Illinois State Women's Amateur Championship
The Illinois State Women's Amateur Championship, conducted annually by the Chicago District Golf Association beginning in 2024, was first played in 1934 at Evanston Golf Club. Conducted as a match play event by the Illinois Women's Golf Association through 2023, the championship is now a 54-hole stroke play competition contested over three days.
| Year | Champion |
Hometown
| Club (City) |
| 1934 | Dorothy Foster | Springfield | Evanston GC (Skokie) |
| 1935 | Hilda Mae Livengood | Flossmoor | Illini CC (Springfield) |
| 1936 | D.W. Norton | Golf | CC of Peoria (Peoria) |
| 1937 | Hilda Mae Livengood | Flossmoor | Elgin CC (Elgin) |
| 1938 | Eleanor Dudley | Chicago | Champaign CC (Champaign) |
| 1939 | Ella Mae Williams | Chicago | Freeport CC (Freeport) |
| 1940 | Ella Mae Williams | Chicago | Aurora CC (Aurora) |
| 1941 | Ella Mae Williams | Chicago | Danville CC (Danville) |
| 1942 | Virginia Ingram | Winnetka | CC of Peoria (Peoria) |
| 1943 | Marjorie Lindsay | Decatur | Olympia Fields CC (Olympia Fields) |
| 1944 | Jeanne Cline | Bloomington | Bloomington CC (Bloomington) |
| 1945 | Ruth Moore | Peoria | Decatur CC (Decatur) |
| 1946 | Ruth Moore | Peoria | Quincy CC (Quincy) |
| 1947 | Marjorie Lindsay | Decatur | CC of Peoria (Peoria) |
| 1948 | Ruth Moore | Peoria | Rockford CC (Rockford) |
| 1949 | Marjorie Lindsay | Decatur | Champaign CC (Champaign) |
| 1950 | Marjorie Lindsay | Decatur | Illini CC (Springfield) |
| 1951 | Marjorie Lindsay | Decatur | Decatur CC (Decatur) |
| 1952 | H.O. Breault | Olympia Fields | Aurora CC (Aurora) |
| 1953 | Lois Drafke | LaGrange | Danville CC (Danville) |
| 1954 | Ruth Moore | Pekin | Quincy CC (Quincy) |
| 1955 | Lois Drafke | LaGrange | Champaign CC (Champaign) |
| 1956 | Meriam Bailey | Palatine | Illini CC (Springfield) |
| 1957 | Shirley Dommers | Belvidere | Bloomington CC (Bloomington) |
| 1958 | Barbara Slobe | Waukegan | Decatur CC (Decatur) |
| 1959 | Lois Drafke | LaGrange | Urbana G&CC (Urbana) |
| 1960 | Lois Drafke | LaGrange | Lockhaven CC (Alton) |
| 1961 | Shirley Dommers | Belvidere | Rockford CC (Rockford) |
| 1962 | Lois Drafke | LaGrange | Champaign CC (Champaign) |
| 1963 | Doris Phillips | Belleville | Freeport CC (Freeport) |
| 1964 | Lois Drafke | LaGrange | Quincy CC (Quincy) |
| 1965 | Doris Phillips | Belleville | Lockhaven CC (Alton) |
| 1966 | Lois Drafke | LaGrange | Pekin CC (Pekin) |
| 1967 | Doris Phillips | Belleville | Illini CC (Springfield) |
| 1968 | Shirley Dommers | Belvidere | Quincy CC (Quincy) |
| 1969 | Shirley Dommers | Belvidere | Exmoor CC (Highland Park) |
| 1970 | Lois Drafke | LaGrange | Knollwood CC (Lake Forest) |
| 1971 | Paula Smith | O'Fallon | Champaign CC (Champaign) |
| 1972 | Paula Smith | O'Fallon | Bloomington CC (Bloomington) |
| 1973 | Lois Drafke | LaGrange | Urbana G&CC (Urbana) |
| 1974 | Shirley Dommers | Belvidere | Freeport CC (Freeport) |
| 1975 | Desi Alley | Waukegan | Decatur CC (Decatur) |
| 1976 | Kay Rossmiller | Rockford | The Mauh-Nah-Tee-See Club (Rockford) |
| 1977 | Salley Wessels | Rockford | Bloomington CC (Bloomington) |
| 1978 | Pam Miller | Lake Bluff | Danville Elks (Danville) |
| 1979 | Pam Miller | Lake Bluff | Illini CC (Springfield) |
| 1980 | Alicia Ogrin | Waukegan | Freeport CC (Freeport) |
| 1981 | Mary McDougall | Midlothian | Lincolnsire Fields CC (Champaign) |
| 1982 | Mary McDougall | Midlothian | Danville Elks (Danville) |
