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1936 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Pam Barton wins at Canoe Brook C.C. (South Course)

Pam Barton won the 1936 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Canoe Brook C.C. (South Course) in Summit, New Jersey, beating Maureen Orcutt 4 & 3 in the final.

Updated October 22, 2026

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Edition
40th
Dates
September 28, 1936 to October 3, 1936
Course
Canoe Brook C.C. (South Course), Summit, New Jersey
Format
match play
Champion
Pam Barton · age 19 · England
Champion's title
1st U.S. Women’s Amateur
Runner-up
Maureen Orcutt · age 29
Final
4 & 3
Losing semifinalists
unknown and unknown
Stroke-play medalist
Estelle Lawson Page (78)
Defending champion
Glenna Collett-Vare
Entries
188

The draw

No match of the 1936 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
  3. https://championships.usga.org/uswomensamateur/u-s--women-s-amateur-records.html