Women's Western Amateur History
Held without interruption since its inception in 1901, the Women's Western Amateur is among the oldest annual championships in women's amateur golf. Each year, it attracts many of the top amateur and collegiate golfers in the world. The list of past champions spans more than a century, from legendary stars Patty Berg (1938) and Louise Suggs (1946, 1947) to modern standouts like Brittany Lang (2003), Stacy Lewis (2006) and Ariya Jutanugarn (2012).
The competitors in the Women's Western Amateur represent the best of the best in amateur golf. Their collective accomplishments include:
- Over 340 LPGA victories
- 135 major championships
- 60 appearances in the Solheim Cup
Download the Women's Western Amateur record book in PDF format
Past Champions
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | Host Course |
| 2024 | Farah O'Keefe | Elise Lee | Onwentsia Club |
| 2023 | Jasmine Koo | Sadie Engleman | White Eagle Golf Club |
| 2022 | Taglao Jeeravivitaporn | Annabelle Pancake | Sunset Ridge Country Club |
| 2021 | Marissa Wenzler | Maddison Hinson-Tolchard | Park Ridge Country Club |
| 2020 | Brigitte Thibault | Jackie Lucena | Prestwick Country Club |
| 2019 | Sarah Shipley | Antonia Matte | Royal Melbourne Country Club |
| 2018 | Emilee Hoffman | Tristyn Nowlin | Mistwood Golf Club |
| 2017 | Maddie Szeryk | Dylan Kim | River Forest Country Club |
| 2016 | Jillian Hollis | Mikhaela Fortuna | Dayton Country Club |
| 2015 | Chakansim Khamborn | Lydia Gumm | Nashville Golf & Athletic Club |
| 2014 | Mika Liu | Cammie Gray | Lancaster Country Club |
| 2013 | Ashlan Ramsey | Jenna Hague | Dayton Country Club |
| 2012 | Ariya Jutanugarn | Moriya Jutanugarn | Monroe Golf & Country Club |
| 2011 | Victoria Tanco | Emma Lavy | Sawgrass Country Club |
| 2010 | Jaclyn Jansen | Dottie Ardina | Rochester Golf & Country Club |
| 2009 | Taylore Karle | Dottie Ardina | Shawnee Country Club |
| 2008 | Jennie Arseneault | Mary Narzisi | Canongate at SummerGrove Golf Club |
| 2007 | Mallory Blackwelder | Stefanie Page | Stone Creek Golf Club |
| 2006 | Stacy Lewis | Jennifer Hong | Fincastle Country Club |
| 2005 | Jennifer Hong | Onnarin Sattayabanphot | Purdue Brick Boilermaker's Kampen Course |
| 2004 | Sophia Sheridan | Christa Spedding | Maple Bluff Country Club |
| 2003 | Brittany Lang | Meaghan Francella | Stone Creek Golf Club |
| 2002 | Janice M. Olivencia | Kristin DuFour | Fincastle Country Club |
| 2001 | Meredith Duncan | Candie Kung | Exmoor Country Club |
| 2000 | Meredith Duncan | Jennifer Patterson | Flossmoor Country Club |
| 1999 | Kellee Booth | Hilary Homeyer | The Hawthorns Golf & Country Club |
| 1998 | Grace Park | Kellee Booth | Heritage Club |
| 1997 | Stephanie Keever | Hilary Homeyer | Glenmore Country Club |
| 1996 | Mary Burkhardt Shields | Diane Irvin | Fox Run Golf Club |
| 1995 | Cristie Kerr | Carol Semple Thompson | The Links at Northfork |
| 1994 | Stephanie Neill | Kelly McCall | Barrington Hall Golf Club |
| 1993 | Stephanie Sparks | Emilee Klein | Wynlakes Golf & Country Club |
| 1992 | Moira Dunn | Susan Veasey | South Bend Country Club |
