United States Girls' Junior Golf Championship
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The United States Girls' Junior Championship is a golf championship organized by the United States Golf Association for amateur girls under the age of eighteen, first held in 1949. The inaugural championship was won by Marlene Bauer from a field of 28 enties.
Aree Wongluekiet, now Aree Song, is the youngest winner at 13 years, 3 months, 7 days in 1999. Hollis Stacy is the only three-time winner of the tournament.
Competitors who went on to earn prominence in amateur or professional golf include:
- Amy Alcott - 1973 winner
- JoAnne Gunderson-Carner - 1956 winner, 1955 runner-up
- Pat Hurst - 1986 winner
- Nancy Lopez - 1972 and 1974 winner
- Grace Park - 1996 runner-up
- Hollis Stacy - 1969, 1970, 1971 winner
- Mickey Wright - 1952 winner
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[edit] Champions
| 2006 Jenny Shin |  United States [1] |
| 2005 In-Kyung Kim |  Republic of Korea |
| 2004 Julieta Granada |  Paraguay |
| 2003 Sukjin-Lee Wuesthoff | Republic of Korea [2] |
| 2002 In-Bee Park | Republic of Korea |
| 2001 Nicole Perrot |  Chile |
| 2000 Lisa Ferrero | United States |
| 1999 Aree Wongluekiet |  Thailand |
| 1998 Leigh Anne Hardin | United States |
| 1997 Beth Bauer | United States |
| 1996 Dorothy Delasin | United States |
| 1995 Marcy Newton | United States |
| 1994 Kelli Kuehne | United States |
| 1993 Kellee Booth | United States |
| 1992 Jamie Koizumi | United States |
| 1991 Emilee Klein | United States |
| 1990 Sandrine Mendiburu |  France |
| 1989 Marcy Newton | United States |
| 1988 Jamille Jose | United States |
| 1987 Michelle McGann | United States |
| 1986 Pat Hurst | United States |
| 1985 Dana Lofland | United States |
| 1984 Cathy Mockett | United States |
| 1983 Kim Saiki | United States |
| 1982 Heather Farr | United States |
| 1981 Kay Cornelius | United States |
| 1980 Laurie Rinker | United States |
| 1979 Penny Hammel | United States |
| 1978 Lori Castillo | United States |
| 1977 Althea Tome | United States |
| 1976 Pilar Dorado | United States |
| 1975 Dayna Benson | United States |
| 1974 Nancy Lopez | United States |
| 1973 Amy Alcott | United States |
| 1972 Nancy Lopez | United States |
| 1971 Hollis Stacy | United States |
| 1970 Hollis Stacy | United States |
| 1969 Hollis Stacy | United States |
| 1968 Margaret Harmon | United States |
| 1967 Elizabeth (Doll) Story | United States |
| 1966 Claudia Ann Mayhew | United States |
| 1965 Gail Sykes | United States |
| 1964 Peggy Conley | United States |
| 1963 Janis Ferraris | United States |
| 1962 Mary Lou Daniel | United States |
| 1961 Mary Lowell | United States |
| 1960 Carol Sorenson | United States |
| 1959 Judy Rand | United States |
| 1958 Judy Eller | United States |
| 1957 Judy Eller | United States |
| 1956 JoAnne Gunderson | United States |
| 1955 Carole Jo Kabler | United States |
| 1954 Margaret (Wiffi) Smith |  Mexico |
| 1953 Millie Meyerson | United States |
| 1952 Mickey Wright | United States |
| 1951 Arlene Brooks | United States |
| 1950 Patricia Lesse | United States |
| 1949 Marlene Bauer | United States |
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Shin was born in South Korea and moved to California with her family in 2002. Her current citizenship is unknown. The USGA lists her as "of Torrance, California".
- ^ Wuesthoff moved from her native Korea to New Jersey as a 12 year-old, moving in and eventually being adopted by an American aunt and uncle. It is not kown if, in so doing, she gained American citizenship.
