U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship

One of the United States Golf Association's (USGA) national championships, the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship is played annually at a different public golf course. The tournament is sometimes called the Women's "Publinks" as a kind of shorthand, or "Publinx."

The USWAPL, as it is abbreviated, is open to women amateurs who do not hold playing privileges at private courses - golfers who are not country-clubbers, in other words, but are public-course players.

U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links official Web site

Format
The field plays two rounds of stroke-play qualifying. The Top 64 move on to match play, with 18-hole matches. The final is a 36-hole match.

2009 Tournament
Jennifer Song, the 2008 runner-up, claimed the title this time by defeating Kimberly Kim in the championship match, 7 and 6. Song was coming off a freshman college season at Southern Cal in which she was named national Freshman of the Year.

2008 Recap
Tiffany Joh, the 2006 winner, defeated Jennifer Song 2 and 1. Joh, of San Diego, Calif., never led until the 33rd hole, but seized the title with four wins in five holes.

Most Victories
Four golfers have won the USWAPL twice each:
• Kelly Fuiks (1977, 1978)
• Lori Castillo (1979, 1980)
• Pearl Sinn (1988, 1989)
• Jo Jo Robertson (1995, 1997)

Tournament Trivia
• Michelle Wie holds the records for youngest USWAPL competitor and youngest champion. She was 10 when she qualified for the 2000 tournament and 13 when she won in 2003.

• Pearl Sinn is the only golfer to reach the finals three times. She lost in the finals in 1987, then won in 1988-89.

• Sinn is the only golfer to win the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship and U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship in the same year, doing so in 1988.

• Jill McGill is the only other player to win both the Women's Amateur (1993) and Women's Publinks (1994).

36-Hole Final
2009 - Jennifer Song def. Kimberly Kim, 7 and 6
2008 - Tiffany Joh def. Jennifer Song, 2 and 1
2007 - Mina Harigae def. Stephany Fleet, 4 and 3
2006 - Tiffany Joh def. Kimberly Kim, 6 and 5
2005 - Eun Jung Lee def. Tiffany Chudy, 1-up (37 holes)
2004 - Ya-Ni Tseng def. Michelle Wie, 1-up
2003 - Michelle Wie def. Virada Nirapathpongporn, 1-up
2002 - Annie Thurman def. Hwanhee Lee, 6 and 5

18-Hole Final
2001 - Candie Kung def. Missy Farr-Kaye, 2-up
2000 - Catherine Cartwright def. Russamee Gulyanamitta, 3 and 1
1999 - Jody Niemann def. Sue Billek Nyhus, 1-up
1998 - Amy Spooner def. Natalie Wong, 2 and 1
1997 - Jo Jo Robertson def. Angie Yoon, 3 and 2
1996 - Heather Graff def. Lauri Berles, 5 and 4
1995 - Jo Jo Robertson def. Elizabeth Drambour, 3 and 1
1994 - Jill McGill def. Heidi Voorhees, 6 and 4
1993 - Connie Masterson def. Holly Reynolds, 1-up
1992 - Amy Fruhwirth def. Sara Evens, 3 and 1
1991 - Tracy Hanson def. Carri Wood, 1-up
1990 - Cathy Mockett def. Barbara Blanchar, 5 and 4
1989 - Pearl Sinn def. Kelli Akers, 2 and 1
1988 - Pearl Sinn def. Tami Jo Hemingsen, 2 and 1
1987 - Tracy Kerdyk def. Pearl Sinn, 4 and 3
1986 - Cindy Schreyer def. Victoria Goetze, 3 and 2
1985 - Danielle Ammaccapane def. Kristie Kolacny, 6 and 5
1984 - Heather Farr def. Kristie Kolacny, 3 and 2
1983 - Kelli Antolock def. Nancy Taylor, 1-up
1982 - Nancy Taylor def. Kerri Clark, 2 and 1
1981 - Mary Enright def. Lauri Merten, 3 and 1
1980 - Lori Castillo def. Pam Miller, 2 and 1
1979 - Lori Castillo def. Becky Pearson, 2-up
1978 - Kelly Fuiks def. Diana Schwab, 5 and 4
1977 - Kelly Fuiks def. Kathy Williams, 1-up