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A Brief History of Exmoor

EXMOOR: VENUE OF
NATIONAL GOLF
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Exmoor has hosted 18 national
golf championships.

U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur
Championship (USGA)
1965 — Champion, Loma Smith, 242;
Charlotte Haskell, 245
U.S. Women’s Amateur
Championship (USGA)
1933 — Champion, Virginia Van Wie
d. Helen Hicks, 4 and 3;
Medalist, Enid Wilson, 76

Women’s Western Junior
Championship (WWGA)
1939 — Champion, Mary Wilder; Hall of Fame golfer Vijay Singh won the 2018 Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship at Exmoor.
This bunker shot enabled Singh to match par with Jeff Maggert, forcing a sudden death playoff. Playing again
Finalist, Georgia Tainter
on the 18th hole, Singh fired a nine iron 20 inches from the cup to make birdie to win the first major professional
tournament held at Exmoor. Former club President Sandy Stevenson served as tournament chairman.
1991 — Champion, Julie Brand;
Finalist, Erin O’Neil
1906 — Champion, Mrs. C.L. Derning; 1998 — Champion, David Wagenseller,
Women’s Western Amateur Finalist, Frances Everett 3 & 2 over Brady Stockton;
Championship (WWGA) Medalist, Hunter Mahan, 141
1923 — Champion, Meriam Burns;
1903 — Champion, Bessie Anthony; Finalist, Louise Fordyce Western Amateur
Finalist, Mabel Higgins
1931 — Champion, Mrs. O.S. Hill; Championship (WGA)
Finalist, Mrs. Leona Pressler 1904 — Champion, H. Chandler Egan,
6 & 5, over Ned Sawyer;
1941 — Champion, Mrs. Russell Mann;
Medalist, H. Chandler Egan
Finalist, Mary Agnes Wall
1952 — Champion, Frank Stranahan,
1950 — Champion, Polly Riley;
3 & 2, over Harvie Ward Jr.;
Finalist, Mae Murray
Co-Medalists, Don Cherry
1959 — Champion, JoAnne Gunderson and John Coyle
(Carner); Finalist, Marjorie
2012 — Champion, Chris Williams,
Lindsey
1 up over Jordan Russell;
2001 — Champion, Meredith Duncan; Medalist, Chris Williams
Finalist, Candie Kung;
Medalist, Candie Kung Constellation SENIOR
PLAYERS Championship,
Western Junior PGA TOUR Champions
Championship (WGA)
2018 — Champion, Vijay Singh,
1917 — Champion, Frederick Wright, in a sudden death playoff
Virginia Van Wie (right) of Chicago won the
prestigious U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship 5 & 4 over Richard Haight; with Jeff Maggert.
at Exmoor in 1933, defeating Helen Hicks 4 & 3. Medalist, Dewey Weber, 72

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