# Scottish Women's Amateur Championship

The Scottish Women’s Amateur Championship is the women's national amateur match play golf championship of Scotland. It was first played in 1903 and is currently organised by Scottish Golf.
The Scottish Women's Amateur Championship is contested through two phases. It begins with a 36 hole stroke play competition, with the leading competitors progressing to the knock-out match play competition.

## History

The first championship was held in 1903. It was organised by the St Rule Club and played on the Old Course at St Andrews. With 46 ladies entering, there were six rounds of match-play, held over four days from 16 to 19 June, the semi-finals and final being played on separate days. It was won by Alexa Glover who beat Molly Graham by one hole. In late 1903 it was decided to hold the 1904 championship at Prestwick, St Nicholas. It was held over three days in May with the semi-final and final played on the same day and was won by Molly Graham. Following the 1904 event, the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association was formed to run the event. The 1905 was the first organised by the association and was held at North Berwick Golf Club in June. It was won by Dorothy Campbell who beat defending championship Graham in the final, at the 19th hole.
The championship was not held from 1915 to 1919 but resumed at Cruden Bay in 1920. Charlotte Watson beat Lena Scroggie 5&3 in the final. A Scottish Ladies Victory Tournament had been held in October 1919 on the Old Course at St Andrews. Ida Kyle won the event, beating Scroggie 3&2 in the final.
The championship was not held from 1940 to 1946. In 1951 the final was extended to 36 holes, the championship being won by Jessie Valentine who beat Moira Paterson in the final. The following year, Jean Donald beat Marjorie Peel in the final by a record score, 13&11.
The format was revised in 1971 at Royal Dornoch. A 36-hole qualifying stage was introduced with the leading 64 players playing in the match-play stage. The final was reduced to 18 holes. Belle Robertson led the qualifying by 7 strokes and she went on to win the title, beating Marjory Ferguson 3&2 in the final. In 1972 at Machrihanish, Robertson led the qualifying stage by 14 strokes and regained the title with a 5&3 win over Connie Lugton in the final. The format was revised in 1973 on the Old Course at St Andrews, with the number of qualifiers reduced to 32. A new trophy, the Clark Rosebowl was introduced for the next 32 qualifiers. Robertson did not defend her title and the championship was won by Janette Wright who beat Aileen Wilson by two holes in the final.
In 2015 the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association merged with the Scottish Golf Union to form Scottish Golf, which now runs the championship. From 2019 the number of qualifiers was reduced to 16, the event being reduced to three days.

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
| 2024 | Lorna McClymont | 5 & 3 | Freya Russell | Nairn Dunbar |
| 2023 | Carmen Griffiths | 6 & 5 | Rachael Livingstone | Ladybank |
| 2022 | Cameron Neilson | 19 holes | Lorna McClymont | Trump International |
| 2021 | Chloe Goadby | 4 & 3 | Tara Mactaggart | Gullane |
| 2020 | Not held | Not held | Not held | |
| 2019 | Kimberley Beveridge | 1 up | Chloe Goadby | Kilmarnock (Barassie) |
| 2018 | Gemma Batty | 1 up | Gabrielle Macdonald | Elie |
