Jessie Valentine

"Jessie Anderson" redirects here. For The Walking Dead character, see Jessie Anderson (The Walking Dead).

Jessie Valentine
MBE
Personal information
Full nameJessie Anderson Valentine
Born(1915-03-18)18 March 1915
Perth, Scotland
Died6 April 2006(2006-04-06) (aged 91)
Sporting nationality Scotland
Career
StatusAmateur

Jessie Valentine (née Anderson) MBE (18 March 1915 – 6 April 2006) was a Scottish amateur golfer who won the British Ladies Amateur in 1937, 1955 and 1958.[1] In 1937, after winning the British Ladies title at Turnberry she was the world number one ranking ladies golfer.[2] Valentine was one of the dominant figures in women's golf for a period which spanned two decades from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s.[3] In 1959, she was the first woman golfer to be appointed as an MBE for services to golf and she was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.[1][4] She was considered one of Perthshire's greatest sporting personalities of all time and was known locally as "Wee Jessie" and the "Queen of Golf".[5][6]

  1. ^ a b "Jessie Valentine". Sport Scotland. 2003. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
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  3. ^ "Jessie Valentine". Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Jessie Valentine". Sport Scotland - Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. 2003. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
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  6. ^ Bannerman, George (11 April 2006). "'Queen of Golf' Dies". Perthshire Advertiser. pp. 1–2.