The U.S. Girls' Junior is one of the fifteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur girls who are under 19 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA handicap index of 9.4 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

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Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue
2024   Rianne Malixi 8 & 7   Asterisk Talley El Caballero Country Club (CA)
2023   Kiara Romero 1 up   Rianne Malixi Eisenhower Golf Club (CO)
2022   Yana Wilson 3 & 2   Gianna Clemente The Club at Olde Stone (KY)
2021   Rose Zhang 6 & 4   Bailey Davis Columbia Country Club (MD)
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2019   Ye Lei 1 up   Jillian Bourdage SentryWorld (WI)
2018   Yealimi Noh 4 & 3   Alexa Pano Poppy Hills Golf Course (CA)
2017   Erica Shepherd 3 & 2   Jennifer Chang Boone Valley Golf Club (MO)
2016   Seong Eun-jeong 3 & 2   Andrea Lee Ridgewood Country Club (NJ)
2015   Seong Eun-jeong 3 & 2   Angel Yin Tulsa Country Club (OK)
2014   Princess Mary Superal 37 holes   Marijosse Navarro Forest Highlands Golf Club (Meadow Course) (AZ)
2013   Gabriella Then 2 & 1   Lakareber Abe Sycamore Hills Golf Club (IN)
2012   Minjee Lee 1 up   Alison Lee Lake Merced Golf Club (CA)
2011   Ariya Jutanugarn 2 & 1   Dottie Ardina Olympia Fields Country Club (South Course) (IL)
2010     Doris Chen 3 & 2   Katelyn Dambaugh The Country Club of North Carolina (Dogwood Course) (NC)
2009   Amy Anderson 6 & 5   Kimberly Kim Trump National Golf Club (Old and New Courses) (NJ)
2008   Lexi Thompson 5 & 4   Karen Chung Hartford Golf Club (CT)
2007   Kristen Park 4 & 3   Ayaka Kaneko Tacoma Country & Golf Club (WA)
2006   Jenny Shin 37 holes   Vicky Hurst Carmel Country Club (South Course) (NC)
2005   In-Kyung Kim 5 & 4   Inbee Park BanBury Golf Club (ID)
2004   Julieta Granada 20 holes   Jane Park Mira VIsta Golf Club (TX)
2003     Sukjin-Lee Wuesthoff [2] 1 up   Inbee Park Brooklawn Country Club (CT)
2002   Inbee Park 4 & 3   Jennifer Tangtiphaiboontana Echo Lake Country Club (NJ)
2001   Nicole Perrot 3 & 2   Whitney Welch Indian Hill Country Club (KS)
2000   Lisa Ferrero 3 & 1   Ina Kim Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Ghost Creek Course) (OR)
1999   Aree Wongluekiet 2 up   Nancy Abiecunas Green Spring Valley Hunt Club (MD)
1998   Leigh Anne Hardin 2 up   Brittany Straza Merion Golf Club (East Course) (PA)
1997   Beth Bauer 4 & 2    Candie Kung Legends Club of Tennessee (Ironwood Course) (TN)
1996   Dorothy Delasin 5 & 4   Grace Park Westward Ho Country Club (SD)
1995   Marcy Newton 4 & 3   Andrea Cordova Longmeadow Country Club (MA)
1994   Kelli Kuehne 5 & 3   Molly Cooper Meadow Lark Country Club (MT)
1993   Kellee Booth 1 up   Erika Hayashida Mesa Verde Country Club (CA)
1992   Jamie Koizumi 5 & 4   Alicia Allison Meridian Hills Country Club (IN)
1991   Emilee Klein 3 & 2   Kimberly Marshall Crestview Country Club (KS)
1990   Sandrine Mendiburu 3 & 2   Vicki Goetze Manasquan River Golf Club (NJ)
1989   Brandie Burton 1 up   Carrie Hoshino Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club (NC)
1988   Jamille Jose 5 & 4   Debbie Parks Golden Valley Country Club (MN)
1987   Michelle McGann 7 & 5   Lynne Mikulas The Orchards Golf Club (MA)
1986   Pat Hurst 20 holes   Adele Moore Peach Tree Golf & Country Club (CA)
1985   Dana Lofland 4 & 3   Amy Fruhwirth St. Clair Country Club (PA)
1984   Cathy Mockett 1 up   Michiko Hattori Mill Creek Country Club (WA)
1983   Kim Saiki 2 & 1   Buffy Klein Somerset Hills Country Club (NJ)
1982   Heather Farr 2 & 1   Caroline Keggi Greeley Country Club (CO)
