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
YearWinnerCountry
2020Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2019Ye Lei China
2018Yealimi Noh United States
2017Erica Shepherd United States
2016Seong Eun-jeong South Korea
2015Seong Eun-jeong South Korea
2014Princess Mary Superal Philippines
2013Gabriella Then United States
2012Minjee Lee Australia
2011Ariya Jutanugarn Thailand
2010Doris Chen United States
 Taiwan
2009Amy Anderson United States
2008Alexis Thompson United States
2007Kristen Park United States
2006Jenny Shin South Korea
2005In-Kyung Kim South Korea
2004Julieta Granada Paraguay
2003Sukjin-Lee Wuesthoff South Korea
 United States [2]
2002Inbee Park South Korea
2001Nicole Perrot Chile
2000Lisa Ferrero United States
1999Aree Wongluekiet Thailand
1998Leigh Anne Hardin United States
1997Beth Bauer United States
1996Dorothy Delasin United States
1995Marcy Newton United States
1994Kelli Kuehne United States
1993Kellee Booth United States
1992Jamie Koizumi United States
1991Emilee Klein United States
1990Sandrine Mendiburu France
1989Brandie Burton United States
1988Jamille Jose United States
1987Michelle McGann United States
1986Pat Hurst United States
1985Dana Lofland United States
1984Cathy Mockett United States
1983Kim Saiki United States
1982Heather Farr United States
1981Kay Cornelius United States
1980Laurie Rinker United States
1979Penny Hammel United States
1978Lori Castillo United States
1977Althea Tome United States
1976Pilar Dorado United States
1975Dayna Benson United States
1974Nancy Lopez United States
1973Amy Alcott United States
1972Nancy Lopez United States
1971Hollis Stacy United States
1970Hollis Stacy United States
1969Hollis Stacy United States
1968Margaret Harmon United States
1967Elizabeth (Doll) Story United States
1966Claudia Ann Mayhew United States
1965Gail Sykes United States
1964Peggy Conley United States
1963Janis Ferraris United States
1962Mary Lou Daniel United States
1961Mary Lowell United States
1960Carol Sorenson United States
1959Judy Rand United States
1958Judy Eller United States
1957Judy Eller United States
1956JoAnne Gunderson United States
1955Carole Jo Kabler United States
1954Wiffi Smith United States
1953Millie Meyerson United States
1952Mickey Wright United States
1951Arlene Brooks United States
1950Patricia Lesse United States
1949Marlene Bauer United States

Multiple winners

See also

References and notes
  1. Major, Beth (April 24, 2020). "USGA Cancels Junior Championships Due to COVID-19". USGA.
  2. Wuesthoff moved from her native South Korea to New Jersey as a 12-year-old, moving in and eventually being adopted by an American aunt and uncle. When the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 took effect on February 27, 2001, she automatically acquired United States citizenship, as she was legally adopted by at least one American citizen and was under 18 on the effective date of the Act. However, when she joined the LPGA tour in 2008, the tour listed her as South Korean, indicating that she retained her original citizenship.
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