Mary Everard

Dorothy Mary Everard (also Laupheimer, 8 October 1942 – 28 May 2022) was an English amateur golfer. She was runner-up in the 1967 Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship. She won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 1970, was twice runner-up, and was runner-up in the 1977 Women's British Open. She won the English Women's Amateur Championship in 1972 and was twice a runner-up in the event. She played in the Curtis Cup four times, in 1970, 1972, 1974 and 1978. Golf career At the start of May 1964, Everard was a surprise winner of Yorkshire women's championship. At the end of the month, she reached the final of the English Women's Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham, losing to Marley Spearman. Spearman was 6 up after 16 holes of the 36-hole final. Everard then won four holes in a row to reduce the deficit to two, but Spearman pulled ahead again and won 6 and 5. Everard was selected for the England team for the Women's Home Internationals in June. In early 1967, Everard won the Yorkshire championship for the second time. In June, she was runner-up in the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship. at Royal St David's, losing to Liz Chadwick in the final. She was two holes down with three to play before winning the next two holes with 3s. However, she made a bogey at the final hole and Chadwick's par 3 was sufficient for a narrow victory. The following month, she won the Hovis International at Woolaton Park, finishing seven strokes ahead of the runner-up, Vivien Saunders. Also in 1967, she made her debut for Great Britain & Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy and she played for England in the European Ladies' Team Championship in Portugal and the Women's Home Internationals. Everard missed out on selection for the 1968 Curtis Cup match but in October played for the Great Britain & Ireland team of three in the Espirito Santo Trophy in Australia. From 1969 to 1974, she was a regular player in international matches for Great Britain & Ireland and for England. She played less top-level golf in 1975 and 1976 but played again in 1977 and 1978. She played in four Curtis Cup matches, three times in America, and four Vagliano Trophy matches. As well as her Espirito Santo Trophy appearance in Australia in 1968, she also played in Argentina in 1972 and Fiji in 1978. She played in the winning 1971 Commonwealth Trophy team in New Zealand.