WWGA AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
EVENTS

 

The following awards are presented at the WWGA Amateur Championship

 

Margaret Lenz Trophy ~~ Amateur Championship

 

Since 1973 the Margaret Lenz trophy has been awarded to the WWGA Amateur Medalist.  Margaret Lenz was a member of Beverly Country Club in Chicago, Illinois.  She served as President of the WWGA in 1948-49 and was a long-standing Director.  The Lenz Cup is given in her honor to the Medalist at the Amateur Championship. 

2009       Kristina Wong – 146           Binghamton Country Club, Vestal, NY

2008       Dottie Ardina – 138            The Country Club, Philippines

2007       Lauren Mielbrecht – 140      Gulf Stream Golf Club, Gulf Stream, FL

2006       Stacy Lewis – 140             The Woodlands Country Club, The Woodlands, TX

2005       Amanda Blumenherst – 137  McCormick Ranch Golf Club, Scottsdale, AZ

2004       Irene Cho – 138                 Los Coyotes Country Club, LaHabra, CA

2003       Brittany Lang – 135            Stonebridge Country Club, McKinney, TX

2002       Lisa Ferrero – 139              Woodbridge Golf & Country Club, Woodbridge, CA

             Katie Futcher – 139            The Club at Carlton Woods, The Woodlands, TX

2001       Candie Kung – 140              USC Golf Club, Monterey Park, CA

2000     **Alena Sharp – 70               Branford, Ontario, Canada

1999       Kellee Booth – 71               Coto de Caza Country Club, Coto de Caza, CA

1998     **Grace Park – 71                Moon Valley Country Club, Phoenix, AZ

1997       Sally Krueger – 147             San Francisco Country Club, San Francisco, CA

              Sonia Bauer – 147              Old Town Club, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

              Brenda Corrie-Kuehn – 147   Biltmore Forest Country Club, Asheville, North Carolina

              Kathryn Hartwiger – 147      Pine Tree Country Club, Birmingham, AL

              Robin Burke – 147              Champions Golf Club, Houston, TX

              Stephanie Mitchell – 147     A. L. Gustin University Golf Club, Columbia, MO

1996       Kerry Postillion – 144           Ruth Lake Country Club, Hinsdale, IL

1995       Kellee Booth – 144             Coto de Caza Country Club, Coto de Caza, CA

1994       Moira Dunn – 140               Cedar Lake Club, Clayville, New York

1993       Caroline Peek – 141            Meadow Lakes Golf Course, Cedar Town, GA

1992       *Ellen Port – 147                Sunset Country Club, St. Louis, MO

              Debbie Parks – 147            The Golf Club at Desert Mountain, Scottsdale, AZ

1991       Carol Semple Thompson – 65  Allegheny Country Club, Sewickley, PA

1990       Carol Semple Thompson – 69  Allegheny Country Club, Sewickley, PA

1989       Ginger Brown – 70              Great Hills Country Club, Austin, TX

             Carolyn McKenzie – 70         Waynesborough Country Club, Paoli, PA

1988       Donna Andrews – 73           Finley Golf Club, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

             Deanna Berkoben – 73         Martinsville Country Club, Martinsville, IN

1987       Kathleen McCarthy – 67      San Joaquin Country Club, Fresno, CA

1986       Jill Briles – 74                    Country Club of Peoria, Peoria, IL

              Anne Sander – 74              Seattle Golf Club, Seattle, WA

1985       Cheryl Stacey – 74             Findlay Country Club, Findlay, OH

1984       Jamie De Weese – 72          Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, NY

             Joanne Pacillo – 72              Palos Verdes Golf Club, Palos Verdes, CA

1983       Lisa Stanley – 75                Harbor City Municipal Golf Club, Melbourne, FL

             Ann Walsh – 75                   The Villages, Newport Beach, CA

1982       Lancy Smith – 71                Park Country Club, Williamsville, NY

1981       Patti Rizzo – 71                   La Gorce Country Club, Miami, FL

1980       Debbie Hall – 72                  Brookhaven Country Club, Dallas, TX

1979       Carolyn Hill – 71                  Alta Vista Country Club, Placentia, CA

1978       Lancy Smith – 70                Park Country Club, Williamsville, NY

1977       Beth Daniel – 73                  Country Club of Charleston, Charleston, SC

             Carolyn Hill – 73                   Alta Vista Country Club, Placentia, CA

1976       Cindy Hill – 69                     Broadmoor Golf Club, Colorado Springs, CO

1975       Marianne Stangeland – 73     Virginia Country Club, Long Beach, CA

1974       Lancy Smith – 70                 Park Country Club, Williamsville, NY

1973       Beth Barry – 76                   Isle Dauphin Golf Club, Dauphin Island, AL

             Salley Wessels – 76              Ingersoll Memorial Golf Club, Rockford, IL

             Jane Booth – 76                   California Country Club, Whittier, CA

 

*  36 hole qualifying effective 1992

** 18 hole qualifying due to inclement weather 2000

 

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Derby Cup ~~ Amateur Championship

 

From 1929 to 1941, the Derby Cup was awarded to the winner of the WWGA 54-hole stroke play tournament.  The Cup was retired following the 1941 tournament.

