1953 Women’s Amateur: Marlene Stewart Streit wins at Royal Porthcawl

Marlene Stewart Streit won the 1953 Women’s Amateur at Royal Porthcawl in Porthcawl, Bridgend, beating Philomena Garvey 7 & 6 in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 50th
Dates: 25 June 1953
Course: Royal Porthcawl, Porthcawl, Bridgend
Format: match play
Champion: Marlene Stewart Streit · Canada
Champion's title: 1st Women’s Amateur title
Runner-up: Philomena Garvey
Final: 7 & 6 (36-hole final)
Losing semifinalists: Jean Donald and Mary Lena Faulk
Defending champion: Moira Paterson

What happened at the 1953 Women’s Amateur

Marlene Stewart, 19, beat Scottish international Jean Donald by one hole in the semi-final at Royal Porthcawl.

Stewart then beat Philomena Garvey 7 and 6 in the 36-hole final, Garvey's second losing final.

Final, Marlene Stewart v. Philomena Garvey. Nineteen-year-old Canadian champion Marlene Stewart, who had beaten Jean Donald by one hole in the semi-final, beat Philomena Garvey 7 and 6 at Royal Porthcawl.

The draw

Every match is recorded through the semifinal.

The final, 1953 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Marlene Stewart Streit	def.	Philomena Garvey	7 & 6

Semifinals, 1953 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Marlene Stewart Streit	def.	Jean Donald	1 up
Philomena Garvey	def.	Mary Lena Faulk	2 & 1

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.