May Hezlet
Summary
Wins
- 1899 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal County Down Golf Club · 2 & 1
- 1902 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club · 20 holes
- 1907 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal County Down Golf Club · 2 & 1
Near misses
- 1904 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal Troon Golf Club · runner-up to Lottie Dod · 1 up
Results by championship
Best day
1899 Women's Amateur
Royal County Down Golf Club · won 2 & 1
May Hezlet, barely 17 and fresh from winning the Irish title the week before, beat Jessie Magill 2 & 1 at County Down.
Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1899.
Career line, 1899–1907
4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Other win
- Runner-up
May Hezlet was born on April 29, 1882, in Gibraltar. Hezlet won the 1899 Women's Amateur, the 1902 Women's Amateur and the 1907 Women's Amateur. Hezlet was runner-up at the 1904 Women's Amateur.
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The record
Amateur titles (3)
- 1899 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal County Down Golf Club · 2 & 1
- 1902 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club · 20 holes
- 1907 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal County Down Golf Club · 2 & 1
Near misses
- 1904 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal Troon Golf Club · runner-up to Lottie Dod · 1 up
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Full name
- Mary Elizabeth Linzee Hezlet Wikipedia
Status
- amateur Wikipedia
Died in
- Sandwich, Kent, England Wikipedia
Beyond our rooms
- 1908 Irish Ladies' Close Championship won (her fifth) Wikipedia
Known for
- Mary Elizabeth Linzee "May" Hezlet (29 April 1882 – 27 December 1978) was a British amateur golfer and sports writer. 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.