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Glenna Collett-Vare

United States · born , New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. · died

6championship wins

Summary

  • Titles 1922 U.S. Women's Amateur, 1925 U.S. Women's Amateur, 1928 U.S. Women's Amateur and 1929 U.S. Women's Amateur and 2 more
  • Amateur runner-up 1929 Women's Amateur, 1930 Women's Amateur, 1931 U.S. Women's Amateur and 1932 U.S. Women's Amateur

Wins

  1. 1922 U.S. Women's Amateur The Greenbrier · 5 & 4
  2. 1925 U.S. Women's Amateur St. Louis Country Club · 9 & 8
  3. 1928 U.S. Women's Amateur The Homestead · 13 & 12
  4. 1929 U.S. Women's Amateur Oakland Hills Country Club · 4 & 3
  5. 1930 U.S. Women's Amateur Los Angeles Country Club · 6 & 5
  6. 1935 U.S. Women's Amateur Interlachen Country Club · 3 & 2

Near misses

  1. 1929 The Women's Amateur Championship St Andrews Links · runner-up to Joyce Wethered · 3 & 1
  2. 1930 The Women's Amateur Championship Formby Golf Club · runner-up to Diana Fishwick · 4 & 3
  3. 1931 U.S. Women's Amateur Country Club of Buffalo · runner-up to Helen Hicks · 2 & 1
  4. 1932 U.S. Women's Amateur Salem Country Club · runner-up to Virginia Van Wie · 10 & 8

Results by championship

    Best day

    1922 U.S. Women's Amateur

    The Greenbrier · won 5 & 4

    Glenna Collett won the first of her record six titles, beating England's Margaret Gavin, a beaten finalist for the third time.

    Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1922.

    Career line, 1922–1935

    U.S. Women's Amateur
    1922 U.S. Women's Amateur: won1925 U.S. Women's Amateur: won1928 U.S. Women's Amateur: won1929 U.S. Women's Amateur: won1930 U.S. Women's Amateur: won1931 U.S. Women's Amateur: runner-up1932 U.S. Women's Amateur: runner-up1935 U.S. Women's Amateur: won
    Women's Amateur
    1929 Women's Amateur: runner-up1930 Women's Amateur: runner-up
    192519301935

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    • Other win
    • Runner-up

    Glenna Collett-Vare was born on June 20, 1903, in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. Collett-Vare won the 1922 U.S. Women's Amateur, the 1925 U.S. Women's Amateur, the 1928 U.S. Women's Amateur, the 1929 U.S. Women's Amateur and 2 more titles. Collett-Vare was runner-up at the 1929 Women's Amateur, the 1930 Women's Amateur and the 1931 U.S. Women's Amateur.

    See Glenna Collett-Vare in our rooms: Every Ground, U.S. Women's Amateur and The Women's Amateur.

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    The record

    Amateur titles (6)

    1. 1922 U.S. Women's Amateur The Greenbrier · 5 & 4
    2. 1925 U.S. Women's Amateur St. Louis Country Club · 9 & 8
    3. 1928 U.S. Women's Amateur The Homestead · 13 & 12
    4. 1929 U.S. Women's Amateur Oakland Hills Country Club · 4 & 3
    5. 1930 U.S. Women's Amateur Los Angeles Country Club · 6 & 5
    6. 1935 U.S. Women's Amateur Interlachen Country Club · 3 & 2

    Near misses

    1. 1929 The Women's Amateur Championship St Andrews Links · runner-up to Joyce Wethered · 3 & 1
    2. 1930 The Women's Amateur Championship Formby Golf Club · runner-up to Diana Fishwick · 4 & 3
    3. 1931 U.S. Women's Amateur Country Club of Buffalo · runner-up to Helen Hicks · 2 & 1
    4. 1932 U.S. Women's Amateur Salem Country Club · runner-up to Virginia Van Wie · 10 & 8

    Profile

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

    Other names

    Status

    Died in

    Hall of Fame

    Beyond our rooms

    • 1932 Curtis Cup United States team (winners)
    • 1923 Canadian Women's Amateur won
    • 1924 Canadian Women's Amateur won
    • 1925 French Women's Amateur won
    • 1922 North and South Women's Amateur won
    • 1922 Eastern Women's Amateur won

    Source: Wikipedia: Glenna Collett-Vare

    Known for

    • American amateur who won six U.S. Women's Amateurs and dominated American women's golf in the 1920s; the Hall of Fame calls her the greatest female golfer of her day. 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: Glenna Collett-Vare
    2. Wikidata: Q2693359
    3. Wikipedia: U.S. Women's Amateur
    4. championships.usga.org: u s women s amateur champions
    5. championships.usga.org: u s women s amateur records
    6. Wikipedia: Alexa Stirling
    7. Wikipedia: Women's Amateur Championship
    8. golfcompendium.com: british womens amateur winners
    9. assets.randa.org: Womens Amateur Information 2025
    10. Wikipedia: Joyce Wethered
    11. Wikipedia: 全英女子アマチュア選手権
    12. commons.wikimedia.org: File:Glenna Collett LCCN2014718515 (cropped).jpg