For the first time since 1996, Great Britain & Ireland defeated the United States on Sunday to capture the Curtis Cup. The GB&I team took five out of... more>>
Dates: Monday, July 16th through Saturday, July 21st Site: Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, California Course Architect: Willie Locke (1923), Robert Muir Graves (1960s), Rees Jones (1996) Par: 72 Yardage: 6,291
Hole-By-Hole:
Hole
Par and Yards
Hole
Par and Yards
1
Par 4 397 yds
10
Par 4 348 yds
2
Par 4 368 yds
11
Par 4 339 yds
3
Par 3 146 yds
12
Par 3 168 yds
4
Par 4 394 yds
13
Par 4 353 yds
5
Par 4 373 yds
14
Par 5 447 yds
6
Par 5 498 yds
15
Par 3 194 yds
7
Par 4 395 yds
16
Par 4 314 yds
8
Par 3 159 yds
17
Par 4 364 yds
9
Par 5 481 yds
18
Par 5 553 yds
36 3,211 yds
36 3,080 yds
Annual: 64th Schedule of Play: Stroke Play - Monday, July 16th and Tuesday, July 17th (field reduced to the lowest 64 players, who advance to match play) Match Play - Wednesday, July 18th - First round Thursday, July 19th - Second and third rounds Friday, July 20th - Quarterfinals/Semifinals Saturday, July 21st - Championship match Television: Golf Channel - Friday, July 20th - 1-3 p.m. (ET), Saturday, July 21st - 6-8 p.m. (ET) Defending Champion: Ariya Jutanugarn Runner-Up: Dottie Ardina Lowest Medalist Score (36 holes): 130 (Taylore Karle, 2005) Lowest Medalist Score (18 holes): 62 (Christina Kim, 2001; Kimberly Kim, 2007)
Last Year's Results
Championship
Ariya Jutanugarn def. Dottie Ardina, 2 & 1
Semifinals
Ariya Jutanugarn def. Amy Lee, 8 & 6
Dottie Ardina def. Yu Liu, 2 & 1
Quarterfinals
Ariya Jutanugarn def. Gabriella Then, 1-up
Dottie Ardina def. Summar Roachell, 5 & 4
Amy Lee def. Talia Campbell, 1-up
Yu Liu def. Karen Chung, 6 & 5
Past U.S. Girls' Junior Winners
Year
Winner
2011
Ariya Jutanugarn def. Dottie Ardina, 2 & 1
2010
Doris Chen def. Katelyn Dambaugh, 3 & 2
2009
Amy Anderson def. Kimberly Kim, 6 & 5
2008
Alexis Thompson def. Karen Chung, 5 & 4
2007
Kristen Park def. Ayaka Kaneko, 4 & 3
2006
Jenny Shin def. Vicky Hurst, 1-up (37 holes)
2005
In-Kyung Kim def. In-Bee Park, 5 & 4
2004
Julieta Granada def. Jane Park, 1-up (20 holes)
2003
Sukjin-Lee Wuesthoff def. In-Bee Park, 1-up
2002
In-Bee Park def. Jennifer Tangtiphaibootana, 4 & 3
2001
Nicole Perrot def. Whitney Welch, 3 & 2
2000
Lisa Ferrero def. Ina Kim, 3 & 1
1999
Aree Wongluekiet def. Nancy Abiecunas, 2-up
1998
Leigh Ann Hardin def. Brittny Straza, 2-up
1997
Beth Bauer def. Candie Kung, 4 & 2
1996
Dorothy Delasin def. Grace Park, 5 & 4
1995
Marcy Newton def. Andrea Cordova, 4 & 3
1994
Kelli Kuehne def. Molly Cooper, 2 & 1
1993
Kellee Booth def. Erika Hayashida, 1-up
1992
Jamie Zoizumi def. Alicia Allison, 5 & 4
1991
Emilee Klein def. Kimberly Marshall, 3 & 2
1990
Sandrine Mendiburu def. Vicki Goetze, 3 & 2
1989
Brandie Burton def. Carrie Hoshina, 1-up
1988
Jamille Jose def. Debbie Parks, 5 & 4
1987
Michelle McGann def. Lynne Mikulas, 7 & 6
1986
Pat Hurst def. Adele Moore, 1-up (20 holes)
1985
Dana Lofland def. Amy Fruhwirth, 4 & 3
1984
Cathy Mockett def. Michike Hattori, 1-up
1983
Kim Saiki def. Buffy Klein, 2 & 1
1982
Heather Farr def. Caroline Keggi, 2 & 1
1981
Kay Cornelius def. Kim Simmons, 2 & 1
1980
Laurie Rinker def. Libby Akers, 5 & 4
1979
