United States Senior Women's Amateur Golf Championship
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The United States Senior Women's Amateur Golf Championship was launched in 1962 as an annual tournament for female amateur golf
ing competitors at least 50 years of age. The format began as a 54-hole stroke play
competition over three days until 1997 when it was changed to a match play
event. Sectional qualifying was first implemented for the 2000 championship.
The U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Golf Championship operates through the auspices of the United States Golf Association
.
In 1977 Dorothy Germain Porter
became the first U.S. Women's Amateur Champion
to win the Seniors' title.
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....
ing competitors at least 50 years of age. The format began as a 54-hole 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...
competition over three days until 1997 when it was changed to a 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...
event. Sectional qualifying was first implemented for the 2000 championship.
The U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Golf Championship operates through the auspices of the United States Golf Association
United States Golf Association
The United States Golf Association is the United States' national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body of golf for the U.S. and Mexico. Together with The R&A, the USGA produces and interprets the Rules of Golf. The USGA also provides a national handicap system...
.
In 1977 Dorothy Germain Porter
Dorothy Germain Porter
Dorothy Germain Porter is an American amateur golfer.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dorothy Germain began playing golf at 11. She graduated from Beaver College, where she played field hockey...
became the first U.S. Women's Amateur Champion
United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship
The U.S. Women's Amateur is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association . Female amateurs from all nations are eligible to compete...
to win the Seniors' title.
Winners
- 2011 Terri Frohnmayer
- 2010 Mina Hardin
- 2009 Sherry Herman
- 2008 Diane Lang
- 2007 Anna Schultz
- 2006 Diane Lang
- 2005 Diane Lang
- 2004 Carolyn Creekmore
- 2003 Marlene StreitMarlene StreitMarlene Stewart Streit, OC, O.Ont is a Canadian amateur golfer, and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.She was born in Cereal, Alberta. She learned golf from Gordon McInnis Sr. at the Lookout Point Golf Club in Fonthill, Ontario...
- 2002 Carol Semple Thompson
- 2001 Carol Semple Thompson
- 2000 Carol Semple Thompson
- 1999 Carol Semple Thompson
- 1998 Gayle Borthwick
- 1997 Nancy Fitzgerald
- 1996 Gayle Borthwick
- 1995 Jean Smith
- 1994 Marlene StreitMarlene StreitMarlene Stewart Streit, OC, O.Ont is a Canadian amateur golfer, and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.She was born in Cereal, Alberta. She learned golf from Gordon McInnis Sr. at the Lookout Point Golf Club in Fonthill, Ontario...
- 1993 Anne Quast Sander
- 1992 Rosemary Thompson
- 1991 Phyllis PreussPhyllis PreussPhyllis A. Preuss is an American amateur golfer. She was runner-up to Anne Quast at the 1961 U.S. Women's Amateur and earned the Medal for the lowest round at the 1967 Amateur.Preuss was born in Detroit, Michigan....
- 1990 Anne Quast Sander
- 1989 Anne Quast Sander
- 1988 Lois Hodge
- 1987 Anne Quast Sander
- 1986 Constance Guthrie
- 1985 Marlene StreitMarlene StreitMarlene Stewart Streit, OC, O.Ont is a Canadian amateur golfer, and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.She was born in Cereal, Alberta. She learned golf from Gordon McInnis Sr. at the Lookout Point Golf Club in Fonthill, Ontario...
- 1984 Constance Guthrie
- 1983 Dorothy Germain PorterDorothy Germain PorterDorothy Germain Porter is an American amateur golfer.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dorothy Germain began playing golf at 11. She graduated from Beaver College, where she played field hockey...
- 1982 Edean Ihlanfeldt
- 1981 Dorothy Germain PorterDorothy Germain PorterDorothy Germain Porter is an American amateur golfer.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dorothy Germain began playing golf at 11. She graduated from Beaver College, where she played field hockey...
- 1980 Dorothy Germain PorterDorothy Germain PorterDorothy Germain Porter is an American amateur golfer.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dorothy Germain began playing golf at 11. She graduated from Beaver College, where she played field hockey...
- 1979 Alice DyeAlice DyeAlice Dye is an American golf champion and golf course designer known as the "First Lady" of golf architecture in the United States....
- 1978 Alice DyeAlice DyeAlice Dye is an American golf champion and golf course designer known as the "First Lady" of golf architecture in the United States....
