The growth of women’s golf in the 1990s spurred the creation in 1998 of the Women’s Public Links Championship, jointly run by the MGA and the Women’s Metropolitan Golf Association. The Red Course at Bethpage State Park has been a frequent host of the Women’s Public Links, and the championship has also visited such highly regarded venues as New Jersey National, Sterling Farms and Hudson Hills.
Joan Placek, Jeannine Mondesando, Daria Cummings and Allison Oakes have each won the event twice. The WMGA/MGA Women’s Public Links is open to all female golfers who reside in the WMGA/MGA district, have a Handicap Index of 20.0 or lower and do not hold playing privileges at a course from which the general public is excluded. The championship is conducted over 18 holes of stroke play.
| Year | Champion | Site |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | MerriLyn Gibbs | Sterling Farms |
| 2022 | Ava Lozito | Hominy Hill |
| 2021 | Stacie MacCourtney | Rock Spring |
| 2020 | Not played in 2020 | |
| 2019 | Peyton Greco | Glen Cove |
| 2018 | Nabila Inak | Bethpage (Green) |
| 2017 | Amber Pennington | Hudson Hills |
| 2016 | Alexandra Sazhin | River Vale |
| 2015 | Brooke Nethercott | Spook Rock |
| 2014 | Hana Ku | Bethpage (Red) |
| 2013 | Alexandra Hershberger | Hudson Hills |
| 2012 | Kelsi Kavanagh | Flanders Valley |
| 2011 | Victoria House | Bethpage (Red) |
| 2010 | Nicole Morales | Hudson Hills |
| 2009 | Allison Oakes | Patriot Hills |
| 2008 | Daria Cummings | Bethpage (Red) |
| 2007 | Allison Oakes | Great Gorge |
| 2006 | Daria Cummings | Bethpage (Red) |
| 2005 | Karen Bouloucon | Hudson Hills |
| 2004 | Laura Woolgar | Crystal Springs |
| 2003 | Tina Samara | Bethpage (Red) |
| 2002 | Jeannine Mondesando | Sterling Farms |
| 2001 | Joan Placek | New York |
| 2000 | Jeannine Mondesando | Bethpage (Red) |
| 1999 | Joan Placek | Bethpage (Red) |
| 1998 | Barbara Casey | New Jersey National |
