1899 Women’s Amateur: May Hezlet wins at Royal County Down Golf Club

May Hezlet won the 1899 Women’s Amateur at Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, County Down, beating Jessie Magill 2 & 1 in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 7th
Dates: 12 May 1899
Course: Royal County Down Golf Club, Newcastle, County Down
Format: match play
Champion: May Hezlet · age 17 · Ireland
Champion's title: 1st Women’s Amateur title
Runner-up: Jessie Magill
Final: 2 & 1 (18-hole final)
Match-play field: 77
Losing semifinalists: Winifred Bryan and Lottie Dod
Defending champion: Lena Thomson · lost in the quarterfinals
Entries: 77

What happened at the 1899 Women’s Amateur

May Hezlet, less than two weeks past her 17th birthday, beat Jessie Magill 2 and 1 at Newcastle, County Down, reversing Magill's win over her in the 1898 Irish final (Wikipedia).

Hezlet had won the Irish close championship the previous week, starting nine years (1899-1907) in which Irish women won six titles.

The draw

Every match is recorded through the final.

The final, 1899 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
May Hezlet	def.	Jessie Magill	2 & 1

Quarterfinals, 1899 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jessie Magill	def.	Mrs. Lyndhurst Towne	6 & 4
Lottie Dod	def.	Amy Pascoe	unknown

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.