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Moira Milton

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Moira Milton
Personal information
Full nameMoira Christine Paterson Milton
Born(1923-12-18)18 December 1923
Castle Douglas, Scotland
Died24 January 2012(2012-01-24) (aged 88)
Wells, England
Sporting nationality Scotland
Career
StatusAmateur

Moira Christine Milton (née Paterson) (18 December 1923 – 24 January 2012) was a Scottish amateur golfer. She won the British Ladies Amateur in 1952, and was a member of the winning Great Britain and Ireland 1952 Curtis Cup team.

Early life

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Paterson was born in Castle Douglas, in Dumfries and Galloway; she was raised in Lenzie.[1]

Golf career

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Paterson was a gym teacher at Kirkintilloch when she finished as runner-up in the French Women's Open Amateur Championship in 1949, and in the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship in 1951.[2][3]

She toured South Africa with a group of British women golfers in 1951. Paterson won the British Ladies Amateur in 1952, and was a member of the victorious Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team later in the same year. She became an honorary member of Gullane Golf Club in 1952.[1]

She won three county women's golf championships: Dunbartonshire in 1949, East of Scotland in 1960, and Midlothian in 1962.[1]

Personal life

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In 1953, Paterson married cricketer John C. Milton. She died at a nursing home in Wells in 2012, aged 88 years.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Moira Paterson, 1952 British Champion, Dies at Age of 88". Kirkwood Golf. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Moira Milton the 'modest champion' passes away". The Scotsman. Edinburgh, Scotland. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Sport: Who Won". Time. 30 June 1952. Archived from the original on 7 May 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.