1914 Women’s Amateur: Cecil Leitch wins at Hunstanton Golf Club

Cecil Leitch won the 1914 Women’s Amateur at Hunstanton Golf Club in Old Hunstanton, Norfolk, beating Gladys Ravenscroft 2 & 1 in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 22nd
Dates: 11 May 1914 to 15 May 1914
Course: Hunstanton Golf Club, Old Hunstanton, Norfolk
Format: match play
Champion: Cecil Leitch · age 23 · England
Champion's title: 1st Women’s Amateur title
Runner-up: Gladys Ravenscroft · age 26
Final: 2 & 1 (36-hole final)
Match-play field: 166
Losing semifinalists: Muriel Dodd and Elsie Grant Suttie
Defending champion: Muriel Dodd · lost in the semifinals
Entries: 166

What happened at the 1914 Women’s Amateur

Cecil Leitch, 3 up with 4 to play against Elsie Grant Suttie in the semi-final, had to hole a six-foot putt on the last green to win by one hole (Bernard Darwin, Golf Illustrated 1914-07).

The four favourites - Dodd, Ravenscroft, Grant Suttie and Leitch - were drawn in separate quarters and all four reached the semi-finals (Golf Illustrated 1914-07).

Final, Cecil Leitch v. Gladys Ravenscroft. Cecil Leitch beat Gladys Ravenscroft 2 and 1 'after a magnificent fight' (The Times, via The Mail, Adelaide, 1914-05-16), the morning round having finished all square (Wikipedia).

Semifinal, Cecil Leitch v. Elsie Grant Suttie. Leitch, 3 up with 4 to play, had to hole a six-foot putt on the last green to beat Elsie Grant Suttie by one hole (Golf Illustrated 1914-07).

The draw

Every match is recorded through the semifinal.

The final, 1914 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Cecil Leitch	def.	Gladys Ravenscroft	2 & 1

Semifinals, 1914 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Cecil Leitch	def.	Elsie Grant Suttie	1 up
Gladys Ravenscroft	def.	Muriel Dodd	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.