Virginia Van Wie

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Virginia Van Wie (February 9, 1909 - February 18, 1997) was an American golfing champion. She was born in Illinois and attended school in Chicago. In 1925, she won the Western Michigan championship and the Western Junior championship.

At the 1928 and 1930 United States Women's Amateur Golf Championships she lost in the finals to Glenna Collett. In the 1929 event she tied for the medal for lowest score in the qualifying rounds. Between 1932 and 1934 she won three consecutive United States Women's Amateur Golf Championships, capturing the first in the final match over arch-rival, Glenna Collett.

She was a member of the American team that won the first Curtis Cup played at the Wentworth Golf Club in England in 1932 and was part of the team that won it again in 1934. Virginia Van Wie's performances that year earned her the 1934 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year award. She retired in 1935 and taught golf in the Chicago area for more than thirty years..

In 1950, she was inducted into the Women's Golf Hall of Fame.