| 1983 | Nancy Scranton | Centralia | Champaign CC (Champaign) |
| 1984 | Amy Read | Olney | Soangetaha CC (Galesburg) |
| 1985 | Cindy Mueller | Belleville | Quincy CC (Quincy) |
| 1986 | Patty Ehrhart | Dunlap | Balmoral Woods GC (Crete) |
| 1987 | Cindy Mueller | Belleville | Short Hills CC (East Moline) |
| 1988 | Margie Muzik | Kemper Lakes | Urbana G&CC (Urbana) |
| 1989 | Margie Muzik | Kemper Lakes | Bloomington CC (Bloomingson) |
| 1990 | Erica Firnhaber | Shelbyville | Crestwicke CC (Bloomington) |
| 1991 | Erica Firnhaber | Shelbyville | Soangetaha CC (Galesburg) |
| 1992 | Erica Firnhaber | Shelbyville | Quincy CC (Quincy) |
| 1993 | Laura Kanney | Aurora | Danville Elks (Danville) |
| 1994 | Dana Mackey | Morris | Lockhaven CC (Alton) |
| 1995 | Kerry Postillion | Burr Ridge | Champaign CC (Champaign) |
| 1996 | Kerry Postillion | Burr Ridge | Pontiac Elks (Pontiac) |
| 1997 | Megan Morgan | St. Charles | Mattoon CC (Mattoon) |
| 1998 | Susan Tessary | Collinsville | Quail Creek CC (Robinson) |
| 1999 | Kerry Postillion | Burr Ridge | Rockford CC (Rockford) |
| 2000 | Pam Holcombe | Quincy | Quincy CC (Quincy) |
| 2001 | Elizabeth Burden | Lake Forest | CC of Peoria (Peoria) |
| 2002 | Alexis Wooster | Winnetka | Champaign CC (Champaign) |
| 2003 | Alexis Wooster | Winnetka | Rock River CC (Rock Falls) |
| 2004 | Kerry Postillion | Burr Ridge | Aldeen GC (Rockford) |
| 2005 | Marissa Milligan | Bloomington | Kokopelli CC (Marion) |
| 2006 | Megan Godfrey | Homewood | Soanhataha CC (Galesburg) |
| 2007 | Kerry Postillion | Burr Ridge | Red Tail Run GC (Decatur) |
| 2008 | Brooke Beeler | Butler | Panther Creek CC (Springfield) |
| 2009 | Beth Weinstein | Highland Park | Kankakee CC (Kankakee) |
| 2010 | Brittany Atterbury | Rockton | Flossmoor GC (Flossmoor) |
| 2011 | Nora Lucas | Chicago | Kishwaukee CC (DeKalb) |
| 2012 | Elizabeth Szokol | Winnetka | Ravisloe CC (Homewood) |
| 2013 | Bing Singsumalee | Naperville | Cantigny Golf (Wheaton) |
| 2014 | Lexi Harkins | Crystal Lake | Crestwick CC (Bloomington) |
| 2015 | No Event - Weather | | Illini CC (Springfield) |
| 2016 | Lauren Chappell | Charleston | Forest Hills CC (Rockford) |
| 2017 | Kelly Sterling | Mokena | Pine Meadow GC (Mundelein) |
| 2018 | Sabrina Bonanno | Norridge | Aldeen GC (Rockford) |
| 2019 | Sarah Arnold | St. Charles | Illini CC (Springfield) |
| 2020 | No Event - COVID-19 | | Pine Meadow GC (Mundelein) |
| 2021 | Grace Curran | New Lenox | Pine Meadow GC (Mundelein) |
| 2022 | Megan Furtney | St. Charles | The Grove CC (Long Grove) |
| 2023 | Sarah Arnold | Geneva | The Grove CC (Long Grove) |
| 2024 | | | The Grove CC (Long Grove) |
| Illinois State Women's Amateur | Championship Records |
| Most Titles | Lois Drafke (9)
(1953, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1973)
Shirley Dommers (5)
(1957, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1974)
Marjorie Lindsay (5)
(1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951)
Kerry Postillion (5)
(1995, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2007) |
| Consecutive Titles | Ella Mae Williams, 1939-1941
Ruth Moore, 1945-1946
Marjorie Lindsay, 1949-1951
Lois Drafke, 1959-1960
Shirley Dommers, 1968-1969
Paula Smith, 1971-1972
Pam Miller, 1978-1979
Mary McDougall, 1981-1982
Margie Muzik, 1988-1989
Erica Firnhaber, 1990-1992
Kerry Postillion, 1995-1996
Alexis Wooster, 2002-2003 |
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