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The Womens Amateur Championship
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 the professional era in 1976, it was the most important golf tournament for women in Great Britain, and attracted players from continental Europe, North America, and the rest of the world. Along with the U.S. Women's Amateur, it is considered the highest honour in women's amateur golf. The first tournament was played at the Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes in Lancashire, England and was won by Lady Margaret Scott, who also won the following two years; her feat of three straight titles remains the record, matched by Cecil Leitch and Enid Wilson. In 1927, Simone de la Chaume of France, who had won the 1924 British Girls Amateur Golf Championship, became the first golfer from outside the British Isles to win the Ladies Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of List of islands of the United Kingdom, the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amateur Championship
The Amateur Championship (sometimes referred to as the British Amateur or British Amateur Championship outside the UK) is a golf tournament which has been held annually in the United Kingdom since 1885 except during the two World Wars, and in 1949 and 2019 when Ireland hosted the championship. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur. It normally has the widest international representation of any individual amateur event, with 38 golf federations from all six continents represented in the 2018 championship. Before World War II it was regarded as one of golf's major championships, but given the modern dominance of the sport by professional golfers, this is no longer the case. Two Amateur Championship winners in the post-World War II era have gone on to win professional major championships: José María Olazábal and Sergio García. History The inaugural tournament was organised by the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elinor Nevile
Eleanor is a female given name. Eleanor, Elenore, Elinor, Elinore, Ellinore, Elynor or variations thereof may also refer to: Arts and entertainment *"Elenore", a 1968 song by The Turtles * "Elinor" (song) by Basshunter, 2013 *''Elinor'', a 1980 album by Zohar Argov, also the title track on the album * ''Eleanor'' (picture book), a biography of Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood by Barbara Cooney * ''Eleanor'' (novel), a novel by Mary Augusta Ward * Elanor, the name of a flower in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy work ''Lord of the Rings'' *Eleanor (automobile), a car in the film ''Gone in 60 Seconds'' and a different car in the 2000 remake Places in the United States *Eleanor, Iowa, an unincorporated community *Eleanor, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Ellinor, Kansas, an unincorporated community *Eleanor, West Virginia, a town *Lake Eleanor, a reservoir in Yosemite National Park, California *Mount Eleanor, a mountain in Alaska Ships *, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Thomson
Helena Agnes Thomson (married name Towne or Lyndhurst Towne, 27 December 1868 – 3 April 1938) was an amateur golfer. She won the Womens Amateur Championship at Great Yarmouth & Caister in 1898. She was born in England to Scottish parents. Golf career Thomson played in the first Womens Amateur Championship on the ladies links of the Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in June 1893. Playing out of the Wimbledon club, she reached the quarter-finals before losing to Florence Carr. A handicap competition was arranged on the final day for those knocked-out on the first two days.Thomson, playing off a handicap of 5, won the event with a net score of 86. She reached the quarter-finals again in 1894 at Littlestone-on-Sea, losing by one hole to May Mugliston. Thomson won a scratch competition played on the final day with a score of 92. Thomson played in the 1895 Womens Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush. losing at the last-16 stage to Maud Starkie Bence. The first international mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Orr
Theodora may refer to: * Theodora (given name), a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift" Historical figures known as Theodora Byzantine empresses * Theodora (wife of Justinian I) ( 500 – 548), saint by the Orthodox Church * Theodora of Khazaria, 7th-century empress, wife of Justinian II * Theodora (wife of Theophilos), 9th-century empress, saint by the Orthodox Church * Theodora (wife of Romanos I), 10th-century empress * Theodora (daughter of Constantine VII), 10th-century empress, wife of John I Tzimiskes * Theodora Porphyrogenita (c. 980–1056), empress regnant in 1042 and 1055–1056 * Theodora Palaiologina (Byzantine empress) (c. 1240–1303), wife of Michael VIII Palaiologos Trebizonian empresses * Theodora Axuchina, empress consort of Alexios I of Trebizond * Theodora of Trebizond (before 1253 – after 1285), empress regnant from 1284 to 1285 *Theodora Kantakouzene (c. 1240 – after 1290), empress consort of Alexios III of Trebizond * Theodora Kantako ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Orr
Edith Constance Orr (19 September 1870 – 19 February 1955) was a Scottish amateur golfer. She won the Womens Amateur Championship at Gullane in 1897, beating her sister Theodora in the final. Golf career In 1897, the Womens Amateur Championship was held in Scotland for the first time, at Gullane. There were 102 entries including 35 from Scotland. Orr won her first two matches 9&7 and 8&7 and then had 3&2 win over Miss Phillips from Royal Eastbourne. In the fourth round she beat Mrs Murray 3&2 and then had a 9&7 win over Blanche Anderson in the quarter-finals. On the final day, Orr beat Maud Titterton by two holes in the semi-finals and then met her sister Theodora in the final, winning 4&3. Personal life Orr was born in September 1870 at 21 Woodside Terrace, Glasgow Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Pascoe
