Matchless

Joyce Wethered, Glenna Collett and the Rise of Womens Golf

Acclaimed golf author and historian Stephen Proctor tells the story of the rise of womens golf in Britain and the U.S. through the rivalry that developed in the 1920s between Joyce Wethered and Glenna Collett.Matchlesstells the story of these two incomparable golfers women who personified the ambitions of their age.

Winner of the USGA Herbert Warren Wind Book Award

‘Finally a book that truly captures the inspiring and uniquely gifted womenfrom a largely forgotten golfing age.A wonderful readfrom start to finish’ Iona Stephen,Sky Sports presenter, commentator and host

From the moment women began hosting championships of their own in 1893, one of golf’s burning questions became whether any woman would ever approach the mythical ideal of playing perfect golf. It took three decades of striving at a time when Suffragettes w