Beatrix Hoyt

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Beatrix Hoyt (1880 - August 14, 1963) was an American amateur golfing champion.

She was born in Westchester County, New York, the granddaughter of Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Lincoln and later, Chief Justice of the United States.

A member of the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York which encouraged juniors and females to play the game, in 1896, at the age of sixteen, Beatrix Hoyt won the first of her three consecutive United States Women's Amateur Golf Championships. She was also the Medalist for shooting the lowest score in the tournament's qualifying round, something she would accomplish for five straight years. 1896 was the second edition of the championship and the first year that the Robert Cox Cup was awarded to the winner. At age 19, she retired from competitive golf after losing to Margaret Curtis in the semi-final round at the 1900 tournament.

Beatrix Hoyt is one of only four 16 year-olds to ever win the U.S. Women's Amateur and one of five competitors to win three consecutive Championships.