Penny Hammel def. Amy Benz, 2 & 1
1978
Lori Castillo def. Jenny Lidback, 4 & 2
1977
Althea Tome def. Melissa McGeorge, 3 & 2
1976
Ilar Dorado def. Kelli Doherty, 3 & 2
1975
Dayna Benson def. Kyle O'Brien, 1-up
1974
Nancy Lopez def. Lauren Howe, 7 & 5
1973
Amy Alcott def. Mary Lawrence, 6 & 5
1972
Nancy Lopez def. Catherine Morse, 1-up
1971
Hollis Stacy def. Amy Alcott, 1-up (19 holes)
1970
Hollis Stacy def. Janet Aulisi, 1-up
1969
Hollis Stacy def. Jane Fassinger, 1-up
1968
Margaret Harmon def. Kaye Beard, 3 & 2
1967
Elizabeth Story def. Liana Zambresky, 5 & 4
1966
Claudia Mayhew def. Kathleen Ahern, 3 & 2
1965
Gail Sykes def. Mary Louise Pritchett, 5 & 4
1964
Peggy Conley def. Laura MacIvor, 6 & 5
1963
Janis Ferraris def. Peggy Conley, 2-up
1962
Mary Lou Daniel def. Mary Sawyer, 2-up
1961
Mary Lowell def. Margaret Martin, 1-up
1960
Carol Sorenson def. Sharon Fladoos, 2 & 1
1959
Judy Rand def. Marcia Hamilton, 5 & 3
1958
Judy Eller def. Sherry Wheeler, 1-up
1957
Judy Eller def. Beth Stone, 1-up (20 holes)
1956
JoAnne Gunderson def. Clifford Ann Creed, 4 & 3
1955
Carole Jo Kabler def. JoAnne Gunderson, 4 & 3
1954
Margaret Smith def. Sue Driscoll, 5 & 3
1953
Mildred Meyerson def. Holly Jean Roth, 4 & 2
1952
Mickey Wright def. Barbara McIntire, 1-up
1951
Arlene Brooks def. Barbara McIntire, 1-up
1950
Patricia A. Lesser def. Mickey Wright, 4 & 2
1949
Marlene Bauer def. Barbara Bruning, 2-up
NOTES: This event has proven to be a springboard for success for LPGA talent over the years. Past champions of this championship include: Mickey Wright, JoAnne Carner, Hollis Stacy, Nancy Lopez, Amy Alcott, Pat Hurst, Michelle McGann, Brandie Burton, Kelli Kuehne, Dorothy Delasin, Beth Bauer, Inbee Park, Julieta Granada, I.K. Kim and Lexi Thompson. Stacy was a three-time champion while Lopez captured this event twice. Paula Creamer lost to Granada in the semifinals in 2004. Morgan Pressel lost in the quarterfinals in 2004 and in the third round in 2005.
Last year, Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand, defeated Dottie Ardina, 2 & 1 to become the 16th stroke-play medalist in the 63-year history of the championship to take the victory. She also became the third player from Thailand to win a USGA title.
The duo were tied after 29 holes, however Jutanugarn captured the next two holes to take a 2-up lead. Ardina closed the gap with a birdie on the 33rd hole on the South Course at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club. After both players parred the next hole, Ardina's long birdie try on the next hole slipped three feet past and her comeback putt missed as well. Jutanugarn's 4-foot par putt clinched the two-hole victory.
Doris Chen defeated Katelyn Dambaugh, 3 & 2 in 2010, to win the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship. Chen wrapped up the victory when both players birdied the par-three 16th at The Country Club of North Carolina. It was the 34th hole of their scheduled 36-hole match play final. Riding a wave of momentum that increased throughout the week, Chen won the title after making the stroke-play cut on Tuesday by only a shot. It marked her second consecutive strong showing at the championship following a semifinal loss in 2009.
