Julie Hall
Personal information
Full nameJulie Pauline Hall
Born (1967-03-10) 10 March 1967
Suffolk, England
Sporting nationality England
Career
Turned professional2011

Julie Pauline Hall (née Wade, later Otto, born 10 March 1967)[1] is an English golfer. She won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship twice, in 1990 and 1995, and the English Women's Amateur Championship three times. She played in five Curtis Cup matches from 1988 to 1996. She turned professional in 2011 to follow a career in golf tuition.

Golf career

Hall first came to prominence at the age of 20, when she won the 1987 English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Northumberland golf club, winning by 7 strokes from Alison Johns.[2] The following week she won the English Intermediate Championship at Sheringham, a match-play event for women aged between 18 and 23, beating Sara Robinson 2&1 in the final.[3] Earlier in the year she had made her senior debut for England in the European Ladies' Team Championship at Turnberry.[4] In 1987 she also made her first appearance in the Women's Home Internationals, played that year at Ashburnham. England won the event, with Hall unbeaten in her six matches.[5]

In March 1988 Hall was selected for the Curtis Cup match, to be played in June at Royal St George's.[6] In April she won the English Women's Amateur Championship at Little Aston, beating Susan Shapcott in the final at the 19th hole.[7] In June Great Britain and Ireland retainied the Curtis Cup, winning by 11 matches to 7.[8] Hall played with Linda Bayman in both foursomes sessions, winning one match and losing the other. In the singles she beat Cindy Scholefield but lost to Tracy Kerdyk.[9] The following week Hall reached the final of the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship at Royal Cinque Ports, losing 4&3 to Joanne Furby.[10] In August she was runner-up in the English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Wentworth, behind Sally Prosser, and was then a runner-up to Karen Mitchell in the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Royal Porthcawl, two weeks later.[11][12] In September she played in the 1988 Espirito Santo Trophy at Royal Drottningholm in Sweden, where the team took the bronze medal.[13]

In early 1989, playing with Linda Bayman, they were runners-up in the Avia Foursomes behind Lora Fairclough and Joanne Morley.[14] Hall also reached the final of the English Intermediate Championship, losing to Lora Fairclough, and made her debut in the Vagliano Trophy match in Italy.[1] In 1990 Hall won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship at Dunbar, beating Helen Wadsworth 3&2 in the final.[15] She was included in the Curtis Cup team for Bernardsville, New Jersey, which was selected immediately afterwards.[15] The American won by 14 points to 4. Hall's results showed a similar pattern to 1988, with two wins on the first day followed by two defeats on the final day. She played with Kathryn Imrie in both foursomes sessions. In the singles she beat Vicki Goetze but lost to Karen Noble.[16] She was again included in the Espirito Santo Trophy team for the event which was held in New Zealand in October. The team repeated their 1988 performance, again taking the bronze medal.[13]

In 1991 she won the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship by 5 strokes from Linzi Fletcher.[17] She also played that year in the Vagliano Trophy and Commonwealth Trophy.[1] In early 1992 she won the Spanish Amateur Championship and was runner-up in the Helen Holm Championship behind Mhairi McKay.[18][19] She played in the 1992 Curtis Cup match at Royal Liverpool, Great Britain & Ireland winning by 10 points to 8. She played with Caroline Hall in the foursomes matches, halving both matches. She lost to Vicki Goetze in the opening day singles and was not selected for the final day singles.[20][21]

Hall had an exceptional season in 1993, winning four important open stroke-play championships, the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship, the Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship, the English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship.[22][23][24][25] She also reached the semi-finals of the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham, losing to Kirsty Speak.[26] Despite her achievements she was only a joint winner of the 1993 Daily Telegraph woman golfer of the year award with Catriona Lambert, who won the British, Scottish and Spanish championships and also the St Rule Trophy.[27]

