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Mixed foursomes golf tournament

Golf tournament
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. 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.

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

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.

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

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

References

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