1975 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Beth Daniel wins at Brae Burn C.C.
Beth Daniel won the 1975 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Brae Burn C.C. in West Newton, Massachusetts, beating Donna Horton 3 & 2 in the final.
Updated October 22, 2026
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- Edition
- 75th
- Dates
- August 11, 1975 to August 16, 1975
- Course
- Brae Burn C.C., West Newton, Massachusetts
- Format
- stroke-play qualifying + match play
- Champion
- Beth Daniel · age 18 · United States
- Champion's title
- 1st U.S. Women’s Amateur
- Runner-up
- Donna Horton · age 21
- Final
- 3 & 2
- Losing semifinalists
- Noreen Friel and Jeanne-Marie Boylan
- Stroke-play medalist
- Nancy Roth Syms (71)
- Defending champion
- Cynthia Hill
- Entries
- 154
What happened at the 1975 U.S. Women’s Amateur
Two up with four to play in the final, Beth Daniel closed out Donna Horton by holing a 15-foot sidehill birdie putt on the 16th.
Noreen Friel and Jeanne-Marie Boylan made it the first time since 1911 that two Massachusetts players reached the semifinals.
Final, Beth Daniel v. Donna Horton. Daniel won five of seven holes on the morning's back nine to lunch 2 up, Horton squared twice in the afternoon, and Daniel finished it with a 15-foot birdie on the 34th hole.
The draw
Every match is recorded through the final.
The final, 1975 U.S. Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beth Daniel | def. | Donna Horton | 3 & 2 |
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
- https://web.archive.org/web/2012/http://www.uswamateur.org/history/past-champions/1975.html
- https://www.usga.org/content/dam/usga/pdf/media-resources/2026-media-guide/26WomensAmateur.pdf
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Women%27s_Amateur
- https://championships.usga.org/uswomensamateur/u-s--women-s-amateur-champions.html
- https://championships.usga.org/uswomensamateur/u-s--women-s-amateur-records.html