flag of South Africa Alison Sheard
1975 St Andrews Links Nancy Roth Syms Flag of the United States United States 3 & 2 Flag of Scotland Suzanne Cadden
1974 Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Carol Semple Flag of the United States United States 2 & 1 Flag of England Angela Bonallack
1973 Carnoustie Golf Links Ann Irvin Flag of England England 3 & 2 Flag of England Mickey Walker
1972 Hunstanton Golf Club Mickey Walker Flag of England England 2 up Flag of France Claudine Clos-Rubin
1971 Alwoodley Golf Club Mickey Walker Flag of England England 3 & 1 Flag of Scotland Beverly Huke
1970 Gullane Golf Club Dinah Oxley Flag of England England 1 up Flag of Scotland Belle Robertson
1969 Royal Portrush Golf Club Catherine Lacoste Flag of France France 1 up Flag of England Ann Irvin
1968 Walton Heath Golf Club Brigitte Varangot Flag of France France 20 holes Flag of France Claudine Clos-Rubin
1967 Royal St David's Golf Club Elizabeth Chadwick Flag of Wales Wales 1 up Flag of England Mary Everard
1966 Ganton Golf Club Elizabeth Chadwick Flag of Wales Wales 3 & 2 Flag of England Vivien Saunders
1965 St Andrews Links Brigitte Varangot Flag of France France 4 & 3 Flag of Scotland Belle Robertson
1964 Royal St George's Golf Club Carol Sorenson Flag of the United States United States 37 holes Flag of England Bridget Jackson
1963 Royal County Down Golf Club Brigitte Varangot Flag of France France 3 & 1 Flag of Ireland Philomena Garvey
1962 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Marley Spearman Flag of England England 1 up Flag of England Angela Bonallack
1961 Carnoustie Golf Links Marley Spearman Flag of England England 7 & 6 Flag of England Diane J. Robb
1960 Royal St David's Golf Club Barbara McIntire Flag of the United States United States 4 & 2 Flag of Ireland Philomena Garvey
1959 Royal Ascot Golf Club Elizabeth Price Flag of England England 37 holes Flag of Scotland Belle McCorkindale
1958 Hunstanton Golf Club Jessie Valentine Flag of Scotland Scotland 1 up Flag of England Elizabeth Price
1957 Gleneagles Philomena Garvey Flag of Ireland Ireland 4 & 3 Flag of Scotland Jessie Valentine
1956 Sunningdale Golf Club Wiffi Smith Flag of the United States United States 8 & 7 Flag of the United States Mary Patton Janssen
1955 Royal Portrush Golf Club Jessie Valentine Flag of Scotland Scotland 7 & 6 Flag of the United States Barbara Romack
1954 Ganton Golf Club Frances Stephens Flag of England England 4 & 3 Flag of England Elizabeth Price
1953 Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Marlene Stewart Flag of Canada Canada 7 & 6 Flag of Ireland Philomena Garvey
1952 Royal Troon Golf Club Moira Paterson Flag of Scotland Scotland 39 holes Flag of England Frances Stephens
1951 Broadstone Golf Club Catherine MacCann Flag of Ireland Ireland 4 & 3 Flag of England Frances Stephens
1950 Royal County Down Golf Club Vicomtesse de St Sauveur Flag of France France 3 & 2 Flag of Scotland Jessie Valentine
1949 Royal St David's Golf Club Frances Stephens Flag of England England 5 & 4 Flag of Ireland Valerie Reddan
1948 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Louise Suggs Flag of the United States United States 1 up Flag of Scotland Jean Donald
1947 Gullane Golf Club Babe Zaharias Flag of the United States United States 5 & 4 Flag of England Jacqueline Gordon
1946 Hunstanton Golf Club Jean Hetherington Flag of England England 1 up Flag of Ireland Philomena Garvey
1940-1945: Not played due to World War II
1939 Royal Portrush Golf Club Pamela Barton Flag of England England 2 & 1 Flag of Northern Ireland Mrs. T Marks
1938 Burnham & Berrow Golf Club Helen Holm Flag of Scotland Scotland 4 & 3 Flag of England Elsie Corlett
1937 Turnberry Jessie Anderson Flag of Scotland Scotland 6 & 4 Flag of Scotland Dorothy Park
1936 Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club Pamela Barton Flag of England England 5 & 3 Flag of England Bridgett Newell
1935 Royal County Down Golf Club Wanda Morgan Flag of England England 3 & 2 Flag of England Pamela Barton
1934 Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Helen Holm Flag of Scotland Scotland 6 & 5 Flag of England Pamela Barton
1933 Gleneagles Enid Wilson Flag of England England 5 & 4 Flag of England Diana Plumpton
