1911 Women’s Amateur: Dorothy Campbell Hurd wins at Royal Portrush Golf Club
Dorothy Campbell Hurd won the 1911 Women’s Amateur at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, County Antrim, beating Violet Hezlet 3 & 2 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 19th
- Dates
- 19 May 1911
- Course
- Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush, County Antrim
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Dorothy Campbell Hurd · age 28 · Scotland
- Champion's title
- 2nd Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Violet Hezlet
- Final
- 3 & 2 (18-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 114
- Losing semifinalists
- Mrs. Bourn and Hilda Mather
- Defending champion
- Elsie Grant Suttie · lost in the quarterfinals
- Entries
- 114
What happened at the 1911 Women’s Amateur
Gladys Ravenscroft beat Cecil Leitch at the 22nd hole in the second round at Portrush, with medal rounds of 79 and 80 over the first 18 (The Australasian 1911-07-08).
Bertha Thompson was six down with eight to play in an early round and won, 'principally due to marvellous putting' (The Australasian 1911-07-08).
Final, Dorothy Campbell v. Violet Hezlet. Dorothy Campbell, driving badly early on, recovered her driving and beat Violet Hezlet 3 and 2 at Portrush; both finalists played a 'Colonel' ball (The Australasian 1911-07-08; West Australian 1911-06-28).
Unknown, Gladys Ravenscroft v. Cecil Leitch. Gladys Ravenscroft beat Cecil Leitch at the 22nd hole in the second round at Portrush after a match in which the lead changed hands hole by hole; their medal scores for 18 holes were 79 and 80 (The Australasian 1911-07-08).
The draw
Every match is recorded through the quarterfinal.
The final, 1911 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorothy Campbell Hurd | def. | Violet Hezlet | 3 & 2 |
Semifinals, 1911 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violet Hezlet | def. | Hilda Mather | 2 & 1 |
| Dorothy Campbell Hurd | def. | Mrs. Bourn | 2 & 1 |
Quarterfinals, 1911 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violet Hezlet | def. | Bertha Thompson | 5 & 4 |
| Dorothy Campbell Hurd | def. | Elsie Grant Suttie | 2 & 1 |
| Mrs. Bourn | def. | Miss Barry | 2 & 1 |
| Hilda Mather | def. | Miss Boyd | won on 19th hole |
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://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204496025
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142946561
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship (results-table citation of the Glasgow Herald report dated 1911-05-20)
- https://archive.org/details/spaldingsofficia14unite
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204496611
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26343983
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Campbell
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
- https://www.golfcompendium.com/2020/08/british-womens-amateur-winners.html
- 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