1983 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Joanne Pacillo wins at Canoe Brook C.C. (North Course)
Joanne Pacillo won the 1983 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Canoe Brook C.C. (North Course) in Summit, New Jersey, beating Sally Quinlan 2 & 1 in the final.
Updated October 22, 2026
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- Edition
- 83rd
- Dates
- August 15, 1983 to August 20, 1983
- Course
- Canoe Brook C.C. (North Course), Summit, New Jersey
- Format
- stroke-play qualifying + match play
- Champion
- Joanne Pacillo · age 21 · United States
- Champion's title
- 1st U.S. Women’s Amateur
- Runner-up
- Sally Quinlan · age 22
- Final
- 2 & 1
- Losing semifinalists
- unknown and unknown
- Stroke-play medalist
- Mary Anne Widman (147)
- Defending champion
- Juli Inkster
- Entries
- 259
What happened at the 1983 U.S. Women’s Amateur
Sally Quinlan, fighting her driver, played her 1-iron off most tees in the final and led only once, after winning the 3rd hole with a par 5.
Joanne Pacillo beat three-time champion Anne Quast Sander 2 up and 1981 British champion Belle Robertson 1 up on her way to the final.
Final, Joanne Pacillo v. Sally Quinlan. Pacillo went 3 up when Quinlan three-putted the first afternoon green; Quinlan won the 15th, Pacillo answered with a birdie on the 16th and the 17th was halved in par.
The draw
Every match is recorded through the final.
The final, 1983 U.S. Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joanne Pacillo | def. | Sally Quinlan | 2 & 1 |
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/1983.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