Amy Bennet Pascoe (19 March 1866 – 18 February 1917) was an English amateur golfer. She won the Womens Amateur Championship at Hoylake in 1896. Golf career Pascoe played in the 1895 Women's Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush, losing 4&3 to the defending champion, Lady Margaret Scott. The first international match was played between England and Ireland the day after the championship. There were 6 ladies in each team, with Pascoe being in the English team. England won all six matches, winning by 34 holes to 0. The 1896 championship was played at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake. There were 82 entries but that did not include Lady Margaret Scott. Pascoe had a bye in the first round but met Alice Richardson, a semi-finalist in 1895, in the second round. Pascoe won 5&4 and then beat Kate Catterall by two holes in the afternoon. On the third day she beat Maud Starkie Bence, a semi-finalist in 1894, at the 19th hole, after being two holes down with three to play, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoylake
Hoylake () is a coast, seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is at the north west of the Wirral Peninsula, near West Kirby and where the River Dee, Wales, River Dee meets the Irish Sea. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the built up area had a population of 5,315. In the nineteenth century, the town grew up around the small fishing village of Hoose (), a settlement that was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 within the Hundreds of Cheshire, Hundred of Wirral Hundred, 'Wilaveston' (Historic counties of England, historically part of Cheshire). The town takes its name from 'Hoyle Lake', a nearby channel of water out towards Hilbre Island that provided a safe anchorage for shipping. History In 1690, William III of England, William III set sail from Hoylake, then known as ''Hyle'' or ''High-lake'', with a 10,000-strong army to Ireland, where his army was to take part in the Battle of the Boyne. The location of departure remains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Portrush
Royal Portrush Golf Club is a private golf club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The 36-hole club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links (the championship course) and the Valley Links. The former is one of the courses on the rota of the Open Championship and last hosted the tournament in 2019. In 1951, Royal Portrush first hosted the Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships; it was the first Open tournament not held on the island of Great Britain. The Open returned to Portrush in 2019, and it will host again in 2025. It also hosted the Irish Open in 2012, the first in Northern Ireland since 1953. The Dunluce Links course is considered to be one of the best courses in the world. It was ranked fourth by ''Golf World'' in their list of "The 100 greatest courses in the British Isles" in November 1996. ''Golf Magazine'' ranked it twelfth in their list of the Top 100 Courses in the World, and ''Golf Digest'' ranked it as the fourth best course outside the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Littlestone-on-Sea
Littlestone-on-Sea is a small coastal village in the parish of New Romney in Kent, England. It was established in the 1880s by Sir Robert Perks as a resort for the gentry, at the point of the local lifeboat station. At low tide, a World War II Mulberry Harbour Phoenix breakwater is visible along the coast; the caisson was unable to be refloated as part of the post D-Day harbour construction in Normandy, so was abandoned. The nature of the Phoenix breakwaters meant they were constructed and sunk until needed (so as to be invisible to air attack); by design they would have had the water evacuated by Royal Engineers and then been towed to France where they would have become part of the harbour. There is a P.L.U.T.O. or Pipe Line Under The Ocean, station, formerly used to carry petrol across to France during the D-Day landings. ''The First Men in the Moon'' Littlestone is the location of Mr Bedford's landing in the sphere in H. G. Wells' book ''The First Men in the Moon''. Mr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Issette Pearson
Frances Issette Jessie Pearson (2 November 1861 – 25 April 1941) was an English golfer and the first honorary secretary of the Ladies Golf Union (LGU) which was founded in 1893. Personal life Pearson was born at Gatcombe House, Littlehempston, near Totnes, Devon. Her given names were ''Mable Frances'', but she used the names ''Frances Issette Jessie'' and was known as Issette. In 1911, she married Thomas Horrocks Miller (1846–1916) of Singleton Hall, Singleton, Lancashire, Singleton, near Poulton-le-Fylde. In 1916, upon her husband's death, she became life tenant of Singleton Hall. Golf career In 1893 Pearson visited Littlestone golf club in the autumn of 1893 to see if the national championship could be hosted there. She was hosted by Littlestone's ladies's captain Mabel Stringer. Stringer beat her on their first game together, but they became life long friends and colleagues. Pearson had reached the final of the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1893 and she wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