| 2017 | Connie Jaffrey | 2 up | Clara Young | Royal Aberdeen |
| 2016 | Ailsa Summers | 2 & 1 | Gabrielle Macdonald | West Kilbride |
| 2015 | Clara Young | 1 up | Rachel Walker | Monifieth |
| 2014 | Gabrielle Macdonald | 19 holes | Connie Jaffrey | Prestwick |
| 2013 | Alyson McKechin | 3 & 2 | Clara Young | Longniddry |
| 2012 | Laura Murray | 2 up | Jane Turner | Tain |
| 2011 | Louise Kenney | 5 & 4 | Eilidh Briggs | Machrihanish |
| 2010 | Kelsey MacDonald | 5 & 3 | Louise Kenney | Craigielaw |
| 2009 | Megan Briggs | 4 & 3 | Louise Kenney | Southerness |
| 2008 | Michele Thomson | 2 & 1 | Jo Carthew | Moray |
| 2007 | Jenna Wilson | 2 & 1 | Emily Ogilvy | Kilmarnock (Barassie) |
| 2006 | Martine Pow | 2 & 1 | Anne Laing | Dunbar |
| 2005 | Fiona Lockhart | 3 & 2 | Anne Laing | Cruden Bay |
| 2004 | Anne Laing (3) | 2 up | Clare Queen | Prestwick Golf Links |
| 2003 | Anne Laing (2) | 4 & 3 | Claire Hargan | Old Course, St Andrews |
| 2002 | Heather Stirling | 3 & 1 | Anne Laing | Stranraer |
| 2001 | Linzi Morton | 6 & 4 | Lesley Mackay | Carnoustie |
| 2000 | Lynn Kenny | 1 up | Heather Stirling | Machrihanish |
| 1999 | Jayne Smith | 2 & 1 | Anne Laing | Nairn Dunbar |
| 1998 | Elaine Moffat | 4 & 3 | Caroline Agnew | North Berwick |
| 1997 | Alison Rose | 3 & 2 | Hilary Monaghan | West Kilbride |
| 1996 | Anne Laing | 1 up | Alison Rose | Royal Dornoch |
| 1995 | Hilary Monaghan | 21 holes | Sharon McMaster | Portpatrick (Dunskey) |
| 1994 | Catriona Matthew (3) | 1 up | Valerie Melvin | Gullane |
| 1993 | Catriona Lambert (2) | 5 & 4 | Mhairi McKay | Prestwick St Nicholas |
| 1992 | Janice Moodie | 2 & 1 | Elaine Farquharson | Royal Aberdeen |
| 1991 | Catriona Lambert | 3 & 2 | Fiona Anderson | Carnoustie |
| 1990 | Elaine Farquharson | 3 & 2 | Shirley Huggan | Machrihanish |
| 1989 | Shirley Huggan (2) | 5 & 4 | Lindsey Anderson | Moray |
| 1988 | Shirley Lawson | 3 & 1 | Fiona Anderson | Southerness |
| 1987 | Fiona Anderson | 4 & 3 | Christine Middleton | Nairn |
| 1986 | Belle Robertson (7) | 3 & 2 | Lesley Hope | Old Course, St Andrews |
| 1985 | Alison Gemmill (2) | 2 & 1 | Donna Thomson | Kilmarnock (Barassie) |
| 1984 | Gillian Stewart (3) | 3 & 2 | Alison Gemmill | Royal Dornoch |
| 1983 | Gillian Stewart (2) | 3 & 1 | Fiona Anderson | North Berwick |
| 1982 | Jane Connachan | 19 holes | Pamela Wright | Royal Troon |
| 1981 | Alison Gemmill | 2 & 1 | Wilma Aitken | Stranraer |
| 1980 | Belle Robertson (6) | 1 up | Fiona Anderson | Carnoustie |
| 1979 | Gillian Stewart | 2 & 1 | Lesley Hope | Gullane |
| 1978 | Belle Robertson (5) | 2 up | Joan Smith | Prestwick Golf Links |
| 1977 | Connie Lugton | 1 up | Muriel Thomson | Royal Dornoch |
| 1976 | Sandra Needham | 3 & 2 | Ina Walker | Machrihanish |
| 1975 | Lesley Hope | 1 up | Joan Smith | Elie |
| 1974 | Aileen Wilson | 22 holes | Kathleen Lackie | Nairn |
| 1973 | Janette Wright (4) | 2 up | Aileen Wilson | Old Course, St Andrews |
| 1972 | Belle Robertson (4) | 5 & 3 | Connie Lugton | Machrihanish |
| 1971 | Belle Robertson (3) | 3 & 2 | Marjory Ferguson | Royal Dornoch |
| 1970 | Annette Laing | 1 up | Belle Robertson | Dunbar |
| 1969 | Heather Anderson | 5 & 4 | Kathleen Lackie | West Kilbride |
| 1968 | Joan Smith | 10 & 9 | Joan Rennie | Carnoustie |
| 1967 | Joan Hastings | 5 & 3 | Annette Laing | North Berwick |
| 1966 | Belle Robertson (2) | 2 & 1 | Marjory Fowler | Machrihanish |
| 1965 | Belle Robertson | 5 & 4 | Joan Lawrence | Nairn |
