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Saturday 12 June 2021AmateurYear in Review

Duncan wins the Women's Amateur

Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club, Barassie, Scotland · Monday 7 to Saturday 12 June 2021

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 08 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).

  1. R118°/10°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R217°/12°C · wind 24 km/h S, gusts 41 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R317°/14°C · wind 27 km/h S, gusts 48 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R418°/15°C · wind 28 km/h S, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R516°/12°C · wind 27 km/h WSW, gusts 49 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  6. R615°/11°C · wind 26 km/h W, gusts 45 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

  1. The Women's Amateur

1893–2026 in our record, 123 editions.

The ones it got away from

  • Jóhanna Lea Lúðvíksdóttir ISL · lost 9 and 8Twice led by a hole early, but trailed five at lunch after Duncan won the last four morning holes; Duncan holed a bunker shot for eagle at the 19th and closed it out on the 28th. Duncan wins Women's Amateur (The R&A)

Same week

Women's amateur championship

The Women's Amateur

Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club, Barassie

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Louise Duncan

9 & 8 (36-hole final)Final
9 and 8Margin

Runner-up: Jóhanna Lea Lúðvíksdóttir

To par not yet researched.

From the papers

The R&A

It's mental, I can't believe it, it's ridiculous. I've got no words, I am over the moon.

Louise Duncan, quoted in The R&A, 12 June 2021. The report

The R&A

I wasn't even born in 1997, I wasn't even a thought. So, I am unbelievably proud to be the first Scot to win the Women's Amateur Championship in that amount of time.

Louise Duncan, quoted in The R&A, 12 June 2021. The report

The R&A

I think my mindset was different, I didn't put as much pressure as I usually do on myself, I just had fun.

Jóhanna Lea Lúðvíksdóttir, quoted in The R&A, 12 June 2021. The report
The golfer

SCO; age 21 that week.

Louise Duncan’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet