Beverly Huke
The main tournament wins for Beverly Huke are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Europe
Volkswagen
Played as the Volkswagen Ulster Classic. Second-placed Peggy Conley (USA) finished 1 shot behind Huke (Eng). [Belvoir Park GC, Belfast, N. Ireland].
Europe
Forte
Played as the inaugural Trusthouse Forte Women's Classic (Aug 7-10). Second-placed Corinne Dibnah (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Huke (Eng). [Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain].
Europe
LBS
Played as the inaugural LBS Ladies German Open (Sept 5-7). Second-placed Kitrina Douglas (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Huke (Eng). [GC Schloss Braunfels, nr Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany].
Europe
White Horse
Played as the White Horse Whisky Challenge (Aug 8-10). Second-placed Muriel Thomson (Scot) finished 1 shot behind Huke (Eng). [Selsdon Park Htl & GC, S Croydon, London].
Awards
WPGA Tr
Huke (Eng) recorded the season's lowest stroke average on the Women's PGA Tour.
Europe
Carlsberg
Played as the Carlsberg European Women's Championship (May 23/24; third of ten Carlsberg-sponsored WPGA Tr events played over 36-holes at different British venues in 1980). Second-placed Susan Moon (USA) and Christine Sharp (Eng) finished 7 shots behind Huke (Eng). [Rosemount course, Blairgowrie GC, Blairgowrie, Perthshire].
Europe
Carlsberg
Played as the Carlsberg WPGA Tournament (June 14/15; eighth of 12 Carlsberg-sponsored WPGA Tr events played over 36-holes at different British venues in 1979). Second-placed Muriel Thomson (Scot), Michelle "Mickey" Walker (Eng) and Jane Panter (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Huke (Eng), who recorded her first win as a professional. [Ballater GC, Aberdeenshire, Scotland].
Women’s (British) Open: the last women’s major championship of the season is hosted by Royal Porthcawl GC. It’s the first time this fabulous seaside links course has hosted the event (July 31-Aug 3).
Walker Cup: the 50th playing of this prestigious men’s amateur event sees the GB&I go head-to-head against the defending USA team at Cypress Point Club, California (Sept 6-7). After that, all eyes turn to Bethpage State Park on Long Island, NY, where the American and defending European professional teams engage in the 45th Ryder Cup (Sept 27-29).
Lottie Woad: 21-year-old Woad burst onto the professional scene in July, with wins in the Women’s Irish Open (as an amateur) and three weeks later in the Women’s Scottish Open (as a professional). She nearly picked-up a major championship, placing third in The Evian in the same month.
Pádraig Harrington: the ever-likeable Irishman added the (British) Senior Open Championship title to his stellar array of tournament successes. His win came on Sunningdale’s spectacular Old Course. Harrington had already bagged the U.S. Senior Open title in June this year.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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