Georgia Women’s Amateur Championship Records

Multiple Victories

There have been 20 players who have captured the Georgia Women's
Amateur Championship multiple times throughout history.


Note: The Women's Amateur was conducted as a match play
championship from 1930-1970, which included a Medal Play
champion from 1952-1970. In 1971, the championship
converted to a stroke play competition.


11 -- Ceil MacLaurin (Match Play: 1952, 1964-1965, 1970;
         Medal Play: 1965, 1968-1969, 1972-1975) 

6 -- Laura Coble (1999, 2003-2005, 2007, 2012)
        Dot Kirby (Match Play: 1933, 1935-1936, 1941;
        Medal Play: 1952-1953)
        Janet Olp (1981, 1983-1985, 1987, 1997) 

5 -- Billie Wickliffe (Match Play: 1966-1967;
         Medal Play: 1964, 1970-1971) 

4 -- Mary Lena Faulk (Match Play: 1946-1948;
        Medal Play: 1954)
        Wendi Patterson (1991-1993, 1995) 
        M.A. Sauls Reynolds (Medal Play: 1955-1956;
        Match Play: 1957-1958) 

3 -- Mary Crawford (Match Play: 1953, 1955, 1959) 
        Martha Daniel (Match Play: 1937, 1944, 1949) 
        Margaret Maddox (Match Play: 1931-1932, 1938) 
        Madge McDonald (Medal Play: 1959;
        Match Play: 1962-1963)
      
2 -- Margaret Allen (Medal Play: 1957, 1961)
        Carol Donald (1979-1980)
        Patti Huxford (1998, 2002) 
        Brenda Pictor (1994, 2014) 
        Payton Schanen (2016-2017) 
        Mariah Stackhouse (2008-2009) 
        Eileen Stulb (Match Play: 1950-1951)
        Louise Suggs (Match Play: 1940, 1942) 

Champions in Consecutive Years   

4 -- Ceil MacLaurin (1972-1975)  

3 -- Laura Coble (2003-2005)
        Mary Lena Faulk (1946-1948)
        Janet Olp (1983-1985)
        Wendi Patterson (1991-1993)

2 -- Carol Donald (1979-1980)
        Dot Kirby (1935-1936, 1951-1952)
        Ceil MacLaurin (1964-1965, 1968-1969)
        Margaret Maddox (1931-1932)
        Mrs. Grady McDonald (1962-1963)     
        M.A. Sauls Reynolds (1957-1958)
        Payton Schanen (2016-2017)
        Mariah Stackhouse (2008-2009)
        Eileen Stulb (1950-1951)
        Billie Wickliffe (1966-1967, 1970-1971)

Champions with Most Years between First and Last Victories

Ceil MacLaurin - 23 years (1952 to 1975)
Brenda Pictor - 20 years (1994 to 2014)

Champions in Three Decades

Ceil MacLaurin - 1950s ('52), 1960s ('64-'65, '68-'69), 1970s ('70, '72-'75)
Laura Coble - 1990s ('99), 2000s ('03-'05, '07), 2010s ('12)
Dot Kirby - 1930s ('33, '35-'36), 1940s ('41), 1950s (1952-1953)

Champions in Two Decades

Martha Daniel - 1930s ('37), 1940s ('44, '49)
Carold Donald - 1970s ('79), 1980s ('80)
Patti Huxford - 1990s ('98), 2000s ('02)
Janet Olp - 1980s ('81, '83-'85, '87), 1990s ('97)
Brenda Pictor - 1990s ('94), 2010s ('14)
Billie Wickliffe - 1960s ('66-'67), 1970s ('71)

Host Clubs
Since the inaugural event in 1930, the Championship has been hosted
at 42 different clubs with 26 hosting multiple times.

Seven
Radium Springs CC, Albany (1930, 1934, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1967, 1979)

Six
Capital City Club, Atlanta (1932, 1941, 1944, 1952, 1953, 2000)
CC of Columbus (1936, 1940, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1971)
Coosa CC, Rome (1937, 1951, 1960, 1978, 1987, 2021)
East Lake GC, Atlanta (1933, 1935, 1942, 1943, 1956, 1968)

Five
Athens CC (1959, 1964, 1969, 1983, 1998)
Valdosta CC (1952, 1962, 1967, 1981, 1992)

Four
Augusta CC (1945, 1954, 1965, 2007)
Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain (1958, 1963, 1968, 2014)
Glen Arven CC, Thomasville (1939, 1947, 1960, 2013)
The Landings Club, Savannah (1993, 2001, 2012, 2020)

Three
Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek (1980, 2006, 2019)
Dalton CC (1972, 1982, 2005)
Doublegate CC, Albany (1991, 2004, 2017)
Druid Hills GC, Atlanta (1938, 1950, 1961)
Fort Benning GC (1946, 1953, 1956)
Griffin CC (1954, 1957, 1988)

Two     
Berkeley Hills CC, Duluth (1974, 1984)
Cartersville CC (1990, 2018)
Eagles Landing CC, Stockbridge (1995, 2015)
Flat Creek CC, Peachtree City (1977, 1985)
Green Island CC, Columbus (1966, 2002)
Idle Hour, Macon (1962, 2009)
River North CC, Macon (1976, 1986)
Sea Island GC, St. Simons Island (1931, 1955)
Sea Palms Resort, St. Simons Island (1970, 1973)

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