16 Facts About Mabel Stringer

Mabel Emily Stringer was a British golf enthusiast and sporting journalist.

Mabel Stringer founded a number of golf organisations and served on others.

Mabel Stringer's parents were Harriet and Henry Stringer and she was the first of seven.

Mabel Stringer was interested in outdoor pursuits including cricket and shooting her catapult.

Mabel Stringer beat her on their first game together and they became friends and colleagues.

Pearson was a runner up that year and Mabel Stringer made her debut at a national championship.

Mabel Stringer became an active member of the Ladies' Golf Union and during her time the union developed a handicap system that was much more rigorous than the system developed for men.

Mabel Stringer competed nearly every year in the national championship but she was rarely a top player.

Mabel Stringer held the woman's course record at Littlestone and in 1902 she was on the national team for the international golf cup.

Mabel Stringer had missed the national the year before and a match against Scotland due to illness.

Mabel Stringer was working as a ladies companion but by 1906 she was making a good living from journalism.

In 1909 Littlestone golf club finally replaced the corrugated iron facilities for women heated by a small oil stove and Mabel Stringer was keen to point out the improving facilities for women at other golf clubs.

In 1921 Mabel Stringer decided that women over fifty might appreciate having their own golf club and she founded the "Veteran Ladies Golf Club".

Mabel Stringer was unmarried and gave her time to many groups associated with women's golf.

Leitch served on the committee that created the "Women Golfers' Museum" following a suggestion in 1938 and Mabel Stringer chaired the committee and ensured it happened.

Mabel Stringer retired to a cottage in Kent that had electric lighting paid for by well wishers who raised the money when she retired.