Penny Grice-Whittaker


Penny Grice-Whittaker is a former English golfer turned singer. During her golfing career, Grice-Whittaker won multiple amateur golf events in England before turning professional in 1985. As a professional golfer, Grice-Whittaker won three Ladies European Tour events including the 1991 Women's British Open. On the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour, Grice-Whittaker won the 1992 Hisiki Ladies Queensland Open. After retiring from golf in 1998, Grice-Whittaker became a member of the female musical duo Bits-n-Pieces in the early 2000s.

Early life

In 1964 or 1965, Grice-Whittaker was born in Sheffield, England. She began to play golf when she was thirteen.

Career

Grice-Whittaker began her amateur career as a runnerup at the 1981 Girls Amateur Championship. As an amateur, Grice-Whittaker won her first amateur events in Yorkshire between 1981 and 1983. At events held by England Golf, Grice-Whittaker won the 1983 English Girls' Open Championship and the 1984 English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship. In amateur team events held in 1984, Grice-Whittaker was a participant at the Curtis Cup and a bronze medalist at the Espirito Santo Trophy for the Great Britain team.
After turning professional in 1985, Grice-Whittaker played on the Ladies European Tour. Her first win was at the 1986 Belgian Ladies Open with a course record of seventeen under par. During the 1990s, additional European wins for Grice-Whittaker came at the 1991 Women's British Open and the 1991 Longines Classic. Outside of the LET, Grice-Whittaker won the 1992 Hisiki Ladies Queensland Open on the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour. In 1998, Grice-Whittaker ended her golf career to become a singer. In the early 2000s, she started singing as a member of the female musical duo Bits-n-Pieces.

Professional wins (4)

Ladies European Tour wins (3)