1978 AIG Women's Open: Janet Melville wins at Foxhills Golf Club (Chertsey course, now the Bernard Hunt course)
Janet Melville (an amateur) won the 1978 AIG Women's Open at Foxhills Golf Club (Chertsey course, now the Bernard Hunt course), Ottershaw, Surrey, England with 310, by 2 strokes over Wilma Aitken.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the AIG Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- 26 July 1978 to 28 July 1978
- Course
- Foxhills Golf Club (Chertsey course, now the Bernard Hunt course), Ottershaw, Surrey, England
- Edition
- 3rd edition
- Counted as a major
- no (the event became a major later, or was one only in other years)
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Champion
- Janet Melville · age 20 · England · amateur · born Lancashire, England
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event
- Winning score
- 310 · won by 2 strokes
- Runner-up
- Wilma Aitken (312)
- Low amateur
- Janet Melville (310)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janet Melville | 310 |
| 2 | Wilma Aitken | 312 |
What happened at the 1978 AIG Women's Open
Twenty-year-old amateur Janet Melville, a shot behind Wilma Aitken at the start of the final day, was the only player to break 80 in all four rounds in tough, high-scoring conditions.
Only four professionals competed, and Vivien Saunders was the leading professional in a tie for third.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's AIG Women's Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).