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Australian Women's Amateur
The Australian Women's Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It was first played in 1894 and is organised by Golf Australia. Having traditionally been a match play event, it became a 72-hole stroke play event in 2021, having last been played as a stroke play event in 1927. History In 1894 the ladies of the Geelong and Melbourne clubs started an annual "Ladies Championship", to be played alternately on the two courses, the first event to be held at Geelong. The precise status of the event is unclear with some reports calling it the "Ladies' Championship of Victoria" and others the "Ladies' Championship of Australia". It was initially decided by a bogey competition over two rounds. Eveline McKenzie finished 9 down on bogey, two holes better than Jean Davie. McKenzie won again in 1895 at Royal Melbourne, this time a score of 1 up, and for a third time at Geelong in 1896, finishing 6 down but 12 holes better than anyone else. McKenzie did not complete in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign ''Sovereign'' is a title which can be applied to the highest leader in various categories. The word is borrowed from Old French , which is ultimately derived from the Latin , meaning 'above'. The roles of a sovereign vary from monarch, ruler or ... country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian Golf Club
The Australian Golf Club is a golf club located in Rosebery, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. Although it survived numerous course location changes, it is arguably the oldest golf club in Australia. To date the course has held 20 Australian Open events and most recently in 2017 the event was won by Australian Cameron Davis. The course has been rated the 9th best in the country. Course Early history The Australian Golf Club was founded in 1882, which makes it the oldest golf club in Australia followed by Royal Melbourne Golf Club (founded 1891). However, The Australian did not have a golf course between the years of 1888 and 1895, which has led to debate as to which golf club is the oldest. The club's first golf course was situated in Moore Park, a suburb of Sydney, but due to a new road the course had to be abandoned six years later in 1888. In 1895 a second, eleven-hole course was built in Waverley, which was used until 1898, when the club's lease expired. The course then mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Hope Williams
Eileen Hope Williams (1884–1958) was a notable New Zealand golfer and community leader. She was born in Rotorua, New Zealand in 1884. She won the Australian Women's Amateur The Australian Women's Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It was first played in 1894 and is organised by Golf Australia. Having traditionally been a match play event, it became a 72-hole stroke play event in 2021, ... in 1920. References 1884 births 1958 deaths New Zealand female golfers People from Rotorua {{NewZealand-golf-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Harrison (golfer)
Lucy Harrison (17 January 1844 – 15 May 1915) was a teacher at Bedford College School, and later founder and then head of Gower Street School for Girls and then The Mount School, York. Early life Lucy Harrison was born on 17 January 1844 in Birkenhead, England as the youngest of eight children of Daniel Harrison (merchant), Daniel Harrison and his wife, Anna Botham of Uttoxeter, England. When Harrison was five years old, her family went to live at Springfield, Egremont. In the autumn of 1854 the Harrisons moved to Marshalls (house), Marshalls. In her youth, Harrison was able to meet Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Ford Madox Brown, among other notable artists. Harrison attended Bedford College for two years studying Latin, History, and English Literature which she later identified as the starting-point of her intellectual activities. She noted a regret that she had not studied science and mathematics more extensively. Career In 1866 Harrison began teaching initially on a tempo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Fowler
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico anno 2013, datISTAT/ref> Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy (established in 1861). The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violet Binnie
Violet may refer to: Common meanings * Violet (color), a spectral color with wavelengths shorter than blue * One of a list of plants known as violet, particularly: ** ''Viola'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants Places United States * Violet, Louisiana * Violet, Missouri * Violet, Texas * Violet, West Virginia Elsewhere * Violet, Ontario, Canada Media and entertainment Film * ''Violet'' (1921 film), a German silent film * ''Violet'' (1978 film), a Croatian feature film * ''Violet'' (1981 film), a short film * ''Violet'' (2021 film), an American drama film Music Albums * ''Violet'' (The Birthday Massacre album), 2004 * ''Violet'' (Closterkeller album), 1993 * ''Violet'', a 2018 EP by Pentagon Songs * "Violet" (Hole song), 1995 * "Violet" (Seal song), 1992 * "Violet", a 2017 song by Pentagon from ''Demo_02'' Other uses * ''Violet'' (opera), a 2005 opera by Roger Scruton * ''Violet'' (musical), by Jeanine Tesori * ''Violet'' (computer game), a 2008 interacti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Parbury