In 2009, stroke-play medalist Amy Anderson rolled to a 6 & 5 victory over Kimberly Kim in the final. Anderson, from Oxbow, North Dakota, never trailed in her scheduled 36-hole match against Kim, a decorated USGA player who made only one birdie over the 31 holes they played. Anderson became the first stroke-play medalist to win this event since Granada in 2004. Kim had previously won the 2006 U.S. Women's Amateur at the age of 14 -- the youngest-ever winner of that championship. She was playing in her third USGA amateur final.
Alexis Thompson became the second-youngest winner in championship history in 2008, as she defeated Karen Chung, 5 & 4, at Hartford Golf Club in Connecticut. At 13 years, 5 months and 17 days, Thompson was only two months older than 1999 champion Aree Song Wongluekiet, who was 13 years, 3 months, 7 days. Chung, also 13, would have been nine days older than Wongluekiet. The final marked the first time two 13-year-olds had competed for the championship. For the first time in championship history, the event was completed on Sunday.
Only two golfers have won consecutive titles - July Eller (1958-59) and Hollis Stacy (1969-1971). Lopez also won two championships, in 1972 and 1974, but not consecutively.
Jenny Shin defeated Vicky Hurst in 2006 on the 37th hole of the scheduled 36-hole match, the first 36-hole final in championship history. Shin won the 33rd and 36th holes to square the match and then her opponent, after hitting into a water hazard and then a greenside bunker, conceded the match on the 37th hole.
This tournament is open to female amateur players who will not have reached their 18th birthday on or before July 21, and who have a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 18.4. The USGA accepted a record 1,086 entries in 2011. The USGA received 1,070 entries for the 2012 championship, the third consecutive year that entries surpassed 1,000.
The 2012 U.S. Girls' Junior will be the 70th USGA championship conducted in the state of California. The 2012 U.S. Open was played at The Olympic Club in San Francisco one month prior to the Girls' Junior. This will be the sixth Girls' Junior conducted in the state, with the most recent playing in 1993 at Mesa Verde Country Club in Costa Mesa. Lake Merced is hosting its second USGA Championship, having previously held the 1990 U.S. Junior Amateur, which was won by Mathew Todd.
The 2013 U.S. Girls' Junior will be held at Sycamore Hills Golf Club, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The dates of the championship are July 22-27.
Michael Miller posted a 3-under 68 on Friday to lead the team from New York to the title at the USGA Men's State Team Championship. Max Buckley had... more>>
For the fifth time, The Olympic Club produced a surprise U.S. Open champion. Webb Simpson carded his second straight 2-under 68 on Sunday to come from... more>>
Andy Hyeon Bo Shim defeated Jim Liu 4 & 3 to win the 2012 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at The Golf Club of New England. Shim, the 43rd seeded... more>>
Korea needed just a 2-under 142 on Sunday to retain the title at the Women's World Amateur Team Championship. Korea finished the tournament at... more>>
Lydia Ko never trailed Sunday and hung on to beat Jaye Marie Green, 3 & 1, in the final of the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship. The final match was... more>>
For a good part of her back nine Sunday, Na Yeon Choi's chances of winning the U.S. Women's Open were hanging in the balance. Or, more accurately... more>>
Steven Fox birdied the first extra hole Sunday to defeat Michael Weaver and complete an amazing comeback victory at the U.S. Amateur Championship... more>>
The United States set a 54-hole scoring mark to win the weather-shortened World Amateur Team Championship by five strokes on Sunday. The U.S. fired... more>>
T.J. Vogel won the first two holes on Saturday and never looked back as he rolled to a 12 & 10 win over Kevin Aylwin in the 36-hole final at the U.S. Amateur... more>>
Nathan Smith held off a late charge from Garrett Rank on Thursday to win the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship. Smith parred the 35th hole to regain the lead... more>>
Meghan Stasi defeated Liz Waynick, 6 & 5, on Thursday to win the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship. Stasi emphatically secured her fourth... more>>
Ellen Port won five holes in a row on the back nine Thursday to defeat Jane Fitzgerald and capture the USGA Senior Women's Amateur Championship... more>>
