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Joyce Wethered – From Piccadilly to Pebble Beach

17 May 2024 By Paul @ Golfing Herald

Featured Image ... Pictures of Joyce Wethered with Bobby Jones and with Sam Parks and from the match at Brook-Lea Country Club, all set against a background image of Pebble Beach.

Thousands of articles and column inches have been written and continue to be written about Joyce Wethered, almost exclusively concentrating on her championship years (1920-1929). This article, Joyce Wethered - From Piccadilly to Pebble Beach, complements the journalistic critical mass by primarily focusing on her post-championship years (1930-1935), particularly her … [Read more...] about Joyce Wethered – From Piccadilly to Pebble Beach

Ada Mackenzie – Part I, Havergal College Alumna

4 February 2021 By Paul @ Golfing Herald

A photograph of Ada Mackenzie (circa. 1920) set against the backdrop of Mississaugua Golf and Country Club

In one of his several quotes on the subject, the world-renowned French philosopher Henri Bergson stated that for Homo sapiens sapiens: 'It is the function of the brain to enable us to not remember but to forget' Set against that philosophical proposition, I believe it is incumbent upon us all, in particular golf historians (or in my case someone who just really enjoys the … [Read more...] about Ada Mackenzie – Part I, Havergal College Alumna

Cecil Leitch

13 May 2020 By Paul @ Golfing Herald

A photo collage of Cecil Leitch, from 1908, 1921 and 1914

This article in our series 'History & Legends of Golf' chronicles the life and career of Cecil Leitch who was one of the finest amateur golfers of her generation. If it had not been for her nemesis Joyce Wethered, against whom she had several epic encounters, most of which made the front page of national newspapers all around the world, then the history books would … [Read more...] about Cecil Leitch

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