June Beebe Atwood (March 27, 1913 – November 10, 2003) was an American

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

er. She was born in

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. She won the

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1931 and 1933, and finished second in 1930 and to

Jane Weiller Jane Weiller (April 25, 1912 – June 7, 1989) was an American golfer. She was born and lived in Chicago, Illinois, and was Jewish. In 1932, at 20 years of age and playing for Northmoor Country Club, she won the Women's Western Open at the Ozau ...

1932. She competed in college for the

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. She also competed under her married name, Mrs. Phillip Atwood. She also won the Chicago Women's District Golf Association's Championship twice, in 1933 and 1935.Annual Report of Chicago Women's District Golf Association
p 30.

Major championships

Wins (2)

References

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