Women's Western Junior History
First played in 1920, the Women's Western Junior is one of the oldest junior golf tournaments in the United States. Long seen as a testing ground for the stars of the future, past Women's Western Junior champions include Candie Kung (1998), Cristie Kerr (1994), Grace Park (1993) and Nancy Lopez (1972, 1973, 1974). The collective accomplishments of the event's past champions include:
- 218 LPGA TOUR victories
- 6 major championships
- 10 Solheim Cup appearances
Past Champions
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | Host Course |
| 2024 | Samantha Brown | Isabel Emanuels | Hinsdale Golf Club |
| 2023 | Suzie Tran | Lisa Herman | Greenbriar Hills Country Club |
| 2022 | Jessica Mason | Lisa Copeland | Prestwick Country Club |
| 2021 | Mara Janess | Katie Scheck | Aurora Country Club |
| 2020 | NO CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
| 2019 | Gabriella Gilrowski | Jocelyn Bruch | Woodland Country Club |
| 2018 | Janice Kim | Macy Hanus | Cincinnati Country Club |
| 2017 | Mikaela Schulz | Speedy Kent | Dubuque Golf & Country Club |
| 2016 | Kate Lillie | Penelope Tir | Blackhawk Country Club |
| 2015 | Emilia Migliaccio | Tess Hackworthy | Hope Valley Country Club |
| 2014 | Annika Bovender | Anika Hitt | Knollwood Country Club |
| 2013 | Heather Ciskowski | Kelsey Murphy | Dubuque Golf & Country Club |
| 2012 | Chakansim Khamborn | Morgan Nadaline | Cincinnati Country Club |
| 2011 | Ashley Armstrong | Jordan Lippetz | Flossmoor Country Club |
| 2010 | Anna Kim | Vivian Tsul | Knollwood Country Club |
| 2009 | Courtney McKim | Yugene Lee | Hope Valley Country Club |
| 2008 | Tory Bauman | Alexis Nelson | Knollwood Country Club |
| 2007 | Dottie Ardina | Kelly Shon | TPC River's Bend |
| 2006 | Alexandra Bodermann | Jessica Yadloczky | Sugar Mill Country Club |
| 2005 | Emma Jandel | Piper Miller | Knollwood Country Club |
| 2004 | Alina Lee | Amanda Blumenherst | The Hawthorns Golf & Country Club |
| 2003 | Monique Gesualdi | Jacqui Concolino | Sugar Mill Country Club |
| 2002 | Monique Gesualdi | Jean Reynolds | Canongate Golf Club |
| 2001 | Kailin Downs | Jessica Castle | La Crosse Country Club |
| 2000 | Christine Boucher | Anna Lee | Glenmore Country Club |
| 1999 | Malinda Johnson | Kristi Larsen | Stonehenge Golf Club |
| 1998 | Candie King | Jimin Kang | Blackhawk Country Club |
| 1997 | Candy Hannemann | Blair O'Neal | Fincastle Country Club |
| 1996 | Candy Hannemann | Katy Wilkinson | Rockford Country Club |
| 1995 | Candy Hannemann | Cristie Kerr | Conway Farms Golf Club |
| 1994 | Cristie Kerr | Erin Kurczewski | Lake Region Yacht & Country Club |
| 1993 | Grace Park | Kellee Booth | Knollwood Country Club |
| 1992 | Victoria Boysen | Erin O'Neil | Blackhawk Country Club |
| 1991 | Julie Brand | Erin O'Neil | Exmoor Country Club |
| 1990 | Erin O'Neil | Kathryn Weber | Live Oak Course-Resorts of Lakeway |
| 1989 | Tracy Hanson | Robin Berning | Mill Creek Country Club |
| 1988 | Terri Thompson | Tricia Konz | Ozaukee Country Club |
| 1987 | Adele Moore | Michelle McGann | Hardscrabble Country Club |
| 1986 | Adele Moore | Heather Deke | Dubuque Golf & Country Club |
| 1985 | Pearl Sinn | Cathy Mockett | Live Oak Course-Resorts of Lakeway |
| 1984 | Lisa Nedoba | Elizabeth Fry | Blue Hills Country Club |
| 1983 | Caroline Keggi | Lisa Nedoba | Janesville Country Club |
| 1982 | Carey Ruffer | Kristina Peterson | Scenic Hills Country Club |
| 1981 | Kathy Kostas | Susan Pager | Champaign Country Club |
| 1980 | Joanne Pacillo | Laure Rinker | Sunnyside Country Club |
| 1979 | Sharon Barrett | Susie Ashdown | Rockford Country Club |
| 1978 | Cathy Hanlon | Rae Rothfelder | Diamondhead Yacht & Country Club |
| 1977 | Mari McDougall | Alicia Ogrin | Lake Geneva Country Club |
