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1932 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Virginia Van Wie wins at Salem C.C.

Virginia Van Wie won the 1932 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Salem C.C. in Peabody, Massachusetts, beating Glenna Collett-Vare 10 & 8 in the final.

Updated October 22, 2026

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Edition
36th
Dates
September 26, 1932 to October 1, 1932
Course
Salem C.C., Peabody, Massachusetts
Format
match play
Champion
Virginia Van Wie · age 23 · United States
Champion's title
1st U.S. Women’s Amateur
Runner-up
Glenna Collett-Vare · age 29
Final
10 & 8
Losing semifinalists
unknown and unknown
Stroke-play medalist
Maureen Orcutt (77)
Defending champion
Helen Hicks
Entries
101

The draw

No match of the 1932 draw is recorded in our data yet beyond the final result above.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Women’s Amateur data set (research collected through October 20, 2026). "unknown" means no source confirmed it; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the USGA's own record is used.

Data: us-womens-amateur.json.

Sources

  1. https://championships.usga.org/uswomensamateur/u-s--women-s-amateur-records.html
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Women%27s_Amateur
  3. https://championships.usga.org/uswomensamateur/u-s--women-s-amateur-champions.html