| 1991 | Sarah LeBrun Ingram | Vicki Goetze | Firethorn Golf Club |
| 1990 | Pat Cornett Iker | Katie Peterson | Champions Golf Club |
| 1989 | Katie Peterson | Michelle Wooding | Landfall Club |
| 1988 | Anne Quast Sander | Tanna Lee | Evanston Golf Club |
| 1987 | Kathleen McCarthy | Sarah DeKraay | Nashville Golf & Athletic Club |
| 1986 | Leslie Shannon | Lois Ledbetter | Flossmoor Country Club |
| 1985 | Kathleen McCarthy | Carol Semple Thompson | Travis Pointe Country Club |
| 1984 | Joanne Pacillo | Deborah McHaffle | New Haven Country Club |
| 1983 | Tammy Welborn | Leslie Shannon | Industry Hills Golf Club |
| 1982 | Lisa Stanley | Jenny Lidback | Waterwood National |
| 1981 | Amy Benz | Jill Nesbitt | Moss Creek-Devils Elbow South |
| 1980 | Kathy Baker | Susan Ertl | Shaker Heights Country Club |
| 1979 | Mary Hafeman | Lenore Muraoka | Maple Bluff Country Club |
| 1978 | Beth Daniel | Noreen Uithlein | Fox Chapel Golf Club |
| 1977 | Lauren Howe | Carolyn Hill | Flossmoor Country Club |
| 1976 | Nancy Lopez | Cindy Hill | Country Club of Colorado |
| 1975 | Debbie Massey | Peggy Conley | Tanglewood Golf Club |
| 1974 | Lancy Smith | Beth Barry | Country Club of Indianapolis |
| 1973 | Katie Falk | Brenda Goldsmith | Maple Bluff Country Club |
| 1972 | Debbie Massey | Nancy Lopez | Blue Hills Country Club |
| 1971 | Beth Barry | Nancy Hager | Flossmoor Country Club |
| 1970 | Jane Bastanchury | Shirley M. Dommers | Rockford Country Club |
| 1969 | Jane Bastanchury | Mrs. Michael J. Skala | Oak Park Country Club |
| 1968 | Catherine Lacoste | Martha Wilkinson | Broadmoor Golf Club |
| 1967 | Mrs. Mark Porter | Maureen Crum | Bellefonte Country Club |
| 1966 | Peggy Conley | Mrs. Barbara Fay Boddie | Barrington Hills Country Club |
| 1965 | Barbara Fay White | Mrs. Lew Gilliam | Wayzata Country Club |
| 1964 | Barbara Fay White | Patti Shook | Oak Park Country Club |
| 1963 | Barbara McIntire | Jean Ashley | Broadmoor Golf Club |
| 1962 | Carol Sorenson | Barbara Fay White | South Bend Country Club |
| 1961 | Mrs. Anne Quast Decker | Barbara McIntire | Annandale Golf Club |
| 1960 | Mrs. Ann Casey Johnston | Sandra Spuzich | Mission Hills Country Club |
| 1959 | JoAnne Gunderson | Marjorie Lindsay | Exmoor Country Club |
| 1958 | Barbara McIntire | Anne Quast | Oak Park Country Club |
| 1957 | Meriam Bailey | Mrs. Ann Casey Johnston | Omaha Country Club |
| 1956 | Anne Quast | Pat Lesser | Guyan Golf & Country Club |
| 1955 | Pat Lesser | Carol Diringer | Olympia Fields Country Club |
| 1954 | Claire Doran | Beverly Gammon | Broadmoor Country Club |
| 1953 | Claire Doran | Jane Nelson | The Camargo Club |
| 1952 | Polly Riley | Mary Ann Downey | Los Angeles Country Club |
| 1951 | Marjorie Lindsay | Mary Ann Downey | Plum Hollow Golf Club |
| 1950 | Polly Riley | Mae Murray | Exmoor Country Club |
| 1949 | Helen Sigel | Peg Kirk | Westmoreland Country Club |
| 1948 | Dot Kielty | Polly Riley | Olympic Club |
| 1947 | Louise Suggs | Carol Diringer | Evanston Golf Club |
| 1946 | Louise Suggs | Mary McMillen | The Country Club |
| 1945 | Phyllis Otto | Mrs. George Zaharias | Knollwood Club |
