Gillian Stewart (born 21 October 1958) is a Scottish

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

who played on the

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(LET) from 1985 to 2000. She recorded three LET wins and was runner-up in eight tournaments. As an amateur, she won the

Girls Amateur Championship The Girls Amateur Championship is a golf tournament held annually in the United Kingdom. Girls need to be under 18 on 1 January in the year of the championship. Until World War II the championship was organised by a series of magazines and always ...

and played 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 ...

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 " ...

and

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 Fren ...

Amateur career

Stewart was educated at

Inverness Royal Academy Inverness Royal Academy is a comprehensive secondary school in the city of Inverness in the Highland area of Scotland. A former grammar school with a history dating back to the 13th century, the academy became a comprehensive in the mid-1970s ...

and the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...

, where she majored in Business Studies. Stewart assembled an impressive amateur record. She won the 1976

and the

Scottish Women's Amateur Championship The Scottish Women’s Amateur Championship is the women's national amateur match play golf championship of Scotland. It was first played in 1903 and is currently organised by Scottish Golf. The Scottish Women's Amateur Championship is contested ...

in 1979, 1983 and 1984. She also won the Helen Holm Trophy in 1981 and 1984. She was runner-up at the 1982

British Ladies Amateur 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 t ...

and the 1984

Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship The Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship (Copa S.M. la Reina) is an annual amateur golf tournament in Spain for women. It is an "A" rated tournament in the World Amateur Golf Ranking The World Amateur Golf Ranking for men was intr ...

. Stewart represented Great Britain & Ireland in the 1979, 1981 and 1983

, the 1980 and 1982

, and the

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

and 1984 Espirito Santo Trophy. She representing Scotland at the

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 ...

six years consecutively between 1979 and 1984 and at the

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three consecutive tournaments

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

and

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

. She won the 1984 IBM Ladies' European Open at

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, the last amateur to win on the

for 22 years until 2006 when

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won the ANZ Ladies Masters.

Professional career

Stewart turned professional in 1985 and won the first tournament she played as a professional, the Ford Ladies Classic at

Woburn Golf and Country Club Woburn Golf Club is a golf club in England located in Little Brickhill, near Milton Keynes within the county of Buckinghamshire, about northwest of central London. There are three courses at the Woburn property: the "Duke's Course", ...

. In 1986, she was runner-up at the

Belgian Ladies Open The Belgian Ladies Open is a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour held in Belgium. History The tournament was played annually 1985–1995. It was known as the Godiva Ladies European Masters 1988–1989 and the BMW Eur ...

and Trusthouse Forte Ladies' Classic. In 1987, she again won the Ford Ladies Classic, and was runner-up at the Guernsey Open. In 1989, she was runner-up at the

Ford Ladies' Classic The Ford Ladies' Classic was a women's professional golf tournament in England on the Ladies European Tour (LET). The tournament was held at Woburn Golf and Country Club in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire; first played on the Duke's Course (1982� ...

, Ladies European Open and at the Benson & Hedges Trophy together with

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. In 1990, she was runner-up at the Longines Classic and the Ladies Swiss Classic. In 1994, she won the

Lalla Meryem Cup The Lalla Meryem Cup is a women's professional golf tournament in Morocco under the high patronage of His Majesty Mohammed VI of Morocco, King Mohammed VI. It was held in Rabat until it moved to Agadir in 2011. It moved back to Rabat in 2016. The ...

, while it was only a non-LET invitational event. After retiring from tour, she took up coaching and broadcasting, including commentary for the BBC covering

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and the

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Amateur wins

*1975 Scottish Under-19 Stroke Play Championship *1976

*1979

*1981 Helen Holm Trophy *1983

*1984

, Helen Holm Trophy

Professional wins (4)

Ladies European Tour wins (3)

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

IBM Ladies' European Open (as an amateur) *

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

Ford Ladies Classic *

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

Ford Ladies Classic

Other wins (1)

*1994

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Scotland):

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1979, 1981, 1983 *

(representing Scotland): 1979 (winners), 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 *

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1980, 1982 *

(representing Great Britain & Ireland):

Commonwealth Trophy The Astor Trophy is a women's team golf tournament between teams of amateurs golfers from Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. It has been played every four years since 1959. From its foundation until 2007 it ...

(representing Great Britain): 1979, 1983

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Gillian Scottish female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Golfers from Inverness 1958 births Living people 20th-century Scottish sportswomen