Worplesdon Mixed Foursomes

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Worplesdon Mixed Foursomes
Tournament information
LocationBrookwood, Surrey, England
Established1921
Course(s)Worplesdon Golf Club
FormatMixed foursomes match play
Month playedOctober

The Worplesdon Open Scratch Mixed Foursomes is an open mixed foursomes golf tournament contested annually at the Worplesdon Golf Club in Surrey since 1921. From its inception until the 1960s the event attracted many of the leading amateur golfers.[1] The event was open to professionals and attracted some British women golfers who had lost their amateur status by taking up paid positions with golf equipment makers.[2]

Joyce Wethered, a member at Worplesdon, won the event eight times with seven different partners.[3] She also lost two finals, in 1921 when partnered by her brother Roger and in 1948 when partnered by her husband John Heathcoat-Amory.[4][5]

The event is still played. It currently consists of a 36-hole stableford stage on a Saturday, after which the leading four pairs play semi-finals and a final on the following day.[2]

Winners[edit]

The first final in 1921 was played over 18 holes but from 1922 to 1948 it was played over 36 holes, before reverting to 18 holes from 1949.

This list is incomplete

Year Winners Margin
of victory		 Runners-up Ref
1921 England Eleanor Helme & Scotland Tony Torrance 3 & 2 England Joyce Wethered & England Roger Wethered [4]
1922 England Joyce Wethered & England Roger Wethered 2 & 1 Scotland Jessie Patey & England Noel Layton [6]
1923 England Joyce Wethered & England Cyril Tolley 6 & 5 England Muriel Macbeth & England Bernard Darwin [7]
1924 England Dorothy Fowler & England Noel Layton 8 & 7 England Joy Winn & F. Mead [8]
1925 England Cecil Leitch & Edward Esmond 2 & 1 Scotland Joan Gow & George Hannay [9]
1926 France Simone de la Chaume & England Roger Wethered 2 up England Molly Gourlay & Northern Ireland Charles Hezlet [10]
1927 England Joyce Wethered & England Cyril Tolley 3 & 2 France Simone de la Chaume & England Roger Wethered [11]
1928 England Joyce Wethered & England John Morrison 1 up England Nancye Gold & England Noel Layton [12]
1929 England Molly Gourlay & Northern Ireland Charles Hezlet 39 holes England Joy Winn & Victor Longstaffe [13]
1930 England Molly Gourlay & Northern Ireland Charles Hezlet 5 & 4 France Diana Esmond & England Roger Wethered [14]
1931 England Joyce Wethered & England Michael Scott 4 & 3 Scotland Doris Park & Scotland Stuart Forsyth [15]
1932 England Joyce Wethered & England Raymond Oppenheimer 8 & 7 Audrey Regnart & J. R. Johnston [16]
1933 England Joyce Wethered & England Bernard Darwin 8 & 7 England Marjorie Ross Garon & Scotland Andrew McNair [17]
1934 England Molly Gourlay & Scotland Tony Torrance 6 & 5 England Kathleen Garnham & England Noel Layton [18]
1935 England Gwen Cradock-Hartopp & England John Cradock-Hartopp 2 & 1 England Jean Hamilton & Scotland Stuart Forsyth [19]
1936 England Joyce Wethered & England Thomas Coke 3 & 2 England Dorrit Wilkins & C. J. Anderson [3]
1937 England Molly Heppel & England Leonard Crawley 5 & 4 England Kathleen Garnham & England Guy Thompson [20]
1938 England Marjorie Ross Garon & England Eustace Storey 6 & 5 England Wanda Morgan & Kenneth Morrice [21]
1939–1945 Suspended during World War II
1946 England Jacqueline Gordon & Wales Tony Duncan 4 & 3 England Joan Pemberton & England Henry Longhurst [22]
1947 England Jacqueline Gordon & Wales Tony Duncan 8 & 7 Republic of Ireland Dorothy Beck & England John Beck [23]
1948 England Wanda Morgan & England Eustace Storey 5 & 4 England Joyce Heathcoat-Amory & England John Heathcoat-Amory [5]
1949 England Frances Stephens & England Leonard Crawley 4 & 3 England Diana Critchley & England Cyril Tolley [24]
1950 England Frances Stephens & England Leonard Crawley 6 & 5 England Elizabeth Johnston & England Peter Macdonald [25]
1951 Scotland Cathie Barclay & England George Evans 2 up Scotland Marjorie Peel & Scotland George Mackie [26]
1952 Scotland Marjorie Peel & Scotland George Mackie 3 & 2 England Frances Stephens & England Tony Slark [27]
1953 England Jacqueline Gordon & Wales Graham Knipe 1 up England Marley Spearman & Wales John Atkins [28]
1954 England Frances Stephens & England Tony Slark 2 up England Jean McIntyre & England Philip Scrutton [29]
1955 Republic of Ireland Philomena Garvey & England Philip Scrutton 2 & 1 England Audrey van Oss & Wales George Duncan [30]
1956 Czechoslovakia Luisa Abrahams & United States William Henderson 3 & 1 France Odile Semelaigne & England Gerald Micklem [31]
