Since 1999, the WPGA Women’s Amateur Championship has developed a strong history of welcoming some of the top female golfers in the region, while providing a balanced competition for golfers of varying ages and skill levels.

Over its existence, the WPGA Women’s Amateur Championship has developed into four aged-based divisions to give women’s golfers from throughout the region a competitive field in which they may compete.

The first West Penn Women’s Amateur was held in 1999 at Pittsburgh Field Club and was won by Judy Oliver. Since then, the event has seen just two competitors win the championship twice, with Katie Trotter taking titles in 2005 and 2007, and Katherine James winning in 2019 and 2020.

In 2004, amateur golf legend Carol Semple Thompson won her lone WPGA Women’s Amateur. She did, however, claim the WPGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championship in the first year of its existence in 2017.

The Women’s Senior Amateur has been won by Kristine Hnat and Colleen Meyers twice. The Super-Senior division – also started in 2017 – has been won twice by former WPGA president Claudette Graham, who was victorious in 2018 and 2022.

In 2025, the WPGA expanded the competition with another age tier, introducing the Inaugural WPGA Women’s Mid-Amateur for competitors age 25 and older.

The WPGA also awards players who claim top spots based on their net score, allowing the entire field to have an equal opportunity based on their Handicap Index®.

Champions of the WPGA Women’s Amateur receive the Judy Oliver Trophy.