1956 Women’s Amateur: Wiffi Smith wins at Sunningdale
Wiffi Smith won the 1956 Women’s Amateur at Sunningdale in Sunningdale, Berkshire, beating Mary Patton Janssen 8 & 7 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
Walk this draw in the The Women’s Amateur Championship room.
- Edition
- 53rd
- Course
- Sunningdale, Sunningdale, Berkshire
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Wiffi Smith · United States
- Champion's title
- 1st Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Mary Patton Janssen
- Final
- 8 & 7 (36-hole final)
- Losing semifinalists
- Polly Riley and Angela Ward
- Defending champion
- Jessie Valentine
The draw
Every match is recorded through the final.
The final, 1956 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiffi Smith | def. | Mary Patton Janssen | 8 & 7 |
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/championships/the-womens-amateur-championship/past-winners
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
- https://www.golfcompendium.com/2020/08/british-womens-amateur-winners.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiffi_Smith
- 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