Ruth Underhill
Summary
- Titles 1899 U.S. Women's Amateur
Wins
- 1899 U.S. Women's Amateur Philadelphia Country Club · 2 & 1
Results by championship
Best day
1899 U.S. Women's Amateur
Philadelphia Country Club · won 2 & 1
Ruth Underhill beat Margaret Fox 2 & 1, as three-time champion Beatrix Hoyt, again the medalist, failed to reach the final.
Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1899.
Career line, 1899–1899
1 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Other win
Ruth Underhill was born on June 8, 1874, in Englewood, New Jersey. Underhill won the 1899 U.S. Women's Amateur.
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The record
Amateur titles (1)
- 1899 U.S. Women's Amateur Philadelphia Country Club · 2 & 1
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Status
- amateur web.archive.org
College or club
- Bryn Mawr College
- Nassau Country Club
Source: web.archive.org: Nassau CC Ruth Underhill Golf Bio
Beyond our rooms
- 1900 Women's Metropolitan Golf Association championship runner-up
- 1901 Women's Metropolitan Golf Association championship runner-up
- 1902 Poniatowski Cup (Burlingame CC) won
Source: web.archive.org: Nassau CC Ruth Underhill Golf Bio
Known for
- Englewood-born amateur and short-story writer, granddaughter of New York Sun editor Charles A. Dana, who won the 1899 U.S. Women's Amateur and was the WMGA's first secretary. web.archive.org
Sources
Elsewhere: 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.