In 1994 Hall won the English Women's Amateur Championship at The Berkshire, beating Suzanne Sharpe by one hole in the final.[28] She led the qualifying in the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship.at Newport after rounds of 70 and 72, to be the top seed.[29] However she lost to Catriona Matthew in the quarter-finals.[30] She was again selected for the Curtis Cup team, which was announced after the British championship.[31] The match in Chattanooga was tied, which meant that Great Britain & Ireland retained the cup. Hall played with Lisa Walton in both foursomes sessions, winning both matches. She played against Jill McGill in both singles sessions, halving on the first day but losing on the final day.[32] Later in the year she played in the Espirito Santo Trophy in France. The team had a poor start and were lying 25th after the opening day. However they recovered to finish in a tie for 8th place.[33]

Hall had more success in 1995. She was a runner-up behind Maria Hjorth in the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship.[34] She retained her English Women's Amateur Championship title at Ipswich, her third win in the event, beating Elaine Ratcliffe in the final.[35] As in 1994 she led the qualifying in the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, with rounds of 74 and 70 at Royal Portrush.[36] She went on to win the title beating Kristel Mourgue d'Algue 3&2 in the final. Her semi-final match against Janice Moodie had gone to 21 holes before she was successful.[37] In September she was part of the Great Britain team for the Commonwealth Trophy in Australia where the team finished second.[38] The following week she won the Australian Women's Amateur beating Helen Beatty in the final.[39] For winning the English, British and Australian titles she was chosen as the 1995 Daily Telegraph woman golfer of the year.[40]

In early 1996 Hall won the Spanish Amateur Championship for the second time, beating Maria Hjorth in the final.[1] In April Hall was selected for the Curtis Cup match, played in June in Killarney. she had announced that she would be retiring from competitive golf after the event.[41] Great Britain & Ireland won the match but Hall lost all four of her matches, two foursomes played with Lisa Educate and two singles matches.[42][43] Free made a brief return to competitive golf in 1997, winning the Sunningdale Foursomes with Helen Wadsworth.[44]

From 1996 to 2000 Hall was tournament secretary and then secretary of the Ladies Golf Union at St Andrews.[44][45] She then became Assistant Director of Rules at the R&A until 2007.[46] She turned professional in 2011 to follow a career in golf tuition.[47]

Personal life

She married Michael Hall in April 1989 and Steve Otto in 2003.[46]

