Some of our older members or Associate Members may remember Moira C.Paterson, who has died at the age of 88 in England. Moira was Dunbartonshire Champion in 1949, several years before the County amalgamated with Argyll.
Moira was a semi finalist in the Scottish Championship in 1950 and 1951 and represented Scotland in the Ladies’ Home Internationals from 1948-52. She won the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship at Troon in 1952 held over 36 holes, but had to play a further two holes before beating opponent Frances Stephen from England. Moira toured South Africa with a team of British players in 1951 and she was a member of the 1952 Curtis Cup team when GB&I defeated the USA 5-4 at Muirfield, the first win of the series for Britain since it began in 1932.
