Jacqueline Vivienne Victoire Marie Gordon (6 July 1919 – 28 February 1972) was an English amateur golfer. She lost to

Babe Zaharias Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (; Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball, and track and field. She won two gold medals and a silver in track and field at the ...

in the final of the 1947 Womens Amateur Championship and played in the

1948 Curtis Cup The 5th Curtis Cup Match was played on 21 and 22 May 1948 at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. The United States won 6 to 2. The United States won two of the three foursomes matches and won four and halved another of the six singl ...

Golf career

Gordon had some success at the girls level before

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. She played for England in the

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in 1936 and 1937 and reached the final of the 1936

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, losing 3&2 to Peggy Edwards. Playing with Tony Duncan, Gordon won the

Worplesdon Mixed Foursomes The Worplesdon Open Scratch Mixed Foursomes is an open mixed foursomes golf tournament contested annually at the Worplesdon Golf Club in Surrey since 1921. From its inception until the 1960s the event attracted many of the leading amateur golfer ...

in both 1946 and 1947. In June 1947 she played for the English team in 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 ...

. England lost to Scotland and finished runners-up. A few days later she reached the final of the Womens Amateur Championship, losing to

. The match was level after the morning round but Zaharias pulled ahead in the afternoon and won 5&4. Zaharias was the first American winner of the event. In late June she was part of the winning British team for 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 ...

in Paris. Gordon was selected for the

team at

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after a series of trials. The American side won the match, winning 6 matches to 2 with one match halved. Playing with

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she won her foursomes match but lost to Grace Lenczyk in the singles. In October she again played for Britain against France in the

. Gordon played in the

a total of five times, being on the winning side in 1948, 1949 and 1953. In 1952 she was runner-up to Pam Davies in the English Women's Amateur Championship at Royal North Devon, losing 6&5 in the 36-hole final. She won the

for the third time in 1953, playing with Graham Knipe, and reached the final again in 1957, partnered with

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Team appearances

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 " ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland):

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(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1947 (winners), 1948 (winners) *

(representing England): 1936, 1937 *

(representing England): 1947, 1948 (winners), 1949 (winners), 1952, 1953 (winners)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Jacqueline English female golfers Amateur golfers 1919 births 1972 deaths 20th-century English sportswomen