1894 Women’s Amateur: Lady Margaret Scott wins at Littlestone Golf Club
Lady Margaret Scott won the 1894 Women’s Amateur at Littlestone Golf Club in Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent, beating Issette Pearson 3 & 2 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 2nd
- Dates
- 1 June 1894
- Course
- Littlestone Golf Club, Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Lady Margaret Scott · England
- Champion's title
- 2nd Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Issette Pearson · age 32
- Final
- 3 & 2 (18-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 64
- Losing semifinalists
- Maud Starkie Bence and May Mugliston
- Defending champion
- Lady Margaret Scott · won
- Entries
- 64
What happened at the 1894 Women’s Amateur
Lady Margaret Scott and Issette Pearson, the 1893 finalists, met again in the final at Littlestone and Scott won more narrowly than the year before, 3 and 2.
The championship was lengthened to run to the Friday, with the quarter-finals and semi-finals both played on the Thursday (Wikipedia).
The draw
Every match is recorded through the final.
The final, 1894 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Margaret Scott | def. | Issette Pearson | 3 & 2 |
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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship (Glasgow Herald 1894-06-01/02 headlines 'The ladies' championship')
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship (results-table citation of the Glasgow Herald report dated 1894-06-02, "The ladies' championship - Final tie")
- https://archive.org/details/spaldingsofficia14unite
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
- 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