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Barbara McIntire

United States · born , Toledo, Ohio, U.S. · died

3championship wins

Summary

  • Best major finish runner-up, 1956 U.S. Women's Open
  • Titles 1959 U.S. Women's Amateur, 1960 Women's Amateur and 1964 U.S. Women's Amateur

Wins

  1. 1959 U.S. Women's Amateur Congressional Country Club · 4 & 3
  2. 1960 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal St David's Golf Club · 4 & 2
  3. 1964 U.S. Women's Amateur Prairie Dunes Country Club · 3 & 2

Near misses

  1. 1956 U.S. Women's Open Northland Country Club · runner-up to Kathy Cornelius · 302 · lost playoff

Rivals

Beat him

Next in the chain: Kathy Cornelius' rivals →

Results by championship

    Best day

    1956 U.S. Women's Open

    Runner-up to Kathy Cornelius · 302.

    Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1956.

    Career line, 1956–1964

    U.S. Women's Open
    1956 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Kathy Cornelius
    U.S. Women's Amateur
    1959 U.S. Women's Amateur: won1964 U.S. Women's Amateur: won
    Women's Amateur
    1960 Women's Amateur: won
    19561958196019621964

    4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Other win
    • Runner-up

    Barbara McIntire was born on January 12, 1935, in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. McIntire's best major finish was second, at the 1956 U.S. Women's Open. McIntire won the 1959 U.S. Women's Amateur, the 1960 Women's Amateur and the 1964 U.S. Women's Amateur.

    See Barbara McIntire in our rooms: Every Ground, U.S. Women's Open, U.S. Women's Amateur and The Women's Amateur.

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    The record

    Amateur titles (3)

    1. 1959 U.S. Women's Amateur Congressional Country Club · 4 & 3
    2. 1960 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal St David's Golf Club · 4 & 2
    3. 1964 U.S. Women's Amateur Prairie Dunes Country Club · 3 & 2

    Near misses

    1. 1956 U.S. Women's Open Northland Country Club · runner-up to Kathy Cornelius · 302 · lost playoff

    Profile

    Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.

    Full name

    Status

    College or club

    Died in

    • Southern Pines, North Carolina, U.S. Wikipedia

    Hall of Fame

    • Colorado Golf Hall of Fame (1964)
    • Ohio Golf Hall of Fame (1995)
    • Colorado Sports Hall of Fame (1998)

    Source: Wikipedia: Barbara McIntire

    Beyond our rooms

    • 1958 Women's Western Amateur won
    • 1958 Curtis Cup United States team (tie)
    • 1960 Curtis Cup United States team (winners)
    • 1962 Curtis Cup United States team (winners)
    • 1964 Curtis Cup United States team (winners)
    • 1966 Curtis Cup United States team (winners)

    Source: Wikipedia: Barbara McIntire

    Known for

    • American amateur who won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1959 and 1964 and the 1960 British Ladies Amateur, and was runner-up in the 1956 U.S. Women's Open as a Rollins College student. Wikipedia

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. Wikipedia: Barbara McIntire
    2. Wikidata: Q4859147
    3. Wikipedia: U.S. Women's Amateur
    4. championships.usga.org: u s women s amateur champions
    5. Wikipedia: Women's Amateur Championship
    6. golfcompendium.com: british womens amateur winners
    7. Wikipedia: Philomena Garvey
    8. Wikipedia: 全英女子アマチュア選手権
    9. championships.usga.org: u s women s amateur records