1903 Women’s Amateur: Rhona Adair wins at Royal Portrush Golf Club

Rhona Adair won the 1903 Women’s Amateur at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, County Antrim, beating Florence Walker-Leigh 4 & 3 in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 11th
Dates: 8 May 1903
Course: Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush, County Antrim
Format: match play
Champion: Rhona Adair · age 21 · Ireland
Champion's title: 2nd Women’s Amateur title
Runner-up: Florence Walker-Leigh
Final: 4 & 3 (18-hole final)
Match-play field: 76
Losing semifinalists: Flora Macbeth and Maud Stuart
Defending champion: May Hezlet · lost in the round of 16
Entries: 76

What happened at the 1903 Women’s Amateur

Holder May Hezlet was beaten by Maud Stuart in the fourth round at Portrush (Daily Record, Rockhampton, 1903-06-20).

Three of the four semi-finalists were Irish (Adair, Stuart, Walker-Leigh) and Rhona Adair took her second title, 4 and 3 over Florence Walker-Leigh.

The draw

Every match is recorded through the final.

The final, 1903 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Rhona Adair	def.	Florence Walker-Leigh	4 & 3

Round of 16, 1903 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Maud Stuart	def.	May Hezlet	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.