1996 Women’s Amateur: Kelli Kuehne wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Kelli Kuehne won the 1996 Women’s Amateur at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, beating Becky Morgan 5 & 3 in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 93rd
- Course
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Merseyside
- Format
- stroke-play qualifying + match play
- Champion
- Kelli Kuehne · United States
- Champion's title
- 1st Women’s Amateur title
- Runner-up
- Becky Morgan
- Final
- 5 & 3 (18-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 64
- Losing semifinalists
- Sonia Bauer and Elaine Ratcliffe
- Stroke-play medalist
- Eileen Rose Power (144)
- Defending champion
- Julie Hall
What happened at the 1996 Women’s Amateur
Kelli Kuehne beat Becky Morgan 5 and 3 at Royal Liverpool; she was the last American winner until Melanie Green in 2024.
Kuehne won the British and U.S. Women's Amateurs in the same year (1996).
Final, Kelli Kuehne v. Becky Morgan. Kelli Kuehne beat Becky Morgan 5 and 3 at Royal Liverpool, the last American champion until 2024.
The draw
Every match is recorded through the final.
The final, 1996 Women’s Amateur
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelli Kuehne | def. | Becky Morgan | 5 & 3 |
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's Women’s Amateur data set (research collected through 20 October 2026). "unknown" means no source confirmed it; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the R&A's own record is used.
Data: womens-amateur.json.
Sources
- https://www.randa.org/en/championships/womens-amateur-championship-past-winners
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Amateur_Championship
- https://www.golfcompendium.com/2020/08/british-womens-amateur-winners.html
- https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%A8%E8%8B%B1%E5%A5%B3%E5%AD%90%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%81%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A2%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E6%A8%A9
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Liverpool_Golf_Club