Janet Melville
Personal information
Full nameJanet Kay Melville
Born (1958-03-16) 16 March 1958
Lancashire, England
Sporting nationality England
Career
StatusAmateur

Janet Kay Melville (later Collingham, also Davies, born 16 March 1958)[1] is an English golfer. She won two important championships, the 1978 Women's British Open and the 1987 Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship.

Golf career

Melville played for England in the 1976 Girls Home Internationals.[2] In 1978 she won the Women's British Open at Foxhills, two strokes ahead of Wilma Aitken. Vivien Saunders was the leading professional, tying for third place.[3] She was a shot behind Aitken at the start of the final day but had two steady rounds of the final day and was only player to break 80 in all four rounds.[4] Just four professionals competed,[5] Later in 1978 she made her senior debut for England in the Women's Home Internationals, while in 1979 she played for Great Britain & Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy at Royal Porthcawl.[6][7]

In early 1987, playing with Pat Smillie, Melville was runner-up in the Avia Foursomes, a stroke behind Tracy Hammond and Susan Moorcraft.[8] Later in the year she won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship at Royal St David's beating Susan Shapcott at the 19th hole of the final.[9] Later in 1987 she played for Great Britain & Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy and for Great Britain in the Commonwealth Trophy in New Zealand.[10][1]

In 2008 she won the English senior stroke-play championship at Beau Desert, a stroke ahead of Carolyn Kirk.[11] The same year she also tied for third place in the Ladies' Senior British Open Amateur Championship, a stroke behind the winner.[12] Competing again as Janet Melville, she won the English senior stroke-play championship for a second time in 2012, at Shifnal, three strokes ahead of Sue Dye.[13] In 2013 she won the English senior women’s amateur championship at her home club, Sherwood Forest, beating Chris Quinn 2&1 in the final.[14]

Personal life

She married Gregg Collingham in 1984. She was a solicitor by profession.[15]

Team appearances

References

  1. 1 2 "Collingham, Mrs Janet (nee Melville)". Women Golfers' Museum. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Scots girls champions". The Glasgow Herald. 21 August 1976. p. 14.
  3. ↑ "Janet in youngest British champion". The Glasgow Herald. 29 July 1978. p. 15.
  4. ↑ "Wilma (19) is British title pacemaker". The Glasgow Herald. 28 July 1978. p. 22.
  5. ↑ "Cathy's 79 is fine as open scores rocket". The Glasgow Herald. 27 July 1978. p. 14.
  6. ↑ "Narrow defeat for Scots". The Glasgow Herald. 16 September 1978. p. 16.
  7. ↑ "British and Irish Lead". The Glasgow Herald. 8 September 1979. p. 15.
  8. ↑ "Stephen's new season off to a sub-par start". The Glasgow Herald. 20 March 1987. p. 34.
  9. ↑ "Janet Collingham". The Glasgow Herald. 15 June 1987. p. 12.
  10. ↑ "Amateur Women Ahead". The Glasgow Herald. 26 September 1987. p. 20.
  11. ↑ "Janet Collingham wins English seniors strokeplay". Golf Monthly. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "Senior Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship 2008". LGU. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Janet Melville impressive winner of English senior women's stroke-play championship". KirkwoodGolf. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Home, sweet home for English senior title winner Janet Melville". KirkwoodGolf. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  15. ↑ Nelson, John (6 August 1992). "On her way back". Crosby Herald. p. 73 – via Newspaers.com.
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