Sheila Vaughan

{{Short description|English amateur golfer (1942–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Sheila Vaughan | image = | imagesize =  | caption = | fullname = Sheila Mary Vaughan | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|3|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Lancashire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|4|23|1942|3|9|df=y}} | death_place = | height =  | weight = | nationality = {{ENG}} | spouse = | children = | college = | status = Amateur | yearpro =  | retired =  | awardssection =  }} '''Sheila Mary Vaughan''' (later Irving and Maher, 9 March 1942 – 23 April 2022)<ref name=wgm>{{cite web |url=http://www.womengolfersmuseum.com/Famousgolfers/M.htm |publisher=Women Golfers' Museum |title=Maher, Mrs Sheila (nee Vaughan) |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> was an English amateur golfer. She had a successful junior career and won the Girls Amateur Championship in 1959. She had some success at the senior level in early 1960s, twice reaching the semi-finals of the English Women's Amateur Championship. She played in the Curtis Cup twice, in 1962 and 1964.

==Golf career== In 1955, Vaughan, aged 13, reached the semi-finals of the Girls Amateur Championship at Beaconsfield, losing to Alison Gardner.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fj9AAAAAIBAJ&pg=4308%2C1307244 |title=Miss Ward champion |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=10 September 1955 |page=9}}</ref> She reached the semi-finals again in 1957 at North Berwick, losing to Brigitte Varangot, and reached the quarter-finals in 1956 and 1958.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MnhAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2682%2C1683002 |title=French girl win British title |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=14 September 1957 |page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wmpAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2796%2C622041 |title=Semi-finals at Seaton Carew |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=7 September 1956 |page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JTY1AAAAIBAJ&pg=5567%2C593830 |title=Surprises in girls' championship |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=5 September 1958 |page=4}}</ref> In 1959 at Woolaton Park, she won the championship, beating Julia Greenhalgh in the final by one hole.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b3FAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3127%2C7136245 |title=Last green win by favourite |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=29 August 1959 |page=9}}</ref> She represented England in the annual England–Scotland girls match each year from 1956 to 1959.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/lgucl/docs/lguyearbook2016 |title=LGU 2016 yearbook |work=Ladies Golf Union |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref>

In 1960 Vaughan made her debut for England in the Women's Home Internationals and for Great Britain & Ireland in the 1961 Vagliano Trophy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9nZAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2077%2C5378225 |title=Scotland lose heavily to England |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=13 |date=6 October 1960}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e4VAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vKMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3828%2C7521475 |title=Britain Lead Rest of Europe |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=18 October 1961 |page=6}}</ref> She reached the semi-finals of the English Women's Amateur Championship in 1962 and 1963, losing to Angela Bonallack both times, by the same score 2&1.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QX1AAAAAIBAJ&pg=3097%2C5172514 |title=English title finalists |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=1 June 1962 |page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OWxAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2198%2C5129706 |title=Miss Chadwick in final |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=31 May 1963 |page=13}}</ref> Vaughan was selected for the 1962 Curtis Cup in Colorado. The British lost heavily winning just one of the nine 36-hole matches. Vaughan lost both her matches.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8ZtAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2869%2C6377409 |title=United States retain Curtis Cup |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=4 |date=20 August 1962}}</ref> In 1963, she played In the Commonwealth Trophy in Australia, which the British team won.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RFxAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hqMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5232%2C1396319 |title=Britain keep Women's Team Trophy – Commonwealth Tournament |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=3 |date=12 August 1963}}</ref> During the trip she won the New Zealand Junior Ladies’ Stroke Play Championship.<ref name=wgm/> Vaughan was selected for the 1964 Curtis Cup at Royal Porthcawl, the first to have 18-hole matches.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=32xAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2990%2C1989338 |title=Miss Lawrence only Scot |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=5 |date=13 June 1964}}</ref> She was only chosen for the foursomes matches. playing with Ruth Porter. They won their match on the first day and halved on the final day. The contest was much closer that in 1962 with the teams level at the start of the final round of singles matches.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-GxAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1916%2C2153308 |title=Britain and U.S.A. all square |first=Raymond |last=Jacobs |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=5 |date=12 September 1964}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-WxAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1776%2C2298565 |title=British women lose great match |first=Raymond |last=Jacobs |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=4 |date=14 September 1964}}</ref>

==Personal life== Vaughan married Dr. Anthony Irving in September 1964 and Joe Maher in March 1971.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106794838/liverpool-echo/ |title=Star golfer married |newspaper=The Liverpool Echo |date=28 September 1964 |page=7}}</ref><ref name=llcga>{{cite web |url=https://www.llcga.org/news.php?newsitem=60 |publisher=Lancashire Ladies' County Golf Association |title=Sheila Maher |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> She was a radiographer by profession.<ref name=llcga/>

==Team appearances== *Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1962, 1964 *Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1961 (winners), 1965 *Commonwealth Trophy (representing Great Britain): 1963 (winners) *Women's Home Internationals (representing England): 1960 (winners), 1961, 1962, 1963 (winners), 1964 (winners) *England–Scotland girls match (representing England): 1956 (winners), 1957 (winners), 1958 (winners), 1959 (winners)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaughan, Sheila}} Category:English female golfers Category:Amateur golfers Category:Sportspeople from Lancashire Category:1942 births Category:2022 deaths Category:20th-century English sportswomen