1977 Women’s Amateur: Angela Uzielli wins at Hillside

Angela Uzielli won the 1977 Women’s Amateur at Hillside in Southport, Merseyside, beating Vanessa Marvin 6 & 5 in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 74th
Dates: 18 June 1977
Course: Hillside, Southport, Merseyside
Format: match play
Champion: Angela Uzielli · age 37 · England
Champion's title: 1st Women’s Amateur title
Runner-up: Vanessa Marvin
Final: 6 & 5 (18-hole final)
Match-play field: 32
Losing semifinalists: Mary Gorry and Jenny Lee Smith
Stroke-play medalist: Julia Greenhalgh (150)
Defending champion: Cathy Panton

What happened at the 1977 Women’s Amateur

Angela Uzielli reached match play only by holing a long putt on the last green of qualifying without studying the line, then won the title.

In the final Uzielli took five of the first six holes and beat English champion Vanessa Marvin 6 and 5, the heaviest final defeat since the final reverted to 18 holes.

Final, Angela Uzielli v. Vanessa Marvin. Uzielli took five of the first six holes, was level 4s, and won 6 and 5 in two hours five minutes, the heaviest final margin since the final reverted to 18 holes.

The draw

Every match is recorded through the quarterfinal.

The final, 1977 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Angela Uzielli	def.	Vanessa Marvin	6 & 5

Semifinals, 1977 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Vanessa Marvin	def.	Jenny Lee Smith	2 & 1
Angela Uzielli	def.	Mary Gorry	6 & 5

Quarterfinals, 1977 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Vanessa Marvin	def.	Marie-Christine de Werra	won on 19th hole
Jenny Lee Smith	def.	T. Perkins	4 & 3
Mary Gorry	def.	S. Barber	3 & 1
Angela Uzielli	def.	Muriel Thomson	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.