ENGLAND CAPTAIN EMMA WINS YORKSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Fulford in her native Yorkshire in July, has this week become
Yorkshire women's county champion for a third time but the first two were as Emma Duggleby,
a three times Curtis Cup player, British women's open amateur champion, etc, who retired far too early from international golf as a player.
Emma Brown is now a proud mother of baby Jack.
The results of the county championship closing stages at Bradford Golf Club were:
SEMI-FINALS
Megan Lockett (Huddersfield) bt No 1 seed Ellie Robinson (Headingley) 3 and 2.
Emma Bown (Malton and Norton) bt Nicola Buxton (Woodsome Hall) 6 and 5.
FINAL
Brown bt Lockett 2 and 1.
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REPORT FROM THE YORKSHIRE POST
THREE definitely is a magic number for North Yorkshire’s most successful women’s amateur golfer, Emma Brown.
In her first top competition since giving birth to her first child, Jack,
the Malton and Norton Golf club star defied rain-drenched elements
to capture her third Yorkshire Ladies Championship crown.
Brown’s other two conquests – under her maiden name of Duggleby
– were recorded in the years 2000 and 2002.
– were recorded in the years 2000 and 2002.
But this week’s completion of her hat-trick was not only equally as
joyous as the previous two, but was also all the more impressive since
the birth of Jack just this past winter.
joyous as the previous two, but was also all the more impressive since
the birth of Jack just this past winter.
To win her third crown at Bradford GC she not only seized the
Mid-Amateur title for her stroke-play rounds of 72 and 75, she then
majestically negotiated four rounds of match-play to lift the trophy for
the third time and in what was her 13th Yorkshire Ladies final of an
illustrious amateur career.
Mid-Amateur title for her stroke-play rounds of 72 and 75, she then
majestically negotiated four rounds of match-play to lift the trophy for
the third time and in what was her 13th Yorkshire Ladies final of an
illustrious amateur career.
And all this with juggling the demands of motherhood.
“By the time I’d finished playing it was back home to see to Jack,”
she said.
“By the time I’d got him off to bed I was ready to go to sleep myself.”“By the time I’d finished playing it was back home to see to Jack,”
she said.
However, the woman, who has also been appointed the non-playing
captain of the England team which will compete in the high-calibre
European Ladies’ Amateur Team Championship at Fulford GC from
July 9 to 13, produced some of her most consistent golf to gather in
her third county crown.
In the first match-play round, she accounted for Fulford GC’s Helen
Barugh by an emphatic 6 and 5 margin before then edging past Holly
Morgan (Lees Hall GC) on the 20th hole of a tense quarter-final.
Barugh by an emphatic 6 and 5 margin before then edging past Holly
Morgan (Lees Hall GC) on the 20th hole of a tense quarter-final.
“That was a really brilliant battle against a very good up and coming
young player,” she recalled.
young player,” she recalled.
Brown’s semi-final was against former tour professional Nicola
Buxton.
Buxton.
Coincidentally Brown and Woodsome Hall GC’s Buxton had played
in the Yorkshire final some 21 years earlier when the latter won.
in the Yorkshire final some 21 years earlier when the latter won.
But revenge was sweet for Brown who saw off her opponent – now
restored to amateur status – 6 and 5.
restored to amateur status – 6 and 5.
That put the Malton and Norton marvel into the final showdown
against Huddersfield GC’s Megan Lockett in atrocious rain-lashed
conditions.
against Huddersfield GC’s Megan Lockett in atrocious rain-lashed
conditions.
“The rain was so bad that they (the green staff) had to squeegee the
last three greens as we came along to finish the final,” added Brown,
who eventually prevailed 2 and 1 to enjoy her third coronation as
Yorkshire Ladies champion.
last three greens as we came along to finish the final,” added Brown,
who eventually prevailed 2 and 1 to enjoy her third coronation as
Yorkshire Ladies champion.
She said: “I played steady golf right through the whole week and
when it got to the final we were so drenched it just made me focus on
each shot and not thinking too far ahead.
when it got to the final we were so drenched it just made me focus on
each shot and not thinking too far ahead.
“It’s a great feeling to have won it for the third time, especially after
not long having Jack and not being able to play any tournaments.
not long having Jack and not being able to play any tournaments.
“With the winter being so bad I haven’t hardly even been able to
bring Jack down with me to practise, so it was a great boost to win.
bring Jack down with me to practise, so it was a great boost to win.
“It’s just as good a feeling as I had when winning the title in 2000 and
2002.”
2002.”
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