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.
| 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 |
Golf career edit
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 edit
She married Marcus Thurlow Wright (1896–1994) in 1956.[12]
Team appearances edit
- 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 edit
- ^ 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.