1893 Women’s Amateur: Lady Margaret Scott wins at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Lady Margaret Scott won the 1893 Women’s Amateur at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, beating Issette Pearson 7 & 6 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 1st
- Dates
- 13 June 1893 to 15 June 1893
- Course
- Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Lady Margaret Scott · age 19 · England
- Champion's title
- 1st Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Issette Pearson · age 31
- Final
- 7 & 6 (18-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 38
- Losing semifinalists
- Florence Carr and Effie Terry
- Entries
- 38
What happened at the 1893 Women’s Amateur
Lady Margaret Scott averaged 42 strokes per nine holes on the 9-hole ladies' links at Lytham & St Annes on her way to the first title (Scottish Golf History).
All 38 entrants were drawn into a straight knock-out of 18-hole matches with two rounds a day, the semi-finals and final both being played on the Thursday (Wikipedia, citing The Guardian 1893).
Final, Lady Margaret Scott v. Issette Pearson. Lady Margaret Scott beat Issette Pearson in the first final on the Thursday at Lytham & St Annes (R&A 7 and 6; Wikipedia/Guardian 7 and 5).
The draw
Every match is recorded through the final.
The final, 1893 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Margaret Scott | def. | Issette Pearson | 7 & 6 |
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's Women’s Amateur data set (research collected through 20 October 2026). "unknown" means no source confirmed it; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the R&A's own record is used.
Data: womens-amateur.json.
Sources
- https://www.randa.org/en/championships/womens-amateur-championship-past-winners
- https://www.randa.org/en/championships/womens-amateur-championship-past-winners
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
- https://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/early-womens-golf/british-ladies-championship/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship (citing Glasgow Herald 1893-06-15 p11 and The Guardian 1893-06-14/15)
- https://archive.org/details/spaldingsofficia14unite
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issette_Pearson
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
- https://www.golfcompendium.com/2020/08/british-womens-amateur-winners.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Margaret_Scott_(golfer)
- https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%A8%E8%8B%B1%E5%A5%B3%E5%AD%90%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%81%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A2%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E6%A8%A9