| 1976 | Lauren Howe | Betty Glynn Baird | River Plantation Golf & Country Club |
| 1975 | Connie Chillemi | Catherine Reynolds | Cincinnati Country Club |
| 1974 | Nancy Lopez | Pamela Joy Johns | Sand Point Country Club |
| 1973 | Nancy Lopez | Lori Garbacz | Lake Geneva Country Club |
| 1972 | Nancy Lopez | Brenda Goldsmith | Prestwick Country Club |
| 1971 | Mary Budke | Laura Baugh | Pinehurst Country Club |
| 1970 | Mary Budke | Karen Dremonas | Cincinnati Country Club |
| 1969 | Mary Jane Fassinger | Nancy Hager | Woodland Country Club |
| 1968 | Mary Jane Fassinger | Sandra Burns | Lake Geneva Country Club |
| 1967 | Candace Michaeloff | Marsha Houghton | Knollwood Country Club |
| 1966 | Kathleen Ahern | Carmen Maria Piasecki | Evanston Golf Club |
| 1965 | Jane Bastanchury | Carol Sorensen | Onwentsia Club |
| 1964 | Janis Ferraris | Peggy Conley | Glen Flora Country Club |
| 1963 | Janis Ferraris | Roberta Albers | Rockford Country Club |
| 1962 | Mary Lou Daniel | Brenda Ann High | Lake Geneva Country Club |
| 1961 | Ann Baker | Mary Lou Daniel | Sunset Ridge Country Club |
| 1960 | Sharon Fladoos | Judy Rand | Glen Flora Country Club |
| 1959 | Carol Sorenson | Sharon Fladoos | Lake Geneva Country Club |
| 1958 | Carol Ann Mann | Sharon Fladoos | Inverness Golf Club |
| 1957 | Sherry Wheeler | Andy Cohn | Barrington Hills Country Club |
| 1956 | Clifford Ann Creed | Jo Anne Gunderson | Flossmoor Country Club |
| 1955 | Jo Anne Gunderson | Anne Quast | Lake Geneva Country Club |
| 1954 | Anne Quast | Berridge Long | La Grange Country Club |
| 1953 | Anne Richardson | Berridge Long | Sunset Ridge Country Club |
| 1952 | Barbara McIntire | Janet McIntosh | Lake Shore Country Club |
| 1951 | Virginia Dennehy | Ann Brooks | St. Charles Country Club |
| 1950 | Patricia Lesser | Virginia Dennehy | Indian Hill Club |
| 1949 | Marlene Bauer | Pat Leith | Onwentsia Club |
| 1948 | NO CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
| 1947 | NO CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
| 1946 | NO CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
| 1945 | NO CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
| 1944 | NO CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
| 1943 | NO CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
| 1942 | NO CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
| 1941 | Jeanne Cline | Dorothy Campbell | St. Charles Country Club |
| 1940 | Georgia Tainter | Eileen Quinlan | South Bend Country Club |
| 1939 | Mary Wilder | Georgia Tainter | Exmoor Country Club |
| 1938 | Jane Goodsill | Catherine Shuster | Midlothian Country Club |
| 1937 | Muriel Veatch | Betty Machemer | Hinsdale Country Club |
| 1936 | Edith Estabrooks | Hope Seignious | Oakland Hills Country Club |
| 1935 | Eleanor Dudley | Ellamae Williams | Westmoreland Country Club |
| 1934 | Shirley Johnson | Hilda Livengood | Park Ridge Country Club |
| 1933 | Alice Ann Anderson | Goldie Bateson | Evanston Golf Club |
| 1932 | Janet Humphreys | Eleanor Tobin | Flossmoor Country Club |
| 1931 | Dorothy Foster | Eleanor Tobin | La Grange Country Club |
| 1930 | Priscilla Carver III | Lucy Jane Hedberg | Evanston Golf Club |
| 1929 | Ariel Vilas | Mary E. Ford | Evanston Golf Club |
| 1928 | Rena Nelson | June Beebe | South Shore Country Club |
| 1927 | Jean Armstrong | Mildred Hackl | South Shore Country Club |
| 1926 | Mildred Hackl | Westmoreland Country Club | |
| 1925 | Virginia Van Wie | Helen MacMorran | Beverly Country Club |
| 1924 | Dorothy Page | Josephine Morse | South Shore Country Club |
| 1923 | Dorothy Page | Marjorie Russell | Indian Hill Club |
| 1922 | Mercedes Bush | Virginia Wilson | Westmoreland Country Club |
| 1921 | Katharine Bryant | Skokie Country Club | |
| 1920 | Mercedes Bush | Elsa Luttringhaus | Beverly Country Club |