Dorothy Mary Everard (also Laupheimer, 8 October 1942 – 28 May 2022) was an English amateur golfer. She was runner-up in the 1967

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. She won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 1970, was twice runner-up, and was runner-up in the 1977

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. She won the

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in 1972 and was twice a runner-up in the event. She played in the

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four times, in 1970, 1972, 1974 and 1978.

Golf career

At the start of May 1964, Everard was a surprise winner of Yorkshire women's championship. At the end of the month, she reached the final of the

at Royal Lytham, losing to

Marley Spearman Marley Joan Spearman ( Baker, later Harris, 11 January 1928 – 19 August 2011) She won the British Ladies Amateur in 1961 and 1962 and the English Women's Amateur Championship in 1964. She was in four Curtis Cup teams, in 1958, 1960, 1962 and 19 ...

. Spearman was 6 up after 16 holes of the 36-hole final. Everard then won four holes in a row to reduce the deficit to two, but Spearman pulled ahead again and won 6 and 5. Everard was selected for the England team for the

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in June. In early 1967, Everard won the Yorkshire championship for the second time. In June, she was runner-up in the

. at Royal St David's, losing to Liz Chadwick in the final. She was two holes down with three to play before winning the next two holes with 3s. However, she made a bogey at the final hole and Chadwick's par 3 was sufficient for a narrow victory. The following month, she won the

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at Woolaton Park, finishing seven strokes ahead of the runner-up,

Vivien Saunders Vivien Inez Saunders, (born 24 November 1946) is a retired English professional golfer, known after winning the Women's British Open in 1977. She had a successful amateur career, appearing in the 1968 Curtis Cup. She has published a number of g ...

. Also in 1967, she made her debut for Great Britain & Ireland in the

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and she played for England in the

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in Portugal and the

. Everard missed out on selection for the 1968

match but in October played for the Great Britain & Ireland team of three in the

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in Australia. From 1969 to 1974, she was a regular player in international matches for Great Britain & Ireland and for England. She played less top-level golf in 1975 and 1976 but played again in 1977 and 1978. She played in four

matches, three times in America, and four

matches. As well as her

appearance in Australia in 1968, she also played in Argentina in 1972 and Fiji in 1978. She played in the winning 1971

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team in New Zealand. In early 1973, she was part of an English team that toured East Africa while in October 1973 she played for Great Britain & Ireland in the Women's International Series in Australia. In 1970, she won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at

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, two strokes ahead of Frances Smith. She was runner-up in the event in 1971 and 1973 behind

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and

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. From 1976, the event was opened up to professionals and became the

. In 1977, she was runner-up to

, losing on "countback". They had tied on 306 but Saunders had the better final round, 76 to Everard's 79. Saunders, a professional, took the first prize of £210. Having been runner-up in the

in 1964, she won the event in 1972, beating

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, 2 and 1, in the final, and was runner-up for a second time in 1977, losing to Vanessa Marvin. In 1973 she was runner-up to Belle Robertson in the inaugural Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship. Playing with Vivien Saunders, she won the 1978 Avia Foursomes. She had been runner-up in the event in 1970 and 1972, partnered by

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. Playing with John Putt, she won the

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in 1973, beating Carl Mason and Howard Clark 6&5 in the final. Everard's four

appearances were during a period when the United States dominated the event, winning 13 matches in a row from 1960 to 1984. In the four matches she played in the United States won 11–6 (1970), 10–8 (1972), 13–5 (1974) and 12–6 (1978). In 1970 Everard won two or her three matches and halved the other. She beat

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in her only singles match. In 1972, she lost three of her four matches but beat

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in the final round of singles matches. In 1974, she again lost three of her four matches, winning one of her foursomes matches. In 1978, she won both her matches on the first day, including a singles win against Noreen Uihlein, and halved her match with Uihlein on the final day, after losing in the foursomes. In the four contests, she won six matches, lost seven and halved two.

Personal life

Everard married John D. Laupheimer in 1979. Laupheimer was a director of the

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and later became the commissioner of the LPGA. They were later divorced and Everard returned to England. Everard died in

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on 28 May 2022.

Team appearances

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1970, 1972, 1974, 1978 *

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1967, 1969, 1971 (winners), 1973 (winners) *

(representing Great Britain & Ireland):

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

, 1978 *

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

(representing England):

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

(winners), 1971 (winners),

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),

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

(winners) *

(representing England): 1964 (winners), 1967 (joint winners), 1969, 1970 (winners), 1972 (winners), 1973 (winners), 1977 (winners), 1978 (winners)

References

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