Margaret Patricia Roberts MBE (20 April 1921 – 21 August 2013)[1][2] was a Welsh amateur golfer. She won the Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship four times between 1956 and 1969.

Pat Roberts
Personal information
Full nameMargaret Patricia Roberts
Born(1921-04-20)20 April 1921
Pembrokeshire, Wales
Died21 August 2013(2013-08-21) (aged 92)
Newport, Wales
Sporting nationality Wales
Career
StatusAmateur

Golf career

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Roberts won the Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship four times, in 1956, 1959, 1963 and 1969, and was runner-up six times, in 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1962 and 1966.[3]

In 1950, Roberts made her debut for Wales in the Women's Home Internationals.[4] She made her final appearance in 1970, playing every year except 1952 and 1954.[5] She also played for Wales in the 1964 Espirito Santo Trophy, when the four home nations competed separately, and in the European Ladies' Team Championship in 1965, 1967 and 1969.[6][7][8]

Roberts held a number of positions in the Welsh Ladies' Golf Union, including chairman, secretary and president.[1] She was also a vice captain of Curtis Cup and Vagliano Trophy teams.[9][10]

Honours

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Roberts was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1994 New Year Honours as president of the Welsh Ladies' Golf Union, "for services to Golf".[11]

Team appearances

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Roberts, Miss Margaret Patricia M.B.E". Women Golfers' Museum. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. ^ "M Roberts". South Wales Argus. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Welsh Ladies' Amateur Close Champions" (PDF). Wales Golf. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Women's internationals". The Glasgow Herald. 13 May 1950. p. 7.
  5. ^ "Scotswomen trounce Wales". The Glasgow Herald. 15 September 1970. p. 6.
  6. ^ "French women's success". The Glasgow Herald. 5 October 1964. p. 4.
  7. ^ "Scotland qualify in team event". The Glasgow Herald. 8 July 1965. p. 6.
  8. ^ "French team maintain their lead". The Glasgow Herald. 6 July 1967. p. 8.
  9. ^ "Club History". Newport Golf Club. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Mrs Z. Bolton is British captain". The Glasgow Herald. 23 February 1967. p. 13.
  11. ^ "No. 53527". The London Gazette. 30 December 1993. p. 22.