Nancy Lilian Parbury (16 December 1885 – 14 August 1959) was an Australian amateur golfer. She won the Australian Women's Amateur in 1910 and 1911 and won the New South Wales Women's Amateur Championship in 1910, 1911 and 1914. Golf career Parbury was runner-up in the Australian Women's Amateur in 1907, 1908 and 1909. She was 12 strokes behind Leonora Wray in both 1907 and 1908 and 11 strokes behind Nellie Gatehouse in 1909. She was also runner-up in the New South Wales Women's Amateur Championship in same three years. The NSW event was match-play, Parbury losing in the final to Leonora Wray in 1907 and 1908 and to Nell Caird in 1909. Parbury was the favourite in 1909 but lost 2 and 1. She was also runner-up to Nellie Gatehouse in the 1909 Victorian Women's Amateur Championship. Parbury led Gatehouse by 14 strokes after the first round but finished three shots behind. Parbury's first big success came when she won the 1910 New South Wales Women's Amateur Championship, finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nellie Gatehouse
Eleanor Wright Gatehouse ( Austin, 12 May 1886 – 30 August 1972) was an Australian amateur golfer. She won the Australian Women's Amateur in 1909, 1925 and 1928 and won the Victorian Women's Amateur Championship five times between 1907 and 1927. Golf career Gatehouse finished third in the 1907 Australian Women's Amateur at Royal Melbourne, and the following week won the Victorian Women's Amateur Championship at Victoria Golf Club. In 1908 she was runner-up to Euphie Bell in the Victorian championship. Gatehouse won both the Australian and Victorian championship in 1909. In the Australian event at Royal Melbourne she won by 11 strokes from Nancy Parbury and she also finished ahead of Parbury in the Victorian championship. In 1910 she led the qualifying in the Australian Women's Amateur at Royal Adelaide, but was beaten 5 and 4 by Nancy Parbury in the first match-play round. Parbury went on the win the championship. The following month Gatehouse retained the Victorian title, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonora Wray
Leonora Wray MBE (2 July 1886 – 4 April 1979) was an Australian golfer, often referred to as the "mother" of Australian golf. Wray won the Australian Women's Amateur in 1907, 1908 and 1929 and the New South Wales Women's Amateur Championship in 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1930. She helped establish the Tasman Cup competition with New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wray, Leonora 1886 births 1979 deaths Sportswomen from New South Wales Australian female golfers Golfers from Sydney Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtle Backhouse
Myrtle may refer to: Plants *Myrtaceae, the myrtle family **''Myrtus'', the myrtle genus * List of plants known as myrtle, including a list of trees and plants known as myrtle In geography Canada * Myrtle, Ontario, a community United States * Myrtle, Kansas, a former settlement * Myrtle, Minnesota, a city * Myrtle, Mississippi, a town * Myrtle, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Myrtle, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Myrtle Creek (Curry County, Oregon), a stream * Myrtle Creek (South Umpqua River tributary), a stream in Oregon People and fictional characters * Myrtle (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Chip Myrtle (born 1945), American National Football League player Roads * Myrtle Avenue, New York City * Myrtle Avenue, Hounslow, in the London Borough of Hounslow * Myrtle Road, Sheffield, England, former home ground of The Wednesday Football Club on the street of the same name Other us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel Trevor-Jones
Mabel is an English female given name derived from the Latin ''amabilis'', "lovable, dear".Reclams Namensbuch, 1987, History Amabilis of Riom (died 475) was a French male saint who logically would have assumed the name Amabilis upon entering the priesthood: his veneration may have resulted in Amabilis being used as both a male and female name, or the name's female usage may have been initiated by the female saint Amabilis of Rouen (died 634), the daughter of an Anglo-Saxon king who would have adopted the name Amabilis upon becoming a nun. Brought by the Normans—as Amable—to the British Isles, the name was there common as both Amabel and the abbreviated Mabel throughout the Middle Ages, with Mabel subsequently remaining common until , from which point its usage was largely restricted to Ireland, Mabel there being perceived as a variant of the Celtic name Maeve, until the name had a Victorian revival in Britain, facilitated by the 1853 publication of the novel '' The Hei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