1957 Scotland Betty Singleton & Scotland Dickson Smith 5 & 4 England Jacqueline Gordon & United States Harold Ridgley [32]
1958 England Angela Bonallack & England Michael Bonallack 4 & 3 Scotland Betty Singleton & Scotland Dickson Smith [33]
1959 Scotland Janette Robertson & Scotland Innes Wright 4 & 3 Italy Isa Goldschmid & Wales J. Tudor Davies [34]
1960 England Bridget Jackson & England Michael Burgess 2 & 1 England Veronica Beharrell & England John Beharrell [35]
1961 England Frances Smith & England Bruce Critchley 3 & 2 England Jill Woodside & John Thornhill [36]
1962 France Vicomtesse de St Sauveur & England David Frame 5 & 3 Scotland Wylda Clark & England Keith Warren [37]
1963 Scotland Jessie Valentine & John Behrend 4 & 3 Italy Isa Goldschmid & England Michael Burgess [38]
1964 Scotland Jessie Valentine & John Behrend 3 & 2 England Marley Spearman & England Alan Thirlwell [39]
1965 Scotland Jessie Valentine & John Behrend 1 up Scotland Jean Anderson & England Clive Clark [40]
1966 Scotland Cathie Barclay & England David Miller 19 holes England Elizabeth Mountain & England Peter Benka [41]
1967 France Catherine Lacoste & Spain José Gancedo 1 up Scotland Cathie Barclay & England David Miller [42]
1968 England Dinah Oxley & Netherlands Joan Dudok van Heel 2 & 1 Scotland Jessie Valentine & Richard Brown [43]
1969 England Ruth Ferguson & Scotland Alistair Wilson 4 & 3 England Pam Tredinnick & England Bruce Critchley [44]
1970 Susan Roberts & England Reg Glading 2 & 1 Mary Roberts & George Cole [45]
1971 England Diane Frearson & Alan Smith 3 & 2 Netherlands Joyce de Witt Puyt & Jeremy Ward [46]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b "Worplesdon Open Scratch Mixed Foursomes". Worplesdon Golf Club. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Golf final of many errors". The Glasgow Herald. 17 October 1936. p. 3.
  4. ^ a b "The mixed foursomes tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 27 October 1921. p. 3.
  5. ^ a b "Worplesdon golf winners". The Glasgow Herald. 15 October 1948. p. 2.
  6. ^ "Worplesdon tournament final". The Glasgow Herald. 27 October 1922. p. 14.
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  12. ^ "Mixed foursomes at Worplesdon". The Glasgow Herald. 19 October 1928. p. 15.
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  15. ^ "Mixed foursomes". The Glasgow Herald. 16 October 1931. p. 18.
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  22. ^ "Worplesdon final". The Glasgow Herald. 19 October 1946. p. 2.
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  24. ^ "Miss Stephens win fourth big event". The Glasgow Herald. 14 October 1949. p. 9.
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  26. ^ "Gullane pair lose Worplesdon final". The Glasgow Herald. 12 October 1951. p. 7.
  27. ^ "First Scots win at Worplesdon". The Glasgow Herald. 10 October 1952. p. 9.
  28. ^ "Third time for Miss Gordon". The Glasgow Herald. 16 October 1953. p. 4.
  29. ^ "Win for Miss Stephens and Slark". The Glasgow Herald. 15 October 1954. p. 4.
  30. ^ "Anglo-Irish pair's success". The Glasgow Herald. 14 October 1955. p. 4.
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  32. ^ "Scots win Worplesdon mixed foursomes". The Glasgow Herald. 18 October 1957. p. 4.
  33. ^ "Foursomes for Bonallacks". The Glasgow Herald. 17 October 1958. p. 4.
  34. ^ "Scottish pair win at first attempt". The Glasgow Herald. 16 October 1959. p. 14.
  35. ^ "Worplesdon winners". The Glasgow Herald. 14 October 1960. p. 15.
  36. ^ "Mrs Smith's fourth success". The Glasgow Herald. 13 October 1961. p. 6.
  37. ^ "Anglo-French success at Worplesdon". The Glasgow Herald. 12 October 1962. p. 6.
  38. ^ "Mrs Valentine in winning pair". The Glasgow Herald. 11 October 1963. p. 6.
  39. ^ "Double for Mrs Valentine and Behrend". The Glasgow Herald. 16 October 1964. p. 6.
  40. ^ "Worplesdon record win". The Glasgow Herald. 15 October 1965. p. 6.
  41. ^ "Miller and Mrs Barclay win at Worplesdon". The Glasgow Herald. 14 October 1966. p. 6.
  42. ^ "Scots defeated in Worplesdon final". The Glasgow Herald. 13 October 1967. p. 6.
  43. ^ "Anglo-Dutch pair win foursomes". The Glasgow Herald. 12 October 1968. p. 4.
  44. ^ "Splendid putting display by Mrs Ferguson". The Glasgow Herald. 17 October 1969. p. 6.
  45. ^ "Addington pair win at last". The Glasgow Herald. 16 October 1970. p. 6.
  46. ^ "Worplesdon mixed foursomes". The Glasgow Herald. 4 October 1971. p. 5.
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