Susan Armitage

{{short description|English amateur golfer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Susan Armitage | image = | imagesize =  | caption = | fullname = Susan Armitage | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|4|5|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | height =  | weight = | nationality = {{ENG}} | spouse = | children = | college = | status = Amateur | yearpro =  | retired =  | awardssection =  }} '''Susan Armitage''' (married name Langridge, born 5 April 1943)<ref name=wgm>{{cite web |url=http://www.womengolfersmuseum.com/Famousgolfers/L.htm |publisher=Women Golfers' Museum |title=Langridge, Mrs Susan (nee Armitage) |access-date=8 December 2023}}</ref> is an English amateur golfer. She won the 1962 British Girls' Stroke-play Championship and was in two Curtis Cup teams, in 1964 and 1966.

== Golf career == Armitage played in the 1961 England–Scotland girls match at Beaconsfield, winning both her matches.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VzM1AAAAIBAJ&pg=1912%2C8185944 |title=Miss Robb outstanding in English girls' defeat of Scotland |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=30 August 1961 |page=10}}</ref> She reached the quarter-finals of the Girls Amateur Championship losing, 3 and 1, to the eventual winner Diane Robb.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U4VAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1972%2C125031 |title=All-English semi-finals in Girls' championship |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=1 September 1961 |page=11}}</ref> The following week Armitage won the Midland women's championship at Church Brampton, beating Robb in the final by one hole.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WYVAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2322%2C1129398 |title=Defeat of Miss Robb |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=11 |date=8 September 1961}}</ref> In 1962 she won the 54-hole British Girls' Stroke-play Championship at Dalmahoy by a stroke from Elizabeth Barnett.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=75tAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2022%2C6136467 |title=Girls' stroke champion |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=17 August 1962 |page=9}}</ref> This was the last event before it was taken over by the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association and renamed the Scottish Girls' Open Stroke-play Championship.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j3xAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2442%2C1221226 |title=Girls' Stroke-play Championship |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=9 November 1962 |page=4}}</ref>

Armitage was twice a quarter-finalist in the British Ladies Amateur, in at Royal County Down in 1963 and at Ganton in 1966. In 1963 she lost, 2 and 1, to Philomena Garvey.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w2JAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1893%2C4079517 |title=Irish and French finalists |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=27 September 1963 |page=6}}</ref> In 1966 the event was weather-affected and her quarter-final match against Vivien Saunders was suspended after 23 holes because of bad light, and only completed the following morning, Saunders winning at the 24th hole. Saunders then played her semi-final and the final later the same day.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Zd89AAAAIBAJ&pg=1871%2C4325500 |title=Women's title for Miss Chadwick |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=26 September 1966 |page=10}}</ref> Armitage also reached the semi-finals of the English Women's Amateur Championship in 1963, losing narrowly to Liz Chadwick.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OWxAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2198%2C5129706 |title=Miss Chadwick in final |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=13 |date=31 May 1963}}</ref> In 1965 she won the Midland women's championship for the second time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dGxAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2824%2C1837604 |title=Midland women's final |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=5 |date=11 September 1965}}</ref>

In 1964 Armitage was selected for Curtis Cup team at Royal Porthcawl, the first to have two sets of 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 played with Bridget Jackson in both sets of the foursomes matches, losing both matches, but was not selected for either session of singles. The teams were level at the start of the final round of singles matches but the United States won four of the six final-day 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> Armitage also played in the 1966 Curtis Cup in Hot Springs, Virginia. She played in all four sessions, playing with Angela Bonallack in the foursomes matches. She lost three of her matches and halved with Anne Quast in the first round of singles matches. Armitage was four up with four to play but lost the last four holes.<ref>{{cite news |date=30 July 1966 |title=Americans set to keep Curtis Cup |page=5 |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qH9AAAAAIBAJ&pg=2254%2C4443429}}</ref> The Americans won by 13 matches to 5.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 August 1966 |title=Americans retain Curtis Cup |page=10 |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=33hAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2092%2C108492}}</ref> Armitage also played twice in the Vagliano Trophy, in 1963 and 1965.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vWJAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3624%2C2882317 |title=Vagliano Cup Retained by British Isles |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=20 September 1963 |page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b2xAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2420%2C801645 |title=Britain Women Lose Vagliano Cup |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=6 September 1965 |page=4}}</ref> Armitage made her senior debut for the English team in the Women's Home Internationals in 1963 and played each year until 1966. She also was a member of the winning English team in the 1965 European Ladies' Team Championship.<ref>{{cite news |title=Women's title for England |page=4 |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wmxAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4013%2C1610707 |date=12 July 1965}}</ref>

==Personal life== Armitage was the daughter of Norman Armitage of Walsall. In 1967, she married Richard Langridge, an English international golfer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/walsall-observer/136477804 |title=Golf club archway for bridal couple |newspaper=Walsall Observer |page=1 |date=30 June 1967 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> After her marriage she played relatively little top-level golf.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-post/136491302 |title=Susan Langridge - A housewife with a callous attitude to golf |first=David |last=Davies |newspaper=The Birmingham Post |page=28 |date=14 March 1974 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

John Richard Langridge (born 9 May 1942) had some success as a junior golfer. He played in the England–Scotland boys match in 1957, 1958 and 1959, and for the combined England and Scotland team in the boys' match against the Continent of Europe in 1958 and 1959.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Gn1AAAAAIBAJ&pg=4303%2C5639327 |title=Scotland regain boys' international title |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=19 August 1957 |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pxY1AAAAIBAJ&pg=4920%2C5096033 |title=England beat Scotland |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=16 August 1958 |page=8}}</ref><ref name=gh1959>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y3FAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5387%2C5458783 |title=Comfortable win for England |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=15 August 1959 |page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qBY1AAAAIBAJ&pg=2321%2C5203016 |title=British Boys win at Moortown |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=18 August 1958 |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZHFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5457%2C5554160 |title=Boy's title at Pollok |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=17 August 1959 |page=6}}</ref> In 1959 he reached the semi-finals of the Boys Amateur Championship.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aXFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2145%2C6229328 |title=All-Scottish final for Boy's title |first=Cyril |last=Horne |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=22 August 1959 |page=9}}</ref> He was tied for fourth place in the 1960 British Youths Open Championship and was third in the event in 1961.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aoRAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1861%2C5207214 |title=Caygill's record aggregate |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |date=6 August 1960}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SDM1AAAAIBAJ&pg=1981%2C5886473 |title=British Youths' Title for J. S. Martin |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=12 August 1961 |page=5}}</ref> He also represented England in the annual youth international against Scotland.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z4RAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1426%2C4812859 |title=Scotland's victory at Pannal |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=5 August 1960 |page=9}}</ref> He reached the quarter-finals of the 1961 English Amateur and played for the senior England team against France in 1962.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-post/136522290 |title=Dentist and his patient to meet in Amateur final |newspaper=The Birmingham Post |page=21 |date=13 May 1961 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/136521310 |title=England crush one of France's best teams |first=Leonard |last=Crawley |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |page=8 |date=28 May 1962 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Langridge then spent some time in South Africa, during which he won the South African Amateur Championship in late 1963.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/liverpool-daily-post-merseyside-ed/136496760 |title=Langridge S. African champion |newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post |page=14 |date=5 December 1963 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Team appearances== *Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1964, 1966 *Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1963 (winners), 1965 *European Ladies' Team Championship (representing England): 1965 (winners) *Women's Home Internationals (representing England): 1963 (winners), 1964 (winners), 1965 (winners), 1966 (winners) *England–Scotland girls match (representing England): 1961 (winners)

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