Janette Sneddon Wright ( Robertson, born 7 January 1935) is a Scottish amateur golfer. She won 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 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1973. She was in four

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teams, in 1954, 1956, 1958 and 1960.

Golf career

Wright won the

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in 1950 beating Ann Phillips 5&4 in the final. She was a finalist again in 1951, losing to Jane Redgate at the 19th hole. She played in the

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each year from 1950 to 1953. In 1952 she made her senior debut 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 ...

. She won her three matches with Scotland retaining the title. Wright was part of the British juniors team that played in the Commonwealth tournament at

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in early July 1953. The other teams were Britain, Canada and New Zealand. Wright was one of the last two women selected for the 1954

team at

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. The Americans won by 6 matches to 3. Wright lost her foursomes match but beat

Joyce Ziske Joyce Ziske (born May 20, 1934), also known as Joyce Ziske Malison, is an American professional golfer. As an amateur, Ziske won the Wisconsin Women's Amateur twice and the North and South Women's Amateur. She played on the 1954 Curtis Cup team ...

in the singles. The team had earlier won a match against a Canadian team, Wright halving her singles match and winning in the foursomes. Wright 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. Earlier in 1955 she reached the semi-finals of the

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, losing narrowly to Barbara Romack. At the end of March 1956, Wright was again selected for the Curtis Cup team. Britain won the match 5–4, their second win in the event, although Wright lost both her foursomes and singles matches. Playing with

Angela Bonallack Angela, Lady Bonallack ( Ward; 7 April 1937 – 1 July 2022) was an English amateur golfer. She was twice a finalist in the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship and won the English Women's Amateur Championship in 1958 and 1963. She playe ...

, Wright was a joint-winner of the 1958 Kayser Bondor Foursomes. She also reached the final of the

for the first time, losing by one hole to Dorothea Sommerville in the 36-hole final. In May she was one of the first four players selected for the 1958

team. The match in August was tied, with Britain retaining the cup as the previous holders. Wright won both her matches. In 1959 she won the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship for the first time, beating

Belle McCorkindale Isabella Robertson (née McCorkindale) (born 11 April 1936) is a Scottish golfer who won the British Ladies Amateur in 1981. Robertson represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup as a player on seven occasions and twice as non-playin ...

6&5 in the final. Playing with future husband Innes Wright, they won the

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in October 1959. Wright was selected for the 1960

team, her final appearance in the contest. The United States regained the cup with Wright losing both her matches, although she took

Anne Quast Anne Quast (born August 31, 1937) is an American amateur golfer. She won the U.S. Women's Amateur three times (1958, 1961, 1963) and was runner-up three times (1965, 1968, 1973). She was married several times and played as Anne Decker, Anne Wel ...

to the 36th hole in the singles. Wright retained the

later in 1960, beating Dorothea Sommerville in the final. In early 1961, playing with

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, she won the Kayser Bondor Foursomes by four strokes. She also won the

for the third successive year, on the

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. In 1970 she reached the semi-finals of the

for the second time, losing to

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. In 1973 she won the Scottish Amateur for the fourth time, again on the Old Course. That win saw her return to the Scottish team in the

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and in the

, for the final time.

Personal life

In 1960 she married Innes Wright, a Scottish amateur golf international. They had a daughter Pamela, who is a professional golfer. Innes Wright became a professional in early 1963 when in his late-20s. In his first important professional event, the 1963

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at Turnberry, he reached the semi-finals before losing to fellow-Scot John MacDonald. The previous day he had beaten

Tony Grubb Antony Gawen Grubb (22 July 1936 – 6 June 2017) was an English professional golfer. He is remembered for winning the 1964 Schweppes PGA Close Championship. Golf career In 1958 Grubb won the Gor-Ray Cup, the Assistants' Championship, at Hartsb ...

in the morning and then

Brian Huggett Brian George Charles Huggett, (18 November 1936 − 22 September 2024) was a Welsh professional golfer. He won 16 events on the European circuit between 1962 and 1978, including two after the formal start of the European Tour in 1972. In 1968 ...

in the afternoon, a match that went to nine extra holes. He later became the professional at

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Team appearances

(representing Great Britain & Ireland):

1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

(winners),

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

(tied),

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

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 ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1957 (winners), 1959 (winners), 1961 (winners), 1963 (winners) *

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): 1959 (winners) *Commonwealth tournament (representing British juniors): 1953 *

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 Scotland):

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

(representing Scotland): 1952 (winners), 1953, 1954, 1955 (winners), 1956 (winners), 1957 (winners), 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 (winners), 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967 (joint winners), 1973 *

(representing Scotland): 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953

References

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