1929 Women’s Amateur: Joyce Wethered wins at St Andrews Links
Joyce Wethered won the 1929 Women’s Amateur at St Andrews Links in St Andrews, Fife, beating Glenna Collett-Vare 3 & 1 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 32nd
- Dates
- 17 May 1929
- Course
- St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Fife
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Joyce Wethered · age 27 · England
- Champion's title
- 4th Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Glenna Collett-Vare · age 25
- Final
- 3 & 1 (36-hole final)
- Losing semifinalists
- Mrs. Guedalla and Doris Park
- Defending champion
- Manette le Blan
What happened at the 1929 Women’s Amateur
Glenna Collett was five up after the first nine holes of the final on the Old Course and two up at lunch (Northern Star 1929-05-20; Maitland Weekly Mercury 1929-05-25).
Critics declared no woman had ever played such flawless golf as Joyce Wethered in beating Molly Gourlay 7 and 5 in the fifth round, taking 50 strokes for 12 holes (SMH 1929-05-18).
Final, Joyce Wethered v. Glenna Collett. Joyce Wethered, two down at lunch and five down after nine holes, beat Glenna Collett 3 and 1 (Northern Star 1929-05-20); she won seven of the first nine holes after lunch (Wikipedia).
Quarterfinal, Doris Park v. Enid Wilson. Doris Park of Longniddry beat Enid Wilson at the 19th hole in the fifth round at St Andrews (cable, Goulburn Evening Penny Post 1929-05-17).
The draw
Every match is recorded through the quarterfinal.
The final, 1929 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joyce Wethered | def. | Glenna Collett-Vare | 3 & 1 |
Semifinals, 1929 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenna Collett-Vare | def. | Doris Park | 4 & 3 |
| Joyce Wethered | def. | Mrs. Guedalla | 5 & 4 |
Quarterfinals, 1929 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joyce Wethered | def. | Molly Gourlay | 7 & 5 |
| Doris Park | def. | Enid Wilson | won on 19th hole |
| Glenna Collett-Vare | def. | Mrs. Watson | 3 & 2 |
| Mrs. Guedalla | def. | Miss Pyman | 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship (Glasgow Herald 1929-05-17 'Golf - The ladies' "open" at St Andrews')
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/94073867
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship (results-table citation of the Glasgow Herald report dated 1929-05-18)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16570879
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131097703
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Wethered
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenna_Collett
- 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