Barbara Amy Bridget Jackson (born 10 July 1936) is an English amateur golfer. She won the 1954

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, the 1956

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and the 1967

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. She played in three

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 " ...

matches, 1958, 1964 and 1968.

Golf career

Jackson represented England in the 1954 England–Scotland girls match at West Kilbride and then won the subsequent

, beating Dolores Winsor at the 20th hole of the final. Jackson had holed a 4-yard putt at the 18th hole to take the match to extra holes. In 1955 Jackson made her debut in the

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at Royal Portrush, and the following week reached the semi-finals of the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, losing 3&2 to

Jessie Valentine Jessie Valentine (née Anderson) (18 March 1915 – 6 April 2006) was a Scottish amateur golfer who won the British Ladies Amateur in 1937, 1955 and 1958. In 1937, after winning the British Ladies title at Turnberry she was the world number ...

. Jackson was selected as part of a British women's team that toured Australia and New Zealand in the second half of 1955. Because many of the senior players were unavailable, the team turned into a team of five juniors, aged between 18 and 21. The tour was such a success that the team was awarded the Association of Golf Writers trophy, the first time a team had won the award. Jackson was not included in the 1956

team, which was announced at the end of March, being selected as first reserve. In August she won the German open championship, beating

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8&7 in the final. The following month she won the

at Hunstanton, beating

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2&1 in the final. In October 1957 she make her debut for a British team, playing against Belgium and then, a few days later, against France in the

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. In May 1958 Jackson was not in the original team of seven selected for the

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, being first reserve. However Philomena Garvey withdrew in a protest about the badge on the team blazers, and Jackson gained a place. The match in August was tied, with Britain retaining the cup as the previous holders. Jackson lost both her matches. Later in 1958 she reached the final of the

at Formby, losing 3&2 to

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. In 1959 she played for Great Britain in the first edition of the

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at St Andrews. Later in the year she was runner-up in the

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, a stroke behind of Elizabeth Price, having led for much of the event. Jackson was not chosen for the 1960

team, which was announced in early April, being selected as first reserve as she had been in 1956 and 1958. Later in 1960, with Michael Burgess, she won the

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beating Veronica and John Beharrell in the final. In early 1962, with

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, she won the Kayser Bondor Foursomes. In 1963 she won the

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by three strokes from

. In 1964 Jackson reached the semi-finals of the

at Royal Lytham, losing by one hole to

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. She was selected for

team at Royal Porthcawl, the first to have 18-hole matches. She played with

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in both sets of the foursomes matches, losing both matches. In the singles she beat Carol Sorenson but lost to

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. The contest was much closer than that in 1962 with the teams level at the start of the final round of singles matches. Two weeks later Jackson reached the final of the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship at Prince's, losing to Carol Sorenson at the 37th hole. Jackson had missed a 5-foot putt at the previous hole that would have won the match. She played for England in the 1964 Espirito Santo Trophy, when the four home nations competed separately. In 1965 she again reached the semi-finals of the

, played at Whittington Barracks, losing 2&1 to Gillian Cheetham. Later in the year she was runner-up in the

, 8 strokes behind Marley Spearman. Playing with

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, Jackson won the 1967 Avia Foursomes, She reached the semi-finals of the English championship at Alwoodley, but lost at that stage for the third time in four years, this time to

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. Later in 1967 she played for Great Britain in the

in Canada and made her final appearance for Great Britain & Ireland in the

. The team stayed in Canada after the Commonwealth Trophy to compete in the

, which Jackson won, beating

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in the final at the 37th hole. Jackson made her final appearance in the

in 1968 at Royal County Down. She was not selected for either of the foursomes sessions. In the singles she halved her match against

and lost to

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. The team led after the first day but the United States had the better of the second day and won by three points. In three Curtis Cup contests, she won one match, lost six and halved one. In 1987 Jackson was runner-up in the

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at Copt Heath, four strokes behind

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. Jackson was also a golf administrator. She was chair of the English Ladies Golf Association in 1971 and President from 1993 to 1995. She was President of the

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from 1998 to 2001 and became an Honorary Vice-President in 2003. She was the captain and also the selector of a number of British and English teams.

Personal life

In the

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she was named a

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for "services to ladies' golf". In 2017 she became an Honorary Member of the

Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world. It is a private members-only club based in St Andrews in Scotland. It was previously known colloquially as "The R&A", but in 2004, a new organisation ...

Team appearances

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1958 (winners), 1964, 1968 *

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1957 (winners), 1959 (winners), 1963 (winners), 1965, 1967 *Belgium–Great Britain match (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1957 (winners) *

(representing Great Britain): 1959 (winners), 1967 (winners) *

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fre ...

(representing England):

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

(representing England): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 (winners), 1959 (winners), 1963 (winners), 1964 (winners), 1965 (winners), 1966 (winners) * England–Scotland girls match (representing England): 1954 (winners)

References

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