The English Women's Amateur Championship is the women's national amateur match play golf championship of England. It was first played in 1912 and is currently organised by England Golf.

The English Women's Amateur Championship is contested through two phases. It begins with a 36-hole stroke play competition, with the leading 32 competitors progressing to the knock-out match play competition. All matches in the knock-out phase are played over 18 holes except the final, which is played over 36 holes.

It is a close event, entry being restricted to women born in England, or with one parent or grandparent born in England, or resident in England for five years (two years if under 18).

Joyce Wethered has been the most successful player, winning the event five times in succession from 1920 to 1924.

History The event was initially organised by the National County Golf Alliance, an organisation formed in 1911, separate from the Ladies Golf Union, with the intention of running county and national events. The first English Ladies Championship was held at Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich in April 1912. 32 players qualified for the match-play stage, after an 18-hole stroke-play round. The final was over 18 holes and was won by Margaret Gardner who beat Beryl Cautley at the 20th hole. Gardner had been 5 up with 5 holes to play, but lost them all and the match went to extra holes. The second event was held in April 1913 at Notts Golf Club and was won by Winifred Brown by one hole, the final being extended to 36 holes.

In 1914, the Ladies Golf Union wanted to organise their own English Ladies Championship and a dispute arose with the National County Golf Alliance, leading to possibility of there being two competing events. However, the Alliance was disbanded in early 1914 and the Ladies Golf Union organised the event at Walton Heath Golf Club in June. The event continued to be restricted to English golfers, using the same format as in 1913. Cecil Leitch beat Gladys Bastin 2&1 in the final.

The Ladies Golf Union continued to run the event until the English Women's Golf Association was founded in 1952. The English Women's Golf Association merged with the English Golf Union in 2011. The English Golf Union was later renamed England Golf.

From 2012 to 2018 the event was run as a 72-hole stroke-play event. It returned to match-play in 2019 with an 18-hole final. Since 2020 the event has been played concurrently with the men's event. From 2020 the final has been played over 36 holes, although the 2023 final was reduced to 18 holes by bad weather.

