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- Babe Didrikson Zaharias
- Patty Berg
- Louise Suggs
- Mickey Wright
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United States Womenâs Amateur Championship
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United States Womenâs Amateur Championship, golf tournament conducted annually in the United States for female golfers with handicaps of five or less. A field of 150 players, chosen by sectional qualifying tournaments, plays 36 holes of medal play (fewest strokes), and the 32 lowest scores compete in four rounds of match play (most holes won).
The first championship in 1895 was at medal play but after that at match play in the final rounds. The tournament was conducted until 1926 by the United States Golf Association and thereafter by its Womenâs Committee.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Adam Augustyn.
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