| 1964 | Joan Lawrence (3) | 5 & 4 | Ansley Reid | Gullane |
| 1963 | Joan Lawrence (2) | 2 & 1 | Belle Robertson | Troon |
| 1962 | Joan Lawrence | 5 & 4 | Marjorie Draper | Royal Dornoch |
| 1961 | Janette Wright (3) | 1 up | Ansley Lurie | Old Course, St Andrews |
| 1960 | Janette Robertson (2) | 2 & 1 | Dorothea Sommerville | Turnberry |
| 1959 | Janette Robertson | 6 & 5 | Belle McCorkindale | Nairn |
| 1958 | Dorothea Sommerville | 1 up | Janette Robertson | Elie |
| 1957 | Marigold Speir | 7 & 5 | Helen Holm | Troon |
| 1956 | Jessie Valentine (6) | 8 & 7 | Helen Holm | Royal Dornoch |
| 1955 | Jessie Valentine (5) | 7 & 6 | Millicent Couper | North Berwick |
| 1954 | Marjorie Peel | 7 & 6 | Jessie Valentine | Turnberry |
| 1953 | Jessie Valentine (4) | 8 & 7 | Jean Donald | Carnoustie |
| 1952 | Jean Donald (3) | 13 & 11 | Marjorie Peel | Gullane |
| 1951 | Jessie Valentine (3) | 3 & 2 | Moira Paterson | Nairn |
| 1950 | Helen Holm (5) | 6 & 5 | Charlotte Beddows | Old Course, St Andrews |
| 1949 | Jean Donald (2) | 6 & 5 | Helen Holm | Troon |
| 1948 | Helen Holm (4) | 5 & 4 | Vyvian Falconer | Gleneagles |
| 1947 | Jean Donald | 5 & 3 | Jean Kerr | Elie |
| 1940–1946: Not played due to World War II ||||||
| 1939 | Jessie Anderson (2) | 19 holes | Catherine Park | Turnberry |
| 1938 | Jessie Anderson | 2 up | Helen Holm | Nairn |
| 1937 | Helen Holm (3) | 3 & 2 | Elizabeth Bowhill | Gleneagles |
| 1936 | Doris Park | 19 holes | Clem Montgomery | Turnberry |
| 1935 | Minnie Robertson-Durham | 20 holes | Nan Baird | Lossiemouth |
| 1934 | Nan Baird | 1 up | Jessie Anderson | North Berwick |
| 1933 | Millicent Couper | 22 holes | Helen Holm | Turnberry |
| 1932 | Helen Holm (2) | 23 holes | Freda Coats | Cruden Bay |
| 1931 | Jean McCulloch (3) | 19 holes | Doris Park | Gullane |
| 1930 | Helen Holm | 1 up | Doris Park | Turnberry |
| 1929 | Charlotte Watson (4) | 3 & 1 | Doris Park | Nairn |
| 1928 | Jean McCulloch (2) | 2 & 1 | Peggie Ramsay | Old Course, St Andrews |
| 1927 | Betty Inglis | 1 up | Hilda Cameron | Machrihanish |
| 1926 | Mary Wood | 2 & 1 | Mrs J Cochrane | Cruden Bay |
| 1925 | Gertrude Percy | 1 up | Elsie Grant Suttie | Gullane |
| 1924 | Clem Montgomery | 5 & 4 | Hilda Cameron | Turnberry |
| 1923 | May Nicolson | 2 & 1 | Charlotte Watson | Lossiemouth |
| 1922 | Charlotte Watson (3) | 2 & 1 | Audrey Kyle | Old Course, St Andrews |
| 1921 | Charlotte Watson (2) | 1 up | Maude Martin | Machrihanish |
| 1920 | Charlotte Watson | 5 & 3 | Lena Scroggie | Cruden Bay |
| 1915–1919: Not played due to World War I ||||||
| 1914 | Eva Anderson | 20 holes | Frances Teacher | Muirfield |
| 1913 | Jean McCulloch | 4 & 3 | Ruth Mackintosh | Machrihanish |
| 1912 | Dorothy Jenkins | 4 & 2 | Madge Neill-Fraser | Lossiemouth |
| 1911 | Elsie Grant Suttie | 1 up | Ida Kyle | Old Course, St Andrews |
| 1910 | Elsie Kyle (2) | 4 & 3 | Alexa Glover | Nairn |
| 1909 | Elsie Kyle | 3 & 1 | Dorothy Campbell | Machrihanish |
| 1908 | Dorothy Campbell (3) | 7 & 6 | Miss M Cairns | Gullane |
| 1907 | Frances Teacher | 21 holes | Dorothy Campbell | Troon |
| 1906 | Dorothy Campbell (2) | 3 & 1 | Alexa Glover | Cruden Bay |
| 1905 | Dorothy Campbell | 19 holes | Molly Graham | North Berwick |
| 1904 | Molly Graham | 6 & 5 | Miss M Bishop | Prestwick, St Nicholas |
| 1903 | Alexa Glover | 1 up | Molly Graham | Old Course, St Andrews |
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