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 golfers. The event was open to professionals and attracted some British women golfers who had lost their amateur status by taking up paid positions with golf equipment makers.
Joyce Wethered, a member at Worplesdon, won the event eight times with seven different partners. She also lost two finals, in 1921 when partnered by her brother Roger and in 1948 when partnered by her husband John Heathcoat-Amory.
The event is still played. It currently consists of a 36-hole stableford stage on a Saturday, after which the leading four pairs play semi-finals and a final on the following day.
Winners The first final in 1921 was played over 18 holes but from 1922 to 1948 it was played over 36 holes, before reverting to 18 holes from 1949.
This list is incomplete Year Winners Marginof victory Runners-up Ref 1921 Eleanor Helme & Tony Torrance 3 & 2 Joyce Wethered & Roger Wethered 1922 Joyce Wethered & Roger Wethered 2 & 1 Jessie Patey & Noel Layton 1923 Joyce Wethered & Cyril Tolley 6 & 5 Muriel Macbeth & Bernard Darwin 1924 Dorothy Fowler & Noel Layton 8 & 7 Joy Winn & F. Mead 1925 Cecil Leitch & Edward Esmond 2 & 1 Joan Gow & George Hannay 1926 Simone de la Chaume & Roger Wethered 2 up Molly Gourlay & Charles Hezlet 1927 Joyce Wethered & Cyril Tolley 3 & 2 Simone de la Chaume & Roger Wethered 1928 Joyce Wethered & John Morrison 1 up Nancye Gold & Noel Layton 1929 Molly Gourlay & Charles Hezlet 39 holes Joy Winn & Victor Longstaffe 1930 Molly Gourlay & Charles Hezlet 5 & 4 Diana Esmond & Roger Wethered 1931 Joyce Wethered & Michael Scott 4 & 3 Doris Park & Stuart Forsyth 1932 Joyce Wethered & Raymond Oppenheimer 8 & 7 Audrey Regnart & J. R. Johnston 1933 Joyce Wethered & Bernard Darwin 8 & 7 Marjorie Ross Garon & Andrew McNair 1934 Molly Gourlay & Tony Torrance 6 & 5 Kathleen Garnham & Noel Layton 1935 Gwen Cradock-Hartopp & John Cradock-Hartopp 2 & 1 Jean Hamilton & Stuart Forsyth 1936 Joyce Wethered & Thomas Coke 3 & 2 Dorrit Wilkins & C. J. Anderson 1937 Molly Heppel & Leonard Crawley 5 & 4 Kathleen Garnham & Guy Thompson 1938 Marjorie Ross Garon & Eustace Storey 6 & 5 Wanda Morgan & Kenneth Morrice 1939–1945 Suspended during World War II 1946 Jacqueline Gordon & Tony Duncan 4 & 3 Joan Pemberton & Henry Longhurst 1947 Jacqueline Gordon & Tony Duncan 8 & 7 Dorothy Beck & John Beck 1948 Wanda Morgan & Eustace Storey 5 & 4 Joyce Heathcoat-Amory & John Heathcoat-Amory 1949 Frances Stephens & Leonard Crawley 4 & 3 Diana Critchley & Cyril Tolley 1950 Frances Stephens & Leonard Crawley 6 & 5 Elizabeth Johnston & Peter Macdonald 1951 Cathie Barclay & George Evans 2 up Marjorie Peel & George Mackie 1952 Marjorie Peel & George Mackie 3 & 2 Frances Stephens & Tony Slark 1953 Jacqueline Gordon & Graham Knipe 1 up Marley Spearman & John Atkins 1954 Frances Stephens & Tony Slark 2 up Jean McIntyre & Philip Scrutton 1955 Philomena Garvey & Philip Scrutton 2 & 1 Audrey van Oss & George Duncan 1956 Luisa Abrahams & William Henderson 3 & 1 Odile Semelaigne & Gerald Micklem 1957 Betty Singleton & Dickson Smith 5 & 4 Jacqueline Gordon & Harold Ridgley 1958 Angela Bonallack & Michael Bonallack 4 & 3 Betty Singleton & Dickson Smith 1959 Janette Robertson & Innes Wright 4 & 3 Isa Goldschmid & J. Tudor Davies 1960 Bridget Jackson & Michael Burgess 2 & 1 Veronica Beharrell & John Beharrell 1961 Frances Smith & Bruce Critchley 3 & 2 Jill Woodside & John Thornhill 1962 Vicomtesse de St Sauveur & David Frame 5 & 3 Wylda Clark & Keith Warren 1963 Jessie Valentine & John Behrend 4 & 3 Isa Goldschmid & Michael Burgess 1964 Jessie Valentine & John Behrend 3 & 2 Marley Spearman & Alan Thirlwell 1965 Jessie Valentine & John Behrend 1 up Jean Anderson & Clive Clark 1966 Cathie Barclay & David Miller 19 holes Elizabeth Mountain & Peter Benka 1967 Catherine Lacoste & José Gancedo 1 up Cathie Barclay & David Miller 1968 Dinah Oxley & Joan Dudok van Heel 2 & 1 Jessie Valentine & Richard Brown 1969 Ruth Ferguson & Alistair Wilson 4 & 3 Pam Tredinnick & Bruce Critchley 1970 Susan Roberts & Reg Glading 2 & 1 Mary Roberts & George Cole 1971 Diane Frearson & Alan Smith 3 & 2 Joyce de Witt Puyt & Jeremy Ward
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