About Us

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The WWGA

Founded in 1901 under the sponsorship of the Western Golf Association, the Women's Western Golf Association has been conducting national championships for 121 years.

  • 1901 - First amateur championship was played, and has been held without interruption since.
  • 1903 - Membership was originally limited to clubs within 500 miles of Chicago, west of the Allegheny Mountains. Thus the name "Women's Western."
  • 1907 - Membership grew to 33 clubs in five Midwestern states.
  • 1920 - The WWGA Junior Championship was introduced.
  • 1920s - Derby Medal Invitational inaugurated and held through 1941.
  • 1930 - Women's Western Open was established. It was considered a major championship in women's professional golf until it was discontinued in 1967.
  • 1971 - The Women's Western Golf Foundation was formed.
  • 1979 - The WWGA Senior Championship was established.
  • 2000 - Represented by member clubs across the United States, the WWGA embraces thousands of women nationwide.
The Women's Western Golf Association is one of the oldest and most revered organizations in the United States. Eighty dedicated Directors from across the country volunteer their time and talent to running the not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. There are no paid Directors on the Board.
 

The WWGF

In 1971 the WWGF charitable trust was formed to receive and distribute funds to advance women in scholastic achievement and intercollegiate golf programs by:
  • Granting academic scholarships to worthy and deserving women students who also have an involvement in the sport of golf. Skill or excellence in the sport is not a criterion.
  • Providing financial assistance to universities & colleges with inadequately funded women's golf programs.
There are no paid members on the Foundation Board. Virtually all dollars contributed are distributed to colleges and universities in the form of individual scholarship payments or women's golf team grants. Individual Women's Western Golf Foundation Scholarships are in the amount of $2,500 per year, renewable for four years.

The Women's Western Golf Foundation holds a Determination Letter from the Internal Revenue Service recognizing it as a tax-exempt charitable trust; consequently contributions to the Foundation are deductible for federal income tax purposes.