1895 Women’s Amateur: Lady Margaret Scott wins at Royal Portrush Golf Club
Lady Margaret Scott won the 1895 Women’s Amateur at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, County Antrim, beating Emma Lythgoe 6 & 5 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 3rd
- Dates
- 24 May 1895
- Course
- Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush, County Antrim
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Lady Margaret Scott · England
- Champion's title
- 3rd Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Emma Lythgoe
- Final
- 6 & 5 (18-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 85
- Losing semifinalists
- Alice Richardson and Grace Willock
- Defending champion
- Lady Margaret Scott · won
- Entries
- 85
What happened at the 1895 Women’s Amateur
Lady Margaret Scott completed the first hat-trick of titles by beating Emma Lythgoe in the final at Portrush, after which she retired from championship golf.
From 1895 the semi-finals and final were played on the same Friday, a format kept until the 36-hole final arrived in 1913 (Wikipedia).
The draw
Every match is recorded through the final.
The final, 1895 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Margaret Scott | def. | Emma Lythgoe | 6 & 5 |
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 1895-05-25 headline 'The ladies' amateur championship')
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship (results-table citation of the Glasgow Herald report dated 1895-05-25)
- https://archive.org/details/spaldingsofficia14unite
- 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/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