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Virginia Van Wie

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Virginia Van Wie was an American amateur golfer who won the US Women's Amateur championship three consecutive times in the early 1930s before retiring from competitive golf while still in her twenties.

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Birth Year
1909 1
Birth Date
1909-02-09 1
Death Year
1997 1
Death Date
1997-02-18 1
Nationality
American 1
Career Highlight
Won three consecutive U.S. Women's Amateur golf championships, 1932 to 1934. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
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  • Lead sentence, birth date
    Virginia Van Wie (February 9, 1909 - February 18, 1997) was an American amateur golfer, best known for winning three U.S. Women's Amateurs, 1932-34.
  • Lead sentence, birth year
    Virginia Van Wie (February 9, 1909 - February 18, 1997) was an American amateur golfer, best known for winning three U.S. Women's Amateurs, 1932-34.
  • Lead sentence, nationality
    Virginia Van Wie (February 9, 1909 - February 18, 1997) was an American amateur golfer, best known for winning three U.S. Women's Amateurs, 1932-34.
  • Lead paragraph, career highlight
    Virginia Van Wie (February 9, 1909 - February 18, 1997) was an American amateur golfer, best known for winning three U.S. Women's Amateurs, 1932-34.
  • Lead sentence, death date
    Virginia Van Wie (February 9, 1909 - February 18, 1997) was an American amateur golfer, best known for winning three U.S. Women's Amateurs, 1932-34.
  • Lead sentence, death year
    Virginia Van Wie (February 9, 1909 - February 18, 1997) was an American amateur golfer, best known for winning three U.S. Women's Amateurs, 1932-34.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Virginia Van Wie (February 9, 1909 – February 18, 1997) was an American amateur golfer, best known for winning three U.
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