Women's Western Amateur
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The Women's Western Amateur is an amateur golf
tournament for women. It is organized by the Women's Western Golf Association, which also organized the Women's Western Open from 1930 to 1967. It is one of the oldest women's amateur tournaments in the United States, having been played since 1901. Like many other amateur tournaments, it uses a stroke play
qualifier to determine the final match play
field.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament for women. It is organized by the Women's Western Golf Association, which also organized the Women's Western Open from 1930 to 1967. It is one of the oldest women's amateur tournaments in the United States, having been played since 1901. Like many other amateur tournaments, it uses a stroke play
Stroke play
Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf. It involves counting the total number of strokes taken on each hole during a given round, or series of rounds...
qualifier to determine the final match play
Match play
Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; this is as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes...
field.
Winners
- 2011 Victoria Tanco
- 2010 Jaclyn Jansen
- 2009 Taylore Karle
- 2008 Jennie Arseneault
- 2007 Mallory Blackwelder
- 2006 Stacy LewisStacy LewisStacy Lewis is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Early years:Born in Ohio, Lewis grew up in Texas at The Woodlands outside of Houston, and graduated from The Woodlands High School in 2003...
- 2005 Jennifer Hong
- 2004 Sophia Sheridan
- 2003 Brittany LangBrittany LangBrittany Lang is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior...
- 2002 Janice OlivenciaJanice OlivenciaJanice Olivencia has been a professional golf player since May 2005. In 2009, she became the first Puerto Rican woman to play in the U.S. Women's Open, and only the second Puerto Rican since Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez to play in a U.S...
- 2001 Meredith DuncanMeredith DuncanMeredith Duncan is an American professional golfer.Duncan was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. She won the Women's Western Amateur in 2000 and 2001. She won the 2001 North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst. She followed this up by capturing that year's U.S...
- 2000 Meredith DuncanMeredith DuncanMeredith Duncan is an American professional golfer.Duncan was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. She won the Women's Western Amateur in 2000 and 2001. She won the 2001 North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst. She followed this up by capturing that year's U.S...
- 1999 Kellee Booth
- 1998 Grace ParkGrace Park (golfer)Grace Park is a South Korean professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Park was born in Seoul, South Korea. She moved to Hawaii at the age of 12, and then to Arizona. She received the 1996 Dial Award as top female high-school scholar-athlete in the United States...
- 1997 Stephanie Keever
- 1996 Mary Burkhardt Shields
- 1995 Cristie KerrCristie KerrCristie Kerr is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has 14 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $13 million in career earnings...
- 1994 Stephanie Neill
- 1993 Stephanie SparksStephanie SparksStephanie Sparks is an on-air personality at The Golf Channel and a former golfer, whose best years in golf came as an amateur.-Golfer:...
- 1992 Moira DunnMoira DunnMoira C. Dunn is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.Dunn has won once on the LPGA Tour in 2004.-Amateur wins :*1989 New York State Junior Girls*1992 New York State Women's Amateur, Women's Western Amateur...
- 1991 Sarah LeBrun Ingram
- 1990 Patricia Cornett Iker
- 1989 Katie Peterson
- 1988 Anne Quast Sander
- 1987 Kathleen McCarthy
- 1986 Leslie Shannon
- 1985 Kathleen McCarthy
- 1984 Joanne Pacillo
- 1983 Tammy Welborn
- 1982 Lisa Stanley
- 1981 Amy Benz
- 1980 Kathy Baker
- 1979 Mary Hafeman
- 1978 Beth DanielBeth DanielBeth Daniel is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1979 and won 33 LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame....
- 1977 Lauren HoweLauren HoweLauren Howe is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Howe won once on the LPGA Tour in 1983.-LPGA Tour wins:LPGA Tour playoff record -External links:...
- 1976 Nancy LopezNancy LopezNancy 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:...
- 1975 Debbie MasseyDebbie MasseyDebbie Massey is an American professional golfer.Massey won three events on the LPGA Tour, not including back-to-back victories in the Women's British Open, which is now one of the LPGA's major championships...
- 1974 Lancy Smith
- 1973 Katie Falk
- 1972 Debbie MasseyDebbie MasseyDebbie Massey is an American professional golfer.Massey won three events on the LPGA Tour, not including back-to-back victories in the Women's British Open, which is now one of the LPGA's major championships...
- 1971 Beth Barry
- 1970 Jane Bastanchury
- 1969 Jane Bastanchury
- 1968 Catherine LacosteCatherine LacosteCatherine Lacoste is a French amateur golfer. She won the 1967 U.S. Women's Open as a 22-year-old amateur, playing in just her third professional golf tournament...
