1897 Women’s Amateur: Edith Orr wins at Gullane Golf Club
Edith Orr won the 1897 Women’s Amateur at Gullane Golf Club in Gullane, East Lothian, beating Theodora Orr 4 & 3 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 5th
- Dates
- 28 May 1897
- Course
- Gullane Golf Club, Gullane, East Lothian
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Edith Orr · age 26 · Scotland
- Champion's title
- 1st Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Theodora Orr
- Final
- 4 & 3 (18-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 101
- Losing semifinalists
- Emma Kennedy and Maud Titterton
- Defending champion
- Amy Pascoe
- Entries
- 101
What happened at the 1897 Women’s Amateur
The championship came to Scotland for the first time and produced an all-sister final at Gullane, Edith Orr beating Theodora (Aimee) Orr 4 and 3.
Edith Orr's win was credited to 'the accuracy of her approach shots' (Scottish Golf History), the first title for a Scottish player.
The draw
Every match is recorded through the final.
The final, 1897 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edith Orr | def. | Theodora Orr | 4 & 3 |
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 1897-05-29 'Close of ladies' championship at Gullane')
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship (results-table citation of the Glasgow Herald report dated 1897-05-29)
- 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/Edith_Orr
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
- https://www.golfcompendium.com/2020/08/british-womens-amateur-winners.html