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Jacqueline Gordon
Jacqueline Vivienne Victoire Marie Gordon (6 July 1919 – 28 February 1972) was an English amateur golfer. She lost to Babe Zaharias in the final of the 1947 Womens Amateur Championship and played in the 1948 Curtis Cup. Golf career Gordon had some success at the girls level before World War II. She played for England in the England–Scotland girls match in 1936 and 1937 and reached the final of the 1936 Girls Amateur Championship at Stoke Poges, losing 3&2 to Peggy Edwards. Playing with Tony Duncan, Gordon won the Worplesdon Mixed Foursomes in both 1946 and 1947. In June 1947 she played for the English team in the Women's Home Internationals. England lost to Scotland and finished runners-up. A few days later she reached the final of the Womens Amateur Championship, losing to Babe Zaharias. The match was level after the morning round but Zaharias pulled ahead in the afternoon and won 5&4. Zaharias was the first American winner of the event. In late June she was part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks is a town in Kent with a population of 29,506 situated south-east of London, England. Also classified as a civil parishes in England, civil parish, Sevenoaks is served by a commuter South Eastern Main Line, main line railway into London. Sevenoaks is from Charing Cross, the traditional centre of London. It is the principal town of the Sevenoaks (district), Sevenoaks district, followed by Swanley and Edenbridge, Kent, Edenbridge. A settlement was recorded in the 13th century, when a market was established. Construction of Knole House in the 15th century helped develop the village. Sevenoaks became part of the modern communications network when one of the early toll road, turnpikes was opened in the 18th century; the railway was relatively late in reaching it. In the 21st century, it has a large Commuter town, commuting population. The nearby Fort Halstead defence installation was formerly a major local employer. Located to the south-east of the town is Knole Park, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagliano Trophy
The Vagliano Trophy is a biennial women's amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". It is played in odd-numbered years; the Curtis Cup being played in even-numbered years. The event started in 1931 as a match between Great Britain and France. It was played annually from 1931 to 1939 and from 1947 to 1949, before becoming a biennial event from 1949 to 1957. Britain won 15 of the 16 matches with the 1934 match being tied. From 1949 to 1957 Great Britain had also played a biennial match against Belgium. In 1959 the two matches were replaced by one with Britain playing a team representing the Continent of Europe, the Vagliano Trophy being used for the new event. The trophy was given by André Vagliano, a French golfer and official in the French Golf Federation and also father of Lally Segard, who played in this match on 13 occasions. The Ladi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amateur Golfers
An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, self-taught, user-generated, DIY, and hobbyist. History Historically, the amateur was considered to be the ideal balance between pure intent, open mind, and the interest or passion for a subject. That ideology spanned many different fields of interest. It may have its roots in the ancient Greek philosophy of amateur athletes competing in the Olympics. The ancient Greek citizens spent most of their time in other pursuits, but competed according to their natural talents and abilities. The "gentleman amateur" was a phenomenon among the gentry of Great Britain from the 17th century until the 20th century. With the start of the Age of Reason, with people thinking more about how the world works around them, (see science in the Age of Enlightenment), things like the cabinets of curiosities, and the wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Female Golfers
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Harold Ridgley
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Graham Knipe
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English Women's Amateur Championship
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam Davies
Pamela Elizabeth Davies (married name Large, 12 April 1930 – 23 August 2020) was an English amateur golfer. She won the Girls Amateur Championship in 1949 and the English Women's Amateur Championship in 1952. Golf career In 1949, the Girls Amateur Championship was played at Beaconsfield Golf Club, the first time it has been held since 1938. Davies was a medical student at the time. She played for England in the England–Scotland girls match that preceded the championship and went on to win the event, beating Arlette Jacquet, from Belgium, by one hole in the final. In 1950, Davies reached the final of the English Women's Amateur Championship at Sheringham in Norfolk, losing, 8 and 6, to Joan Gee in the 36-hole final. In 1952, she won the championship, at Westward Ho! in Devon, beating Jacqueline Gordon, 6 and 5, in the final. In 1950, Davies represented England in an unofficial match against a team of visiting Australian women. The match finished level, with each team wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Lenczyk
Grace Lenczyk Cronin (September 12, 1927 – December 13, 2013) was an American amateur golfer who won the 1947 All American Open (LPGA Tour), All American Open. During her career, Lenczyk was the winner of the Canadian Women's Amateur from 1947 to 1948 and the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1948. In team events, she was a member of the winning American team at the 1948 and 1950 Curtis Cup. Lenczyk was inducted into the Connecticut Golf Hall of Fame in 1969. Early life and education Lenczyk was born on September 12, 1927, in Newington, Connecticut. At the age of eleven, she started playing golf with her siblings at the Indian Hill Country Club in Newington, Connecticut. For her post-secondary education, Lenczyk went to Arnold College to study physical education. Career As an amateur golfer, Lenczyk competed at the U.S. Women's Amateur consecutively between 1946 and 1949 and was the 1948 championship winner. Outside of the United States, Lenczyk won the 1947 and 1948 Canadian Women's Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Donald
Jean Macalister Donald (married name Anderson; 2 May 1921 – 16 May 1984) was a Scottish golfer. She won the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship three times and played in the Curtis Cup in 1948, 1950 and 1952. She turned professional at the start of 1954 following a change in the rules regarding amateur status. Early life Donald and her twin sister, Anne, were born in North Berwick on 2 May 1921, the daughter of Douglas Donald, a medical doctor. She joined North Berwick Ladies Club in 1936. Amateur career Donald had some success before World War II. In 1938, she played in the England–Scotland girls match and then reached the semi-finals of the Girls Amateur Championship at Stoke Poges, losing to Sheila Stroyan. In 1939 she reached the final of the East of Scotland Championship, reached the last-8 of the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship, and, playing off a handicap of 5, won the Ladies' Open Highland tournament at Pitlochry. Donald reached the semi-finals of the 1946 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Royal Birkdale Golf Club is a golf course in the United Kingdom in North West England, located in Southport, Merseyside. It is one of the clubs in the rotation for both the Open Championship and Women's British Open and has hosted the Open Championship ten times from 1954 through 2017. Winners of the Open at the course include Pádraig Harrington, Mark O'Meara, Ian Baker-Finch, Tom Watson, Johnny Miller, Lee Trevino, Arnold Palmer, Peter Thomson (twice) and Jordan Spieth. Royal Birkdale hosted the women's tournament for a sixth time in 2014, and was the site of the Senior Open Championship in 2013. It has also hosted the Ryder Cup (1965, 1969), the Walker Cup (1951), and the Curtis Cup (1948). Other courses in the Open rota near Liverpool are Royal Liverpool Golf Club (Hoylake) and Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club. On 22 July 2017, in the third round of the 2017 Open Championship, Branden Grace became the first man in major championship history to record a score of 62 in a sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glasgow Herald
''The Herald'' is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. ''The Herald'' is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. The title was simplified from ''The Glasgow Herald'' in 1992. Following the closure of the ''Sunday Herald'', the ''Herald on Sunday'' was launched as a Sunday edition on 9 September 2018. History Founding The newspaper was founded by an Edinburgh-born printer called John Mennons in January 1783 as a weekly publication called the ''Glasgow Advertiser''. Mennons' first edition had a global scoop: news of the treaties of Versailles reached Mennons via the Lord Provost of Glasgow just as he was putting the paper together. War had ended with the American colonies, he revealed. ''The Herald'', therefore, is as old as the United States of America, give or take an hour or two. The story was, however, only carried on the back page. Mennons, using the larger of two fonts available to him, put it in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
