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Poppy Wingate
Hannah Sophia Wingate, known as Poppy Wingate, later Poppy Eadie and Lady Hinchcliffe (1902–1977) was an English professional golfer. She was the first woman professional golfer in England, and the second in Britain after Scotswoman Meg Farquhar. When she competed in the 1933 Yorkshire Evening News Tournament held at Temple Newsam in Leeds, she was the first woman to compete in a professional golf tournament. After scoring 41 for the first 9 holes, she came home in 49 for a first round of 90. On the second qualifying day she tore up her card. She was the first female golfer to be seen on television, appearing on the BBC on 7 June 1937 in her own 30-minute programme ''Tee Time''. She designed a range of women's golf clothing, sold by Avison Hare of Leeds and using the slogan "Smartness With Freedom". A pair of her golf shoes is owned by The R&A World Golf Museum at St Andrews, Scotland. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Farquhar
Margaret Farquhar (April 29, 1910 – November 9, 1988) was the first female professional golfer in Britain when, aged 19, she became assistant to George Smith, the resident Professional at the Moray Golf Club in 1929.McConachie, John: The Moray Golf Club at Lossiemouth, Elgin 1988, p87 As an assistant professional, Farquhar learned all of the skills that a club professional needed. She was the first woman golf professional in Britain to play in a normally all men national championship on her home course at Lossiemouth. This was the Scottish Professional Championship of 1933 finishing ahead of many of her male colleagues. In recognition of her achievement, she was presented by the True Temper Corporation of America, with a set of the recently introduced steel shafted clubs.McConachie, John: The Moray Golf Club at Lossiemouth, Elgin 1988, p89 Farquhar married John Alexander Main in 1946 and was reinstated to the amateur game in 1949 and reached the semi-final of the Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire Evening News Tournament
The Yorkshire Evening News Tournament was an international golf tournament in the English Yorkshire area before the European Tour was founded. It was a match play tournament for most of its existence, but switched to stroke play in the 1940s. The tournament was played annually from 1923 to 1963, with no tournaments held during World War II. In the early years, this tournament was considered a British major golf tournament. "The first tournament, in 1923, was billed as the unofficial ‘Championship of the World’ between American superstars Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen. Hagen triumphed, but lost in the final by a two-hole margin to Ryder Cup star Herbert Jolly Herbert Charles Jolly (15 February 1895 – 16 April 1983) was a professional golfer. He is best known for being a member of the first British Ryder Cup team in 1927. He also played for Britain in the international match against America at Went ...." Winners References {{Reflist Golf tournaments in England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam (historically Temple Newsham), () is a Tudor- Jacobean house in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown. The estate lends its name to the Temple Newsam ward of Leeds City Council, in which it is situated, and lies to the east of the city, just south of Halton Moor, Halton, Whitkirk and Colton. It is one of nine sites in the Leeds Museums & Galleries group. The house is a Grade I listed building, defined as a "building of outstanding or national architectural or historic interest". The stables are Grade II* listed ("particularly significant buildings of more than local interest"), and ten separate features of the estate are Grade II listed ("buildings of special architectural or historic interest"), including the Sphinx Gates and the Barn. Temple Newsam House is one of Leeds Museums and Galleries sites. It is also part of the research group, Yorkshire Country House Partnership. History 1066 to 1520 In the ''Domesday Book' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by population) in England, after London and Birmingham. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production centre, including of carbonated water where it was invented in the 1760s, and trading centre (mainly with wool) for the 17th and 18th centuries. It was a major mill town during the Industrial Revolution. It was also known for its flax industry, iron foundries, engineering and printing, as well as shopping, with several surviving Victorian era arcades, such as Kirkgate Market. City status was awarded in 1893, a populous urban centre formed in the following century which absorbed surrounding villages and overtook the nearby York population. It is locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The R&A World Golf Museum
The R&A World Golf Museum (previously known as the British Golf Museum) is located opposite the clubhouse of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St Andrews, Scotland. The R&A owns and operates the museum. The museum, which opened in 1990, documents the history of golf from Medieval times to the present, including the men's and women's games, British and international, both professional and amateur. Exhibits include historic equipment, memorabilia and art work, documentation, the history of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, and the rules and terminology of the game. The museum was established in 1989 in an existing, single-storey building behind the Clubhouse. Later, the building was renovated and expanded, for a total area of , including a rooftop cafe. Construction started in summer 2014 and was completed in June 2015. The museum reopened on 21 Jun 2021 as The R&A World Golf Museum, previously known as the British Golf Museum. Women Golfers' Museum The museum displays part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Andrews
St Andrews ( la, S. Andrea(s); sco, Saunt Aundraes; gd, Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fourth-largest settlement and 45th most populous settlement in Scotland. The town is home to the University of St Andrews, the third oldest university in the English-speaking world and the oldest in Scotland. It was ranked as the best university in the UK by the 2022 Good University Guide, which is published by ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times''. According to other rankings, it is ranked as one of the best universities in the United Kingdom. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle. The settlement grew to the west of St Andrews Cathedral, with the southern side of the Scores to the north and the Kinness Burn to the south. The burgh soon became the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland, a position which was held until the Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harborne
Harborne is an area of south-west Birmingham, England. It is one of the most affluent areas of the Midlands, southwest from Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ... city centre. It is a Birmingham City Council ward (politics), ward in the Government of Birmingham, England#Districts, formal district and in the United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Edgbaston (UK Parliament constituency), Birmingham Edgbaston. Geography Harborne lies to the west of Edgbaston, to the north of Selly Oak, to the east of Quinton, Birmingham, Quinton, and to the south of the Bearwood, West Midlands, Bearwood and Oldbury, West Midlands, Warley areas of neighbouring Sandwell. As a parish, it covered an area of , of which was of woodland and planta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syd Wingate
Sydney Wingate (1894 – 17 April 1953) was an English professional golfer. He twice finished in the top 10 of the Open Championship, in 1920 and 1925. Golfing career Wingate was from a golfing family. His father, Frank (1872–1923), was a professional, as also were his uncles Charles and Sydney. His sister Poppy (1903–1977) was the first women to play in a professional tournament in Great Britain while his brother Roland (1896–1968) emigrated to America in 1922 and was a professional there. Wingate was born in Harborne where his father was professional at the local club. His father moved to Hornsea in 1906. After being an assistant to his father at Hornsea, he moved again with his father to Ravensworth Golf Club, Gateshead in 1913 and was then professional at Wearside Golf Club, Sunderland from 1921 to 1923. In 1924 he became the first professional at Temple Newsam Golf Club where he stayed until leaving in 1935 due to ill-health at the age of 42. He died in 1953 following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Hinchcliffe
Sir George Raymond Hinchcliffe (2 March 1900 – 6 September 1973) was a British barrister and was a High Court judge from 1957 to 1973. He was appointed KC in 1947. He was knighted on 1 February 1957. thegazette.co.uk. Accessed 21 January 2023. Marriage He married golfing pioneerPoppy Wingate
Hannah Sophia Wingate, known as Poppy Wingate, later Poppy Eadie and Lady Hinchcliffe (1902–1977) was an English professional golfer.
She was the first woman professional golfer in England, and the second in Britain after Scotswoman Meg Farquha ... (1902–1977) on 10 May 1940, and had two step-children. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Female Golfers
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People From Harborne
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