California Women's Amateur Championship

Not to be confused with California State Amateur Championship.

California Women's Amateur Championship
Tournament information
LocationUnited States
Established1967
Current champion
United States Kate Villegas

California Women's Amateur Championship is a golf championship held in California for the state's top women amateur golfers. It has been held since 1967 with the inaugural tournament held at Pebble Beach Golf Links.

History

The California Women's Amateur Championship has its origins as one of three women's state amateur tournaments in California.[1] The first was run by the California Women's Golf Association from 1906 to 1920 when it was re-organized. The current California Women's Amateur Championship was officially formed in 1967 with its first tournament at Pebble Beach Golf Links. The idea for the tournament came from Helen Lengfeld who presented the idea to S.F.B. Morse.[1] Entrants for the first tournament were limited to 100 applicants with the lowest handicaps.[2] Lengfeld also served as the chairman for the first event[3] which was won by Shelley Hamlin.[4]

The tournament ran yearly at Pebble Beach from 1967 to 1986, then moved to Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel Valley.[1] The youngest winner of the tournament was Mina Harigae who beat Sydney Burlison in 2001. Both were 12 years old at the time.[5]

Winners

Year Winner Location Notes
2023 Kate Villegas La Cumbre Country Club [6]
2022 Annika Borrelli San Luis Obispo Country Club [7]
2021 Annika Borrelli Hacienda Golf Club [7]
2020 Sara Camarena Pasatiempo Golf Club [8]
2019 Amari Avery Quail Lodge & Golf Course [9]
2018 Ty Akabane Quail Lodge & Golf Course [10]
2017 Brooke Riley Quail Lodge & Golf Course [11]
2016 Sabrina Iqbal Quail Lodge & Golf Course [12]
2015 Jessica Luo Quail Lodge & Golf Course
(Finals played at Pebble Beach Golf Links)
2014 Carmen Gutierrez Ballon Quail Lodge & Golf Course
2013 Lauren Kim Quail Lodge & Golf Course
2012 Angel Yin Quail Lodge & Golf Course [13]
2011 Jenni Jenq Quail Lodge & Golf Course
2010 Angel Yin Quail Lodge & Golf Course [13]
2009 Casie Cathrea Quail Lodge & Golf Course
2008 Jennifer Johnson Quail Lodge & Golf Course
2007 Lynne Cowan Quail Lodge & Golf Course [14]
2006 Marianne Towersey Quail Lodge & Golf Course
2005 Lynne Cowan Quail Lodge & Golf Course [14]
2004 Mina Harigae Quail Lodge & Golf Course [15]
2003 Mina Harigae Quail Lodge & Golf Course [15]
2002 Mina Harigae Quail Lodge & Golf Course [15]
2001 Mina Harigae Quail Lodge & Golf Course [15]
2000 Lynne Cowan Quail Lodge & Golf Course [14]
1999 Lynne Cowan Quail Lodge & Golf Course [14]
1998 Corey Weworski Quail Lodge & Golf Course
1997 Natalie Gulbis Quail Lodge & Golf Course [16]
1996 Dorothy Delasin Quail Lodge & Golf Course
1995 Leigh Casey Quail Lodge & Golf Course
1994 Andrea Gaston Quail Lodge & Golf Course
1993 Andrea Gaston Quail Lodge & Golf Course
1992 Wendy Kaupp Quail Lodge & Golf Course
1991 Amy Fruhwirth Quail Lodge & Golf Course
1990 Claudine Rubin Quail Lodge & Golf Course
1989 Terri Melanson Quail Lodge & Golf Course
1988 Emilee Klein Quail Lodge & Golf Course
1987 Caroline Keggi Quail Lodge & Golf Course
1986 Cindy Scholefield Pebble Beach Golf Links
1985 Anne Quast Sander Pebble Beach Golf Links
1984 Susan Tonkin Pebble Beach Golf Links
1983 Patricia Cornett Pebble Beach Golf Links
1982 Debbie Weldon Pebble Beach Golf Links
1981 Juli Inkster Pebble Beach Golf Links
1980 Mary Enright Pebble Beach Golf Links
1979 Sally Voss-Krueger Pebble Beach Golf Links
1978 Patty Sheehan Pebble Beach Golf Links
1977 Patty Sheehan Pebble Beach Golf Links
1976 Marianne Bretton Pebble Beach Golf Links
1975 Pat Cornett Pebble Beach Golf Links
1974 Mary Elizabeth Shea Pebble Beach Golf Links
1973 Amy Alcott Pebble Beach Golf Links [17]
1972 Barbara Handley Pebble Beach Golf Links [18]
1971 Barbara Handley Pebble Beach Golf Links [18]
1970 Shelley Hamlin Pebble Beach Golf Links [19]
1969 Shelley Hamlin Pebble Beach Golf Links [19]
1968 Shelley Hamlin Pebble Beach Golf Links [19]
1967 Shelley Hamlin Pebble Beach Golf Links [19]

References

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