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Alexa Stirling
American-Canadian golfer
Alexa Stirling Fraser (September 5, 1897 – April 15, 1977) was an American-Canadian amateur golfer. She won the U.S.
Women's Amateur golf championship in 1916, 1919, and 1920.
Alexa stirling biography
She also won the Canadian Women's Amateur title in 1920 and 1934.
Early life
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Stirling was the daughter of Dr. Alexander W. Stirling and Nora Bromley Stirling.[1]
She was coached in golf from a young age at the Atlanta Athletic Club's East Lake Golf Club course by Stewart Maiden, the club's professional, who had learned his golf at Carnoustie, Scotland.
At age 13 her golf skills were already evident when on May 15, 1911, she was the low qualifier in the Women's Southern Golf Association championship.[2]
Stirling solidified her reputation as a youthful prodigy when she won three consecutive U.S.
Women's Amateurs. She won her first in 1916. When no tournaments were held during 1917 and 1918 while the United States