Gillian Stewart

Last updated

Gillian Stewart
Personal information
Born (1958-10-21) 21 October 1958 (age 65)
Inverness, Scotland
Sporting nationalityFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Career
College Edinburgh University
Turned professional1985
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour3
Other1

Gillian Stewart (born 21 October 1958) [1] is a Scottish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour (LET) from 1985 to 2000. She recorded three LET wins and was runner-up in eight tournaments. As an amateur, she won the Girls Amateur Championship and played in the Vagliano Trophy, Curtis Cup and Espirito Santo Trophy.

Contents

Amateur career

Stewart was educated at Inverness Royal Academy and the University of Edinburgh, where she majored in Business Studies. Stewart assembled an impressive amateur record. She won the 1976 Girls Amateur Championship and the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship in 1979, 1983 and 1984. She also won the Helen Holm Trophy in 1981 and 1984. She was runner-up at the 1982 British Ladies Amateur and the 1984 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship. [2]

Stewart represented Great Britain & Ireland in the 1979, 1981 and 1983 Vagliano Trophy, the 1980 and 1982 Curtis Cup, and the 1982 and 1984 Espirito Santo Trophy. She representing Scotland at the Women's Home Internationals six years consecutively between 1979 and 1984 and at the European Ladies' Team Championship three consecutive tournaments 1979, 1981 and 1983.

She won the 1984 IBM Ladies' European Open at The Belfry, the last amateur to win on the Ladies European Tour for 22 years until 2006 when Amy Yang won the ANZ Ladies Masters. [3]

Professional career

Stewart turned professional in 1985 and won the first tournament she played as a professional, the Ford Ladies Classic at Woburn Golf and Country Club. In 1986, she was runner-up at the Belgian Ladies Open and Trusthouse Forte Ladies' Classic. In 1987, she again won the Ford Ladies Classic, and was runner-up at the Guernsey Open. In 1989, she was runner-up at the Ford Ladies' Classic, Ladies European Open and at the Benson & Hedges Trophy together with Carl Mason. In 1990, she was runner-up at the Longines Classic and the Ladies Swiss Classic. [4]

In 1994, she won the Lalla Meryem Cup, while it was only a non-LET invitational event. [5]

After retiring from tour, she took up coaching and broadcasting, including commentary for the BBC covering The Open Championship and the Barclays Scottish Open. [2] [6]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (4)

Ladies European Tour wins (3)

Other wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

Related Research Articles

Catherine Rita Panton-Lewis is a Scottish professional golfer who was a founding member of the Ladies European Tour and won its first Order of Merit. Her father was John Panton, MBE, a professional golfer who played on three Ryder Cup teams.

Pamela Wright is a professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. She played in the European Solheim Cup team in 1990, 1992 and 1994.

Isabella Robertson is a Scottish golfer who won the British Ladies Amateur in 1981. Robertson represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup as a player on seven occasions and twice as non-playing captain. She was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.

Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore is a Swedish professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour (LET) between 1989 and 2001 and won three LET titles. In 1989 she also won a title on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour and its Order of Merit.

Muriel Natalie Thomson is a retired Scottish professional golfer. Thomson was an amateur golfer in Scotland before playing on the Ladies European Tour from 1979 to 1989. During her time on the tour, she won the Order of Merit title in 1980 and 1983 while winning nine tournaments overall. In team events, Thomson was part of the team that won the 1977 Vagliano Trophy and played at the 1978 Curtis Cup.

Federica Dassù is an Italian professional golfer.

Jane Connachan is a Scottish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour.

Ingeborg Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue is a French - Swedish amateur golfer.

Anna Iliana Maria Gabriella Oxenstierna is a former Swedish professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour and won the 1989 TEC Players Championship.

Matilda Maria Castren is a Finnish professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. In 2021 she won the LPGA Mediheal Championship to become the first player from Finland to win on the LPGA Tour.

Martina Koch is a German professional golfer. She won the European Ladies Amateur Championship twice and the Austrian Ladies Open on the Ladies European Tour.

Lily May Humphreys is an English professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won the 2017 Girls Amateur Championship and the 2023 Joburg Ladies Open.

Noemí Jiménez Martín is a professional golfer from Spain and member of the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Olivia Mehaffey is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who plays on the Ladies European Tour.

Linda Louise Denison-Pender Bayman is an English golfer.

Jill Thornhill is an English amateur golfer. Her biggest successes came after reaching 40. She won the 1983 British Ladies Amateur, the 1986 English Women's Amateur Championship and the 1993 Women's Senior Amateur. She played in the Curtis Cup in 1984, 1986 and 1988.

Wilma Dickson Aitken is a Scottish amateur golfer. She won the 1977 Girls Amateur Championship and was a three-time winner of the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship. She was runner-up in the 1981 British Ladies Amateur and played in the 1982 Curtis Cup.

Tegwen Matthews is a Welsh amateur golfer. She played in four successive Curtis Cup matches from 1974 to 1980, the first Welsh woman to compete in the event.

Vicki Thomas is a Welsh amateur golfer. She played in six successive Curtis Cup matches from 1982 to 1992. She won the Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship eight times and the Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship five times.

Beverley New is an English professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour.

References

  1. The Golfer's Handbook 1984. Glasgow: Munro-Barr Publications Ltd. 1984. p. 417.
  2. 1 2 "Gillian Stewart". Scottish Golf Museum. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  3. "2012 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. p. 156. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  4. "Gillian Stewart wins". Where2golf. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  5. "2012 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. p. 164. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  6. "Golf coach Gillian Stewart wins Castle Stuart Ladies Open role". The Scotsman. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2021.