All Winners of the British Women's Amateur Championship Golf Tournament
The British Women's Amateur Championship is one of two "amateur majors" of women's golf, along with the U.S. Women's Amateur. It is played annually and is a match play tournament. All matches today are 18 holes, although at times in the past the championship match was 36 holes.
The tournament was founded in 1893 and for most of its history was run by the Ladies Golf Union. But the LGU merged into the R&A in 2017, and since then the tournament is run by the R&A.
Its official name, since it became an R&A championship, is The Women's Amateur Championship, and for much of its history it was known as the British Ladies Amateur Championship. Before we get to the list of winners, let's look at those who've won the British Women's Am most often.
Golfers With the Most British Women's Amateur Wins
The record for most wins in this tournament is four, shared by two golfers, and five other golfers have won it three times each:- 4 wins: Cecil Leitch, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1926
- 4 wins: Joyce Wethered, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1929
- 3 wins: Lady Margaret Scott, 1893, 1894, 1895
- 3 wins: May Hezlet, 1899, 1902, 1907
- 3 wins: Enid Wilson, 1931, 1932, 1933
- 3 wins: Jessie Valentine, 1937, 1955, 1958
- 3 wins: Brigitte Varangot, 1963, 1965, 1968
The Full List: British Women's Amateur Championship Winners
Listed is the outcome of the championship match, with winner and runner-up:
2024 — Melanie Green def. Lorna McClymont, 2-up
2023 — Chiara Horder def. Annabelle Pancake, 7 and 6
2022 — Jessica Baker def. Louise Rydqvist, 4 and 3
2021 — Louise Duncan def. Johanna Lea Ludviksdottir, 9 and 8
2020 — Aline Krauter def. Annabell Fuller, 1-up
2019 — Emily Toy, def. Amelia Garvey, 1-up
2018 — Leonie Harm, def. Stephanie Lau, 3 and 2
2017 — Leona Maguire, def. Ainhoa Olarra, 3 and 2
2016 — Julia Engstrom, def. Dewi Weber, 1-up (19 holes)
2015 — Celine Boutier, def. Linnea Strom, 4 and 3
2014 — Emily Pedersen, def. Leslie Cloots, 3 and 1
2013 — Georgia Hall def. Luna Sobron, 1-up
2012 — Stephanie Meadow def. Rocio Sanchez Lobato, 4 and 3
2011 — Lauren Taylor def. Alexandra Bonetti, 6 and 5
2010 — Kelly Tidy def. Kelsey MacDonald, 2 and 1
2009 — Azahara Munoz def. Carlota Ciganda, 2 and 1
2008 — Anna Nordqvist def. Caroline Hedwall, 3 and 2
2007 — Carlota Ciganda def. Anna Nordqvist, 4 and 3
2006 — Belen Mozo def. Anna Nordqvist, 3 and 1
2005 — Louise Stahle def. Claire Coughlan, 3 and 2
2004 — Louise Stahle def. Anna Highgate, 4 and 2
2003 — Elisa Serramia def. Pia Odefey, 2-up
2002 — Rebecca Hudson def. Lindsey Wright, 5 and 4
2001 — Marta Prieto def. Emma Duggleby, 4 and 3
2000 — Rebecca Hudson def. Emma Duggleby, 5 and 4
1999 — Marine Monnet def. Rebecca Hudson, 1-up
1998 — Kim Rostron def. Gwladys Nocera, 3 and 2
1997 — Alison Rose def. Mhairi McKay, 4 and 3
1996 — Kelli Kuehne def. Becky Morgan, 5 and 3
1995 — Julie Wade Hall def. Kristel Mourgue D'Algue, 3 and 2
1994 — Emma Duggleby def. Cecilia Mourgue D'Algue, 3 and 1
1993 — Catriona Lambert (Matthew) def. Kirsty Speak, 3 and 2
1992 — Pernille Pedersen def. Joanne Morley, 1-up
1991 — Valerie Michaud def. Wendy Doolan, 3 and 2
1990 — Julie Wade Hall def. Helen Wadsworth, 3 and 2
1989 — Helen Dobson def. Elaine Farquharson, 6 and 5
1988 — Joanne Furby def. Jule Wade Hall, 4 and 3
1987 — Janet Collingham def. Susan Shapcott, 1-up (19 holes)
1986 — Marnie McGuire def. Louise Briers, 2 and 1
1985 — Lillian Behan def. Claire Waite, 1-up
1984 — Jody Rosenthal def. Julie Brown, 4 and 3
1983 — Jill Thornhill def. Regina Lautens, 4 and 2
1982 — Kitrina Douglas def. Gillian Stewart, 4 and 2
1981 — Belle Robertson def. Wilma Aitken, 1-up (20 holes)
1980 — Anne Quast def. Liv Wollin, 3 and 1
1979 — Maureen Madill def. Jane Lock, 2 and 1
1978 — Edwina Kennedy def. Julia Greenhalgh, 1-up
1977 — Angela Uzielli def. Vanessa Marvin, 6 and 5
1976 — Cathy Panton def. Alison Sheard, 1-up
