Jackie Mercer

D.o.B. 05.04.1929

“Winners are never quitters, and quitters are never winners”

Represented South Africa

• 1951-81 (10)
• Captain 1966, 74, 75, 79, 81

South African selector 1970-73
Natal Provincial team 1948-82 & Captain 20 years
Over 300 inter-provincial caps
Natal Golf Executive 12 years
1973 Established Junior Girls Golf
1973 Established SA Junior Girls Championship
1974 SA ‘Sportswomen of the Year’
1974 SA Sports Merit Award for golf
1982 Turned professional & established coaching Golf School
Co-Founder of the LPGA of South Africa
1983 -86 President LPGA
1987 Women’s PGA honorary membership ‘contribution to golf’
1988 Leading Amateur at S.A. Championships awarded ‘Jackie Mercer Trophy’

Tournament record

• S.A. Women’s Championship 1948, 63, 74, 79
• Natal Ladies Championship winner 18x times
• Royal Durban Club Champion (27)
• S.A. Women’s Championship 2nd (6)