Estelle Page, née Lawson (March 22, 1907 - May 7, 1983) was an American amateur golfer. A native of

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, her father was

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, the first athletic director at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She graduated from Chapel Hill High School (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) where she played tennis and basketball. In 1935, Lawson won her first of seven

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s at the Pinehurst Resort, a record that still stands. In 1936 she married Julius A. Page Jr. and made their home in Chapel Hill. At that year's

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, Page won the medal for the lowest round during the qualifying matches and won the medal again in 1937 and went on to defeat Patty Berg in the finals to win the most important amateur championship in the U.S. In 1938, at Westmoreland Country Club, the two met again in the finals, this time the victory went to Berg. Page was part of the U.S. team that won the 1938 Curtis Cup and ten years later she was part of another Curtis Cup winning team. She won three straight North Carolina Women's Amateur Match Play Championships (1950–52), nine Women's Carolinas Amateur between 1932 and 1949. and retired with 22 tournament victories to her credit. Following the creation of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1963, she was part of the first group to be inducted. Page died in 1983 and was interred in the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery in Chapel Hill.

Tournament wins

''this list is incomplete'' *1932 Women's Carolinas Amateur *1933 Women's Carolinas Amateur *1935

*1936 Women's Carolinas Amateur *1937

, U.S. Amateur *1938 Women's Carolinas Amateur *1939

*1940

, Women's Carolinas Amateur *1941

, Women's Carolinas Amateur *1944

*1945

*1946 Women's Carolinas Amateur *1947 Women's Carolinas Amateur *1949 Women's Carolinas Amateur *1950 North Carolina Women's Amateur Match Play Championship *1951 North Carolina Women's Amateur Match Play Championship *1952 North Carolina Women's Amateur Match Play Championship

Team appearances

Amateur * Curtis Cup (representing the United States):

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(winners), 1948 (winners)

References

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Golf in North Carolina
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lawson, Estelle American female golfers Amateur golfers Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships Golfers from North Carolina Chapel Hill High School (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) alumni People from Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1907 births 1983 deaths 20th-century American women 20th-century American people