Brae Burn CC, MA
The main tournaments played at Brae Burn CC, MA are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on the winners, their scores and prize money.
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (128th) (Aug 7-13). [Brae Burn CC, West Newton, Massachusetts].
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (97th). Cavalleri (Italy) beat Robin Burke (USA) 5 and 4 in the final. [Brae Burn CC, West Newton, Mass.].
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (75th). Daniel (USA) beat Donna Horton (USA) 3 and 2 in the final. [Brae Burn CC, West Newton, Mass.].
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (16th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 11.5, GB&I 6.5. Non-playing captains: Carolyn Cudone (USA); Jeanne Bisgood (Eng/GB&I). [Brae Burn CC, West Newton, Massachusetts].
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Jane Bastanchury bt Dinah Oxley (Eng) 5&3; Martha Wilkinson bt Ann Irvin (Eng) 1 hope; Shelley Hamlin halved with Belle McCorkindale Robertson (Scot); Phyllis Preuss lost to Mary McKenna (Ire) 5&4; Nancy Hager bt Margaret Pickard (Eng) 5&4; Alice Dye bt Julia Greenhalgh (Eng) 1 hole.
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Bastanchury bt Irvin 4&3; Hamlin halved with Oxley; Preuss bt Robertson 1 hole; Wilkinson lost to Greenhalgh 6&4; Hager lost to Mary Everard (Eng) 4&3; Cindy Hill bt McKenna 2&1.
Jane Fassinger (USA) did not play in the singles. In addition to the non-playing captains the USA team comprised eight players, the GB&I team seven players.
NOTE: Alice Dye (née O'Neal), together with her husband Paul "Pete" Dye Jr, became an accomplished golf course designer and the first woman president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects.
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (10th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in three foursomes and six singles. Result: GB&I 4.5, USA 4.5. Non-playing captains: Daisy Ferguson (N.Ire/GB&I); Virginia Dennehy (USA). [Brae Burn CC, West Newton, Massachusetts].
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): JoAnne Gunderson bt Jessie Anderson Valentine (Scot) 2 holes; Barbara McIntire halved with Angela Ward Bonallack (Eng); Anne Quast bt Elizabeth Price (Eng) 4&2; Ann Casey Johnstone lost to Janette Robertson (Scot) 3&2; Barbara Romack bt Bridget Jackson (Eng) 3&2; Polly Riley lost to Frances Stephens Smith (Eng) 2 holes.
Meriam Bailey (USA), Anne Richardson (USA), Dorothea Sommerville (Eng) and Marley Spearman (Eng) did not play in any matches.
NOTE: With the match tied, GB&I retained the Cup as holders.
Amateur
USGA
The US Amateur Championship (32nd) (Sept 10-15). Defending champion Bobby Jones (USA) beat T. Phillip "Phil" Perkins (Eng) 10 and 9 in the 36-hole final. This was the fourth of Jones' five US Amateur Championship wins. [Brae Burn CC, West Newton, Mass.].
Majors
USGA
The US Open (23rd) (June 9-12). Hagen (USA) beat Mike Brady (USA) in an 18-hole playoff (Hagen 77, Brady 78). [Main course, Brae Burn CC, West Newton, Mass.].
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (12th). Curtis (USA) beat Mary Adams (USA) 2 and 1 in the final. [Brae Burn CC, West Newton, Mass.].
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.
The Dutch: "It's no' just a game", as they say in Scotland, and that's certainly true at The Dutch. With 5-star services throughout, a lavishly comfortable Loch Lomond-inspired clubhouse, and a superbly designed and presented golf course, one could not ask for more from this top-end private club.
Join us at The Dutch from August 21–24 for the Festival of Golf, featuring the HotelPlanner Tour. Experience four days of top-tier sport, live music, incredible food, and unexpected surprises. Explore the grounds, connect with others, embrace new challenges, and dive into an unforgettable celebration. Click here to buy tickets.
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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