Leonora Wray
Australian golfer
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Leonora Wray MBE (2 July 1886 – 4 April 1979[1]) was an Australian golfer, often referred to as the "mother" of Australian golf.
| Leonora Wray | |
|---|---|
Women's Golf Title 1938, Betty Kernot's Win in progress at the 9th. Wray is the umpire. | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 2 July 1886 East Maitland, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Died | 4 April 1979 (aged 92) |
| Sporting nationality | Australian |
Wray won the Australian Women's Amateur in 1907, 1908 and 1929 and the New South Wales Women's Amateur Championship in 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1930.[2] In 1935, she competed against Britain in the Australian Women’s Golf Championship.[3]
Her career was interrupted for many years due to typhoid fever.[4]
Wray was president of the Australian Ladies’ Golf Union from 1954 to 1959.[5]
Women’s Golf NSW established the Leonora Wray Scratch Teams annual event, and the Leonora Wray Trophy.[6] She helped establish the Tasman Cup competition with New Zealand.
In 1968, in recognition of her services to golf, she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), and in 1985 she was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
