[3] In 1959, she was the first woman golfer to be appointed as an MBE for services to golf and she was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.

[1][4] She was considered one of Perthshire's greatest sporting personalities of all time and was known locally as "Wee Jessie" and the "Queen of Golf".

[2] Her father, Joe Anderson, was for some time the professional at Craigie Hill Golf Club in Perth.

[2][5] She started playing golf aged five and was trained by her father, who entered her in the British Girls Championships at Stoke Poges in 1932.

In contrast to her two previous successes the 1958 win was a much tighter affair, with Valentine overcoming Elizabeth Park by a single hole in a closely contested match.

[2] Partnered with John Behrend, Valentine won the Worplesdon Mixed Foursomes three years in succession from 1963 to 1965.

[5] Valentine died at Moncreiffe Nursing Home, Bridge of Earn, on 6 April 2006, aged 91 years.