The Girls Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. The championship is organised and run by The R&A Until World War II the championship was organised by a series of magazines and always held at Stoke Poges Golf Club near Slough. it was first held in 1919, although an event was planned in 1914 but was cancelled because of the start of World War I. It restarted in 1949 when the Ladies Golf Union took over the event and has been held annually since then.