Something to Shoot For – local champions now exempted into USGA national championships 

For the amateur player, the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Women’s Amateur are considered to be the most difficult of the USGA’s national championships to get in to. There are so many good young players, and so few spots available in…

Zhang, Bendrick, Shek and Madison win state titles at Wing Point Golf & Country Club

Bainbridge Island, Wash. – Angela Zhang of Bellevue, Wash. defended her title at the 30th Washington Women’s Amateur; Jacqueline Bendrick of Mercer Island won her third straight title in the 14th Women’s Mid-Amateur; Kim Shek of Bellevue shot rounds of 75-78…

Shek wins Washington Senior Women’s Amateur; Madison captures Super Senior; Defending champs continue to roll in Women’s Amateur and Mid-Amateur

Bainbridge Island, Wash.  – Kim Shek of Bellevue shot rounds of 75-78 to win the 24th Washington Senior Women’s Amateur, while Karen Madison of Spokane Valley fired rounds of 80-82 to win the 10th Super Senior Women’s Amateur by a…

Defending champions set the pace at Washington Women’s Amateur Championships

Bainbridge Island, Wash. – The opening rounds of the Washington Women's Amateur Championships took place today at Wing Point Golf & Country Club on Bainbridge Island. The course proved to be quite formidable during today’s round, with challenging playing conditions…

Washington Women’s Amateur Championships being held at Wing Point Golf & Country Club

Bainbridge Island, Wash. – Wing Point Golf & Country Club in Bainbridge Island, Washington, is the site this week for the 30th Washington Women's Amateur, 14th Women's Mid-Amateur, 24th Senior Women's, and 10th Super Senior Women's Amateur championships. Aerial view…

Keep an eye on Angela Zhang at U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball

by Tom Cade, Editor In winning the 2022 Washington Women's Amateur, Zhang became the youngest player, at age 13, to win that championship. When the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball comes to The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. on May 13-17,…

Suzie Tran Wins Notah Begay Jr. National

Suzie Tran of Poulsbo, Wash. fired a final round 7-under par 65 to win the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship at Koasati Pines at Coushatta Resort in Kinder, La. The three-day tournament for players 14-18 years old concluded…

Triple Crown for Kennedy Knox

It was quite a summer for Kennedy Knox. She won the 28th Washington Women’s Amateur in June, and followed it up a week later by winning the 2021 Seattle Women’s Golf Association City Championship. Then in early August she completed…

Caroline Matelski – the first state champion finds her way back to the game

The first Washington Women’s Amateur Championship was held in 1994 at Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club in Federal Way. Caroline Speigelberg (now Matelski), who at the time was playing on the University of Washington women’s golf team, had set…