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British golfer
Cecil Leitch
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Full name
| Charlotte Cecilia Pitcairn Leitch
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Born
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1891-04-13
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13 April 1891
Silloth
, England
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Died
| 16 September 1977
(1977-09-16)
(aged 86)
London
, England
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Sporting nationality
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England
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Status
| Amateur
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Charlotte Cecilia Pitcairn Leitch
(13 April 1891 – 16 September 1977) was a British amateur
golfer
. She was born in
Silloth
,
Cumberland
,
England
, the daughter of a local
physician
and one of three sisters who excelled at the game of golf. Leitch won 12 national titles as well as five French Ladies Amateurs and one
Canadian Women's Amateur
.
Early life
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Leitch was born on 13 April 1891,
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at Monimail, Silloth, Cumberland, England,
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the sixth of the seven children of Dr. John Leitch (1849?1896), a doctor and
botanist
and Catherine Edith Redford (1858?1937).
[2]
She was educated at home and at Carlisle Girls' High School.
[2]
She became proficient at golf at an early age, and played the Silloth course with her sisters who were also avid golfers.
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Golf career
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In 1914 she won the first of her four
British Ladies Amateurs
, taking the title from
Muriel Dodd
. Her opportunity to possibly win several more was interrupted for five years during
World War I
. When the Championship was restarted after the war, she won her second straight title then the following year made it three in a row. Leitch was able to reach the Championship finals on six occasions, and in 1926 won her fourth British title, a record she shares with
Joyce Wethered
. She received golf lessons from
Thomas Renouf
, the head professional at Silloth.
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Later life
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Leitch retired having won 12 national titles
[1]
plus she captured five
French Ladies Amateurs
and one
Canadian Women's Amateur
. She wrote two books on golf, the first titled
Golf
was published in 1922 in
Philadelphia
and
London
by
J. B. Lippincott & Co.
and the second titled
Golf Simplified
was published in London by Thornton Butterworth in 1924.
Death
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She died on 16 September 1977 at her home in
London
.
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