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Janette Wright
Personal information
Full nameJanette Sneddon Wright
Born (1935-01-07) 7 January 1935 (age 89)
Glasgow, Scotland
Sporting nationality Scotland
Career
StatusAmateur

Janette Sneddon Wright (née Robertson, born 7 January 1935)[1] is a Scottish amateur golfer. She won the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship in 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1973. She was in four Curtis Cup teams, in 1954, 1956, 1958 and 1960.

Golf career

Wright won the

England–Scotland girls match each year from 1950 to 1953.[4][5][6][7] In 1952 she made her senior debut in the Women's Home Internationals. She won her three matches with Scotland retaining the title.[8][9] Wright was part of the British juniors team that played in the Commonwealth tournament at Formby in early July 1953. The other teams were Britain, Canada and New Zealand.[10]

Wright was one of the last two women selected for the 1954

British Ladies Amateur, losing narrowly to Barbara Romack.[17] At the end of March 1956, Wright was again selected for the Curtis Cup team.[18] Britain won the match 5–4, their second win in the event, although Wright lost both her foursomes and singles matches.[19]

Playing with

Belle McCorkindale 6&5 in the final.[25] Playing with future husband Innes Wright, they won the Worplesdon Mixed Foursomes in October 1959.[26]

Wright was selected for the 1960

Dinah Oxley.[33] In 1973 she won the Scottish Amateur for the fourth time, again on the Old Course.[34] That win saw her return to the Scottish team in the 1973 European Ladies' Team Championship and in the Women's Home Internationals, for the final time.[35]

Personal life

In 1960 she married Innes Wright, a Scottish amateur golf international. They had a daughter Pamela, who is a professional golfer.[36]

Innes Wright became a professional in early 1963 when in his late-20s. In his first important professional event, the 1963

News of the World Matchplay at Turnberry, he reached the semi-finals before losing to fellow-Scot John MacDonald.[37] The previous day he had beaten Tony Grubb in the morning and then Brian Huggett in the afternoon, a match that went to nine extra holes.[38] He later became the professional at Aboyne Golf Club
.

Team appearances

  • Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1954, 1956 (winners), 1958 (tied), 1960
  • Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1957 (winners), 1959 (winners), 1961 (winners), 1963 (winners)
  • Commonwealth Trophy
    (representing Great Britain): 1959 (winners)
  • Commonwealth tournament (representing British juniors): 1953
  • European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Scotland): 1965, 1973
  • Women's Home Internationals (representing Scotland): 1952 (winners), 1953, 1954, 1955 (winners), 1956 (winners), 1957 (winners), 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 (winners), 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967 (joint winners), 1973
  • England–Scotland girls match
    (representing Scotland): 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953

References

  1. ^ "Wright, Mrs Janette Sneddon (nee Robertson)". Women Golfers' Museum. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Girl of 15 is golf champion". The Daily Telegraph. 2 September 1950. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. The Birmingham Post
    . 8 September 1951. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "England defeat Scotland". The Glasgow Herald. 30 August 1950. p. 9.
  5. ^ "British girls' victory". The Guardian. 5 September 1951. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Girls' match won by England". The Glasgow Herald. 3 September 1952. p. 9.
  7. ^ "England beat Scotland in girls' golf". The Glasgow Herald. 9 September 1953. p. 9.
  8. The Glasgow Herald
    . 13 June 1952. p. 9.
  9. The Glasgow Herald
    . 14 June 1952. p. 9.
  10. The Glasgow Herald
    . 3 July 1953. p. 4.
  11. The Glasgow Herald
    . 1 July 1954. p. 4.
  12. The Glasgow Herald
    . 4 September 1954. p. 9.
  13. The Glasgow Herald
    . 26 August 1954. p. 9.
  14. ^ "British women's team". The Press. Vol. XCI, no. 27585. 16 February 1955. p. 14. Retrieved 26 September 2021 – via Papers Past.
  15. ^ "British women juniors". The Press. Vol. XCI, no. 27674. 2 June 1955. p. 14. Retrieved 26 September 2021 – via Papers Past.
  16. ^ "Award to junior women's team". The Glasgow Herald. 7 February 1956. p. 9.
  17. ^ "U.S.-Scottish golf final". The Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1955. p. 4.
  18. ^ "Half of British women's team under 22". The Glasgow Herald. 29 March 1956. p. 9.
  19. ^ "Britain wins Curtis Cup through singles superiority". The Glasgow Herald. 11 June 1956. p. 4.
  20. ^ "Tie in Kayser Bondor event". The Glasgow Herald. 21 March 1958. p. 4.
  21. The Glasgow Herald
    . 6 June 1958. p. 4.
  22. The Glasgow Herald
    . 16 May 1958. p. 4.
  23. The Glasgow Herald
    . 9 August 1958. p. 7.
  24. The Glasgow Herald
    . 11 August 1958. p. 8.
  25. The Glasgow Herald
    . p. 9.
  26. ^ "Scottish pair win at first attempt". The Glasgow Herald. 16 October 1959. p. 14.
  27. The Glasgow Herald
    . 5 April 1960. p. 5.
  28. The Glasgow Herald
    . 21 May 1960. p. 12.
  29. The Glasgow Herald
    . 23 May 1960. p. 8.
  30. The Glasgow Herald
    . 25 June 1960. p. 4.
  31. ^ "Women's foursomes win for Scots". The Glasgow Herald. 24 March 1961. p. 15.
  32. The Glasgow Herald
    . p. 6.
  33. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (20 June 1970). "Scotland-England duel in British women's final". The Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  34. The Glasgow Herald
    . 28 May 1973. p. 5.
  35. The Glasgow Herald
    . 13 September 1973. p. 4.
  36. ^ "Pamela Wright - Bio". LPGA. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  37. The Glasgow Herald
    . 9 September 1963. p. 9.
  38. The Glasgow Herald
    . 7 September 1963. p. 8.
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