1926 Women’s Amateur: Cecil Leitch wins at Royal St David's Golf Club
Cecil Leitch won the 1926 Women’s Amateur at Royal St David's Golf Club in Harlech, Gwynedd, beating Marjorie Ross Garon 8 & 7 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 29th
- Dates
- 24 June 1926
- Course
- Royal St David's Golf Club, Harlech, Gwynedd
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Cecil Leitch · age 35 · England
- Champion's title
- 4th Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Marjorie Ross Garon
- Final
- 8 & 7 (36-hole final)
- Losing semifinalists
- Simone Thion de la Chaume and Mrs. McNair
- Defending champion
- Joyce Wethered · did not play
What happened at the 1926 Women’s Amateur
Cecil Leitch was nine up after the morning round of the final and beat Mrs. Percy Garon 8 and 7, becoming the first player to win the title four times (APA cable 1926-06-24).
In the semi-finals Leitch avenged her French final defeat by Simone Thion de la Chaume a few weeks earlier, winning 4 and 3 (Papuan Courier 1926-09-17; The Week 1926-07-02).
Semifinal, Cecil Leitch v. Simone Thion de la Chaume. Cecil Leitch beat Simone Thion de la Chaume 4 and 3 in the semi-finals, weeks after the French girl had beaten her in the French championship final (The Week 1926-07-02; Papuan Courier 1926-09-17).
Unknown, Cecil Leitch v. Mary Mann. In the second round at Harlech Cecil Leitch beat Melbourne's Mary Mann 7 and 5 after Mann had gone off with the lead; Leitch squared at the 5th and won the next three (West Australian 1926-06-23).
The draw
Every match is recorded through the semifinal.
The final, 1926 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Leitch | def. | Marjorie Ross Garon | 8 & 7 |
Semifinals, 1926 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Leitch | def. | Simone Thion de la Chaume | 4 & 3 |
| Marjorie Ross Garon | def. | Mrs. McNair | 2 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://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91620926
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/93556049
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182182190
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/181455667
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/251060094
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Leitch
- 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