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Dates: Monday, August 6th through Sunday, August 12th Site: The Country Club, Cleveland, Ohio Course Architect: William Flynn (1930) Par: 72 Yardage: 6,512
Hole-By-Hole:
Hole
Par and Yards
Hole
Par and Yards
1
Par 4 347 yds
10
Par 4 379 yds
2
Par 5 475 yds
11
Par 3 146 yds
3
Par 4 314 yds
12
Par 5 552 yds
4
Par 4 371 yds
13
Par 4 384 yds
5
Par 3 192 yds
14
Par 3 166 yds
6
Par 4 415 yds
15
Par 4 410 yds
7
Par 4 431 yds
16
Par 5 450 yds
8
Par 5 529 yds
17
Par 4 387 yds
9
Par 3 179 yds
18
Par 4 385 yds
36 3,253 yds
36 3,259 yds
Annual: 112th Television: Golf Channel - Wednesday/Sunday -- 3-5 p.m. (et) Schedule of Play: Stroke Play - Monday, August 6th and Tuesday, August 7th, (field reduced to the lowest 64 players, who advance to match play). Match Play - Wednesday, August 8th - First Round, Thursday, August 9th - Second/Third Rounds, Friday, August 10th - Quarterfinals, Saturday, August 11th - Semifinals, Sunday, Aug 12th - Championship (36 holes) Defending Champion: Danielle Kang (Not defending) Runner-Up: Moriya Jutanugarn Lowest Medalist Score (36 holes): 135 (Courtney Swaim, 2002) Lowest Medalist Score (18 holes): 65 (Rachel Rohanna, 2010 - Charlotte CC)
Deb Richard def. Kimberly Williams, 1-up (37 holes)
1983
Joanne Pacillo def. Sally Quinlan, 2 & 1
1982
Juli Inkster def. Cathy Hanlon, 4 & 3
1981
Juli Inkster def. Lindy Goggin, 1-up
1980
Juli Inkster def. Patti Rizzo, 2-up
1979
Carolyn Hill def. Patty Sheehan, 7 & 6
1978
Cathy Sherk def. Judith Oliver, 4 & 3
1977
Beth Daniel def. Cathy Sherk, 3 & 1
1976
Donna Horton def. Marianne Bretton, 2 & 1
1975
Beth Daniel def. Donna Horton, 3 & 2
1974
Cynthia Hill def. Carol Semple, 5 & 4
1973
Carol Semple def. Anne Quast Sander, 1-up
1972
Mary Budke def. Cynthia Hill, 5 & 4
1971
Laura Baugh def. Beth Barry, 1-up
1970
Martha Wilkinson def. Cynthia Hill, 3 & 2
1969
Catherine Lacoste def. Shelley Hamlin, 3 & 2
1968
JoAnne Gunderson Carner def. Anne Quast Sander, 5 & 4
1967
Mary Lou Dill def. Jean Ashley, 5 & 4
1966
JoAnne Gunderson def. Marlene Stewart Streit, 1-up (41 holes)
1965
Jean Ashley def. Anne Quast Sander, 5 & 4
1964
Barbara McIntire def. JoAnne Gunderson, 3 & 2
1963
Anne Quast Sander def. Peggy Conley, 2 & 1
1962
JoAnne Gunderson def. Ann Baker, 9 & 8
1961
Anne Quast Sander def. Phyllis Preuss, 14 & 13
1960
JoAnne Gunderson def. Jean Ashley, 6 & 5
1959
Barbara McIntire def. Joanne Goodwin, 4 & 3
1958
Anne Quast def. Barbara Romack, 3 & 2
1957
JoAnne Gunderson def. Ann Casey Johnstone, 8 & 6
1956
Marlene Stewart def. JoAnne Gunderson, 2 & 1
1955
Patricia A. Lesser def. Jane Nelson, 7 & 6
1954
Barbara Romack def. Mickey Wright, 4 & 2
1953
Mary Lena Faulk def. Polly Riley, 3 & 2
1952
Jacqueline Pung def. Shirley McFedters, 2 & 1
1951
Dorothy Kirby def. Claire Doran, 2 & 1
1950
Beverly Hanson def. Maie Murray, 6 & 4
1949
Dorothy Porter def. Dorothy Kielty, 3 & 2
1948
Grace S. Lenczyk def. Helen Sigel, 4 & 3
1947
Louise Suggs def. Dorothy Kirby, 2-up
1946
Babe Didrikson Zaharias def. Clara Sherman, 11 & 9
