Lady Margaret Rachel Scott (5 April 1874 – 27 January 1938) was a dominant player in early women's

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, who won the first three

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s in 1893, 1894, and 1895. Scott was a daughter of John Scott, 3rd

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, and the fourth of seven children. Several of her brothers were also golfers; Michael Scott won

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in 1933 towards the end of a long career, Osmund Scott was the runner-up in the same tournament in 1905, and Denys Scott also played. In her first two championship wins, Lady Margaret Scott beat

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, the founder and first Secretary of the Ladies' Golf Union. She won by 7 & 5 in 1893 and 3 & 2 in 1894, then beat Emma Lythgoe 5 & 4 in 1895. Thereafter, Scott retired from competitive golf. She married the Hon. Frederick Gustavus Hamilton-Russell in 1897, and died in 1938 at the age of 63.

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* English female golfers Amateur golfers Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships 1874 births 1938 deaths Daughters of British earls Scott family (England) {{England-golf-bio-stub