Bridget Newell

Ursula Bridget Constance Newell, JP (1911 – 4 June 1937) was a British barrister, magistrate and amateur golfer. She was runner-up in the 1936 British Ladies Amateur, and one of the favourites for 1937. However, she died suddenly, aged 25, shortly before the 1937 tournament at Turnberry began.[1][2]

  1. ^ 'Woman Golfer's Death: Miss Bridget Newell', The Manchester Guardian, 5 June 1937.
  2. ^ Andrew Ward (2014). "Sudden Death at the International". Golf's Strangest Rounds: Extraordinary But True Tales from a Century of Golf. Pavilion Books. pp. 70–1. ISBN 978-1-910232-23-1.