Farquharson-Black reached the final of the
Girls Amateur Championship in 1984 and 1985, but lost both times. In 1984, at Llandudno (Maesdu) she lost by one hole to
Carol Swallow while in 1985 at Hesketh she lost 3&1 to
Susan Shapcott. Earlier in 1985, she had won the Scottish girls championship beating
Elaine Moffat by two holes in the final. In 1984 and 1985, she played in Scottish team in the
Girls Home Internationals, Scotland winning the event in 1984. In 1987, she won the
Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship, a stroke ahead of
Malin Landehag. In 1989, she reached the final of the
Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship at
Royal Liverpool, losing 6&5 to
Helen Dobson in the 18-hole final. She won the
Scottish Women's Amateur Championship in 1990 and was runner-up to
Janice Moodie in 1992. The American won by 14 points to 4, with Farquharson-Black losing all four of her matches. She played again in the 1992 match at Royal Liverpool, Great Britain & Ireland winning by 10 points to 8. She was not selected for the foursomes matches but won one of her two singles, beating
Robin Weiss but losing to
Sarah LeBrun Ingram on the final day. She competed in the
Vagliano Trophy in 1989 and 1991 and in the 1991
Commonwealth Trophy. Farquharson-Black turned professional after the 1992
Curtis Cup to play on the
Women Professional Golfers' European Tour but had little success. In late 1994, she applied to be reinstated as an amateur and was able to compete again as an amateur in 1997, competing in the
Women's Home Internationals that year and in the winning Scottish team in 1998. She was the non-playing captain of the Curtis Cup team in 2016 and 2018. ==Personal life==