The United States Girls' Junior Championship is one of the thirteen U.S.

United States

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 national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association

United States Golf Association

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. It is open to amateur girls who are under 18 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA handicap

Golf handicap

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 index of 18.4 or less. It consists of two days of stroke play

Stroke play

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, with the leading 64 competitors then playing a match play

Match play

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 competition to decide the champion.

The inaugural championship was held in 1949 and was won by Marlene Bauer from a field of 28 entries.

Aree Wongluekiet, now Aree Song

Aree Song

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, is the youngest winner at 13 years, 99 days in 1999. Hollis Stacy

Hollis Stacy

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 is the only three-time winner of the tournament.

Winners

Year	Player	Country
2011	Ariya Jutanugarn
2010	Doris Chen
2009	Amy Anderson
2008	Alexis Thompson
2007	Kristen Park
2006	Jenny Shin
2005	In-Kyung Kim
2004	Julieta Granada Julieta Granada Julieta Granada is a Paraguayan professional golfer who plays on the United States based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
2003	Sukjin-Lee Wuesthoff
2002	Inbee Park Inbee Park Inbee Park, also known as In-Bee Park, is a South Korean professional golfer.-Early life and amateur career:Park was born in Seoul. She began playing golf at the age of 10. After moving to the United States, she won nine events on the American Junior Golf Association circuit and was a five-time...
2001	Nicole Perrot Nicole Perrot Nicole Perrot is a Chilean professional golfer. She is the first Chilean-born player to win on the LPGA TourPerrot was born in Viña del Mar, Chile. She won the 2001 U.S. Girls' Junior and was runner-up at the U.S. Women's Amateur that same year. She turned professional the following year. She...
2000	Lisa Ferrero Lisa Ferrero Lisa Ferrero is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and Futures Tour.-Personal:Ferrero was born in Stockton, California on November 3, 1982. She resides in Lodi, California....
1999	Aree Wongluekiet Aree Song Aree Song is a Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. Her father is South Korean and her mother is Thai. She was born in Bangkok, Thailand...
1998	Leigh Anne Hardin
1997	Beth Bauer Beth Bauer Beth Bauer is an American professional golfer.Bauer was born in Largo, Florida. As an amateur, she won the 1997 U.S. Girls' Junior and in 1998 and 1999 she earned back-to-back victories at the North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. She played on the U.S...
1996	Dorothy Delasin Dorothy Delasin Dorothy Delasin is a Filipino-American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.Delasin was born in Lubbock, Texas and grew up in San Francisco, California. She had dual American and Filipino citizenship but gave it up sometime before 1999. She had a strong amateur career, wining both the U.S. Girls'...
1995	Marcy Newton
1994	Kelli Kuehne Kelli Kuehne -Amateur career:Kuehne was born in Dallas, Texas. In 1994 she won the U.S. Girls' Junior. The following year she won the U.S. Women's Amateur and in 1996 repeated as the U.S. Women's Amateur champion while also winning the British Ladies Amateur. She played college golf at the University of Texas...
1993	Kellee Booth
1992	Jamie Koizumi
1991	Emilee Klein Emilee Klein Emilee Klein is an American professional golfer and college golf coach who played on the LPGA Tour.Klein was born in Santa Monica, California and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. She had a successful amateur career winning several tournaments including the 1991 U.S. Girls' Junior...
1990	Sandrine Mendiburu
1989	Brandie Burton
1988	Jamille Jose
1987	Michelle McGann Michelle McGann Michelle McGann is an American professional golfer.McGann was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. She was diagnosed as with juvenile diabetes at age 13 but she did not let the disease interfere with her game...
1986	Pat Hurst Pat Hurst Pat Hurst is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.Hurst's father is American and her mother is originally from Japan. She was born in San Leandro, California and raised in California.-Amateur career:...
1985	Dana Lofland
1984	Cathy Mockett
1983	Kim Saiki Kim Saiki Kim Saiki-Maloney is a Japanese-American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour from 1992 to 2007.Saiki was born in Inglewood, California. She won the 1983 U.S. Girls' Junior. She was a college All-America at the University of Southern California in 1986 and graduated in 1988 with a...
1982	Heather Farr Heather Farr Heather Farr was an American professional golfer.Farr won three state championships at Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona...
1981	Kay Cornelius Kay Cornelius Kay Oldham Cornelius is a published author with more than a dozen novels to her credit. She also wrote test units for the PSAT and College Board specialized-subject achievement tests, as well as reviewing the Board's English literature examination....
1980	Laurie Rinker Laurie Rinker Laurie Anne Rinker is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s.- Amateur career :...
1979	Penny Hammel Penny Hammel Penny Hammel is an American professional golfer, who joined the LPGA Tour in 1985.-Amateur career:Hammel was born in Decatur, Illinois. She won several amateur tournaments including the 1979 U.S. Girls' Junior. In the 1979 PGA Junior Championship she finished five strokes ahead of her closest...
1978	Lori Castillo
1977	Althea Tome
1976	Pilar Dorado
1975	Dayna Benson
1974	Nancy Lopez Nancy Lopez Nancy Marie Lopez is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events during her LPGA career, including three major championships.-Amateur career:...
1973	Amy Alcott Amy Alcott Amy Alcott is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1975, and won five major championships and 29 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame....
1972	Nancy Lopez Nancy Lopez Nancy Marie Lopez is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events during her LPGA career, including three major championships.-Amateur career:...
1971	Hollis Stacy Hollis Stacy Hollis Stacy is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974, winning four major championships and 18 LPGA Tour events. She was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in November 2011 in the veterans category and will be inducted in May 2012.-Amateur career:Stacy...
1970	Hollis Stacy Hollis Stacy Hollis Stacy is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974, winning four major championships and 18 LPGA Tour events. She was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in November 2011 in the veterans category and will be inducted in May 2012.-Amateur career:Stacy...
1969	Hollis Stacy Hollis Stacy Hollis Stacy is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974, winning four major championships and 18 LPGA Tour events. She was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in November 2011 in the veterans category and will be inducted in May 2012.-Amateur career:Stacy...
1968	Margaret Harmon
1967	Elizabeth (Doll) Story
1966	Claudia Ann Mayhew
1965	Gail Sykes
1964	Peggy Conley
1963	Janis Ferraris
1962	Mary Lou Daniel
1961	Mary Lowell
1960	Carol Sorenson
1959	Judy Rand
1958	Judy Eller
1957	Judy Eller
1956	JoAnne Gunderson JoAnne Carner JoAnne Gunderson Carner is a former American professional golfer. Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have won the U.S. Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's Amateur, and U.S. Women's Open titles, and was the first person ever to...
1955	Carole Jo Kabler Carole Jo Kabler Carole Jo Kabler is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She also competed under her married names: Carole Jo Skala, Carole Jo Callison, and Carole Jo Whitted.Kabler was born in Eugene, Oregon...
1954	Wiffi Smith Wiffi Smith Margaret "Wiffi" Smith is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Smith was born in Redlands, California. She moved to Mexico when she was 11 years old and learned to play golf there. She won several amateur events including the 1954 U.S. Girls' Junior and the 1956 British...
1953	Millie Meyerson
1952	Mickey Wright Mickey Wright Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright is an American professional golfer. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.-Early life:...
1951	Arlene Brooks
1950	Patricia Lesse
1949	Marlene Bauer

External links

• Official USGA website for United States Girls' Junior Championship