the win was the first by an american at the championship in five years, and inkster became the first since joanne carner to win the u.s. women's amateur and the u.s. women's open. carner won her amateur title in 1968 and open titles in 1971 and 1976. inkster won three consecutive amateur titles in 1980, 1981, and 1982; she won her second open in 2002.