Mandy Adamson | |
Birth Date: | 9 March 1972 |
Birth Place: | Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
Yearpro: | 1994 |
Extour: | Ladies European Tour Nedbank Women's Golf Tour |
Prowins: | 7 |
Anainspiration: | DNP |
Lpga: | DNP |
Wusopen: | DNP |
Dumaurier: | DNP |
Wbritopen: | CUT: 2003 |
Evian: | DNP |
Award1: | Nedbank Women's Golf Tour Order of Merit |
Year1: | 2002 |
Mandy Adamson (9 March 1972 – 26 July 2022) was a South African professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She became the first to win the South African Women's Open three times.[1]
Adamson enjoyed a successful career as one of South Africa's leading female golfers. She won multiple titles as an amateur, including becoming South African Amateur champion three times. She was a semi-finalist at the British Ladies Amateur in 1994 and represented South Africa in the Espirito Santo Trophy twice.[2]
Adamson turned professional in 1994 and joined the Ladies European Tour where she played until 2004. She played in the 2003 Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club where she missed the cut by one stroke after rounds of 75 and 73.[3] She also played in South Africa where she won three South African Women's Open and two South African Women's Masters,[4] and topped the Order of Merit in 2002.[5]
Adamson died from cancer in July 2022 at age 50.[6]
Adamson only played in the Women's British Open.
CUT = missed the half-way cutAmateur