1927 Women’s Amateur: Simone Thion de la Chaume wins at Royal County Down Golf Club
Simone Thion de la Chaume won the 1927 Women’s Amateur at Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, County Down, beating Dorothy Pearson 5 & 4 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 30th
- Dates
- 19 May 1927
- Course
- Royal County Down Golf Club, Newcastle, County Down
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Simone Thion de la Chaume · France
- Champion's title
- 1st Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Dorothy Pearson
- Final
- 5 & 4 (36-hole final)
- Losing semifinalists
- Manette le Blan and Enid Wilson
- Defending champion
- Cecil Leitch · did not play
What happened at the 1927 Women’s Amateur
Simone Thion de la Chaume became the first player from outside the British Isles to win, beating Dorothy Pearson 5 and 4 at Newcastle, County Down.
Neither Joyce Wethered nor Cecil Leitch entered, and Glenna Collett also stayed away (American Golfer 1927-07).
Unknown, Susie Tolhurst v. Doris Fowler. Melbourne's Susie Tolhurst beat English international Doris Fowler in the third round with 'remarkable low-flying shots', holing the crucial five-yard putt on the last green (Daily Mail via Chronicle, Adelaide, 1927-06-11).
The draw
Every match is recorded through the quarterfinal.
The final, 1927 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simone Thion de la Chaume | def. | Dorothy Pearson | 5 & 4 |
Semifinals, 1927 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorothy Pearson | def. | Manette le Blan | 4 & 3 |
| Simone Thion de la Chaume | def. | Enid Wilson | 7 & 6 |
Quarterfinals, 1927 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorothy Pearson | def. | Molly Gourlay | 2 up |
| Simone Thion de la Chaume | def. | Miss Gow | 3 & 2 |
| Enid Wilson | def. | Miss Percy | 2 up |
| Manette le Blan | def. | Mrs. Bamber | 3 & 2 |
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/21835793
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/285037678
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180746449
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
- https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll2/id/65384
- https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll2/id/64649
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
- https://www.golfcompendium.com/2020/08/british-womens-amateur-winners.html
- https://assets.randa.org/c42c7bf4-dca7-00ea-4f2e-373223f80f76/faf05dc3-70dd-4859-8870-5e1e53fbf2d2/Womens%20Amateur%20Information%202025.pdf