Alexa Stirling
| Alexa Stirling | |
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Alexa Stirling, c. 1919
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Alexa Stirling |
| Born |
September 5, 1897 Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Died | April 15, 1977 (aged 79) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality |
 United States Canada
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| Spouse | Dr. Wilbert G. Fraser |
| Children | 3 |
| Career | |
| Status | Amateur |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Georgia Sports Hall of Fame | 1978 |
| Canadian Golf Hall of Fame | 1986 |
| Georgia Golf Hall of Fame | 1989 |
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. She also won the Canadian Women's Amateur title in 1920 and 1934.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Stirling was the daughter of Dr. Alexander W. Stirling and Nora Bromley Stirling.
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.
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 participated in World War I, Stirling became one of the famous "Dixie Kids", a group of young Southern golfers which included her long-time friend Bobby Jones,Elaine Rosenthal, and Perry Adair, who toured around the United States, giving golf exhibitions to raise money for the Red Cross. Stirling was a friend of James Douglas Edgar and took golf lessons from him when he was the professional at Druid Hills Golf Club. Stirling was also a skilled and enthusiastic violinist. She performed a public violin solo at age seven.
After the war, she came back to win the 1919 and 1920 U.S. Women's Amateur titles. She was also the U.S. Amateur runner-up in 1921 to Marion Hollins, in 1923 to Edith Cummings, and again in 1925 to Glenna Collett, a year when she broke Dorothy Campbell's single-round scoring record in qualifying. Although she did not make it to the finals in the 1927 championship, in the third round she defeated Simone de la Chaume, the British Ladies Amateur champion.
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