Linda Louise Denison-Pender Bayman (born 10 June 1948) is an
English
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golfer.
Personal life
Bayman was born Linda Louise Denison-Pender to Louise (née Riviere) and Richard Ernest Denison-Pender in 1948. She married John Edward Bayman in 1973 and thereafter competed under her married name, Bayman. Following her marriage she played relatively little top-level golf until 1982.
Career
Bayman played for the National Team and won the
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 ...
in 1973 with
Mickey Walker and in 1985 with
Trish Johnson
Patricia Mary "Trish" Johnson (born 17 January 1966) is an English professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career
Johnson was born in Bristol. Her three brothers were all golfers, one of them was a professional golfer. She practiced other ...
.
She won the
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 ...
in 1971, 1973, 1985 and 1987. She played in the 1988
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 ...
and won the bronze at the
1988 Espirito Santo Trophy
The 1988 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 8–11 September at Drottningholm Golf Club in Stockholm, Sweden. The club was later renamed the Royal Drottningholm Golf Club, named from the palace close to the course, the Drottningholm Palace, home o ...
at
Royal Drottningholm Golf Club
Royal Drottningholm Golf Club is a golf club located in Drottningholm, Stockholm County in Sweden. It has hosted tournaments both on the European Tour and the Ladies European Tour.
History
The club was established in 1959 and received a royal c ...
in Sweden together with Susan Shapcott and
Julie Wade
Julie Pauline Hall ( Wade, later Otto, born 10 March 1967) is an English golfer. She won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship twice, in 1990 and 1995, and the English Women's Amateur Championship three times. She played in five Curtis C ...
.
Bayman won the
Avia Foursomes with
Corinne Reybroeck in 1969 and 1971, and with
Mickey Walker in 1973. Later she won it with
Anne Sander
Anne Quast (born August 31, 1937) is an American amateur golfer. She won the U.S. Women's Amateur three times (1958, 1961, 1963) and was runner-up three times (1965, 1968, 1973). She was married several times and played as Anne Decker, Anne Wel ...
in 1979 and with
Maureen Garner
Maureen Elizabeth Jane Madill (born 1 February 1958) is a professional golfer, coach and broadcaster. Her married name is Garner.
Madill was born in Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
Golf career
Madill won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Champions ...
in 1980 and 1985.
Bayman also excelled individually. She was a semi-finalist in the
British Ladies Amateur
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 th ...
1971 and 1984. She won the
English Women's Amateur Championship
The English Women's Amateur Championship is the women's national amateur match play golf championship of England. It was first played in 1912 and is currently organised by England Golf.
The English Women's Amateur Championship is contested thro ...
in 1983 and was a finalist in 1984 and 1985, and a semi-finalist in 1971, 1972, 1988 and 1989. She won a French Ladies Amateur Championship in 1974, and was
Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play champion in 1987. She was the leading qualifier in the
British Ladies Amateur
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 th ...
1987, 1988 and 1989. She was a non-playing captain of the England Home Internationals team in 1995, 1996 and 1997.
Amateur wins
*1969
Avia Foursomes (with
Corinne Reybroeck)
*1971
Avia Foursomes (with
Corinne Reybroeck)
*1973
Avia Foursomes (with
Mickey Walker) (tied)
*1979
Avia Foursomes (with
Anne Sander
Anne Quast (born August 31, 1937) is an American amateur golfer. She won the U.S. Women's Amateur three times (1958, 1961, 1963) and was runner-up three times (1965, 1968, 1973). She was married several times and played as Anne Decker, Anne Wel ...
)
*1980
Avia Foursomes (with
Maureen Madill
Maureen Elizabeth Jane Madill (born 1 February 1958) is a professional golfer, coach and broadcaster. Her married name is Garner.
Madill was born in Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
Golf career
Madill won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Champions ...
)
*1983
English Women's Amateur Championship
The English Women's Amateur Championship is the women's national amateur match play golf championship of England. It was first played in 1912 and is currently organised by England Golf.
The English Women's Amateur Championship is contested thro ...
*1985
Avia Foursomes (with
Maureen Garner
Maureen Elizabeth Jane Madill (born 1 February 1958) is a professional golfer, coach and broadcaster. Her married name is Garner.
Madill was born in Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
Golf career
Madill won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Champions ...
)
*1987
Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
Source:
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Team appearances
*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): 1988
*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 ...
(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1971 (winners), 1973 (winners), 1985 (winners), 1987 (winners)
* Women's International Series (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1973
*Espirito Santo Trophy
The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation.
The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fre ...
(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1988
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...
*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): 1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: ...
(winners), 1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...
, 1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
(winners), 1987
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...
, 1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...
*Women's Home Internationals
The Women's Home Internationals were an amateur team golf championship for women contested between the four Home Nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, where Ireland was represented by the whole island of Ireland on an All-Ireland basi ...
(representing England): 1971 (winners), 1972 (winners), 1973 (winners), 1983, 1984 (winners), 1985 (winners), 1987 (winners), 1988
References
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English female golfers
1948 births
Living people