"The Ladies' Golf Union have decided that the Ladies' Golf Championship Competition, 1893, open to all lady golfers, members of any golf club, will take place at St. Anne's-on-the-Sea, Lancashire, on Tuesday 13th, Wednesday 14th, Thursday 15th June, when the trophy, value fifty guineas, and four medals will be competed for under the following conditions:
1. Competitors shall enter for the competition through the secretaries of their respective clubs.
2. The competition shall be played by holes in accordance with the rules of the Lytham and St. Anne's Golf Club.
3. The draw shall take place on Friday, 9th June, and shall be conducted as follows:
Depending on the number of entries, such number of byes shall be first drawn as shall after the completion of the first round leave four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two, or sixty-four players, and one draw shall decide the order of play throughout the competition; those who have drawn byes being placed at the head of the list of winners of the first round, and taking their place in the second round, in the order in which their names then stand.
4. Each game shall consist of a round of eighteen holes.
5. In the event of a tie in any round, competitors shall continue to play on until one or other shall have gained a hole, when the match shall be considered won.
6. The winner of the competition shall be the champion lady golfer for the year, and the trophy shall be held for that year in the club from which the winner shall have entered.
7. The winner shall receive a gold medal, the second a silver medal, and the third and and fourth bronze medals.
8. All entries must be subject to the approval of the Lytham and St. Anne's Golf Club.
9. All disputes shall be settled by the Council of the Lytham and St. Anne's Golf Club.
10. Entries close Thursday, 8th June, 1893."
Truly perfect weather favoured the meeting, and some thirty-eight competitors entered, including two members from the Pau club. The drought that year had been exceptional, but the "green committee," headed by Mr. T. H. Miller, had kept the greens verdant, thanks to constant care and unlimited watering. The course being one of nine holes, two rounds had to be played. The chief hazards were "cops," or high turf banks, sand bunkers, and one or two ditches.