Dorothy Germain Porter
Summary
- Titles 1949 U.S. Women's Amateur
Wins
- 1949 U.S. Women's Amateur Merion Golf Club · 3 & 2
Results by championship
Best day
1949 U.S. Women's Amateur
Merion Golf Club · won 3 & 2
Dorothy Germain Porter beat Dot Kielty 3 & 2 as Merion hosted the Women's Amateur for a fourth time.
Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1949.
Career line, 1949–1949
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- Other win
Dorothy Germain Porter was born on April 3, 1924, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Porter won the 1949 U.S. Women's Amateur.
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The record
Amateur titles (1)
- 1949 U.S. Women's Amateur Merion Golf Club · 3 & 2
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Other names
- Dorothy Germain Wikipedia
Status
- amateur Wikipedia
College or club
- Beaver College (now Arcadia University) Wikipedia
Hall of Fame
- Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame (2008) Wikipedia
Beyond our rooms
- 1943 Women's Western Amateur won
- 1944 Women's Western Amateur won
- 1967 Women's Western Amateur won
- 1950 Curtis Cup United States team (winners)
- 1966 Curtis Cup captain (winners)
- Pennsylvania Women's Amateur won three times (first 1946)
Source: Wikipedia: Dorothy Germain Porter
Known for
- American amateur from Philadelphia who won the 1949 U.S. Women's Amateur, three Women's Western Amateurs and captained the 1966 Curtis Cup winners. 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.