1968 Women’s Amateur: Brigitte Varangot wins at Walton Heath
Brigitte Varangot won the 1968 Women’s Amateur at Walton Heath in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, beating Claudine Cros-Rubin won on 20th hole in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 65th
- Course
- Walton Heath, Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey
- Format
- stroke-play qualifying + match play
- Champion
- Brigitte Varangot · France
- Champion's title
- 3rd Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Claudine Cros-Rubin
- Final
- won on 20th hole (18-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 64
- Losing semifinalists
- Liv Forsell and Belle Robertson
- Stroke-play medalist
- Peggy Conley (77)
- Defending champion
- Liz Chadwick
The draw
Every match is recorded through the final.
The final, 1968 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigitte Varangot | def. | Claudine Cros-Rubin | won on 20th 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://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/Brigitte_Varangot