# Amy Pascoe

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{{short description|English amateur golfer}}
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'''Amy Bennet Pascoe''' (19 March 1866 – 18 February 1917) was an English amateur golfer. She won the [Women's Amateur Championship](/source/Women's_Amateur_Championship) at [Hoylake](/source/Hoylake) in 1896.

== Golf career ==
Pascoe played in the 1895 [Women's Amateur Championship](/source/Womens_Amateur_Championship) at [Royal Portrush](/source/Royal_Portrush), losing 4&3 to the defending champion, [Lady Margaret Scott](/source/Lady_Margaret_Scott_(golfer)).<ref name=lc1895>{{cite news |title=The ladies' championship |work=Golf: A Weekly Record of "ye Royal and Ancient" Game |date=31 May 1895 |pages=5–6 |access-date=6 October 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004115/18950531/012/0005 |via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive) |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The first international match was played between England and Ireland the day after the championship. There were 6 ladies in each team, with Pascoe being in the English team. England won all six matches, winning by 34 holes to 0.<ref name=lc1895/>

The 1896 championship was played at the [Royal Liverpool Golf Club](/source/Royal_Liverpool_Golf_Club) at [Hoylake](/source/Hoylake). There were 82 entries but that did not include Lady Margaret Scott.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J2NEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2500%2C3834827 |title=Ladies' championship |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=13 May 1896 |page=10}}</ref> Pascoe had a bye in the first round but met [Alice Richardson](/source/Alice_Richardson_(golfer)), a semi-finalist in 1895, in the second round. Pascoe won 5&4 and then beat [Kate Catterall](/source/Kate_Catterall) by two holes in the afternoon.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KGNEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3632%2C3950191 |title=Ladies' championship |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=14 May 1896 |page=11}}</ref> On the third day she beat [Maud Starkie Bence](/source/Maud_Starkie_Bence), a semi-finalist in 1894, at the 19th hole, after being two holes down with three to play, and then beat Miss Nimmo.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KWNEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3195%2C4059721 |title=Ladies' championship |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=15 May 1896 |page=11}}</ref> In the semi-finals she met [Katherine Moeller](/source/Katherine_Moeller). Moeller was 4 up after 6 holes and still 3 up after 9. However Pascoe then won six of the next seven holes to win 3&2. Pascoe met [Lena Thomson](/source/Lena_Thomson) in the final, winning 3&2.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86551436/the-guardian/ |title=Ladies' championship |newspaper=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |date=16 May 1896 |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KmNEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2482%2C4163616 |title=Result of ladies' championship |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=16 May 1896 |page=11}}</ref>

Pascoe played for England against Ireland in an international match at Aberdovey in 1901, played before the championship. Ireland won the match 5–2, with Pascoe losing to [May Hezlet](/source/May_Hezlet).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83799566/the-times/ |title=The ladies' championship meeting |newspaper=[The Times](/source/The_Times) |page=12 |date=14 May 1901 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In the championship itself Pascoe lost in the third round. She also played in the [Women's internationals](/source/Women's_Home_Internationals) at Deal in 1902. On the first day, England beat Ireland and Ireland beat Scotland. The following day England beat Scotland 8–0 with two matches halved. Pascoe won both her matches.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83800697/the-times/ |title=Ladies' international matches |newspaper=[The Times](/source/The_Times) |page=13 |date=24 May 1902 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83800588/the-times/ |title=Ladies' international match |newspaper=[The Times](/source/The_Times) |page=11 |date=26 May 1902 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Pascoe lost in the third round of the championship to [Maud Titterton](/source/Maud_Titterton).

==Personal life==
Pascoe was born in March 1866 in [Barnstaple](/source/Barnstaple), [Devon](/source/Devon), the daughter of John Bennet Pascoe, a solicitor, and his wife Agnes Ann.<ref>{{cite news |title=Births |work=[Royal Cornwall Gazette](/source/Royal_Cornwall_Gazette) |date=22 March 1866 |page=5 |access-date=6 October 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000180/18660322/068/0005 |via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive) |url-access=subscription}}</ref> They later moved to [Bath, Somerset](/source/Bath%2C_Somerset). John Bennet Pascoe died in 1871 aged 40, when Amy was five years old.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=pascoe&yearOfDeath=1872&page=4#calendar |publisher=probatesearch.service.gov.uk |title=Find a will |access-date=6 October 2021}}</ref> Pascoe died in [Woking](/source/Woking), [Surrey](/source/Surrey) in February 1917, aged 50. She was unmarried.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86550000/the-times/ |title=Deaths |newspaper=[The Times](/source/The_Times) |date=20 February 1917 |page=17 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=pascoe&yearOfDeath=1917&page=1#calendar |publisher=probatesearch.service.gov.uk |title=Find a will |access-date=6 October 2021}}</ref>

==Team appearances==
*[Women's internationals](/source/Women's_Home_Internationals) (representing England): 1895, 1901, 1902

==References==
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Category:English female golfers
Category:Amateur golfers
Category:Sportspeople from Barnstaple
Category:Sportspeople from Woking
Category:1866 births
Category:1917 deaths

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