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Women’s
Amateur
16 U.S. Women’s Amateur
Age
Oldest Champion (years/months/days)
41/4 Dorothy Campbell Hurd (1924)
30/0/9 Helen Stetson (1926)
Youngest Champion
14/11/21 Kimberly Kim (2006)
16/2/21 Laura Baugh (1971)
16/3/4 Beatrix Hoyt (1896)
Youngest Semifinalist
14/6 Aree Song Wongluekiet (2000)
14/8 Roberta Albers (1961)
Youngest Finalist
14/11/21 Kimberly Kim (2006)
16/2 Peggy Conley (1963)
Youngest Competitor
12 Marlene Bauer (90–88, failed to qualify), 1946
12 Raeanna Staples (80–86, failed to qualify), 1992
12 Pearl Jin (second round, match play), 2007
12 Alexis Thompson (quarterfinals, match play), 2007
12 Gabriella Then (82-80, failed to qualify), 2008
12 Hannah O’Sullivan (first round, match play), 2010
12 Lilia Khatu Vu (78-76, failed to qualify), 2010
12 Angel Yin (77-73, failed to qualify), 2011
Most Victories
Champions
6 Glenna Collett Vare (1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1930,
1935)
5 JoAnne Gunderson Carner (1957, 1960, 1962, 1966,
1968)
Consecutive Victories
3 Beatrix Hoyt (1896, 1897, 1898)
3 Alexa Stirling Fraser (1916, 1919, 1920)*
3 Glenna Collett Vare (1928, 1929, 1930)
3 Virginia Van Wie (1932, 1933, 1934)
3 Juli Simpson Inkster (1980, 1981, 1982)
2 Genevieve Hecker (1901, 1902)
2 Dorothy I. Campbell (1909, 1910)
Records
2 Margaret Curtis (1911, 1912)
2 Betty Jameson (1939, 1940)
2 Kay Cockerill (1986, 1987)
2 Kelli Kuehne (1995, 1996)
2 Danielle Kang (2010, 2011)
* championship not played in 1917–18 because of World War I
Most Times in Final
8 Glenna Collett Vare (1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1930,
1931, 1932, 1935)
7 JoAnne Gunderson Carner (1956, 1957, 1960, 1962,
1964, 1966, 1968)
Most Times Runner–Up
3 Margaret Gavin (1915, 1919, 1922)
3 Alexa Stirling Fraser (1921, 1923, 1925)
3 Anne Quast Sander (1965, 1968, 1973)
Foreign–Born Champions (12)
Dorothy Campbell Hurd, Scotland (1909, 1910, 1924)
Gladys Ravenscroft, England (1913)
Pamela Barton, England (1936)
Marlene Stewart Streit, Canada (1956)
Catherine Lacoste, France (1969)
Cathy Sherk, Canada (1978)
Michiko Hattori, Japan (1985)
Pearl Sinn, Korea (1988)
Silvia Cavalleri, Italy (1997)
Grace Park, Korea (1998)
Virada Nirapathpongporn, Thailand (2003)
Maria José Uribe, Columbia (2007)
Champion in First Attempt
1895 Lucy Barnes Brown, Meadow Brook Club,
Hempstead, N.Y.
1896 Beatrix Hoyt, Morris County G.C., Morristown, N.J.
1909 Dorothy Campbell, Merion Cricket Club (Original
Course), Haverford, Pa.
1913 Gladys Ravenscroft, Wilmington (Del.) C.C.
1936 Pamela Barton, Canoe Brook C.C. (South Course),
Summit, N.J.
1946 Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Southern Hills C.C., Tulsa,
Okla.
1975 Beth Daniel, Brae Burn C.C., West Newton, Mass.
1985 Michiko Hattori, Fox Chapel C.C., Pittsburgh, Pa.
1989 Vicki Goetze, Pinehurst (N.C.) C.C. (No. 2)
1997 Silvia Cavalleri, Brae Burn C.C., West Newton, Mass.
2006 Kimberly Kim, Pumpkin Ridge G.C. (Witch Hollow
Course), North Plains, Ore.