Fiona Mary Haddon Brown (later Champness; born 13 February 1974) is an English amateur golfer. She won the 1994 English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the 1999 English Women's Amateur Championship. She played in the

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 " ...

in 1998 and 2000.

Golf career

Born 13 February 1974, Brown won the English girls championship at Coventry in 1992, beating Lorna Nicholson 2&1 in the final. She played for England in the

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in 1991 and 1992. In 1994, Brown, aged 20, won the English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Ferndown, four strokes ahead of Kate Egford and Simone Morgan. In 1995, she won the Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship at Newport, beating Alison Rose in a playoff. She was a runner-up in the event the following year, 1996, a stroke behind

Emma Duggleby Emma Victoria (Duggleby) Brown (born 5 October 1971) is an English amateur golfer. She was born Emma Duggleby, her married name is Brown. She won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1994 and played in three Curtis Cup matches, in 200 ...

. In 1997, she was runner-up in the

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, losing in a playoff to Kim Rostron. Playing with Elaine Ratcliffe, Brown won the 1998 Women's International Four Ball at the Orangebrook Golf and Country Club in Florida. She also won the 1998 Spanish Amateur Championship, beating Martina Eber in the final. She reached the semi-finals of the

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, losing to Kim Rostron. Brown was selected for the

match in

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in August. The Americans regained the cup by 10 matches to 8. Brown lost her match in the opening day foursomes and was not selected for the singles. She won both her matches on the final day, winning her foursomes match, where she played with

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, and beating JoJo Robertson in the singles. Brown won the English Women's Amateur Championship at Ganton in May 1999, beating

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2&1 in the final. The following month she again reached the semi-finals of the

, losing this time to

. Later in the year she played for Great Britain & Ireland in the

Vagliano Trophy The Vagliano Trophy is a biennial women's amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". It is played in o ...

, and for Great Britain in the

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in Canada. Brown make her second Curtis Cup appearance in

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. The Americans won the cup by the same score as in 1998, 10 matches to 8. Brown was only selected for one session, the first day singles which she lost narrowly to

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. In 2001 Brown won the

by two strokes from

. She also played for Great Britain & Ireland in the

match in Italy.

Team appearances

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1998,

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1999, 2001 *

(representing Great Britain): 1999 *

European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pl ...

(representing England):

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

Women's Home Internationals The Women's Home Internationals were an amateur team golf championship for women contested between the four Home Nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, where Ireland was represented by the whole island of Ireland on an All-Ireland basi ...

(representing England): 1994 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1997 (winners), 1998 (winners), 1999, 2000 (winners), 2001 (winners) *

(representing England): 1991 (winners), 1992

References

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