Moira Milton

Moira Milton (née Paterson) (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 Curtis Cup team later in the same year.

Moira Milton
Paterson with 1952 British Ladies Open trophy
Personal information
Full nameMoria Paterson Milton
BornDecember 1923
Castle Douglas, Scotland
Died24 January 2012 (aged 88)
Wells, England
Nationality Scotland
Career
StatusAmateur

Early life

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

Golf career

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

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

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References
  1. "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. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
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