| 1944 | Dorothy Germain | Phyllis Otto | Onwentsia Club |
| 1943 | Dorothy Germain | Mary Agnes Wall | Evanston Golf Club |
| 1942 | Betty Jameson | Mrs. Russell (Lucille) Mann | Sunset Ridge Country Club |
| 1941 | Mrs. Russell (Lucille) Mann | Mary Agnes Wall | Exmoor Country Club |
| 1940 | Betty Jameson | Marion Miley | Seattle Golf Club |
| 1939 | Edith Estabrooks | Ellama Williams | Oakland Hills Country Club |
| 1938 | Patty Berg | Edith Estabrooks | Olympia Fields Country Club |
| 1937 | Marion Miley | Betty Jameson | Town & Country Club |
| 1936 | Dorothy Traung | Beatrice Barrett | South Bend Country Club |
| 1935 | Marion Miley | Mrs. Philip T. Atwood | Westwood Country Club |
| 1934 | Leona Pressler Cheney | Dorothy Traung | Los Angeles Country Club |
| 1933 | Lucille Robinson | Virginia Van Wie | Oak Park Country Club |
| 1932 | Mrs. O. S. Hill | Lucille Robinson | Country Club of Peoria |
| 1931 | Mrs. O. S. Hill | Mrs. Leona Pressler | Exmoor Country Club |
| 1930 | Mrs. G. W. Tyson | Dorothy Page | Hillcrest Country Club |
| 1929 | Mrs. O. S. Hill | Mrs. Gregg Liur | Mayfield Country Club |
| 1928 | Mrs. Harry Pressler | Virginia Wilson | Indian Hill Club |
| 1927 | Leona Pressler | Berniece Wall | Lake Geneva Country Club |
| 1926 | Dorothy Page | Mrs. O. S. Hill | Olympia Fields Country Club |
| 1925 | Elaine Rosenthal Reinhardt | Mrs. Harley Higble | White Bear Yacht Club |
| 1924 | Edith Cummings | Miriam Burns | Onwentsia Club |
| 1923 | Miriam Burns | Louise Fordyce | Exmoor Country Club |
| 1922 | Mrs. David Gaut | Mrs. Curtis Sohl | Glen Echo Country Club |
| 1921 | Mrs. Melvin Jones | Mrs. J. W. Douglass | Westmoreland Country Club |
| 1920 | Mrs. F. C. Letts, Jr. | Edith Cummings | Oak Park Country Club |
| 1919 | Mrs. Perry W. Fiske | Mrs. F. C. Letts, Jr. | Detroit Golf Club |
| 1918 | Elaine V. Rosenthal | Frances Hadfield | Indian Hill Club |
| 1917 | Mrs. F. C. Letts, Jr. | Elaine V. Rosenthal | Flossmoor Country Club |
| 1916 | Mrs. F. C. Letts, Jr. | Laurie Kaiser | Kent Country Club |
| 1915 | Elaine V. Rosenthal | Mrs. H. D. Hammond | Midlothian Country Club |
| 1914 | Mrs. H. D. Hammond | Mrs. F. S. Colburn | Hinsdale Golf Club |
| 1913 | Myra B. Helmer | Ruth Chisholm | Memphis Country Club |
| 1912 | Caroline Painter | Ruth Chisholm | Hinsdale Golf Club |
| 1911 | Caroline Painter | Alva Sanders | Midlothian Country Club |
| 1910 | Mrs. Thurston Harris | Mrs. Harvey L. Pound | Skokie Country Club |
| 1909 | Vida Llewenllyn | Caroline Painter | Flossmoor Country Club |
| 1908 | Mrs. W. France Anderson | Grace Semple | St. Louis Country Club |
| 1907 | Lillian French | Sallie Ainslie | Midlothian Country Club |
| 1906 | Mrs. C. L. Dering | Frances Everett | Exmoor Country Club |
| 1905 | Mrs. C. L. Dering | Mrs. W. France Anderson | Flossmoor Country Club |
| 1904 | Frances Everett | J. Anna Carpenter | Glen View Club |
| 1903 | Bessie Anthony | Mabel Higgins | Exmoor Country Club |
| 1902 | Bessie Anthony | Mrs. W. A. Alexander | Onwentsia Club |
| 1901 | Bessie Anthony | Mrs. H. Chatfield Taylor | Onwentsia Club |