Winners YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueRef 2025 Lucy Jamieson 3&1 Grace Bowen Royal Liverpool & Wallasey 2024 Katie Stephens 2 up Shivani Karthikeyan Seaton Carew 2023 Ellen Yates 20 holes Rebecca Earl Ferndown 2022 Abbie Teasdale 1 up Davina Xanh Lindrick 2021 Kirsten Rudgeley 37 holes Isobel Wardle Moortown 2020 Emily Price 4 & 3 Lily May Humphreys Woodhall Spa 2019 Ellen Hume 19 holes Lily May Humphreys Saunton YearWinnerScoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upVenueRef 2018 Georgina Blackman 280 1 stroke Annabell FullerSophie Lamb Wilmslow 2017 Lily May Humphreys 289 2 strokes Emma AllenIndia Clyburn Lindrick 2016 Samantha Giles 295 1 stroke Elizabeth Prior West Lancs 2015 Bronte Law 275 16 strokes Rochelle MorrisElizabeth Prior Hunstanton 2014 Bronte Law 291 3 strokes Inci Mehmet St Enodoc 2013 Sarah-Jane Boyd 290 2 strokes Alexandra Peters King's Norton 2012 Kelly Tidy 304 Playoff Georgia Hall Royal Birkdale YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueRef 2011 Lucy Williams 19 holes Charley Hull West Sussex 2010 Hayley Davis 2 & 1 Tara Watters Broadstone 2009 Charlie Douglass 3 & 2 Tara Watters Lindrick 2008 Hannah Barwood 2 & 1 Florentyna Parker Ganton 2007 Naomi Edwards 2 & 1 Melissa Reid Littlestone 2006 Kiran Matharu 5 & 4 Naomi Edwards West Lancashire 2005 Felicity Johnson 20 holes Sophie Walker Burnham & Berrow 2004 Kerry Smith 4 & 3 Shelley McKevitt Northamptonshire County 2003 Emma Duggleby 2 & 1 Naomi Edwards Aldeburgh 2002 Kerry Knowles 6 & 5 Chloe Court Littlestone 2001 Rebecca Hudson 20 holes Emma Duggleby West Sussex 2000 Emma Duggleby 4 & 3 Rebecca Hudson Hunstanton 1999 Fiona Brown 2 & 1 Kerry Smith Ganton 1998 Elaine Ratcliffe 19 holes Liza Walters Walton Heath 1997 Kim Rostron 4 & 2 Kate Burton Saunton 1996 Joanne Hockley 4 & 3 Lisa Educate Silloth-on-Solway 1995 Julie Hall 2 & 1 Elaine Ratcliffe Ipswich 1994 Julie Hall 1 up Suzanne Sharpe The Berkshire 1993 Nicola Buxton 2 & 1 Sarah Burnell St. Enodoc 1992 Caroline Hall 1 up Joanne Hockley St. Annes Old Links 1991 Nicola Buxton 2 up Karen Stupples Sheringham 1990 Angela Uzielli 2 & 1 Linzi Fletcher Rye 1989 Helen Dobson 4 & 3 Simone Morgan Burnham & Berrow 1988 Julie Wade 19 holes Susan Shapcott Little Aston 1987 Joanne Furby 4 & 3 Maria King Alwoodley 1986 Jill Thornhill 3 & 1 Susan Shapcott Prince's 1985 Trish Johnson 1 up Linda Bayman Ferndown 1984 Claire Waite 3 & 2 Linda Bayman Hunstanton 1983 Linda Bayman 4 & 3 Christine Mackintosh Hayling 1982 Julie Walter 4 & 3 Christine Nelson Brancepeth Castle 1981 Diane Christison 2 up Sandy Cohen Cotswold Hills 1980 Beverley New 3 & 2 Julie Walter Aldeburgh 1979 Julia Greenhalgh 2 & 1 Sue Hedges Royal Liverpool 1978 Vanessa Marvin 2 & 1 Ruth Porter West Sussex 1977 Vanessa Marvin 1 up Mary Everard Burnham & Berrow 1976 Lynne Harrold 4 & 2 Angela Uzielli Notts 1975 Beverly Huke 2 & 1 Lynne Harrold Royal Birkdale 1974 Ann Irvin 1 up Jill Thornhill Sunningdale 1973 Michelle Walker 6 & 5 Carol Le Feuvre Broadstone 1972 Mary Everard 2 & 1 Angela Bonallack Woodhall Spa 1971 Dinah Oxley 5 & 4 Sally Barber Royal Liverpool 1970 Dinah Oxley 3 & 2 Sally Barber Rye 1969 Barbara Dixon 6 & 4 Margaret Wenyon Burnham & Berrow 1968 Sally Barber 5 & 4 Dinah Oxley Hunstanton 1967 Ann Irvin 3 & 2 Margaret Pickard Alwoodley 1966 Julia Greenhalgh 3 & 1 Jean Holmes Hayling 1965 Ruth Porter 6 & 5 Gillian Cheetham Whittington Barracks 1964 Marley Spearman 6 & 5 Mary Everard Royal Lytham & St. Annes 1963 Angela Bonallack 7 & 6 Liz Chadwick Liphook 1962 Jean Roberts 3 & 1 Angela Bonallack Woodhall Spa 1961 Ruth Porter 2 up Peggy Reece Littlestone 1960 Margaret Nichol 3 & 1 Angela Bonallack Burnham & Berrow 1959 Ruth Porter 5 & 4 Frances Smith Aldeburgh 1958 Angela Bonallack 3 & 2 Bridget Jackson Formby 1957 Jeanne Bisgood 10 & 8 Margaret Nichol Queen's Park 1956 Bridget Jackson 2 & 1 Ruth Ferguson Hunstanton 1955 Frances Smith 4 & 3 Elizabeth Price Moortown 1954 Frances Stephens 37 holes Elizabeth Price Woodhall Spa 1953 Jeanne Bisgood 6 & 5 Jean McIntyre Prince's 1952 Pam Davies 6 & 5 Jacqueline Gordon Royal North Devon 1951 Jeanne Bisgood 2 & 1 Gabrielle Keiller St Annes Old Links 1950 Joan Gee 8 & 6 Pam Davies Sheringham 1949 Diana Critchley 3 & 2 Katharine Cairns Burnham & Berrow 1948 Frances Stephens 1 up Zara Bolton Hayling 1947 Mollie Wallis 3 & 1 Elizabeth Price Ganton 1939–1946: Not played due to World War II 1938 Elsie Corlett 2 & 1 Joy Winn Aldeburgh 1937 Wanda Morgan 4 & 2 Madeleine Fyshe St Enodoc 1936 Wanda Morgan 2 & 1 Phyllis Wade Hayling 1935 Marjorie Ross Garon 38 holes Elsie Corlett Royal Lytham & St. Annes 1934 Phyllis Wade 4 & 3 Mary Johnson Seacroft 1933 Dorothy Pearson 5 & 3 Mary Johnson Royal North Devon 1932 Diana Fishwick 5 & 4 Beryl Brown Royal Ashdown Forest 1931 Wanda Morgan 3 & 1 Molly Gourlay Ganton 1930 Enid Wilson 12 & 11 Muriel Porter Aldeburgh 1929 Molly Gourlay 6 & 5 Diana Fishwick Broadstone 1928 Enid Wilson 9 & 8 Dorothy Pearson Walton Heath 1927 Edith Guedalla 1 up Enid Wilson Pannal 1926 Molly Gourlay 6 & 4 Elsie Corlett Woodhall Spa 1925 Dorothy Fowler 9 & 7 Joy Winn Royal North Devon 1924 Joyce Wethered 8 & 7 Dorothy Fowler Cooden Beach 1923 Joyce Wethered 8 & 7 Vera Lodge Ganton 1922 Joyce Wethered 7 & 6 Joan Stocker Hunstanton 1921 Joyce Wethered 12 & 11 Marjorie Mudford Lytham & St. Annes 1920 Joyce Wethered 2 & 1 Cecil Leitch Sheringham 1919 Cecil Leitch 10 & 8 Gladys Dobell St Annes Old Links 1915–1918: Not played due to World War I 1914 Cecil Leitch 2 & 1 Gladys Bastin Walton Heath 1913 Winifred Brown 1 up Winifred McNair Notts 1912 Margaret Gardner 20 holes Beryl Cautley Prince's

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