United States Girls' Junior Golf Championship
- United States Girls' Junior Golf Championship
The United States Girls' Junior Championship is one of the thirteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur girls who are under 18 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA handicap index of 18.4 or less. It consists of two days of stroke play, with the leading 64 competitors then playing a match play competition to decide the champion. The inaugural championship was held in 1949 and was won by Marlene Bauer from a field of 28 entries.
Aree Wongluekiet, now Aree Song, is the youngest winner at 13 years, 99 days in 1999. Hollis Stacy is the only three-time winner of the tournament.
Winners
Multiple winners
*3 wins: Hollis Stacy
*2 wins: Judy Eller, Nancy Lopez, Marcy Newton
ee also
* U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship, the analogous event for boys
Notes
External links
* [http://www.usgirlsjunior.org/ Official USGA website for United States Girls' Junior Championship]
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