Nan Baird

{{short description|Scottish amateur golfer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Nan Baird | image = | imagesize =  | caption = | fullname = Agnes Steel Baird | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|5|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Prestwick, Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|10|25|1911|5|26|df=y}} | death_place = Ayr, Scotland | height =  | weight = | nationality = {{SCO}} | spouse = | children = | college = | status = Amateur | yearpro =  | retired =  | awardssection =  }} '''Agnes Steel "Nan" Baird''' (married name Wardlaw; 26 May 1911 – 25 October 1993) was a Scottish amateur golfer. She won the 1934 Scottish Women's Amateur Championship and played in the 1938 Curtis Cup.

== Golf career == In 1929 Baird became the first Scottish winner of the Girls Amateur Championship when she beat Sylvia Bailey 4&3 in the final at Stoke Poges.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Hvs9AAAAIBAJ&pg=4799%2C6341014 |title= Girls' championship |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=20 |date=14 September 1929}}</ref> She won the West of Scotland Ladies' Championship in 1931, beating Freda Coats by one hole in the final.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lvQ9AAAAIBAJ&pg=3206%2C1583099 |title=Miss Baird wins at last hole |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=20 |date=11 September 1931}}</ref> In 1932 she played for Scotland in the Women's Home Internationals at Saunton.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b59AAAAAIBAJ&pg=4855%2C3928322 |title=International golf |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=17 |date=26 May 1932}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cJ9AAAAAIBAJ&pg=2686%2C3973134 |title=International golf |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=4 |date=27 May 1932}}</ref>

Baird won the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship in 1934, beating Jessie Anderson by one hole in the final.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=46NAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3963%2C1213617 |title=Scottish ladies' title final |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=6 |date=23 June 1934}}</ref> She was runner-up in 1935, losing to Minnie Robertson-Durham at the 20th hole.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s5lAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3970%2C2073593 |title=New Scottish champion |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=8 |date=14 June 1935}}</ref> She played for Great Britain against France in the 1935 Vagliano Trophy match at Worplesdon, winning her singles match in a close 5–4 win.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u5lAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3969%2C3654533 |title=Win for British women |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=24 June 1935 |page=7}}</ref>

Baird played in the 1938 Curtis Cup match at the Essex County Club in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. She did not play on the first day in the foursomes, but played Charlotte Glutting in the singles on the second day. She was two up with three holes to play, but lost the last three holes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f0BAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2146%2C1380728 |title=The Curtis Cup remains in America – Britain's dismal display in singles: Miss Tiernan alone victorious – Mrs Holm's surprising defeat |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=9 September 1938 |page=19}}</ref> Later in the tour she was part of the team that beat Canada 5–2, winning both her matches.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SQ41AAAAIBAJ&pg=2576%2C326444 |title=British women defeat Canada |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=3 October 1938 |page=17}}</ref> Baird was a regular member of the Scottish team in the Women's Home Internationals from 1935 to 1948, making a total of 8 appearances and being part of the winning team four times.

== Personal life == Baird married Andrew Mylne Hogg Wardlaw in Prestwick in January 1942.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PVpAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2323%2C645000 |title=Marriages Wardlaw–Baird |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=1 |date=12 January 1942}}</ref> She was give life membership of Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.prestwickstnicholas.com/history/famous-members/a-m-wardlaw-nan-baird/ |title=A M Wardlaw (Nan Baird) |work=Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club |access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref> She died in Ayr in October 1993.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107527005 |title=Wardlaw |newspaper=The Ayrshire Post |date=29 October 1993 |page=92 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Team appearances== *Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1938 *Canada–Great Britain match (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1938 (winners) *Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1935 (winners) *Women's Home Internationals (representing Scotland): 1932, 1935 (winners), 1936, 1937, 1938 (winners), 1939 (winners), 1947 (winners), 1948

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baird, Nan}} Category:Scottish female golfers Category:Amateur golfers Category:Golfers from Prestwick Category:1911 births Category:1993 deaths Category:20th-century Scottish sportswomen