Noted Woman Golfer Arrives in Dominion

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 37, 13 February 1937, Page 19 (Supplement)

Noted Woman Golfer Arrives in Dominion

LADY HE ATHC OAT-AMOR Y, FORMERLY MISS JOYCE WETHERED Lady Heathcoat-Amory, formerly Miss Joyce Wethered, noted British woman golfer, arrived in Auckland yesterday by the Rangitiki. The announcement of the engagement of Miss Wethered to Captain Sir John HeathcoatAmory was made in September of last year and the marriage took place at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, a few weeks ago. Lady HeathcoatAmory is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Newton Wethered, of Brook Corner, Brook, Surrey, Englauu. Starting golf as a member of the West Surrey Club she rapidly became a brilliant player, beating easily some of the best local players, and she'gained the ladies’ open championship in 1922 when she beat Miss Cocil Leltch at Sandwich. A year later she suffered defeat, this occasion constituting her first overthrow on level terms for 18 months. After winning tho ladies’ championship again in the open contests of 1924 and 1925 she announced her intention of retiring from championship competitions. This announcement caused regret to all concerned in keeping up Britain golf reputation but, after keeping to her decision for four years, she entered for the open championship again in 1921), when Miss Collett, "the American menace 77 to British women, arrived in England. The match was played at St. Andrews and Miss Wethered won the match on tho 17th green after a thrilling contest. Later she announced that this w s definitely her last championship game, a decision to which she has kept. Apart from her golfing interests Lady Heathcoat-Amory is a keen angler and a great lover of birds and animals. Attractive and possessing a charming manner she was always a popular playet on the links and while she has now retired from championship play and become Lady Heathcoat-Amory it is as Joyce Wethered, once described as tho best woman golfer in tho world, that her name will go down in the annals of golfing history.