1969 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Catherine Lacoste wins at Las Colinas C.C.

Catherine Lacoste won the 1969 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Las Colinas C.C. in Irving, Texas, beating Shelley Hamlin 3 & 2 in the final.

Updated October 22, 2026

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Edition: 69th
Dates: August 11, 1969 to August 16, 1969
Course: Las Colinas C.C., Irving, Texas
Format: stroke-play qualifying + match play
Champion: Catherine Lacoste · age 24 · France
Champion's title: 1st U.S. Women’s Amateur
Runner-up: Shelley Hamlin · age 20
Final: 3 & 2
Losing semifinalists: Anne Quast Sander and Nancy Hager
Stroke-play medalist: Barbara Fay White Boddie (Mrs. Teddy Boddie) (147)
Defending champion: JoAnne Gunderson Carner · lost in the round of 32
Entries: 103

What happened at the 1969 U.S. Women’s Amateur

Catherine Lacoste was three down to Anne Quast Welts after 10 holes of their semifinal and rallied to win 2 and 1.

Boddie's 69 in the first qualifying round was a record for a single qualifying round; she lost to Shelley Hamlin in the quarterfinals.

Final, Catherine Lacoste v. Shelley Hamlin. Lacoste led by three after nine holes and, though Hamlin played the next 25 holes in even par, closed out the match on the 34th hole.

The draw

Every match is recorded through the semifinal.

The final, 1969 U.S. Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Catherine Lacoste	def.	Shelley Hamlin	3 & 2

Semifinals, 1969 U.S. Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Catherine Lacoste	def.	Anne Quast Sander	2 & 1
Shelley Hamlin	def.	Nancy Hager	1 up

Quarterfinals, 1969 U.S. Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Shelley Hamlin	def.	Mrs. Teddy Boddie	unknown

Round of 16, 1969 U.S. Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Catherine Lacoste	def.	Connie Hirschman	1 up

Round of 32, 1969 U.S. Women’s Amateur

Winner		Beaten	Result
Connie Hirschman	def.	Mrs. Michael J. Skala	won on 20th hole
Ann Baker Furrow	def.	JoAnne Gunderson Carner	unknown

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.