1932 Saunton Golf Club Enid Wilson Flag of England England 7 & 6 Flag of Scotland Clem Purvis-Russell-Montgomery
1931 Portmarnock Golf Club Enid Wilson Flag of England England 7 & 6 Flag of England Wanda Morgan
1930 Formby Golf Club Diana Fishwick Flag of England England 4 & 3 Flag of the United States Glenna Collett-Vare
1929 St Andrews Links Joyce Wethered Flag of England England 3 & 1 Flag of the United States Glenna Collett-Vare
1928 Hunstanton Golf Club Nanette le Blan Flag of France France 3 & 2 Flag of England S. Marshall
1927 Royal County Down Golf Club Simone de la Chaume Flag of France France 5 & 4 Flag of England Dorothy Pearson
1926 Royal St David's Golf Club Cecil Leitch Flag of England England 8 & 7 Flag of England Marjorie Ross Garon
1925 Royal Troon Golf Club Joyce Wethered Flag of England England 37 holes Flag of England Cecil Leitch
1924 Royal Portrush Golf Club Joyce Wethered Flag of England England 7 & 6 Flag of England Mrs. F. Cautley
1923 Burnham & Berrow Golf Club Doris Chambers Flag of England England 2 up Flag of England Muriel Dodd Macbeth
1922 Royal St George's Golf Club Joyce Wethered Flag of England England 9 & 7 Flag of England Cecil Leitch
1921 Turnberry Cecil Leitch Flag of England England 4 & 3 Flag of England Joyce Wethered
1920 Royal County Down Golf Club Cecil Leitch Flag of England England 7 & 6 Flag of England Molly Griffiths
1915-1919: Not played due to World War I (1915-18) and a rail strike (1919)
1914 Hunstanton Golf Club Cecil Leitch Flag of England England 2 & 1 Flag of England Gladys Ravenscroft
1913 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Muriel Dodd Flag of England England 8 & 6 Flag of England Evelyn Chubb
1912 Turnberry Gladys Ravenscroft Flag of England England 3 & 2 Flag of England Stella Temple
1911 Royal Portrush Golf Club Dorothy Campbell Flag of Scotland Scotland 3 & 2 Flag of Ireland Violet Hezlet
1910 Royal North Devon Golf Club Elsie Grant Suttie Flag of Scotland Scotland 6 & 4 Flag of England Lily Moore
1909 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Dorothy Campbell Flag of Scotland Scotland 4 & 3 Flag of Ireland Florence Hezlet
1908 St Andrews Links Maud Titterton Flag of Scotland Scotland 19 holes Flag of Scotland Dorothy Campbell
1907 Royal County Down Golf Club May Hezlet Flag of Ireland Ireland 2 & 1 Flag of Ireland Florence Hezlet
1906 Burnham & Berrow Golf Club Alice Kennion Flag of England England 4 & 3 Flag of England Bertha Thompson
1905 Royal Cromer Golf Club Bertha Thompson Flag of England England 3 & 2 Flag of Ireland Maud E. Stuart
1904 Royal Troon Golf Club Lottie Dod Flag of England England 1 up Flag of Ireland May Hezlet
1903 Royal Portrush Golf Club Rhona Adair Flag of Ireland Ireland 4 & 3 Flag of Ireland Florence Walker-Leigh
1902 Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club May Hezlet Flag of Ireland Ireland 19 holes Flag of England Elinor C. Neville
1901 Aberdovey Golf Club Molly Graham Flag of Scotland Scotland 3 & 1 Flag of Ireland Rhona Adair
1900 Royal North Devon Golf Club Rhona Adair Flag of Ireland Ireland 6 & 5 Flag of England Isabel Neville
1899 Royal County Down Golf Club May Hezlet Flag of Ireland Ireland 2 & 1 Flag of Ireland Jesse Magill
1898 Great Yarmouth & Caister Golf Club Lena Thomson Flag of England England 7 & 5 Flag of England Elinor C. Neville
1897 Gullane Golf Club Edith C. Orr Flag of Scotland Scotland 4 & 2 Flag of Scotland Theodora Orr
1896 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Amy Pascoe Flag of England England 3 & 2 Flag of England Lena Thomson
1895 Royal Portrush Golf Club Lady Margaret Scott Flag of England England 5 & 4 Flag of England Emma M. Lythgoe
1894 Littlestone Golf Club Lady Margaret Scott Flag of England England 3 & 2 Flag of England Issette Pearson
1893 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Lady Margaret Scott Flag of England England 7 & 5 Flag of England Issette Pearson


[edit] Multiple winners

Eighteen players have won more than one British Ladies Amateur Championship, through 2006:


Eleven players have won both the British Ladies and U.S. Women's Amateur Championships, through 2006:

^ Won both in same year.

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