Nancy Wright
| Nancy Wright | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Helen Nancy McLean Wright |
| Born | 28 March 1917 |
| Died | 3 June 1994 (aged 77) |
| Sporting nationality |  Wales |
| Career | |
| Status | Amateur |
Helen Nancy McLean Wright (née Cook, 28 March 1917 – 3 June 1994)[1][2] was a Welsh amateur golfer. She won the Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship six times between 1953 and 1967.
Golf career
Wright won the Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship six times, in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1965 and 1967, and was runner-up four times, in 1950, 1951, 1964 and 1968.[3] Her first and final appearances in the final were both at Royal Porthcawl, losing to Dr. Phyllis Garfield Evans in 1950 and to Sylvia Hales in 1968.[4][5] In October 1969, she reached the semi-finals of the French championship.[1]
In 1938, she made her debut for Wales in the Women's Home Internationals.[6] She played again in the first post-war event in 1947 and played most years until 1968, making her final appearance in 1971.[7][8] She also played for Wales in the 1964 Espirito Santo Trophy, when the four home nations competed separately, and in the European Ladies' Team Championship in 1965 and 1971.[9][10][11]
Personal life
She married Marcus Thurlow Wright (1896–1994) in 1956.[12]
Team appearances
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Wales): 1964
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Wales): 1965, 1971
- Women's Home Internationals (representing Wales): 1938, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971
References
- ^ a b "Past Amateurs And Golfing Greats – W". Archived from the original on 15 October 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Helen Nancy McLean Wright (Cook)". billiongraves. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Welsh Ladies' Amateur Close Champions" (PDF). Wales Golf. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Other golf events". The Glasgow Herald. 16 June 1950. p. 7.
- ^ "English title for Miss Barber". The Glasgow Herald. 28 May 1968. p. 11.
- ^ "Scotland and England in golf decider". The Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1938. p. 3.
- ^ "Scotland v. England to decide". The Glasgow Herald. 7 June 1947. p. 6.
- ^ "Convincing win for Scotland". The Glasgow Herald. 9 September 1971. p. 6.
- ^ "French women's success". The Glasgow Herald. 5 October 1964. p. 4.
- ^ "Scotland qualify in team event". The Glasgow Herald. 8 July 1965. p. 6.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (1 July 1971). "Scotland easy qualifiers". The Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
- ^ "Marriages". The Daily Telegraph. 12 May 1956. p. 10.