Edith Saunders Chesebrough Van Antwerp (September 12, 1881 – September 8, 1949) was an American amateur golfer. She won the NCGA Women's Amateur Championship six times, in 1911, 1912, 1916, 1918, 1920, and 1923. She was California state champion and West Coast champion in 1911.
Chesebrough was born in San Francisco,[1] the daughter of Andronicus Chesebrough and Edith Saunders Chesebrough. Her father was prominent in shipping.[2]
Chesebrough was a competitive amateur golfer in California.[3][4][5] She was captain of the Women's Annex of the San Francisco Golf and Country Club.[6] She won the Del Monte Cup at Pebble Beach in 1903 and 1908.[7] She won the Northern California Women's Amateur Championship six times, in 1911, 1912, 1916, 1918, 1920, and 1923.[8][9] She did not compete for the title in 1913.[10] In 1911, she was named California state champion[11] and West Coast women's golf champion.[12][13] She was named San Francisco champion in 1919.[14]
"Besides being a golf champion, Miss Chesebrough has attained distinction as a horsewoman, and excels in swimming and tennis", noted Anna de Koven in Good Housekeeping magazine in 1912.[15] "Miss Edith Chesebrough has been winning championships so consistently in the past five years that nobody was surprised to hear that she had regained the title of California champion from Miss Alice Warner", reported Spalding's Official Golf Guide in 1915.[16]