1936 Women’s Amateur: Pam Barton wins at Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club

Pam Barton won the 1936 Women’s Amateur at Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, Merseyside, beating Bridget Newell 7 & 5 in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 39th
Dates: 21 May 1936
Course: Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside
Format: stroke-play qualifying + match play
Champion: Pam Barton · age 19 · England
Champion's title: 1st Women’s Amateur title
Runner-up: Bridget Newell
Final: 7 & 5 (36-hole final)
Match-play field: 64
Losing semifinalists: Kathleen Garnham and Molly Gourlay
Stroke-play medalist: Bridget Newell
Defending champion: Wanda Morgan

What happened at the 1936 Women’s Amateur

Pam Barton reached her third successive final, 'an unparalleled achievement for so youthful a player', and won it 7 and 5 (Evening News, Rockhampton, 1936-05-21; Townsville Daily Bulletin 1936-05-25).

Bridget Newell, 24-year-old Derbyshire champion and England's youngest Justice of the Peace, led the qualifying and beat Molly Gourlay 3 and 2 in the semi-finals (Evening News 1936-05-21; Wikipedia).

Final, Pam Barton v. Bridget Newell. Pam Barton beat Bridget Newell 7 and 5 in her third successive final (Townsville Daily Bulletin 1936-05-25).

The draw

Every match is recorded through the semifinal.

The final, 1936 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Pam Barton	def.	Bridget Newell	7 & 5

Semifinals, 1936 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Bridget Newell	def.	Molly Gourlay	3 & 2
Pam Barton	def.	Kathleen Garnham	5 & 4

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.