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Friday 11 June 1937AmateurYear in Review

Valentine wins the Women's Amateur

Turnberry, Turnberry, Scotland · Monday 7 to Friday 11 June 1937

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

17 h 04 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

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The name over time

  1. The Women's Amateur

1893–2026 in our record, 123 editions.

The ones it got away from

Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.

Same week

Women's amateur championship

The Women's Amateur

Turnberry, Turnberry

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Jessie Valentine

6 & 4 (36-hole final)Final

Runner-up: Doris Park

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1915-03-18, Perth; Scotland; age 22 at the win (year page)

Jessie Valentine’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

No clipping yet