Mary Budke
Summary
- Titles 1972 U.S. Women's Amateur
Wins
- 1972 U.S. Women's Amateur St. Louis Country Club · 5 & 4
Results by championship
Best day
1972 U.S. Women's Amateur
St. Louis Country Club · won 5 & 4
Mary Budke beat Cynthia Hill 5 & 4, Hill's second runner-up finish in three years.
Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1972.
Career line, 1972–1972
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- Other win
Mary Budke was born on November 16, 1953, in Salem. Budke won the 1972 U.S. Women's Amateur.
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The record
Amateur titles (1)
- 1972 U.S. Women's Amateur St. Louis Country Club · 5 & 4
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Full name
- Mary Anne Budke Wikipedia
Status
- amateur Wikipedia
Hall of Fame
- Oregon Sports Hall of Fame (1991)
- Women's Golf Coaches Association Players Hall of Fame
- Pacific Northwest Golf Association Hall of Fame (2005)
- Pac-12 Conference Hall of Honor (2023)
- Oregon State University Athletics Hall of Fame
Source: Wikipedia: Mary Budke
Beyond our rooms
- 1972 Espirito Santo Trophy United States team (winners)
- 1974 Curtis Cup United States team (winners)
- 2002 Curtis Cup captain
- Oregon Amateur 8 wins (record)
Source: Wikipedia: Mary Budke
Known for
- American amateur from Oregon who won the 1972 U.S. Women's Amateur and holds the Oregon Amateur record with eight wins. 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.