1945
Not Held
1944
Not Held
1943
Not Held
1942
Not Held
1941
Elizabeth Hicks def. Helen Sigel, 5 & 3
1940
Betty Jameson def. Jane S. Cothran, 6 & 5
1939
Betty Jameson def. Dorothy Kirby, 3 & 2
1938
Patty Berg def. Estelle Lawson Page, 6 & 5
1937
Estelle Lawson Page def. Patty Berg, 7 & 6
1936
Pamela Barton def. Maureen Orcutt, 4 & 3
1935
Glenna Collett Vare def. Patty Berg, 3 & 2
1934
Virginia Van Wie def. Dorothy Traung, 2 & 1
1933
Virginia Van Wie def. Helen Hicks, 4 & 3
1932
Virginia Van Wie def. Glenna Collett Vare, 10 & 8
1931
Helen Hicks def. Glenna Collett Vare, 2 & 1
1930
Glenna Collett def. Virginia Van Wie, 6 & 5
1929
Glenna Collett def. Leona Pressley, 4 & 3
1928
Glenna Collett def. Virginia Van Wie, 13 & 12
1927
Miriam Burns Horn def. Maureen Orcutt, 5 & 4
1926
Helen Stetson def. Elizabeth Goss, 3 & 1
1925
Glenna Scott def. Alexa Stirling, 9 & 8
1924
Dorothy Campbell Hurd def. Mary K. Browne, 7 & 6
1923
Edith Cummings def. Alexa Stirling, 3 & 2
1922
Glenna Collett def. Margaret Gavin, 5 & 4
1921
Marion Hollins def. Alexa Stirling, 5 & 4
1920
Alexa Stirling def. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, 5 & 4
1919
Alexa Stirling def. Margaret Gavin, 6 & 5
1918
Not Held
1917
Not Held
1916
Alexa Stirling def. Mildred Caverly, 2 & 1
1915
Florence Vanderbeck def. Margaret Gavin, 3 & 2
1914
Katherine Harley def. Elaine V. Rosenthal, 1-up
1913
Gladys Ravenscroft def. Marion Hollins, 2-up
1912
Margaret Curtis def. Nonna Barlow, 3 & 2
1911
Margaret Curtis def. Lillian B. Hyde, 5 & 3
1910
Dorothy I. Campbell def. Mrs. G.M. Martin, 2 & 1
1909
Dorothy I. Campbell def. Nonna Barlow, 3 & 2
1908
Katherine C. Harley def. Mrs. T.H. Polhemus, 6 & 5
1907
Margaret Curtis def. Harriot S. Curtis, 7 & 6
1906
Harriot S. Curtis def. Mary B. Adams, 2 & 1
1905
Pauline Mackay def. Margaret Curtis, 1-up
1904
Georgianna M. Bishop def. Mrs. E.F. Sanford, 5 & 3
1903
Bessie Anthony def. J. Anna Carpenter, 7 & 6
1902
Genevieve Hecker def. Louisa A. Wells, 4 & 3
1901
Genevieve Hecker def. Lucy Herron, 5 & 3
1900
Frances C. Griscom def. Margaret Curtis, 6 & 5
1899
Ruth Underhill def. Margaret Fox, 2 & 1
1898
Beatrix Hoyt def. Maude Wetmore, 5 & 3
1897
Beatrix Hoyt def. Nellie Sargent, 5 & 4
1896
Beatrix Hoyt def. Mrs. Arthur Turnure, 2 & 1
1895
Lucy Barnes (132) - Nellie Sargent
NOTES:
The oldest and most prestigious championship in women's golf, the U.S. Women's Amateur marked the beginning of women's competitive golf in the United States. This event is one of the USGA's first three championships along with the U.S. Open and the U.S. Amateur. Dating back to 1895, the U.S. Women's Amateur boasts some very notable winners, such as: Glenna Collett Vare, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Louise Suggs, JoAnne Gunderson Carner, Beth Daniel, Juli Inkster, Pat Hurst, Kelli Kuehne, Grace Park, Morgan Pressel and Amanda Blumenherst. The USGA received a record 1,123 entries for the 2012 event, eclipsing the previous mark of 1,049 entries received for the 2010 tournament.
