1959 Women’s Amateur: Elizabeth Price wins at Berkshire
Elizabeth Price won the 1959 Women’s Amateur at Berkshire in Ascot, Berkshire, beating Belle Robertson won on 37th hole in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 56th
- Dates
- 28 May 1959
- Course
- Berkshire, Ascot, Berkshire
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Elizabeth Price · age 36 · England
- Champion's title
- 1st Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Belle Robertson · age 23
- Final
- won on 37th hole (36-hole final)
- Losing semifinalists
- Joan Fletcher and Philomena Garvey
- Defending champion
- Jessie Valentine
The draw
Every match is recorded through the final.
The final, 1959 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Price | def. | Belle Robertson | won on 37th hole |
Quarterfinals, 1959 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joan Fletcher | def. | Mrs. W. Hay | won on 19th hole |
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://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/297836251
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Price_(golfer)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_McCorkindale
- 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/Belle_Robertson