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Joyce Wethered, Lady Heathcoat-Amory was a golfer widely regarded as the greatest British woman player of all time. 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 and the English Ladies' champion for five consecutive years. She married Sir John Heathcoat-Amory in 1924, and became...  MORE

Joyce Wethered, Lady Heathcoat-Amory was a golfer widely regarded as the greatest British woman player of all time. 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 and the English Ladies' champion for five consecutive years. She married Sir John Heathcoat-Amory in 1924, 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 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. LESS