1907 Women’s Amateur: May Hezlet wins at Royal County Down Golf Club
May Hezlet won the 1907 Women’s Amateur at Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, County Down, beating Florence Hezlet 1 up in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 15th
- Dates
- 10 May 1907
- Course
- Royal County Down Golf Club, Newcastle, County Down
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- May Hezlet · age 25 · Ireland
- Champion's title
- 3rd Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Florence Hezlet
- Final
- 1 up (18-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 110
- Losing semifinalists
- Violet Henry-Anderson and Violet Tynte
- Defending champion
- Alice Kennion
- Entries
- 110
What happened at the 1907 Women’s Amateur
May Hezlet won her third title by beating her sister Florence Hezlet in an all-Hezlet final at Newcastle, County Down.
Three Irish players reached the 1907 semi-finals at County Down, where Margaret and Harriot Curtis represented America (Wikipedia; Golf Illustrated 1920-07).
The draw
Every match is recorded through the final.
The final, 1907 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| May Hezlet | def. | Florence Hezlet | 1 up |
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 1907-05-11 'Ladies' championship')
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship (results-table citation of the Glasgow Herald report dated 1907-05-11)
- https://archive.org/details/spaldingsofficia14unite
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
- https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll2/id/5314
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Hezlet
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
- https://www.golfcompendium.com/2020/08/british-womens-amateur-winners.html