| Suzanne Cadden | |
| Fullname: | Suzanne Olivia Cadden |
| Birth Date: | 8 October 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Scotland |
| Status: | Amateur |
Suzanne Olivia Cadden (later McMahon, born 8 October 1957)[1] is a Scottish amateur golfer. In 1975 she was runner-up in both the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship and the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship. She played in the 1976 Curtis Cup.
In 1972, 14-year-old Cadden made her debut for Scotland in the Girls Home Internationals at Royal Norwich, and was runner-up in the subsequent Girls Amateur Championship, losing 2&1 to Maureen Walker in the final.[2] [3] In July 1973 she won the girls 15 to 17 age group at the sixth Junior World Golf Championships, played on the North course at Torrey Pines. She finished on 326, a stroke ahead of Alice Miller a future major championship winner.[4] In 1974 she won the Scottish Girls Championship beating Dale Reid 3&1 in the final.[5] She also made her first appearance in the Women's Home Internationals, Scotland winning narrowly when England lost to Ireland on the final day.[6]
In June 1975 she reached the final of the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, losing 3&2 to Nancy Roth Syms on the Old Course at St Andrews.[7] In July she reached the final of the Scottish Girls Championship losing to Wilma Aitken by one hole in the final.[8] In August she won the Girls Amateur Championship beating Lisa Isherwood 4&3 in the final.[9] The following week she was runner-up in the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, three strokes behind Julia Greenhalgh.[10] During the year Cadden made her debut for Great Britain & Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy match at Muirfield.[11] She also played for Scotland in the European Ladies' Team Championship in France and both the Girls and Women's Home Internationals.[12] She was the 1975 Daks Woman Golfer of the Year.[1]
Cadden was included in the 1976 Curtis Cup team at Royal Lytham, which was selected in October 1975.[13] The United States won the match, Cadden losing all her four matches.[14] [15] She had further success in girls events, winning the 1976 Scottish Girls Championship for the second time, beating Diane Mitchell in the final.[16] She also won the Scottish Girls' Open Strokeplay Championship, a 54-hole under-21 event, which she also won in 1977.[17] [18]
Cadden married John McMahon in 1977. They were later divorced and she reverted to using her maiden name.[19] Her older sister Gladys was also a Scottish international golfer.[20]