The average female golfer enters 15 rounds a year. Hertfordshire’s Jaruwan Crumpton entered 179 — and she’s only just getting started.
Think you play a lot of golf? Jaruwan Crumpton would like a word.
The Shendish Manor member entered more scores than any other female golfer in England in 2025 — 179 rounds of general play and competition across the year, against a female average of just 15.73. That’s not a typo.
Up at eight, out on the course
The secret? Retirement, an early tee time, and a philosophy that every card is worth submitting.
“I’m retired so I can basically play every day if I want,” says Crumpton, who typically tees off around 8am. “One reason I put every card in is that even our respective organisers of swindles and roll-ups insist cards are entered — even the odd social game. I still enter cards as I believe the system needs to follow form.”
From the range to the winner’s podium
Crumpton, now 64, came to golf through her husband — initially just keeping him company at the range. “After a while, I couldn’t resist having a swing and it went from there,” she says. She started on a 36 handicap. Twelve years later, she was down to 9. She currently plays off 14.4, with a lowest gross of 77.
Along the way she has won the singles match play knockout at Shendish Manor — a mixed event, open to men — as well as the club’s Masters competition and various medals and Stableford events.
Her motivation remains straightforwardly honest: “I like golf mainly for the challenge itself, but also for fitness and some lovely nature. The most I get from the game is the satisfaction of playing well.”
Seagulls, stags and a family handicap twist
There have been memorable moments off the scorecard too. A playing partner once struck a seagull mid-shot — the bird dropped from the sky in a shower of feathers before righting itself and flying off. On another occasion, two stags came galloping down the 17th fairway, scattering her four-ball behind the trees.
As for the family dynamic that started it all: “The irony is that my husband, who got my grandchildren and me into the game, is now the highest handicapper in the family.”
