2022 Women’s Amateur: Jessica Baker wins at Hunstanton Golf Club

Jessica Baker won the 2022 Women’s Amateur at Hunstanton Golf Club in Old Hunstanton, Norfolk, beating Louise Rydqvist 4 & 3 in the final.

Updated 23 October 2026

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Edition: 119th
Dates: 20 June 2022 to 25 June 2022
Course: Hunstanton Golf Club, Old Hunstanton, Norfolk
Format: stroke-play qualifying + match play
Champion: Jessica Baker · age 19 · England
Champion's title: 1st Women’s Amateur title
Runner-up: Louise Rydqvist · age 20
Final: 4 & 3 (36-hole final)
Match-play field: 64
Losing semifinalists: Carla Bernat and Hannah Darling
Stroke-play medalist: Ami Yamashita (138)
Defending champion: Louise Duncan · missed match play
What winning earned: AIG Women's Open 2022 | U.S. Women's Open | Amundi Evian Championship | Augusta National Women's Amateur (invitation by tradition)

What happened at the 2022 Women’s Amateur

Jess Baker holed a 25-foot putt just to reach the match-play stage.

Baker won the last four holes of the morning round to lead the final three up at lunch.

Final, Louise Rydqvist v. Jessica Baker. Jess Baker won the last four holes of the morning round to lead Louise Rydqvist three up at lunch and won 4 and 3.

The draw

Every match is recorded through the round of 64.

The final, 2022 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jessica Baker	def.	Louise Rydqvist	4 & 3

Semifinals, 2022 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Louise Rydqvist	def.	Carla Bernat	1 up
Jessica Baker	def.	Hannah Darling	2 & 1

Quarterfinals, 2022 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Louise Rydqvist	def.	Kelsey Bennett	won on 20th hole
Carla Bernat	def.	Rebecca Earl	1 up
Jessica Baker	def.	Emilie Alba Paltrinieri	3 & 2
Hannah Darling	def.	Alessandra Fanali	2 & 1

Round of 16, 2022 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Kelsey Bennett	def.	Maylis Lamoure	5 & 4
Louise Rydqvist	def.	Ingrid Lindblad	2 up
Rebecca Earl	def.	Gala Dumez	4 & 3
Carla Bernat	def.	Ffion Tynan	1 up
Emilie Alba Paltrinieri	def.	Amelia Jane Williamson	2 & 1
Jessica Baker	def.	Charlotte Back	3 & 2
Alessandra Fanali	def.	Isabella Fierro	2 & 1
Hannah Darling	def.	Celina Sattelkau	3 & 1

Round of 32, 2022 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Maylis Lamoure	def.	Chiara Horder	5 & 4
Kelsey Bennett	def.	Annabell Fuller	3 & 2
Ingrid Lindblad	def.	Helen Briem	won on 19th hole
Louise Rydqvist	def.	Emilie Øverås	won on 19th hole
Gala Dumez	def.	Anna Zanusso	2 & 1
Rebecca Earl	def.	Letizia Bagnoli	won on 19th hole
Carla Bernat	def.	Carla De Troia	6 & 5
Ffion Tynan	def.	Grace Crawford	3 & 2
Emilie Alba Paltrinieri	def.	Vairana Heck	1 up
Amelia Jane Williamson	def.	Carolina Melgrati	3 & 2
Charlotte Back	def.	Cecilie Finne-Ipsen	3 & 1
Jessica Baker	def.	Beth Coulter	2 & 1
Alessandra Fanali	def.	Elsa Svensson	3 & 2
Isabella Fierro	def.	Tara Bettle	4 & 2
Hannah Darling	def.	Viktoria Maria Hund	4 & 3
Celina Sattelkau	def.	Chantal Dueringer	2 & 1

Round of 64, 2022 Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Chiara Horder	def.	Ami Yamashita	2 up
Maylis Lamoure	def.	Euphemie Rhodes	3 & 2
Kelsey Bennett	def.	Savannah Grewal	2 & 1
Annabell Fuller	def.	Katri Bakker	2 & 1
Ingrid Lindblad	def.	Perla Sól Sigurbrandsdóttir	3 & 1
Helen Briem	def.	Justine Fournand	6 & 4
Emilie Øverås	def.	Esme Hamilton	2 & 1
Louise Rydqvist	def.	Hannah Leonie Karg	1 up
Anna Zanusso	def.	Chloe Goadby	5 & 4
Gala Dumez	def.	Carolina Lopez-Chacarra	won on 20th hole
Rebecca Earl	def.	Harriet Lynch	2 up
Letizia Bagnoli	def.	Jessica Hall	1 up
Carla Bernat	def.	Candice Mahe	6 & 5
Carla De Troia	def.	Mathilde Delavallade	2 & 1
Grace Crawford	def.	Kajsa Arwefjall	2 & 1
Ffion Tynan	def.	Abbie Teasdale	4 & 2
Emilie Alba Paltrinieri	def.	Elice Fredriksson	3 & 2
Vairana Heck	def.	Moa Svedenskiöld	5 & 3
Carolina Melgrati	def.	Chloe Salort	1 up
Amelia Jane Williamson	def.	Rosie Belsham	2 & 1
Charlotte Back	def.	Meja Ortengren	2 up
Cecilie Finne-Ipsen	def.	Marine Griffaut	5 & 4
Jessica Baker	def.	Lucia Lopez Ortega	4 & 3
Beth Coulter	def.	Natalie Armbruester	2 & 1
Alessandra Fanali	def.	Marta López Echevarría	won on 19th hole
Elsa Svensson	def.	Lucy Jamieson	2 & 1
Tara Bettle	def.	Roisin Scanlon	3 & 1
Isabella Fierro	def.	Julia Lopez Ramirez	1 up
Hannah Darling	def.	Isabelle Simpson	2 & 1
Viktoria Maria Hund	def.	Marina Escobar Domingo	1 up
Chantal Dueringer	def.	Caroline Sturdza	1 up
Celina Sattelkau	def.	Ragnhildur Kristinsdóttir	3 & 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.