1973 Women’s Amateur: Ann Irvin wins at Carnoustie

Ann Irvin won the 1973 Women’s Amateur at Carnoustie in Carnoustie, Angus, beating Mickey Walker 3 & 2 in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 70th
Dates: 23 June 1973
Course: Carnoustie, Carnoustie, Angus
Format: match play
Champion: Ann Irvin · age 30 · England
Champion's title: 1st Women’s Amateur title
Runner-up: Mickey Walker · age 20
Final: 3 & 2 (18-hole final)
Match-play field: 32
Losing semifinalists: Belle Robertson and Ina Walker
Stroke-play medalist: Anne Quast Sander (143)
Defending champion: Mickey Walker · lost in the final

What happened at the 1973 Women’s Amateur

Defending champion Mickey Walker beat Belle Robertson at the 21st hole of their semi-final with a birdie and an eagle at the 11th and 12th, Robertson's wooden second over the Barry Burn at the 18th having taken it to extra holes.

Ann Irvin birdied the 8th and 9th to turn three up in the final and covered the 16 holes in about four under par to win 3 and 2.

Final, Ann Irvin v. Mickey Walker. Irvin answered her only outward mistake with birdies at the 8th and 9th to turn three up and finished 3 and 2, the first player to have won both the British stroke-play and match-play titles.

Semifinal, Mickey Walker v. Belle Robertson. Robertson lost a two-hole lead to a Walker birdie and eagle at the 11th and 12th, saved the match with a wooden second over the Barry Burn at the 18th, but lost at the 21st after missing from eight feet.

The draw

Every match is recorded through the final.

The final, 1973 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Ann Irvin	def.	Mickey Walker	3 & 2

Semifinals, 1973 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Mickey Walker	def.	Belle Robertson	won on 21st hole
Ann Irvin	def.	Ina Walker	unknown

Quarterfinals, 1973 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Belle Robertson	def.	Carol Le Feuvre	unknown

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.