Mandy Adamson

{{Short description|South African professional golfer (1972–2022)}}

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| birth_place = Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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| yearpro = 1994

| extour = Ladies European Tour
Nedbank Women's Golf Tour

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Order of Merit

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Mandy Adamson (9 March 1972 – 26 July 2022) was a South African professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She became the first to win the South African Women's Open three times.{{cite web |title=Lee-Anne Pace takes record-breaking 4th SA Women's Open title |url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/golf/sunshine-tour/lee-anne-pace-takes-record-breaking-4th-sa-womens-open-title-3f84e303-3f47-4f43-8661-712c8192f680 |website=Independent Online |access-date=27 July 2023 |date=16 May 2021}}

Career

Adamson enjoyed a successful career as one of South Africa's leading female golfers. She won multiple titles as an amateur, including becoming South African Amateur champion three times. She was a semi-finalist at the British Ladies Amateur in 1994 and represented South Africa in the Espirito Santo Trophy twice.{{cite web|title=World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records|url=http://www.igfgolf.org/watc/womens-records/|accessdate=May 30, 2013}}

Adamson turned professional in 1994 and joined the Ladies European Tour where she played until 2004. She played in the 2003 Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club where she missed the cut by one stroke after rounds of 75 and 73.{{cite web |title=2003 British Women's Open |url=https://www.lpga.com/tournaments/aigwomensopen/results?filters=2003 |publisher=LPGA Tour |access-date=27 July 2023}} She also played in South Africa where she won three South African Women's Open and two South African Women's Masters,{{cite web |title=Son and hat-trick hero Pace sign off in style at SA Women’s Open |url=https://www.golfrsa.com/son-and-hat-trick-hero-pace-sign-off-in-style-at-sa-womens-open/ |publisher=GolfRSA |access-date=27 July 2023}} and topped the Order of Merit in 2002.{{cite web |title=Putting or painting, Mandy is handy |url=https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/sport/putting-or-painting-mandy-is-handy-509805 |website=Independent Online |access-date=27 July 2023 |date=20 Apr 2002}}

Death

Adamson died from cancer in July 2022 at age 50.{{cite web |title=SA Tours mourn passing of Mandy Adamson |url=https://supersport.com/golf/wgc/news/000e253f-4da9-46cc-ba62-d65c6e50c9e9/sa-tours-mourn-passing-of-mandy-adamson |publisher=SuperSport |access-date=27 July 2023 |date=27 July 2022}}