| Janet Melville | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Janet Kay Melville |
| Born | 16 March 1958 Lancashire, England |
| Sporting nationality |  England |
| Career | |
| Status | Amateur |
Janet Kay Melville (later Collingham, also Davies; born 16 March 1958) [1] is an English golfer. She won two important championships, the 1978 Women's British Open and the 1987 Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship.
Melville played for England in the 1976 Girls Home Internationals. [2] In 1978 she won the Women's British Open at Foxhills, two strokes ahead of Wilma Aitken. Vivien Saunders was the leading professional, tying for third place. [3] She was a shot behind Aitken at the start of the final day but had two steady rounds of the final day and was only player to break 80 in all four rounds. [4] Just four professionals competed. [5] Later in 1978 she made her senior debut for England in the Women's Home Internationals, while in 1979 she played for Great Britain & Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy at Royal Porthcawl. [6] [7]
In early 1987, playing with Pat Smillie, Melville was runner-up in the Avia Foursomes, a stroke behind Tracy Hammond and Susan Moorcraft. [8] Later in the year she won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship at Royal St David's beating Susan Shapcott at the 19th hole of the final. [9] In 1987 she also played for Great Britain & Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy and for Great Britain in the Commonwealth Trophy in New Zealand. [10] [1]
In 2008 she won the English senior stroke-play championship at Beau Desert, a stroke ahead of Carolyn Kirk. [11] The same year she also tied for third place in the Ladies' Senior British Open Amateur Championship, a stroke behind the winner. [12] Competing again as Janet Melville, she won the English senior stroke-play championship for a second time in 2012, at Shifnal, three strokes ahead of Sue Dye. [13] In 2013 she won the English senior women's amateur championship at her home club, Sherwood Forest, beating Chris Quinn 2&1 in the final. [14]
She married Gregg Collingham in 1984, and Anthony Edward Davies in 2018. She was a probate solicitor by profession. [15] Having unsuccessfully attempted IVF, she adopted two children - one in 1994, and the second in 1999.
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