British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship

The British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship is a golf tournament which was founded in 1893 by the Ladies' Golf Union of Great Britain. The first tournament, which went as all subsequent 18 holes, was held on June 13, 1893 at the Royal Lytham & St.Annes GC and won by Lady Margaret Scott. Until in 1976 and established female professional players, was this golf tournament as the most important for women in the United Kingdom and is in common with the United States Women 's Amateur Golf Championship is the most important in the amateur field.

Simone de la Chaume from France in 1924 was the first non- Briton, who won this tournament. The first winner of the U.S. was Babe Zaharias in 1946. Among the most famous winners and Charlotte Dod, who won the tournament in 1904 heard. Charlotte Dod is still the youngest winner of the Wimbledon tennis championships and is considered along with Babe Zaharias as the most versatile female athlete of all time.

Until today were won by eleven players, both the United States Womesn 's Amateur Golf Championship and the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship. These are:

• Anne Quast (1958, 1961, 1963 U.S. - 1980 British)
• Carol Semple Thompson (1973 U.S. - 1974 British)
• Catherine Lacoste (1969 U.S. - 1969 British)
• Barbara McIntire (1959, 1964 U.S. - 1960 British)
• Marlene Stewart Streit ( 1953 British - 1956 U.S. )
• Louise Suggs (1947 U.S. - 1948 British)
• Pamela Barton (1936 U.S. - 1936, 1939 British)
• Babe Zaharias (1946 U.S. - 1947 British)
• Gladys Ravenscroft (1912 British - 1913 U.S. )
• Dorothy Campbell (1909, 1910, 1924 U.S. - 1909, 1911 British)