1982 Women’s Amateur: Kitrina Douglas wins at Walton Heath
Kitrina Douglas won the 1982 Women’s Amateur at Walton Heath in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, beating Gillian Stewart 4 & 2 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 79th
- Dates
- 12 June 1982
- Course
- Walton Heath, Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Kitrina Douglas · age 21 · England
- Champion's title
- 1st Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Gillian Stewart · age 23
- Final
- 4 & 2 (18-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 64
- Losing semifinalists
- Viveka Hoff and Mary McKenna
- Stroke-play medalist
- Marie-Laure de Taya, Marta Figueras-Dotti (145)
- Defending champion
- Belle Robertson · lost in the round of 16
What happened at the 1982 Women’s Amateur
Holder Belle Robertson went out 3 and 2 to Marie-Laure de Taya in the third round, and de Taya then lost to Gillian Stewart's 20-foot putt at the first extra hole.
In the final Kitrina Douglas lost the 4th and 5th to Gillian Stewart and then won five holes in succession to win 4 and 2, four years after taking up the game.
Final, Kitrina Douglas v. Gillian Stewart. After losing the 4th and 5th, Douglas won five holes in succession and closed out Stewart 4 and 2, champion four years after taking up golf on a Scottish holiday.
Quarterfinal, Gillian Stewart v. Marie-Laure de Taya. Stewart holed a 20-foot putt at the first extra hole to beat de Taya, who had put out holder Belle Robertson that morning.
The draw
Every match is recorded through the final.
The final, 1982 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitrina Douglas | def. | Gillian Stewart | 4 & 2 |
Semifinals, 1982 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitrina Douglas | def. | Mary McKenna | unknown |
| Gillian Stewart | def. | Viveka Hoff | unknown |
Quarterfinals, 1982 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillian Stewart | def. | Marie-Laure de Taya | won on 19th hole |
| Viveka Hoff | def. | Anne Quast Sander | 1 up |
| Mary McKenna | def. | Laura Davies | 1 up |
| Kitrina Douglas | def. | Tegwen Thomas | 2 & 1 |
Round of 16, 1982 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marie-Laure de Taya | def. | Belle Robertson | 3 & 2 |
| Gillian Stewart | def. | H. Kaye | 1 up |
| Anne Quast Sander | def. | C. Maestre | won on 20th hole |
| Viveka Hoff | def. | A. Brown | 4 & 3 |
| Laura Davies | def. | Jane Connachan | 3 & 1 |
| Mary McKenna | def. | Wilma Aitken | 4 & 3 |
| Kitrina Douglas | def. | Mary Gallagher | 1 up |
| Tegwen Thomas | def. | Linda Bayman | 5 & 4 |
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://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NbdAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6204%2C2730219
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NrdAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5880%2C2935603
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitrina_Douglas
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Stewart
- 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://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