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1933 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Virginia Van Wie wins at Exmoor C.C.

Virginia Van Wie won the 1933 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Exmoor C.C. in Highland Park, Illinois, beating Helen Hicks 4 & 3 in the final.

Updated October 22, 2026

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Edition
37th
Dates
August 28, 1933 to September 2, 1933
Course
Exmoor C.C., Highland Park, Illinois
Format
match play
Champion
Virginia Van Wie · age 24 · United States
Champion's title
2nd U.S. Women’s Amateur
Runner-up
Helen Hicks · age 22
Final
4 & 3
Losing semifinalists
unknown and unknown
Stroke-play medalist
Enid Wilson (76)
Defending champion
Virginia Van Wie · won
Entries
120

The draw

No match of the 1933 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Women%27s_Amateur
  2. https://championships.usga.org/uswomensamateur/u-s--women-s-amateur-champions.html