1981   Kay Cornelius 2 & 1   Kim Simmons Illahe Hills Country Club (OR)
1980   Laurie Rinker 5 & 4   Libby Akers Crestview Country Club (North Course) (KS)
1979   Penny Hammel 2 & 1   Amy Benz Pleasant Valley Country Club (AR)
1978   Lori Castillo 4 & 2   Jenny Lidback Wilmington Country Club (DE)
1977   Althea Tome 3 & 2   Melissa McGeorge Guyan Golf & Country Club (WV)
1976   Pilar Dorado 3 & 2   Kellii Doherty Del Rio Golf & Country Club (CA)
1975   Dayna Benson 1 up   Kyle O'Brien Dedham Country & Polo Club (MA)
1974   Nancy Lopez 7 & 5   Lauren Howe Columbia-Edgewater Country Club (OR)
1973   Amy Alcott 6 & 5   Mary Lawrence Somerset Hills Country Club (NJ)
1972   Nancy Lopez 1 up   Catherine Morse Jefferson City Country Club (MO)
1971   Hollis Stacy 19 holes   Amy Alcott Augusta Country Club (GA)
1970   Hollis Stacy 1 up   Janet Aulisi The Apawamis Club (NY)
1969   Hollis Stacy 1 up   Jane Fassinger Brookhaven Country Club (Championship Course) (TX)
1968   Margaret Harmon 3 & 2   Kaye Beard Flint Golf Club (MI)
1967   Elizabeth (Doll) Story 5 & 4   Liana Zambresky Hacienda Golf Club (CA)
1966   Claudia Ann Mayhew 3 & 2   Kathleen Ahern Longue Vue Club (PA)
1965   Gail Sykes 5 & 4   Mary Louise Pritchett Hiwan Golf Club (CO)
1964   Peggy Conley 6 & 5   Laura MacIvor Leavenworth Country Club (KS)
1963   Janis Ferraris 2 up   Peggy Conley Wolfert’s Roost Country Club (NY)
1962   Mary Lou Daniel 2 up   Mary Sawyer Country Club of Buffalo (NY)
1961   Mary Lowell 1 up   Margaret Martin Broadmoor Golf Club (WA)
1960   Carol Sorenson 2 & 1   Sharon Fladoos The Oaks Country Club (OK)
1959   Judy Rand 5 & 3   Marcia Hamilton Manor Country Club (MD)
1958   Judy Eller 1 up   Sherry Wheeler Greenwich Country Club (CT)
1957   Judy Eller 20 holes   Beth Stone Lakewood Country Club (CO)
1956   JoAnne Gunderson 4 & 3   Clifford Ann Creed Heather Downs Country Club (OH)
1955   Carole Jo Kabler 4 & 3   JoAnne Gunderson Florence Country Club (SC)
1954   Wiffi Smith 5 & 3   Sue Driscoll Gulph Mills Golf Club (PA)
1953   Millie Meyerson 4 & 2   Holly Jean Roth The Country Club (MA)
1952   Mickey Wright 1 up   Barbara McIntire Monterey Peninsula Country Club (CA)
1951   Arlene Brooks 1 up   Barbara McIntire Onwentsia Club (IL)
1950   Patricia Lesser 4 & 2   Mickey Wright Wanakah Country Club (NY)
1949   Marlene Bauer 2 up   Barbara Bruning Philadelphia Country Club (Bala Course) (PA)

Multiple winners

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Future sites

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Year Edition Course Location Dates
2025 76th Atlanta Athletic Club Johns Creek, Georgia July 14–19
2026 77th Old Chatham Golf Club Durham, North Carolina July 13–18
2027 78th Canterbury Golf Club Cleveland, Ohio TBD
2030 81st The Country Club Brookline, Massachusetts TBD
2031 82nd Trinity Forest Golf Club Dallas, Texas July 14–19
2032 83rd Pinehurst Resort Pinehurst, North Carolina TBD
2034 85th Sand Valley Resort Nekoosa, Wisconsin July 17–22
  • Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is slated to host in 2035 and 2045.
  • Whistling Straits is slated to host in 2037.
  • Oakland Hills Country Club is slated to host in 2038.

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See also

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References and notes

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  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.
  3. ^ Coe, Jonathan (October 17, 2022). "Canterbury to Host 3 USGA Amateur Championships". USGA.
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