1988 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Pearl Sinn wins at Minikahda Club
Pearl Sinn won the 1988 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Minikahda Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota, beating Karen Noble 6 & 5 in the final.
Updated October 22, 2026
Walk this draw in the U.S. Women’s Amateur room.
- Edition
- 88th
- Dates
- August 8, 1988 to August 13, 1988
- Course
- Minikahda Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Format
- stroke-play qualifying + match play
- Champion
- Pearl Sinn · age 21 · United States
- Champion's title
- 1st U.S. Women’s Amateur
- Runner-up
- Karen Noble
- Final
- 6 & 5
- Losing semifinalists
- Pat Milton and Michiko Hattori
- Stroke-play medalist
- Pearl Sinn (140)
- Defending champion
- Kay Cockerill
- Entries
- 357
What happened at the 1988 U.S. Women’s Amateur
All square with Kelly Robbins after 18 holes of their quarterfinal, Pearl Sinn halved the 19th with a birdie and won the 20th with a par.
Karen Noble beat three former champions in succession - Carol Semple Thompson, Anne Sander and Michiko Hattori, the last with a birdie on the 19th hole.
Final, Pearl Sinn v. Karen Noble. Noble won the 6th, 7th and 8th to lead, Sinn answered with four straight to lunch 3 up, won three holes with pars after lunch and closed it out when the 31st was halved in birdies.
The draw
Every match is recorded through the semifinal.
The final, 1988 U.S. Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl Sinn | def. | Karen Noble | 6 & 5 |
Semifinals, 1988 U.S. Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl Sinn | def. | Pat Milton | 6 & 5 |
| Karen Noble | def. | Michiko Hattori | won on 19th hole |
Quarterfinals, 1988 U.S. Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl Sinn | def. | Kelly Robbins | won on 20th hole |
| Karen Noble | def. | Anne Sander | 6 & 5 |
Round of 16, 1988 U.S. Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Noble | def. | Carol Semple Thompson | 1 up |
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/1988.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
- https://www.usga.org/championships/2014/history-21474864840.html