Explore the History of Women’s Golf

Discover how women built, organised, and sustained the game of golf over 135 years — through participation, governance, and social change. This interactive guide draws on original historical research to explain how women’s golf developed, evolved, and continues today.

Honouring the Women Who Built the Game

From fishwives to fairways, explore 135 years of women’s golf — the women who shaped it, the structures they built, and the continuity that sustains the game.

🌿 The Spirit of Women’s Golf

For generations, women built this game through service, excellence, governance, and a deep love of golf.
Their work was practical, sustained, and widely shared — even when it was not formally recorded.

The Women’s Golf History Project gives voice and visibility to these women, placing their achievements at the heart of golf’s story — where they have always belonged.

It is a story rooted in courage, companionship, and continuity.

➡️ Meet the women HERE

Women’s golf did not begin as an add-on to men’s golf; it was built, organised, and lived by women from the outset.

⏳ 135 Years of Women’s Golf

From Founders to the Future

Follow the journey of women’s golf from the fishwives of Musselburgh in 1811 to today’s global tours and governing bodies.

Our interactive timeline connects people, places, associations, and moments — illuminating how women built, shaped, and grew the game across continents.

Explore the Timeline → HERE

👩‍🎓 The Women Who Built the Game

The history of women’s golf is filled with women who led with vision, skill, and conviction.
From Issette Pearson’s creation of the Ladies Golf Union to Mabel Stringer’s founding of the Senior Women’s movement, these trailblazers shaped a game — and a community — that still thrives today.

Meet the Trailblazers HERE

🌍 The Global Women’s Golf Movement

From local links to world tours, women’s golf has grown into an international movement.
Across Scotland, Australia, South Africa, North America and beyond, women built networks, founded associations, and championed opportunity.
Their shared spirit continues to unite generations of players worldwide.

Explore the Global Timeline – HERE

🕊️ Stories of Courage, Community & Change

Women’s golf is more than a sport — it’s a social history of determination, belonging, and change.
These themed stories uncover the threads that connect past and present — from club founders to everyday golfers whose dedication shaped the game we know today.

Featured Themes:

• The Founders’ Vision

• The Senior Women’s Movement

• Post-War Rebuilding

• The Global Sisterhood

• The Modern Legacy

[Read the Stories →]

Moments that changed the course of women’s golf

The 1929 Ladies Open Championship

A pivotal moment for Womens Competitive Golf.

1929 – Ladies Open Championnship

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