United States Girls' Junior Golf Championship

The United States Girls' Junior Championship is one of the thirteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur girls who are under 18 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA handicap index of 18.4 or less. It consists of two days of stroke play, with the leading 64 competitors then playing a match play competition to decide the champion.

The inaugural championship was held in 1949 and was won by Marlene Bauer from a field of 28 entries.

Aree Wongluekiet, now Aree Song, is the youngest winner at 13 years, 99 days in 1999. Hollis Stacy is the only three-time winner of the tournament.

Winners

Year Winner Country
2014 Princess Mary Superal  Philippines
2013 Gabriella Then  United States
2012 Minjee Lee  Australia
2011 Ariya Jutanugarn  Thailand
2010 Doris Chen United States
 Taiwan
2009 Amy Anderson United States
2008 Alexis Thompson United States
2007 Kristen Park United States
2006 Jenny Shin United States [1]
2005 In-Kyung Kim South Korea
2004 Julieta Granada Paraguay
2003 Sukjin-Lee Wuesthoff South Korea
 United States [2]
2002 Inbee Park South 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 Brandie Burton 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 Wiffi Smith United States
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

Multiple winners

See also

Notes

  1. 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".
  2. Wuesthoff moved from her native South Korea to New Jersey as a 12 year-old, moving in and eventually being adopted by an American aunt and uncle. When the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 took effect on February 27, 2001, she automatically acquired United States citizenship, as she was legally adopted by at least one American citizen and was under 18 on the effective date of the Act. However, when she joined the LPGA tour in 2008, the tour listed her as South Korean, indicating that she retained her original citizenship.

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