Alexander Cup
Awarded to the Amateur Champion

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Field: Limited to the low 144 players. Foreign entries are welcome.
Format: Match Play. Tournament played at scratch. 36-hole stroke-play qualifying round. Low 64 qualifiers shall constitute the Championship flight with the final round being 36 holes. All other players will qualify into flights of 16 with the final round being 18 holes. No consolation.
Entry Requirements: Entries are open to amateur female golfers who (1) have an up-to-date 18-hole USGA Handicap Index not to exceed 10.4 under the USGA Handicap System, (2) are members of a golf club, organization or association that is a current WWGA member.
Caddies: Players shall walk at all times.  A player may provide her caddie, carry her bag or employ a club caddie, if available.  A player may caddie for another player.
Awards: W. A. Alexander Cup – Champion
‘Babe’ Didrikson Zaharias Memorial Trophy – Finalist
Margaret Lenz Trophy – Medalist
Augustus Maschmeyer Cup – four players from the same state or foreign country; Derby Cup – two players from the same club.

WWGA PAST CHAMPIONS

Patty Berg - 8 time winner; JoAnne Gunderson Carner, Clifford Ann Creed, Beth Daniel, Moira Dunn, Dot Germain, Betty Jameson, Catherine Lacoste, Pat Lesser, Nancy Lopez - 4 time winner; Carol Ann Mann, Debbie Massey, Marion Miley, Dorothy Page, Grace Park, Betsy Rawls, Pearl Sinn, Louise Suggs, Kathy Whitworth, Mickey Wright, Babe Zaharias, and Kellee Booth, Meredith Duncan, Brittany Lang and Stacy Lewis...to name a few.

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Field:  Limited to 96 players. Foreign entries are welcome
Format:  Match Play. Tournament played at scratch. 36-hole stroke-play qualifying for match play. Low 32 qualifiers shall constitute the Championship flight with the final round being 18 holes. All other players will qualify into flights of 16 players with the final round being 18 holes. Consolation in all flights.
Entry Requirements:  Entries are open to amateur female golfers who (1) have an up-to-date 18-hole USGA Handicap Index not to exceed 22.4 under the USGA Handicap System, (2) are girls 18 years of age or younger who will not have reached 19 years of age by the date of the Finals of the Championship, (3) are not college or university students.  Note: A golf club, organization or association affiliation is not a requirement.
Caddies:   Players shall walk at all times. A player is prohibited from using a caddie during a stipulated round in the Championship.
Awards:  Icely Cup - Champion; Upchurch Trophy - Finalist; Marion Miley Bracelet - junior player having the lowest combined gross score from the qualifying rounds of the current year’s WWGA Amateur and Junior Championships.

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

(NOTE: The Senior Championship will not be played in 2009)

Field: Limited to 120 players.
Format: Stroke Play (54 holes). Tournament played at gross and net. 36-hole qualifying round to establish flights.
Entry Requirements: Entries are open to amateur female golfers who (1) have an up-to-date 18-hole USGA Handicap Index not to exceed 22.4 under the USGA Handicap System, (2) have reached 50 years of age by the first day of the Championship, (3) are members of a golf club, organization or association that is a current WWGA member.
Caddies: The Committee shall determine the status of caddies and automotive transportation.
Awards: Alice Dye Trophy – Champion; Medalist; Flights (gross and net); Club Team Event; Super Senior Event.   

DERBY MEDAL INVITATIONAL - FORMER TOURNAMENT

The Derby Medal Invitational was a 54-hole stroke play tounament.

This tournament was held from 1929 to 1941 when competition was suspended due to the war.  With names like Patty Berg, Hellen Hicks, June Beebe and Marion Miley engraved on the Cup, it was only natural to retrieve it from the archives

Since 1973 the Derby Cup has been awarded to a two-player team from the same club having the lowest combined gross score on qualifying day at the Amateur Championship.

WOMEN'S WESTERN OPEN

The Women’s Western Open Championship was inaugurated by Mrs. Paul Walker from the Glen View Club in Golf Illinois while she served as President of the WWGA in 1930.  Her desire was to provide an opportunity for professional women golfers and unattached players to compete with amateur players from WWGA Member Clubs in a Western Championship.  At that time, the winner received the Women’s Western Open Pin to be worn for one year.

In 1937, Mrs. Walker presented the Association with the Edna Walker Trophy, a beautiful hand-wrought punch bowl made from silver trophies won by both Edna and her husband Paul.  The winner of the Open was custodian of the cup as long as she remained champion.  From 1979 to 1986, this trophy was awarded to the Champion of the WWGA Senior Championship.  The trophy was retired and is on display at The World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Florida.

The Women’s Western Open was considered a major championship in women’s professional golf until it was discontinued after the 1967 tournament when the WWGA decided to concentrate all their efforts on amateur golf.

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