Emily Toy (born c.1997) is an English

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from

Longdowns Longdowns is a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated on the A394 road approximately three miles (4.8 km) west of Penryn . Longdowns is in the civil parish of Stithians (where the population of the 2011 census is included.). ...

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, winner of

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 2019.

Golf career

In July 2015, aged 17, Toy won the English Girls' Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Sheringham Golf Club. In January 2019, she toured

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with England Golf, and won the 36-hole qualifier for the Women's New South Wales Amateur. In June 2019, she beat New Zealand's Amelia Garvey to win 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 ...

at the

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. In 2019, she played in the

Evian Championship The Evian Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as The Amundi Evian Championship, is a women's professional golf tournament in France, played at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains. It was originally held in June, mov ...

and the

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but missed the cut on both occasions. Toy turn professional at the start of 2022.

Amateur wins

*2015 English Girls' Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship *2017 R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament *2018 BUCS Golf Tour - English & Welsh Championships *2019

Source:

Team appearances

Amateur *

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 od ...

(representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2019 *

European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pla ...

(representing England):

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(winners) *

Astor Trophy The Astor Trophy is a women's team golf tournament between teams of amateurs golfers from Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. It has been played every four years since 1959. From its foundation until 2007 i ...

(representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2019 *

Curtis Cup The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match. It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and The R&A and is contested by teams representing the United States and " ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland):

Source:

References

External links

* English female golfers Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships Sportspeople from Cornwall 1997 births Year of birth uncertain Living people {{UK-golf-bio-stub