Virginia Van Wie

In the summer that year, the newspapers first noticed Van Wie when she won the Western Michigan championship and then won the Western Junior championship, and upset several top golfers in other tournaments.

In 1926, Van Wie beat the national champion, Glenna Collett, for the East Coast Florida championship and began a string of three Chicago District golf titles.

At the 1928 and 1930 U.S. Women's Amateurs, Van Wie lost in the finals to Glenna Collett.

Van Wie retired in 1935 without defending her national title, and then taught golf in the Chicago area for more than thirty years.

Van Wie died on February 18, 1997, aged 88, at her home in Big Rapids, Michigan.