1939 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Betty Jameson wins at Wee Burn Club
Betty Jameson won the 1939 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Wee Burn Club in Darien, Connecticut, beating Dorothy Kirby 3 & 2 in the final.
Updated October 22, 2026
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- Edition
- 43rd
- Dates
- August 21, 1939 to August 26, 1939
- Course
- Wee Burn Club, Darien, Connecticut
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Betty Jameson · age 20 · United States
- Champion's title
- 1st U.S. Women’s Amateur
- Runner-up
- Dorothy Kirby · age 19
- Final
- 3 & 2
- Losing semifinalists
- unknown and unknown
- Stroke-play medalist
- Beatrice Barrett (74)
- Defending champion
- Patty Berg
- Entries
- 201
The draw
No match of the 1939 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.