1929     Helen Hicks - Inwood

1930     Virginia Van Wie – Beverly Country Club, Illinois

1931     Mrs. R. C. Lake – Old Country Club

1932     Mrs. S. L. Reinhardt – Northmoor Country Club, Illinois

1933     June Beebe – Olympia Fields Country Club, Illinois

1934     Virginia Van Wie – Beverly Country Club, Illinois

1935     Marion Miley – Lexington Country Club, Kentucky

1936     Marion Miley – Lexington Country Club, Kentucky

1937     Marion Miley – Lexington Country Club, Kentucky 

1938     Patty Berg – Minikahda Country Club, Minnesota

1939     Elizabeth Hicks – California 

1940     Elizabeth Hicks – California

1941     Mrs. Hayes Dansingbury – Midland Hills Country Club, California       
 

The Derby Club was reinstated in 1973 and is awarded at the WWGA Amateur Championship to a two-player team from the same club having the lowest combined gross score for qualifying rounds. 

 

2009       Haley Brown & Ginny Brown – Austin Country Club, Austin, TX           

2008       Calle Nielson & Jennie Arseneault – University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

2007       Sara Brown & Laura Kueny – Forest Akers Golf Club, East Lansing, MI

2006       Dayna Burleigh & Rachel Meikle – Forest Akers Golf Club, East Lansing, MI

2005       Ellen Hoeper & Emily Hoeper – Blue Hills Country Club, Kansas City, MO

2004       Laura Olin & Christine McArdle – Olympic Hills Golf Club, Eden Prairie, MN

2003       Katie Connelly & Malinda Johnson – Cherokee Country Club, Madison, WI

2002       Adrienne Graessle & Karen Dennison – Martinsville Country Club, Martinsville, IN

2001       Virada Nirapathpongport & Maria Gracia-Estrada – Duke Women’s Golf, Durham, NC

2000       Randi Meadows & Suzanne Sowers – Onion Creek Country Club, Austin, TX

1999       Linda Ishii & Jennifer Rosales – USC Women’s Golf Team, Los Angeles, CA

1998       Stephanie Keever & Christina Monteiro – Canyon Gate Country Club, Las Vegas, NV

1997       Kathryn Hartwiger & Mary Burkhardt Shields – Pine Tree Country Club, Birmingham, AL

1996       Aguri Okura & Sarah Phillips – Killearn Golf & Country Club, Tallahassee, FL

1995       Kristin Milligan & Elizabeth Gilley – Flossmoor Country Club, Flossmoor, IL

1994       Judy Oliver & Carol Semple Thompson – Allegheny Country Club, Sewickley, PA

1993       Kelly Doohan & Kelley Richardson – University of Georgia, Athens, GA

1992       Marla Jemsek & NJicole Jeray – Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Lemont, IL

1991       Joanne Brooks & Ann Builberson – Firethorn Golf Club, Lincoln, NE

1990       Carol Semple Thompson & Judy Oliver – Allegheny Country Club, Sewickley, PA

1989       Jennifer Buchanan & Ellen Mielke – Butte Des Morte Country Club, Appleton, WI

1988       Katie Peterson & Donna Andrews – Finley Golf Club, Chapel Hills, NC

1987       Lois Ledbetter & Andrea Vescovo – University of Alabama WGT, Tuscaloosa, AL

1986       Juanita Drinnon & Amy Read – Spring Lake Country Club, Lexington, KY

             Tied with: Cindy Mueller & Kate Rogerson – Spring Lake Country Club, Lexington, KY

1985       Marissa Shaw & Jane Blair – Pine Valley Country Club, Fort Wayne, IN

             Tied with: Carol Semple Thompson & Judy Oliver – Allegheny Country Club, Sewickley, PA

1984       Joanne Pacillo & Jennifer Steiner – Palos Verdes Golf Club, Palos Verdes, CA

1983       Ann Walsh & Liz Chiarelli – The Villages, Newport Beach, CA

1982       Cathy Hanlon & Jennifer Stein – Palos Verdes Country Club, Palos Verdes, CA

1981       Patti Rizzo & Stephanie Korngay – La Gorce Country Club, Miami Beach, FL

1980       Cathy Cook & Kelly Trent – Scarlet & Gray Golf Club, Columbus, OH

1979       Shirley Furlong & Brenda Goldsmith – Pecan Valley Country Club, San Antonio, TX

1978       Carolyn Hill & Leslie Pearson – Alta Vista Country Club, Placentia, CA

1977       Cindy Hill & Helen Kirkland – Broadmoor Golf Club, Colorado Springs, CA

1976       Cindy Hill & Mrs. William Syms – Broadmoor Golf Club, Colorado Springs, CA

1975       Cindy Hill & Margaret Martin – Broadmoor Golf Club, Colorado Springs, CA

1974       Pam Clark & Nancy Holenbeck – Army Navy Country Club, Arlington, VA

1973       Sue Peterson & Kay Rossmiller – Mauh-Nah-Tee-See, Rockford, IL

 

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Augustus Maschmeyer Cup ~~ Amateur Championship

From 1925 to 1981, the trophy was awarded to four players from the same club with the lowest combined net score from the qualifying round.  From 1982 to 2004, the trophy was awarded to a four player team from the same state with the lowest combined gross score from the qualifying round.  In 2005, the trophy was awarded to four players from the same state with the lowest combined gross score from the qualifying round. 

Beginning in 2007, the trophy has been awarded to four players from the same state or foreign country with the lowest combined gross score from the 36-hole qualifying round.