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Nov 17, 1901 New Malden, England, United Kingdom Died on 18 Nov 1997 (aged 96)
British amateur golfer
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About Joyce Wethered
- Joyce Wethered, Lady Heathcoat-Amory (17 November 1901 – 18 November 1997) was a golfer regarded as the leading British woman player of the inter-war period. Joyce learned the game as a child, as did her brother Roger, who lost a playoff for the 1921 Open Championship.
- Joyce won the British Ladies Amateur four times (1922, 1924, 1925, and 1929) and the English Ladies' champion 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. An exhibition of memorabilia can be seen at Knightshayes Court in Devon, where she lived.
