Worplesdon Mixed Foursomes

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]

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

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

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

YearWinnersMargin
of victory		Runners-upRef
1921 Eleanor Helme & Tony Torrance3 & 2 Joyce Wethered & Roger Wethered[4]
1922 Joyce Wethered & Roger Wethered2 & 1 Jessie Patey & Noel Layton[6]
1923 Joyce Wethered & Cyril Tolley6 & 5 Muriel Macbeth & Bernard Darwin[7]
1924 Dorothy Fowler & Noel Layton8 & 7 Joy Winn & F. Mead[8]
1925 Cecil Leitch & Edward Esmond2 & 1 Joan Gow & George Hannay[9]
1926 Simone de la Chaume & Roger Wethered2 up Molly Gourlay & Charles Hezlet[10]
1927 Joyce Wethered & Cyril Tolley3 & 2 Simone de la Chaume & Roger Wethered[11]
1928 Joyce Wethered & John Morrison1 up Nancye Gold & Noel Layton[12]
1929 Molly Gourlay & Charles Hezlet39 holes Joy Winn & Victor Longstaffe[13]
1930 Molly Gourlay & Charles Hezlet5 & 4 Diana Esmond & Roger Wethered[14]
1931 Joyce Wethered & Michael Scott4 & 3 Doris Park & Stuart Forsyth[15]
1932 Joyce Wethered & Raymond Oppenheimer8 & 7Audrey Regnart & J. R. Johnston[16]
1933 Joyce Wethered & Bernard Darwin8 & 7 Marjorie Ross Garon & Andrew McNair[17]
1934 Molly Gourlay & Tony Torrance6 & 5 Kathleen Garnham & Noel Layton[18]
1935 Gwen Cradock-Hartopp & John Cradock-Hartopp2 & 1 Jean Hamilton & Stuart Forsyth[19]
1936 Joyce Wethered & Thomas Coke3 & 2 Dorrit Wilkins & C. J. Anderson[3]
1937 Molly Heppel & Leonard Crawley5 & 4 Kathleen Garnham & Guy Thompson[20]
1938 Marjorie Ross Garon & Eustace Storey6 & 5 Wanda Morgan & Kenneth Morrice[21]
1939–1945 Suspended during World War II
1946 Jacqueline Gordon & Tony Duncan4 & 3 Joan Pemberton & Henry Longhurst[22]
1947 Jacqueline Gordon & Tony Duncan8 & 7 Dorothy Beck & John Beck[23]
1948 Wanda Morgan & Eustace Storey5 & 4 Joyce Heathcoat-Amory & John Heathcoat-Amory[5]
1949 Frances Stephens & Leonard Crawley4 & 3 Diana Critchley & Cyril Tolley[24]
1950 Frances Stephens & Leonard Crawley6 & 5 Elizabeth Johnston & Peter Macdonald[25]
1951 Cathie Barclay & George Evans2 up Marjorie Peel & George Mackie[26]
1952 Marjorie Peel & George Mackie3 & 2 Frances Stephens & Tony Slark[27]
1953 Jacqueline Gordon & Graham Knipe1 up Marley Spearman & John Atkins[28]
1954 Frances Stephens & Tony Slark2 up Jean McIntyre & Philip Scrutton[29]
1955 Philomena Garvey & Philip Scrutton2 & 1 Audrey van Oss & George Duncan[30]
1956 Luisa Abrahams & William Henderson3 & 1 Odile Semelaigne & Gerald Micklem[31]
1957 Betty Singleton & Dickson Smith5 & 4 Jacqueline Gordon & Harold Ridgley[32]
1958 Angela Bonallack & Michael Bonallack4 & 3 Betty Singleton & Dickson Smith[33]
1959 Janette Robertson & Innes Wright4 & 3 Isa Goldschmid & J. Tudor Davies[34]
1960 Bridget Jackson & Michael Burgess2 & 1 Veronica Beharrell & John Beharrell[35]
1961 Frances Smith & Bruce Critchley3 & 2 Jill Woodside & John Thornhill[36]
1962 Vicomtesse de St Sauveur & David Frame5 & 3 Wylda Clark & Keith Warren[37]
1963 Jessie Valentine & John Behrend4 & 3 Isa Goldschmid & Michael Burgess[38]
1964 Jessie Valentine & John Behrend3 & 2 Marley Spearman & Alan Thirlwell[39]
1965 Jessie Valentine & John Behrend1 up Jean Anderson & Clive Clark[40]
1966 Cathie Barclay & David Miller19 holes Elizabeth Mountain & Peter Benka[41]
1967 Catherine Lacoste & José Gancedo1 up Cathie Barclay & David Miller[42]
1968 Dinah Oxley & Joan Dudok van Heel2 & 1 Jessie Valentine & Richard Brown[43]
1969 Ruth Ferguson & Alistair Wilson4 & 3 Pamela Tredinnick & Bruce Critchley[44]
1970Susan Roberts & Reg Glading2 & 1Mary Roberts & George Cole[45]
1971 Diane Frearson & Alan Smith3 & 2 Joyce de Witt Puyt & Jeremy Ward[46]

References
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  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.
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