- 1967 Mrs. Mark Potter
- 1966 Peggy Conley
- 1965 Barbara Fay White
- 1964 Barbara Fay White
- 1963 Barbara McIntireBarbara McIntireBarbara Joy McIntire is an American golfer.McIntire was born in Toledo, Ohio. Living in Florida, she began playing golf as a young girl and at age 15 made a splash at the 1950 U.S...
- 1962 Carol Sorenson
- 1961 Anne Quast Sander
- 1960 Mrs. Ann Casey Johnston
- 1959 JoAnne Gunderson
- 1958 Barbara McIntireBarbara McIntireBarbara Joy McIntire is an American golfer.McIntire was born in Toledo, Ohio. Living in Florida, she began playing golf as a young girl and at age 15 made a splash at the 1950 U.S...
- 1957 Meriam Bailey
- 1956 Anne QuastAnne QuastAnne Quast is an American golfer. She won the U.S. Women's Amateur three times and was runner-up three times . She was married several times and played as Anne Decker, Anne Welts, and Anne Sander.-Career:Quast was born in Everett, Washington...
- 1955 Patricia Lesser
- 1954 Claire Doran
- 1953 Claire Doran
- 1952 Polly RileyPolly RileyPolly Ann Riley was an American amateur golfer.Riley won over 100 tournaments in her career. Although she remained an amateur throughout her career, she won the first LPGA Tour event, the 1950 Tampa Open....
- 1951 Marjorie Lindsay
- 1950 Polly RileyPolly RileyPolly Ann Riley was an American amateur golfer.Riley won over 100 tournaments in her career. Although she remained an amateur throughout her career, she won the first LPGA Tour event, the 1950 Tampa Open....
- 1949 Helen Sigel
- 1948 Dot Kielty
- 1947 Louise SuggsLouise SuggsMae Louise Suggs is a retired professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.-Amateur career:Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager...
- 1946 Louise SuggsLouise SuggsMae Louise Suggs is a retired professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.-Amateur career:Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager...
- 1945 Phyllis Otto
- 1944 Dorothy Germain
- 1943 Dorothy Germain
- 1942 Betty JamesonBetty JamesonElizabeth May "Betty" Jameson was an American professional golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA.-Biography:...
- 1941 Mrs. Russell Mann
- 1940 Betty JamesonBetty JamesonElizabeth May "Betty" Jameson was an American professional golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA.-Biography:...
- 1939 Edith Estabrooks
- 1938 Patty BergPatty BergPatricia Jane Berg was an American professional golfer and a founding member and then leading player on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Her 15 major title wins remains the all-time record for most major wins by a female golfer...
- 1937 Marion Miley
- 1936 Dorothy Traung
- 1935 Marion Miley
- 1934 Mrs. L. D. Cheney
- 1933 Lucille Robinson
- 1932 Opal HillOpal HillOpal S. Trout Hill was an American professional golfer. She won the Women's Western Open in 1935 and 1936....
- 1931 Opal HillOpal HillOpal S. Trout Hill was an American professional golfer. She won the Women's Western Open in 1935 and 1936....
- 1930 Mrs. G. W. Tyson
- 1929 Opal HillOpal HillOpal S. Trout Hill was an American professional golfer. She won the Women's Western Open in 1935 and 1936....
- 1928 Mrs. Harry Pressler
- 1927 Mrs. Harry Pressler
- 1926 Dorothy Page
- 1925 Elaine Rosenthal Reinhardt
- 1924 Edith CummingsEdith CummingsEdith Cummings was one of the premier amateur golfers of her generation. She was one of the Big Four debutantes in Chicago, at the end of the First World War. She became nationally famous following her 1923 victory in the U.S. Women's Amateur...
- 1923 Miriam Burns
- 1922 Mrs. David Gaut
- 1921 Mrs. Melvin Jones
- 1920 Mrs. F. C. Letts, Jr.
- 1919 Mrs. Perry W. Fiske
- 1918 Elaine Rosenthal
- 1917 Mrs. F. C. Letts, Jr.
- 1916 Mrs. F. C. Letts, Jr.
- 1915 Elaine Rosenthal
- 1914 Mrs. H. D. Hammond
- 1913 Myra B. Helmer
- 1912 Caroline Painter
- 1911 Caroline Painter
- 1910 Mrs. Thurston Harris
- 1909 Vida Llewellyn
- 1908 Mrs. W. France Anderson
- 1907 Lillian French
- 1906 Mrs. C. L. Dering
- 1905 Mrs. C. L. Dering
- 1904 Frances Everett
- 1903 Bessie Anthony
- 1902 Bessie Anthony
- 1901 Bessie Anthony