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Jessie Valentine

Scotland · born , Perth · died

2championship wins

Summary

  • Titles 1955 Women's Amateur and 1958 Women's Amateur
  • Amateur runner-up 1950 Women's Amateur and 1957 Women's Amateur

Wins

  1. 1955 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal Portrush Golf Club · 7 & 6
  2. 1958 The Women's Amateur Championship Hunstanton Golf Club · 1 up

Near misses

  1. 1950 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal County Down Golf Club · runner-up to Lally Segard · 3 & 2
  2. 1957 The Women's Amateur Championship Gleneagles · runner-up to Philomena Garvey · 4 & 3

Results by championship

    Best day

    1955 Women's Amateur

    Royal Portrush Golf Club · won 7 & 6

    Eighteen years after her first win, Jessie Valentine beat American Barbara Romack 7 & 6 at Royal Portrush.

    Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1955.

    Career line, 1950–1958

    Women's Amateur
    1950 Women's Amateur: runner-up1955 Women's Amateur: won1957 Women's Amateur: runner-up1958 Women's Amateur: won
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    4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Other win
    • Runner-up

    Jessie Valentine was born on March 18, 1915, in Perth. Valentine won the 1955 Women's Amateur and the 1958 Women's Amateur. Valentine was runner-up at the 1950 Women's Amateur and the 1957 Women's Amateur.

    See Jessie Valentine in our rooms: Every Ground, U.S. Women's Amateur and The Women's Amateur.

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    The record

    Amateur titles (2)

    1. 1955 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal Portrush Golf Club · 7 & 6
    2. 1958 The Women's Amateur Championship Hunstanton Golf Club · 1 up

    Near misses

    1. 1950 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal County Down Golf Club · runner-up to Lally Segard · 3 & 2
    2. 1957 The Women's Amateur Championship Gleneagles · runner-up to Philomena Garvey · 4 & 3

    Profile

    Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.

    Other names

    Status

    Beyond our rooms

    • 1936 Curtis Cup team
    • 1938 Curtis Cup team
    • 1950 Curtis Cup team
    • 1952 Curtis Cup team
    • 1954 Curtis Cup team
    • 1956 Curtis Cup team
    • 1958 Curtis Cup team
    • 1947 Vagliano Trophy team
    • 1949 Vagliano Trophy team
    • 1951 Vagliano Trophy team
    • 1955 Vagliano Trophy team
    • 1933 Girls Amateur Championship winner

    Source: Wikipedia: Jessie Valentine

    Known for

    • Scottish amateur golfer who won the British Ladies Amateur in 1937, 1955, 1958 Wikipedia

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. Wikidata: Q15972601
    2. Wikipedia: Jessie Valentine
    3. Wikipedia: Women's Amateur Championship
    4. golfcompendium.com: british womens amateur winners
    5. Wikipedia: Elizabeth Price (golfer)
    6. Wikipedia: Hunstanton Golf Club
    7. Wikipedia: Brigitte Varangot
    8. Wikipedia: Lally Segard
    9. Wikipedia: 全英女子アマチュア選手権
    10. Wikipedia: Philomena Garvey