- Enid Wilson
Enid Wilson (
12 March 1910 –1996) was an English amateurgolf champion. She was a semi-finalist at her firstBritish Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1927 and won the Championship three years in a row between 1931 and 1933.Competing in the 1931
United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship Enid Wilson was eliminated in the semi-finals by ultimate championHelen Hicks . She got some measure of satisfaction the next year when she beat Ms Hicks 2 & 1 in their match during the first everCurtis Cup held at theWentworth Golf Club , inSurrey ,England . She returned to the U.S. for the 1932 Championship but went out in the quarter-final. In the 1933 U.S. championship she lost in the semi-finals to the ultimate tournament championVirginia Van Wie but won the medal for lowest round with a record-setting score.In 1933 Ms Wilson partnered with
Walter Hagen to play a match at theBruntsfield Links inEdinburgh ,Scotland . She co-wrote "So That's What I Do! " withRobert Allen Lewis that was published in 1935. She also wrote the section on women's golf in the 1952 book "A History of Golf in Britain" (1990 ReprintAilsa Inc. ) edited by golf writerBernard Darwin and contributed to by several notables from the world of British men's golf. As well, she wrote ""A Gallery of Women Golfers" with theforeword by Bernard Darwin that was published in 1961 in London byCountry Life Ltd. .
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