- 1977 Dorothy Germain PorterDorothy Germain PorterDorothy Germain Porter is an American amateur golfer.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dorothy Germain began playing golf at 11. She graduated from Beaver College, where she played field hockey...
- 1976 Cecile Maclaurin
- 1975 Alberta Bower
- 1974 Justine B. Cushing
- 1973 Gwen Hibbs
- 1972 Carolyn CudoneCarolyn CudoneCarolyn Cassidy Cudone was an American amateur golfer.Raised in Staten Island, New York, her mother played golf and encouraged Cudone to play the game. Her amateur golfing career was successful but she is best known for her performance as a seniors' golfer.Sometimes recorded as Mrs. Philip J...
- 1971 Carolyn CudoneCarolyn CudoneCarolyn Cassidy Cudone was an American amateur golfer.Raised in Staten Island, New York, her mother played golf and encouraged Cudone to play the game. Her amateur golfing career was successful but she is best known for her performance as a seniors' golfer.Sometimes recorded as Mrs. Philip J...
- 1970 Carolyn CudoneCarolyn CudoneCarolyn Cassidy Cudone was an American amateur golfer.Raised in Staten Island, New York, her mother played golf and encouraged Cudone to play the game. Her amateur golfing career was successful but she is best known for her performance as a seniors' golfer.Sometimes recorded as Mrs. Philip J...
- 1969 Carolyn CudoneCarolyn CudoneCarolyn Cassidy Cudone was an American amateur golfer.Raised in Staten Island, New York, her mother played golf and encouraged Cudone to play the game. Her amateur golfing career was successful but she is best known for her performance as a seniors' golfer.Sometimes recorded as Mrs. Philip J...
- 1968 Carolyn CudoneCarolyn CudoneCarolyn Cassidy Cudone was an American amateur golfer.Raised in Staten Island, New York, her mother played golf and encouraged Cudone to play the game. Her amateur golfing career was successful but she is best known for her performance as a seniors' golfer.Sometimes recorded as Mrs. Philip J...
- 1967 Marge Maswon
- 1966 Maureen OrcuttMaureen OrcuttMaureen Orcutt was an American amateur golfer and reporter for the New York Times.Born in New York City, Orcutt made it to the finals of the 1927 U.S. Women's Amateur but lost to Miriam Burns Horn. In 1928 and 1931 she won the tournament Medal for the lowest score and in 1932 tied for the honor....
- 1965 Loma Smith
- 1964 Loma Smith
- 1963 Marion Choat
- 1962 Maureen OrcuttMaureen OrcuttMaureen Orcutt was an American amateur golfer and reporter for the New York Times.Born in New York City, Orcutt made it to the finals of the 1927 U.S. Women's Amateur but lost to Miriam Burns Horn. In 1928 and 1931 she won the tournament Medal for the lowest score and in 1932 tied for the honor....
Multiple winners
- 5 wins: Carolyn CudoneCarolyn CudoneCarolyn Cassidy Cudone was an American amateur golfer.Raised in Staten Island, New York, her mother played golf and encouraged Cudone to play the game. Her amateur golfing career was successful but she is best known for her performance as a seniors' golfer.Sometimes recorded as Mrs. Philip J...
- 4 wins: Dorothy Germain PorterDorothy Germain PorterDorothy Germain Porter is an American amateur golfer.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dorothy Germain began playing golf at 11. She graduated from Beaver College, where she played field hockey...
, 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...
, Carol Semple Thompson - 3 wins: Marlene StreitMarlene StreitMarlene Stewart Streit, OC, O.Ont is a Canadian amateur golfer, and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.She was born in Cereal, Alberta. She learned golf from Gordon McInnis Sr. at the Lookout Point Golf Club in Fonthill, Ontario...
, Diane Lang - 2 wins: Loma Smith, Maureen OrcuttMaureen OrcuttMaureen Orcutt was an American amateur golfer and reporter for the New York Times.Born in New York City, Orcutt made it to the finals of the 1927 U.S. Women's Amateur but lost to Miriam Burns Horn. In 1928 and 1931 she won the tournament Medal for the lowest score and in 1932 tied for the honor....
, Alice DyeAlice DyeAlice Dye is an American golf champion and golf course designer known as the "First Lady" of golf architecture in the United States....
, Constance Guthrie, Gayle Borthwick