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1962

Select A Year 1962 - Maureen Orcutt 1963 - Marion Choat 1964 - Loma Smith 1965 - Loma Smith 1966 - Maureen Orcutt 1967 - Marge Mason 1968 - Carolyn Cudone 1969 - Carolyn Cudone 1970 - Carolyn Cudone 1971 - Carolyn Cudone 1972 - Carolyn Cudone 1973 - Gwen Hibbs 1974 - Justine B. Cushing 1975 - Alberta Bower 1976 - Cecile Maclaurin 1977 - Dorothy Porter 1978 - Alice Dye 1979 - Alice Dye 1980 - Dorothy Porter 1981 - Dorothy Porter 1982 - Edean Ihanfeldt 1983 - Dorothy Porter 1984 - Constance Guthrie 1985 - Marlene Streit 1986 - Constance Guthrie 1987 - Anne Sander 1988 - Lois Hodge 1989 - Anne Sander 1990 - Anne Sander 1991 - Phyllis Preuss 1992 - Rosemary Thompson 1993 - Anne Sander 1994 - Marlene Streit 1995 - Jean Smith 1996 - Gayle Borthwick 1997 - Nancy Fitzgerald 1998 - Gayle Borthwick 1999 - Carol Semple Thompson 2000 - Carol Semple Thompson 2001 - Carol Semple Thompson

The inauguration of a Senior Women's Amateur Championship followed the same pattern that preceded the start of the Senior Amateur Championship in 1955. A number of senior women's associations had come into being on various levels, but no one event was open to members of all USGA Regular Member Clubs. The request to begin such a competition was approved by the Executive Committee in January, 1962.

The addition of the Championship to the USGA schedule meant that every man, woman and child golfer has an opportunity to compete in a USGA Championship. The format decided upon was a 54-hole stroke play competition over three days. Competitors must be at least 50 years old. In addition to the Championship proper, it was decided to award prizes in three age groups: A-50 through 54 years; B-55 through 59 years; and C-60 years and over.

The first Championship was played at the Manufacturers' Golf and Country Club, Oreland, Pa. Miss Maureen Orcutt, Englewood, N.J., a reporter for the New York Times, won the Championship with a total of 240 through three consecutive rounds of 80. Miss Orcutt had twice been runner-up in the Women's Amateur Championship and was a member of the first four Curtis Cup Teams. Her first USGA Championship victory was particularly gratifying.

The runner-up, seven strokes behind, was Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare, Bryn Mawr, Pa., six times the Women's Amateur Champion. In the age group competitions Mrs. Allison Choate, Rye, N.Y., was the A winner; Miss Orcutt won in the B section; and Mrs. Theodore W. Hawes earned the C award. The entry for the first Championship was 96.