The Womens Amateur Championship


The Womens Amateur Championship, previously known as the British Ladies Amateur, was founded in 1893 by the Ladies' Golf Union of Great Britain. Until the dawn of the professional era in 1976, it was the most important golf tournament for women in Great Britain, and attracted players from continental Europe, North America, and the rest of the world. Along with the U.S. Women's Amateur, it is considered the highest honor in women's amateur golf.
It is a match play tournament with 18 holes per match. The first tournament was played at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes in Lancashire, England and was won by Lady Margaret Scott, who also won the following two years; her feat of three straight titles remains the record, matched by Cecil Leitch and Enid Wilson. In 1927, Simone de la Chaume of France, who had won the 1924 British Girls Amateur Golf Championship, became the first golfer from outside the British Isles to win the Ladies Championship. The first competitor from the United States to win the title was Babe Zaharias in 1947.
The "Pam Barton Memorial Salver" is awarded to the winner to be held for one year, as the actual Championship Cup is held by the Ladies' Golf Union. The runner-up receives The Diana Fishwick Cup.

Winners

Multiple winners

Eighteen players have won more than one Womens Amateur Championship, through 2019:
Eleven players have won both the Womens Amateur and U.S. Women's Amateur Championships, through 2019:
^ Won both in same year.

Host courses

The Women's Amateur Championship has been played at the following courses, listed in order of the most times they have hosted :