Linda Louise Denison-Pender Bayman (born 10 June 1948) is an

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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

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in 1973 with Mickey Walker and in 1985 with

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. She won the

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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 at

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in Sweden together with Susan Shapcott and

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. Bayman won the

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with

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in 1969 and 1971, and with Mickey Walker in 1973. Later she won it with

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in 1979 and with

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in 1980 and 1985. Bayman also excelled individually. She was a semi-finalist in the

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1971 and 1984. She won the

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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

1987, 1988 and 1989. She was a non-playing captain of the England Home Internationals team in 1995, 1996 and 1997.

Amateur wins

*1969

(with

) *1971

(with

) *1973

(with Mickey Walker) (tied) *1979

(with

) *1980

(with

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) *1983

*1985

(with

) *1987

Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship was founded in 1969 by the Ladies' Golf Union (now merged into The R&A) of Great Britain. A stroke play tournament over 72 holes, it was discontinued by the R&A after the 2017 tournament won ...

Source:

Team appearances

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1988 *

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1971 (winners), 1973 (winners), 1985 (winners), 1987 (winners) * Women's International Series (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1973 *

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(representing Great Britain & Ireland):

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(representing England):

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(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 Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

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(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, k ...

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, 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 Exxo ...

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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