Joyce Wethered

JOYCE WETHERED LADY HEATHCOAT-AMORY d1997. Golfer regarded as the leading British woman player of the inter-war period. She learned the game as a child (as did her brother Roger) who lost a playoff for the 1921 Open Championship. She won the British Ladies Amateur four times (1922 / 1924 / 1925 and 1929) and the English Ladies' Amateur Championship for five consecutive years (1920–24). She married Sir John Heathcoat-Amory in 1937 and became Lady Heathcoat-Amory. Her play and swing were greatly admired by Bobby Jones, the American champion of the same era. Jones, who played several exhibition rounds with her, had a very high regard for her game. She essentially retired from competitive play by 1930. She played most of her golf at (and was a member of) Worplesdon Golf Club in Surrey. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1975. She died in Devon aged 96 on November 18th 1997