1975 — Nancy Roth Syms def. Suzanne Cadden, 3 and 2
1974 — Carol Semple def. Angela Bonallack, 2 and 1
1973 — Ann Irvin def. Mickey Walker, 3 and 2
1972 — Mickey Walker def. Claudine Clos-Rubin, 2-up
1971 — Mickey Walker def. Beverly Huke, 3 and 1
1970 — Dinah Oxley def. Belle Robertson, 1-up
1969 — Catherine Lacoste def. Ann Irvin, 1-up
1968 — Brigitte Varangot def. Claudine Clos-Rubin, 2-up (20 holes)
1967 — Elizabeth Chadwick def. Mary Everard, 1-up
1966 — Elizabeth Chadwick def. Vivien Saunders, 3 and 2
1965 — Brigitte Varangot def. Belle Robertson, 4 and 3
1964 — Carol Sorenson def. Bridget Jackson, 1-up (37 holes)
1963 — Brigitte Varangot def. Philomena Garvey, 3 and 1
1962 — Marley Spearman def. Angela Bonallack, 1-up
1961 — Marley Spearman def. Diane J. Robb, 7 and 6
1960 — Barbara McIntire def. Philomena Garvey, 4 and 2
1959 — Elizabeth Price def. Belle McCorkindale, 1-up (37 holes)
1958 — Jessie Valentine def. Elizabeth Price, 1-up
1957 — Philomena Garvey def. Jessie Valentine, 4 and 3
1956 — Wiffi Smith def. Mary Patton Janssen, 8 and 7
1955 — Jessie Valentine def. Barbara Romack, 7 and 6
1954 — Frances Stephens def. Elizabeth Price, 4 and 3
1953 — Marlene Stewart (Streit) def. Philomena Garvey, 7 and 6
1952 — Moira Paterson def. Frances Stephens, 1-up (39 holes)
1951 — Catherine MacCann def. Frances Stephens, 4 and 3
1950 — Lally Segard def. Jessie Valentine, 3 and 2
1949 — Frances Stephens def. Valerie Reddan, 5 and 4
1948 — Louise Suggs def. Jean Donald, 1-up
1947 — Babe Didrikson Zaharias def. Jacqueline Gordon, 5 and 4
1946 — Jean Hetherington def. Philomena Garvey, 1-up
1940-1945: Tournament not played due to World War II
1939 — Pam Barton def. Mrs. T. Marks, 2 and 1
1938 — Helen Holm def. Elsie Corlett, 4 and 3
1937 — Jessie Anderson def. Dorothy Park, 6 and 4
1936 — Pam Barton def. Bridgett Newell, 5 adn 3
1935 — Wanda Morgan def. Pam Barton, 3 and 2
1934 — Helen Holm def. Pam Barton, 6 and 5
1933 — Enid Wilson def. Diana Plumpton, 5 and 4
1932 — Enid Wilson def. Clem Montgomery, 7 and 6
1931 — Enid Wilson def. Wanda Morgan, 7 and 6
1930 — Diana Fishwick def. Glenna Collett Vare, 4 and 3
1929 — Joyce Wethered def. Glenna Collett Vare, 3 and 1
1928 — Nanette le Blan def. S. Marshall, 3 and 2
1927 — Simone de la Chaume def. Dorothy Pearson, 5 and 4
1926 — Cecil Leitch def. Marjorie Ross Garon, 8 and 7
1925 — Joyce Wethered def. Cecil Leitch, 1-up (37 holes)
1924 — Joyce Wethered def. Mrs. F. Cautley, 7 and 6
1923 — Doris Chambers def. Muriel Dodd Macbeth, 2-up
1922 — Joyce Wethered def. Cecil Leitch, 9 and 7
1921 — Cecil Leitch def. Joyce Wethered, 4 and 3
1920 — Cecil Leitch def. Molly Griffiths, 7 and 6
1915-1919: Tournament not played due to World War I
1914 — Cecil Leitch def. Gladys Ravenscroft, 2 and 1
1913 — Muriel Dodd def. Evelyn Chubb, 8 and 6
1912 — Gladys Ravenscroft def. Stella Temple, 3 and 2
1911 — Dorothy Campbell def. Violet Hezlet, 3 and 2
1910 — Elsie Grant Suttie def. Lily Moore, 6 and 4
1909 — Dorothy Campbell def. Florence Hezlet, 4 and 3
1908 — Maud Titterton def. Dorothy Campbell, 1-up (19 holes)
1907 — May Hezlet def. Florence Hezlet, 2 and 1
1906 — Alice Kennion def. Bertha Thompson, 4 and 3
1905 — Bertha Thompson def. Maud E. Stuart, 3 and 2
1904 — Lottie Dod def. May Hezlet, 1-up
1903 — Rhona Adair def. Florence Walker-Leigh, 4 and 3
1902 — May Hezlet def. Elinor Neville, 1-up (19 holes)
1901 — Molly Graham def. Rhona Adair, 3 and 1
1900 — Rhona Adair def. Isabel Neville, 6 and 5
1899 — May Hezlet def. Jesse Magill, 2 and 1
1898 — Lena Thomson def. Elinor Neville, 7 and 5
1897 — Edith C. Orr def. Theodora Orr, 4 and 2
1896 — Amy Pascoe def. Lena Thomson, 3 and 2
1895 — Lady Margaret Scott def. Emma M. Lythgoe, 5 and 4
1894 — Lady Margaret Scott def. Issette Pearson, 3 and 2
1893 — Lady Margaret Scott def. Issette Pearson, 7 and 5
Related: Golfers who won both the British and U.S. women's amateur championships
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