Team appearances

Source:[47]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Hall, Mrs Julie (nee Wade) (now Otto)". Women Golfers' Museum. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Mair, Lewine (15 August 1987). "Seven stroke margin shows Wade's worth". The Daily Telegraph. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com/.
  3. ↑ Rodney, Bob (22 August 1987). "Wade shoots way to another title". The Daily Telegraph. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com/.
  4. ↑ Burnside, Elsbeth (9 July 1987). "Pam puts Scotland on right course". The Glasgow Herald. p. 19.
  5. ↑ "Scottish women finish second". The Glasgow Herald. 19 September 1987. p. 21.
  6. ↑ Jacobs, Raymond (19 March 1988). "Lawson earns a Curtis Cup place". The Glasgow Herald. p. 20.
  7. ↑ Williams, Michael (23 May 1988). "Shapcott out of luck as Wade fulfils potential". The Daily Telegraph. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Furby in amateur shake-up". The Glasgow Herald. 20 June 1988. p. 12.
  9. ↑ Jacobs, Raymond (13 June 1988). "Concerted effort brings Curtis Cup success". The Glasgow Herald. p. 12.
  10. ↑ "Curtis Cup". The Daily Telegraph. 13 June 1988. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Rodney, Bob (12 August 1988). "Prosser moves into big league". The Daily Telegraph. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com/.
  12. ↑ "Michell wins first major open title". The Daily Telegraph. 27 August 1988. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. 1 2 "World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records". Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Avia watches women's foursomes". The Guardian. 17 March 1989. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. 1 2 Mair, Lewine (18 June 1990). "Curtis Cup bonus as Hall captures title". The Daily Telegraph. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com/.
  16. ↑ Mair, Lewine (30 July 1990). "Cup lost after Britain swamped in singles". The Daily Telegraph. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com/.
  17. ↑ "Julie Hsll". The Daily Telegraph. 29 April 1991. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ "Julie Hall". The Daily Telegraph. 9 March 1992. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com/.
  19. ↑ Mair, Lewine (27 April 1992). "McKay's breezy success". The Daily Telegraph. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ↑ Mair, Lewine (13 March 1992). "Hall wins call-up for Curtis Cup". The Daily Telegraph. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com/.
  21. ↑ Williams, Michael (8 June 1992). "'Baby' of home team seals victory". The Daily Telegraph. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com/.
  22. ↑ Mair, Lewine (26 April 1993). "Hall's sights are set on Curtis Cup". The Daily Telegraph. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ↑ "Welsh women's strokeplay ch'ship". The Daily Telegraph. 28 June 1993. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ↑ Gray, William (23 July 1993). "Hall wins after play-off". The Daily Telegraph. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com/.
  25. ↑ "Hall provides a fitting finale". The Daily Telegraph. 21 August 1993. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ↑ Williams, Michael (14 June 1993). "Lambert's disciplined approach successful". The Daily Telegraph. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com/.
  27. ↑ Mair, Lewine (9 November 1993). "Hall and Lambert share top honour". The Daily Telegraph. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com/.
  28. ↑ Mair, Lewine (23 May 1994). "Hall has resolve to call the shots". The Daily Telegraph. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  29. ↑ Mair, Lewine (9 June 1994). "Hall defies conditions to qualify at double". The Daily Telegraph. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com/.
  30. ↑ Mair, Lewine (11 June 1994). "Matthew pips Hall on 17th". The Daily Telegraph. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com/.
  31. ↑ Mair, Lewine (13 June 1994). "Curtis Cup choice deflates Duggleby". The Daily Telegraph. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com/.
  32. ↑ Mair, Lewine (1 August 1994). "Moodie holds nerve to steer team home". The Daily Telegraph. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com/.
  33. ↑ "Record Book 1994 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  34. ↑ Mair, Lewine (1 May 1995). "Late rally takes Hjorth to victory". The Daily Telegraph. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  35. ↑ Mair, Lewine (29 May 1995). "Hall is sitting tall". The Daily Telegraph. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  36. ↑ Mair, Lewine (15 June 1995). "Hall's fluent 70 speaks volumes". The Daily Telegraph. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com/.
  37. ↑ Mair, Lewine (19 June 1995). "Hall reaches new heights". The Daily Telegraph. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com/.
  38. ↑ "Astor Trophy" (PDF). Golf Australia. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  39. ↑ "1995 Women's Australian Amateur Championship" (PDF). Golf Australia. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  40. ↑ Mair, Lewine (5 December 1995). "Husky Hall is still able to make herself heard". The Daily Telegraph. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com/.
  41. ↑ Mair, Lewine (25 April 1996). "Hall picked for Curtis Cup but Irish miss out". The Sunday Telegraph. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  42. ↑ Mair, Lewine (22 June 1996). "Rose produces full bloom to sway contest". The Sunday Telegraph. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  43. ↑ Mair, Lewine (24 June 1996). "Rose blossoms in spotlight as Americans slip to defeat". The Sunday Telegraph. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
  44. 1 2 Barrett, Ted (22 March 1997). "Hall relishes triumphant return". The Daily Telegraph. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  45. ↑ "Julie Hall". The Daily Telegraph. 10 June 2000. p. 105 – via Newspapers.com.
  46. 1 2 Farquharson, Colin (27 February 2011). "Where are they now? Last GB and I team to win Curtis Cup in 1996". Kirkwood Golf. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  47. 1 2 "Julie Otto turns profession/al to pursue tuition career". Kirkwood Golf. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
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