United States Girls' Junior Golf Championship
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The United States Girls' Junior Championship is a golf championship organized by the United States Golf Association for amateur girls under the age of eighteen, first held in 1949. The inaugural championship was won by Marlene Bauer from a field of 28 entries.
Aree Wongluekiet, now Aree Song, is the youngest winner at 13 years, 3 months, 7 days in 1999. Hollis Stacy is the only three-time winner of the tournament.
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[edit] Champions
| Year | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Jenny Shin |  United States [1] |
| 2005 | In-Kyung Kim |  Republic of Korea |
| 2004 | Julieta Granada |  Paraguay |
| 2003 | Sukjin-Lee Wuesthoff | Republic of Korea [2] |
| 2002 | In-Bee Park | Republic of Korea |
| 2001 | Nicole Perrot |  Chile |
| 2000 | Lisa Ferrero | United States |
| 1999 | Aree Wongluekiet |  Thailand |
| 1998 | Leigh Anne Hardin | United States |
| 1997 | Beth Bauer | United States |
| 1996 | Dorothy Delasin | United States |
| 1995 | Marcy Newton | United States |
| 1994 | Kelli Kuehne | United States |
| 1993 | Kellee Booth | United States |
| 1992 | Jamie Koizumi | United States |
| 1991 | Emilee Klein | United States |
| 1990 | Sandrine Mendiburu |  France |
| 1989 | Marcy Newton | United States |
| 1988 | Jamille Jose | United States |
| 1987 | Michelle McGann | United States |
| 1986 | Pat Hurst | United States |
| 1985 | Dana Lofland | United States |
| 1984 | Cathy Mockett | United States |
| 1983 | Kim Saiki | United States |
| 1982 | Heather Farr | United States |
| 1981 | Kay Cornelius | United States |
| 1980 | Laurie Rinker | United States |
| 1979 | Penny Hammel | United States |
| 1978 | Lori Castillo | United States |
| 1977 | Althea Tome | United States |
| 1976 | Pilar Dorado | United States |
| 1975 | Dayna Benson | United States |
| 1974 | Nancy Lopez | United States |
| 1973 | Amy Alcott | United States |
| 1972 | Nancy Lopez | United States |
| 1971 | Hollis Stacy | United States |
| 1970 | Hollis Stacy | United States |
| 1969 | Hollis Stacy | United States |
| 1968 | Margaret Harmon | United States |
| 1967 | Elizabeth (Doll) Story | United States |
| 1966 | Claudia Ann Mayhew | United States |
| 1965 | Gail Sykes | United States |
| 1964 | Peggy Conley | United States |
| 1963 | Janis Ferraris | United States |
| 1962 | Mary Lou Daniel | United States |
| 1961 | Mary Lowell | United States |
| 1960 | Carol Sorenson | United States |
| 1959 | Judy Rand | United States |
| 1958 | Judy Eller | United States |
| 1957 | Judy Eller | United States |
| 1956 | JoAnne Gunderson | United States |
| 1955 | Carole Jo Kabler | United States |
| 1954 | Margaret (Wiffi) Smith |  Mexico |
| 1953 | Millie Meyerson | United States |
| 1952 | Mickey Wright | United States |
| 1951 | Arlene Brooks | United States |
| 1950 | Patricia Lesse | United States |
| 1949 | Marlene Bauer | United States |
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Shin was born in South Korea and moved to California with her family in 2002. Her current citizenship is unknown. The USGA lists her as "of Torrance, California".
- ^ Wuesthoff moved from her native Korea to New Jersey as a 12 year-old, moving in and eventually being adopted by an American aunt and uncle. It is not kown if, in so doing, she gained American citizenship.
