1998 Women’s Amateur: Kim Rostron wins at Little Aston Golf Club
Kim Rostron won the 1998 Women’s Amateur at Little Aston Golf Club in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, beating Gwladys Nocera 4 & 3 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 95th
- Course
- Little Aston Golf Club, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
- Format
- stroke-play qualifying + match play
- Champion
- Kim Rostron · England
- Champion's title
- 1st Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Gwladys Nocera
- Final
- 4 & 3 (18-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 64
- Losing semifinalists
- Fiona Brown and Hilary Monaghan
- Stroke-play medalist
- Karine Icher (145)
- Defending champion
- Alison Rose
What happened at the 1998 Women’s Amateur
Kim Rostron beat Gwladys Nocera in the Little Aston final and earned her Curtis Cup place.
Karine Icher led the qualifying on 145.
Final, Kim Rostron v. Gwladys Nocera. Kim Rostron beat Gwladys Nocera at Little Aston (R&A: 4 and 3; Wikipedia: 3 and 2) and earned her Curtis Cup place.
The draw
Every match is recorded through the final.
The final, 1998 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Rostron | def. | Gwladys Nocera | 4 & 3 |
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/Little_Aston_Golf_Club
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Rostron