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Fairclough, Miss Lora Diane
D.O.B. 26 January 1970.
Turned professional 1990
English Girls' champion 1985. Northern champion 1986. Semi-finalist English championship 1987. Runner-up Astor Salver 1988. Finalist English Intermediate championship 1988. Lancashire champion 1988, 1990. Avia Foursomes (with Miss J Morley) 1989. English Intermediate champion 1989. European Young Masters champion 1989. Pleasington Putter 1989. Royal Birkdale Scratch trophy 1989. Northern champion 1990. Second Amateur Weetabix Women's British Open 1990. junior European team championships 1986, 1988, 1990. English International 1988 - 1990. Vagliano Trophy 1989. Solheim Cup 1994.(from Weetabix records 1998)

Farquhar, Meg
Asst golf professional in the 1930s at Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth
The first woman to play in a men's professional tournament in Scotland. She played in the Scottish Professional Championship, held at Lossiemouth in 1933, finished on 331 and was awarded a special prize.

Farquharson-Black, Mrs Elaine
D.O.B. 21 March 1968.
Turned professional 1992, reinstated as amateur 1995.
North of Scotland Girls ' champion 1980,1982,1985. Aberdeenshire champion 1983,1986,1987,1990. Finalist British Girls' championship 1984,1985. Scottish Girl champion 1985. Munross Trophy 1986. Helen Holm Trophy 1987. Finalist British championship 1989. World Fourball champion (with Helen Dobson) 1989. Scottish champion 1990. Runner-up Scottish championship 1992. Scotland International 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997. European Team championships 1989. Vagliano Trophy 1989, 1991. Curtis Cup 1990,1992. Commonwealth Tournament 1991. (from Weetabix records 1998)

Ferguson, Mrs Marjory (nee Fowler)
D.O.B. 5 May 1937.
Clubs: North Berwick, Gullane
East Lothian champion 1957,1964,1966,1967,1969,1974, 1981, 1984. East of Scotland champion 1959, 1960, 1962, 1975. Portuguese champion 1960. Finalist Scottish championship 1966, 1971. Mackie Bowl 1989. Vagliano Trophy match 1965. European Team championships 1965, 1967, 1971. Curtis Cup 1966.(from Weetabix records 1998)

Ferguson, Mrs Ruth (nee Ogden)
Club: Royal 5t David's
Finalist English championship 1956. Northern champion 1960. Caernarvonshire champion 1975. Caernarvonshire Stroke-play champion 1975-1978. Fourteen holes-in-one. (from Weetabix records 1998)

Fields, Miss Emma
D.O.B. 17 November 1973.
Turned professional 1996.
Devon champion 1992-1994. South West champion 1993-1995. Runner-up Welsh stroke-play 1995. Under 23 award English stroke-play championship and overall runner-up 1995. Cotswold Gold Vase 1995. Runner-up English Intermediate 199.5. South West Intermediate champion 1996 European junior team championships 1994. England team for Horne Internationals 1995,1996. Curtis Cup squad for 1996. (from Weetabix records 1998)

Figueras-Dotti, Miss Marta
D.O.B. 12 November 1957
Turned professional 1982.
French champion, Spanish champion, Italian champion 1979. Joint runner-up British Open 1980. Tied for Canadian championship 1981. British Open 1982. (from Weetabix records 1998)

Fishwick, Miss Diana Leslie (later Critchley)
b. London 12 April 1911
Clubs: North Foreland, Canterbury, St Augustines, Wentworth, Bramley, Rye, Sunningdale Ladies.
Won Girls open Championship 1927-28. British Ladies open Championship 1930, semi-finalist 1933. English Ladies championship 1932, 49, runner-up 1929. Runner-up Kent County Championship 1929-1933. Won French Ladies Open Championship 1932. With Mr A McNab won Midland Scratch Foursomes 1932. with Brig-Gen Critchley French Scratch Foursomes 1933. Won Florida(USA) West Coast Championship 1933. A member of the British Team that toured South Africa 1933. Represented England in International Matches 1930-31-32-33-35-36. / Great Britain v USA 1932,34, v France 1931-32-33-34. v Canada 1934. Selected to play for GB v America 1948. Captain of Curtis Cup Team v USA 1950 v Canada 1950. Non-playing Captain GB v France 1948. (more in Golfers Handbook 1951)

Fletcher, Mrs Joan (nee Patricia Fletcher)
b Dublin
Clubs: Hermitage, Milltown, Foxrock, Curragh.
Won Irish Ladies Close 1934. Smi-finalsit Britsh Ladies Open 1938. Played for Ireland in International Matches 1933,34,35,36,38,39. (from Golfers Handbook 1951)

Fletcher, Miss Linzi
D.O.B. 21 January 1968
Turned professional 1991.
Critchley Salver 1989. Northern champion 1989. Runner-up Helen Holm 1989, 1990. Northumberland champion 1990. Wentworth Scratch Cup 1990. Finalist English championship 1990. English Intermediate champion 1990. LGU team to Canada 1989. English International 1989, 1990. Curtis Cup 1990. Commonwealth tournament 1991. (from Weetabix records 1998)

Forbes, Miss Julie Helen
D.O.B. 31 July 1966
Turned professional 1990
North of Scotland Girls' champion 1983. Under 21 award Helen Holm 1986. Semi-final Scottish championship 1987. Junior European Team championship 1986. Senior European Team championship 1987, 1989. l.GU team to Canada 1989. (from Weetabix records 1998)

Ford, Miss Jayne (now Smith)
D.O.B. 20 july 1967
Club: Gullane Ladies
Scottish Schools' champion 1985. East Lothian 1986. East of Scotland champion 1988, 1992, 1994. Semi-finalist Scottish championship 1994. NPFA Scottish Foursomes championship (with Catriona Matthew) 1994. Scottish Foursomes (with Lindsey Roxburgh) 1995. Scottish International 1993-1995. (from Weetabix records 1998)

Fowler, Miss D. B.
b. Moor Hall, Harlow 18th May 1891
Clubs: North Hants, Westward Ho!, Burnham.
Won English Ladies Championship 1925, runner -up 1924. Won Somerset County Championship 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925. Runner-up Belgian Championship 1925. Won Dutch Ladies open Championship 1929. With Miss J. Roger won Eve Foursomes 1922, and with Miss P Lobbett, Eves Northern Foursomes 1929. with Miss P Lobbett, London Foursomes 1924, 1929 and 1930 and with E. Noel Layton, the OpenMixed Foursomes 1924. Represented England in International Matches 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 (from Golfers Handbook 1934)

Fowler, Marjory see Ferguson

Fraser Mrs W. G. (nee Miss Alexa Stirling)
Club: Atlanta Athletic Club, Royal Ottowa
Won American ladies Championship 1916 1919 1920, runner-up 1921 1923 1925. Metropolitan Championship 1922.Canadian Championship 1934 Runner-up in Canadian Championship 1922. Visited Europe in 1921 and competed in the British And French Ladies Championships. (From Golfers Handbook 1951)

Furby, Miss Joanne Catherine
D.O.B. 16 March 1969
Turned professional 1989.
English champion 1987. Leading amateur Weetabix Women's British Open 1987. Northern Girls' champion 1987. Yorkshire champion 1988. British champion 1988. England international 1987,1988. European Team championships 1987 (from Weetabix records 1998)

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