1991 Women’s Amateur: Valerie Michaud wins at Pannal Golf Club
Valerie Michaud won the 1991 Women’s Amateur at Pannal Golf Club in Pannal, North Yorkshire, beating Wendy Doolan 3 & 2 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 88th
- Course
- Pannal Golf Club, Pannal, North Yorkshire
- Format
- stroke-play qualifying + match play
- Champion
- Valerie Michaud · France
- Champion's title
- 1st Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Wendy Doolan
- Final
- 3 & 2 (18-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 64
- Losing semifinalists
- Caroline Hall and Mary McKenna
- Stroke-play medalist
- Aline Van der Haegen (147)
- Defending champion
- Julie Hall
What happened at the 1991 Women’s Amateur
Valerie Michaud beat Australian Wendy Doolan 3 and 2 in the Pannal final, the first French winner since Catherine Lacoste in 1969 per the R&A roll.
Jane Shearwood and Aline Van der Haegen tied for the qualifying lead on 147, Van der Haegen seeded first on countback.
Final, Valerie Michaud v. Wendy Doolan. Valerie Michaud beat Australian Wendy Doolan 3 and 2 at Pannal.
The draw
Every match is recorded through the final.
The final, 1991 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valerie Michaud | def. | Wendy Doolan | 3 & 2 |
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/en/championships/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://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/Valerie_Michaud