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1906 Women’s Amateur: Alice Kennion wins at Burnham & Berrow Golf Club

Alice Kennion won the 1906 Women’s Amateur at Burnham & Berrow Golf Club in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, beating Bertha Thompson 4 & 3 in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition
14th
Dates
18 May 1906
Course
Burnham & Berrow Golf Club, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset
Format
match play
Champion
Alice Kennion · age 29 · England
Champion's title
1st Women’s Amateur title
Runner-up
Bertha Thompson · age 29
Final
4 & 3 (18-hole final)
Match-play field
111
Losing semifinalists
Dorothy Campbell Hurd and Amy Sumpter
Defending champion
Bertha Thompson · lost in the final
Entries
111

What happened at the 1906 Women’s Amateur

Mrs. Alice Kennion became the first married woman to win the championship, beating the holder Bertha Thompson 4 and 3 at Burnham (The Age 1906-06-28; Wikipedia).

1906 produced the first final since 1898 without an Irish player (Wikipedia).

The draw

Every match is recorded through the final.

The final, 1906 Women’s Amateur

WinnerBeatenResult
Alice Kenniondef.Bertha Thompson4 & 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

  1. https://www.randa.org/en/championships/womens-amateur-championship-past-winners
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189371000
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/151604749
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship (results-table citation of the Glasgow Herald report dated 1906-05-19)
  5. https://archive.org/details/spaldingsofficia14unite
  6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Kennion
  8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Thompson
  9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
  10. https://www.golfcompendium.com/2020/08/british-womens-amateur-winners.html
  11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnham_%26_Berrow_Golf_Club
  12. 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