1989 Women’s Amateur: Helen Dobson wins at Royal Liverpool
Helen Dobson won the 1989 Women’s Amateur at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake, Merseyside, beating Elaine Farquharson 6 & 5 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 86th
- Dates
- 17 June 1989
- Course
- Royal Liverpool, Hoylake, Merseyside
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Helen Dobson · age 18 · England
- Champion's title
- 1st Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Elaine Farquharson · age 21
- Final
- 6 & 5 (18-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 32
- Losing semifinalists
- Lisa Hackney and Catriona Lambert
- Stroke-play medalist
- Linda Bayman (147)
- Defending champion
- Joanne Furby
What happened at the 1989 Women’s Amateur
Helen Dobson, 18, was five under par and five up at the turn of the 18-hole final at Hoylake and closed out Elaine Farquharson 6 and 5.
Elaine Farquharson needed 21 holes to get past Kathryn Imrie in the quarter-finals before beating Lisa Hackney 3 and 2 in the afternoon semi-final.
Final, Helen Dobson v. Elaine Farquharson. Dobson, 18, was five under par and five up at the turn and won 6 and 5, becoming the first player to hold the English girls', English women's and British titles at the same time.
The draw
Every match is recorded through the quarterfinal.
The final, 1989 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Dobson | def. | Elaine Farquharson | 6 & 5 |
Semifinals, 1989 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Dobson | def. | Catriona Lambert | 6 & 5 |
| Elaine Farquharson | def. | Lisa Hackney | 3 & 2 |
Quarterfinals, 1989 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Dobson | def. | L. Fletcher | 5 & 4 |
| Catriona Lambert | def. | J. McAvoy | won on 19th hole |
| Lisa Hackney | def. | A. Gardiner | 3 & 2 |
| Elaine Farquharson | def. | K. Imrie | won on 21st 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://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ahM1AAAAIBAJ&pg=5577%2C258532
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YThAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2314%2C5733973
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Dobson
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Farquharson
- 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
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Liverpool_Golf_Club