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The Women's Western Amateur is an amateur golf tournament for women. It is organized by the Women's Western Golf Association, which also organized the Women's Western Open from 1930 to 1967. It is one of the oldest women's amateur tournaments in the United States, having been played since 1901.
The LPGA was established in 1950, and it recognized the Western Open as one of its major championships through 1967. All of the events back to 1930 have been designated as majors by the LPGA. Organized by the Women's Western Golf Association, the tournament was match play through 1954, then became a 72-hole stroke play event. All of the winners ...
The Women's Western Open was an annual golf competition, which was played in match play between 1930 and 1954, and strokeplay between 1955 and 1967. It was established in 1930 and was a women's major championship that was organized by the Women's Western Golf Association. This event has the distinction of being the first women's major ...
Sep. 28—ANACONDA — Whitefish, with four players in the top 15, won the girls team title at the Western A Divisional golf tournament held Friday at Old Works Golf Course. Stella Jaffe shot an ...
Originally formed as a rulesmaking body, the WGA was born because U.S. western golf clubs (the current Midwest was "the west" in the 1890s) felt that they weren't being properly represented in the United States Golf Association, based then in New York. But after 20 stormy years followed by negotiations, the WGA officially recognized the USGA's ...
During 1952, Lesser won the Washington State Women's Golf Association Championship and Oregon Amateur Championship. [13] [14] With the Pacific Northwest Golf Association, she was the Women's Amateur winner during 1952 and 1953. [15] At Western Golf Association events, Lesser won the 1950 Women's Western Junior. [16]
Sep. 23—JAMESTOWN — The Hillcrest Women's Golf Association held their final week of the season on Tuesday, Sept. 12, and had their year-end election on Tuesday, Sept. 19. The organization's ...
The 1951 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Whitemarsh Valley Country Club in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, which was the 22nd edition of the event. Patty Berg won the championship in match play competition by defeating Pat O'Sullivan in the final match, 2-up.