Doris Elaine Chambers (20 November 1884 – 24 December 1983) was an English amateur golfer. She won the

Womens Amateur Championship The Women's Amateur Championship, previously known as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, was founded in 1893 by the Ladies' Golf Union. It is organised by The R&A, which merged with the Ladies' Golf Union in 2017. Until the dawn of the ...

in 1923, having been a semi-finalist in 1909. She also reached the semi-finals of the

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in 1926. She represented England in the

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nine times between 1906 and 1925. She was the British

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captain in 1934, 1936 and 1948.

Golf career

Chambers first reached the later stages of the

in 1909 at

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. She reached the semi-finals before losing 5&3 to

Dorothy Campbell Dorothy Lee Campbell (24 March 1883 – 20 March 1945) was a Scottish amateur golfer. Campbell was the first woman to win the American, British and Canadian Women's Amateurs. Early life She was born into a golfing family in North Berwick, Midl ...

. In 1910 she lost at the last-16 stage to

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by one hole. She reached the last-16 again in 1921, losing 4&3 to

Cecil Leitch Charlotte Cecilia Pitcairn Leitch (13 April 1891 – 16 September 1977) was a British amateur golfer. She was born in Silloth, Cumberland, England, the daughter of a local physician and one of three sisters who excelled at the game of golf. ...

. In 1923 Leitch was injured and

Joyce Wethered Joyce Wethered, Lady Heathcoat-Amory (17 November 1901 – 18 November 1997) was a golfer regarded as the leading British woman player of the inter-war period. Joyce learned the game as a child, as did her brother Roger, who lost a playoff for the ...

was surprisingly beaten in the semi-finals by

Muriel Macbeth Muriel Dodd (31 May 1891 – 21 December 1976) was an English amateur golfer. She held the British and Canadian titles in 1913. Dodd was the winner of the 1913 British Ladies Amateur held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, taking the tit ...

, leaving a final between Chambers and Macbeth. In the final Macbeth was five up at one stage in the morning round but Chambers reduced the deficit to three holes by end of the round. Chambers started the afternoon well and took the lead after the 8th hole. Macbeth levelled again at the 9th and the match was then close with Chambers winning the match at the 36th hole. Later in 1923, Chambers and Macbeth met again, in the quarter-finals of the

, Macbeth winning this time by a score of 4&2. Defending her title in 1924, Chambers reached the last-16, where she was beaten 4&3 by Cecil Leitch. In 1925 she again reached the last-16 of the women's championship, losing to

, and also reached the quarter-finals of the English championship, losing to

Molly Gourlay Mary Perceval Gourlay ODE (14 May 1898 – 1 October 1990), better known as Molly Gourlay, was a British golfer who won several international championships. She was the first female golf course architect in Britain, and after World War II was act ...

. In 1926 she lost at the last-16 of the women's championship for the third successive year and reached the semi-finals of the English championship, losing again to

, this time at the 19th hole when Gourlay holed out from 20 yards. From 1927 Chambers played less in the major events but she reached the last-16 of the women's championship in 1928 and the quarter-finals of the English championship in 1929 ,where she lost to

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. Chambers competed for England in the

each year from 1906 to 1912, except for 1908 when she was ill. She was also ill for the 1913 matches and was left out of the team in 1914. After

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, she competed in 1920 and again in 1924 and 1925. In late 1933 Chambers was the captain of a British team that toured South Africa. She was chosen as the captain-manager of the

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team. She was also the non-playing captain in the

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and

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matches.

Personal life

Chambers was born in November 1884 in

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, the daughter of Walter James Chambers, a wealthy shipowner. She died in London in December 1983.

Team appearances

(representing Great Britain & Ireland):

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(captain),

(tied, non-playing captain),

(non-playing captain) *

(representing England): 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911 (winners), 1912 (winners), 1920 (winners), 1924 (winners), 1925 (winners)

References

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