The 2012 U.S. Women's Amateur will be the second USGA championship conducted at The Country Club in Cleveland, Ohio. The club previously hosted the 1935 U.S. Amateur, won by Lawson Little. In addition, this year's Women's Amateur will be the 37th USGA championship staged in Ohio. Olin Browne won the most recent championship in Ohio at the 2011 U.S. Senior Open at Inverness Club in Toledo.
The champion receives a gold medal and custody of the Robert Cox Cup for the ensuing year. The runner-up receives a silver medal; the other semifinalists receive bronze medals. The champion receives an exemption from sectional qualifying for U.S. Women's Amateur Championships for the next ten years; an exemption from sectional qualifying for 10 years to the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship, if otherwise eligible; an exemption from sectional qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship, if otherwise eligible; an exemption from sectional qualifying for the next two U.S. Women's Open Championships, if still an amateur; an exemption from sectional qualifying for future USGA Senior Women's Amateur Championships, if otherwise eligible.
Last year, Danielle Kang cruised to a 6 & 5 win over Moriya Jutanugarn in the 36-hole final at Rhode Island Country Club. Kang became the first player since Kelli Kuehne (1995-96) to repeat as champion. The last time Rhode Island Country Club hosted the championship in 1987, Kay Cockerill successfully defended her title. In fact, two of the previous three repeat winners did so at Rhode Island Country Club. For the match, Kang had 11 birdies and only one bogey. Jutanugarn's sister, Ariya, captured the 2011 U.S. Girls' Junior title. Kang will not be on hand to defend her title this year, as she has since turned professional. Kang finished tied for 14th at the U.S. Women's Open Championship in July.
In 2010, Kang sank a four-foot birdie putt on the 35th hole to defeat Jessica Korda, 2 & 1, at Charlotte Country Club in North Carolina. Kang and Korda played the 35 holes in five-under-par.
In 2009, Jennifer Song outlasted Jennifer Johnson, 3 & 1, to capture the title. In doing so, Song etched her name in the record books, as she became just the second female in history to win two USGA championships in the same year. Just two months prior, Song won the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship.
Amanda Blumenherst grabbed her first lead on the 31st hole in 2008 and held off Azahara Munoz for a 2 & 1 win in the final. Blumenherst, the 2007 runner-up, got up and down for par on the 35th hole to seal the match after Munoz missed an eight-foot birdie putt. Blumenherst became the first collegian to win this trophy since Virada Nirapathpongporn in 2003.
In 2007, Maria Jose Uribe defeated Blumenherst in the 36-hole match play final to become the first Colombian ever to win a USGA title. Uribe was the second golfer from South America to win a USGA event in 2007, along with Argentina's Angel Cabrera, who captured the U.S. Open.
Kimberly Kim mounted an impressive comeback in 2006, as she became the youngest champion in the history of the championship, defeating Katharina Schallenberg, 1-up. Kim was four down after six holes and five down after 15 holes before storming back. Kim was 14 years, 11 months and 21 days old.
In 2005, Pressel won the first hole with a par and never trailed, as she cruised to a 9 & 8 win over Maru Martinez. Pressel was seven-under-par for the 28 holes.
The 2013 championship will be contested at the Country Club of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.
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