The nineties were marked by major changes in technology and the introduction and growth of the World Wide Web by early adopters.  The WGAWP was careful to adapt and remained paper and mail based in its communications.

The major rivalries of the eighties abated in the nineties as two of the contenders, Missy Berteotti and Michelle Michanowicz, qualified for and played the LPGA Tour.  Some new young players, Staci Aber and Kristen Beilstein, and some veteran players, Betsy Manderino and Maureen Paladino, showed success with WGAWP Championships, but no one could come close to match the accomplishments of Carol Semple Thompson as she won four WGAWP Championships, seven PA State Championships, two US Women's Mid-Amateur Championships and one US Senior Women's Amateur Championship and a number of other national tournaments.  (See Player of the Decade).

Of particular note, when Maureen Paladino won the WGAWP Championship in 1998, she also won the WGAWP Senior Championship, the only member to have done so.

The Annual dues in 1990 were $55.00.  They were raised to $60.00 in 1994, then $70.00 in 1995 where they remained through the end of the decade.  

Handicap eligibility was at 21.4 in 1990, then moved to 19.4 in 1994, and reduced again to 18.4 in 1995 where it remained through the end of the decade.

Team competition was at its peak participation level for most of the 1990's with eight division competing from 1990 until 1997, then dropping back to seven divisions in 1998.  Two teams dominated the Championship Division with Edgewood winning three in the early 90's (1990, 1991, and 1992) and Fox Chapel winning four at the end of the decade (1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999).  Allegheny won two in 1993 and 1994 and Churchill Valley won once in 1995.

In 1996, when Barb Russell was President, the Virginia Frew Wright Player of the Year Award was introduced to recognize the member who performed the best in the individual stroke play tournaments.  The first winner of the award was Betsy Manderino who also won the Tag Hill that year.

The WGAWP continued to adjust the tournament portfolio.  In 1991 the Best 2 of 4 event was added.  At the time, two Triple Sixes were played based on handicap.  In 1997, Triple Sixes was combined to one event.  

Up until 1991, three stroke play events were scheduled, a 2-Day Tag Hill event for handicaps to 20.4; a Barnes Trophy for handicaps between 20.5 and 25.4; and a Murphy Trophy for handicaps above 25.5.  In 1992 the Barnes and Murphy were combined to the current tournament in play today.

In 1992 the first Junior Golf Clinic was held at Allegheny Country Club and was conducted by Carol Semple Thompson and Judy Oliver.

In 1996 the WGAWP retired many of the tournament trophies and introduced medallions as the prize for winning the tournament.

The "Nineties" was another successful decade for the WGAWP marked by significant membership and participation levels.

Clubs joining in the 1990's

• Connoquenessing
• Diamond Run
• Nevillewood
• Treesdale

In today's dollars:

• The $55 annual dues in 1990 is equivalent to $121.66 in today's dollars.
• The $70 annual dues in 1995 is equivalent to $132.79 in today's dollars.

Carol Semple Thompson is the overwhelming selection for Player-of-the-Decade for the Nineties as demonstrated by the list of Championships and honors that she accumulated in that decade.

Carol in the Nineties:

• 1990 US Women's Mid-Amateur Champion
• 1990 Harden Hall Invitational Champion
• 1991 Harden Hall Invitational Champion
• 1992 WGAWP Champion at Wildwood
• 1992 PA State Women's Amateur Champion at Indian Valley
• 1992 PA Women's Open Champion
• 1993 Trans National Women's Champion at Shannopin
• 1993 PA State Women's Amateur Champion at CC of York
• 1994 PA State Women's Amateur Champion at Fox Chapel
• 1994 PA Women's Open Champion
• 1994 Low Am in US Women's Open at Indianwood G&CC
• 1995 WGAWP Champion at Chartiers
• 1995 PA State Women's Amateur Champion at Merion
• 1997 WGAWP Champion at Montour
• 1997 PA State Women's Amateur Champion at Kahkwa
• 1997 US Women's Mid-Amateur Champion at Atlantic City CC
• 1997 WGAWP Player-of-the Year
• 1998 PA State Women's Amateur Champion at Sunnybrook
• 1999 WGAWP Champion at Butler
• 1999 USGA Sr. Women's Amateur Champion
• 1999 PA State Women's Amateur Champion at CC of Scranton
• 1999 WGAWP Player-of-the Year
• Member winning team Espirito Santo Trophy
• Member Curtis Cup 1990 winners, 1992, 1994 tie, 1996, 1998 winners.

• February 17, 1990 - Dreamer, a giant schnauzer from Fox Chapel owned by Marcia Nanel, wins the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York.
• March 25, 1990 - The Gulf Tower pyramid re-lit for the first time since the 1970’s.
• April 12, 1990 - Pittsburgh native, August Wilson wins his second Pulitzer Prize for his play "The Piano Lesson."
• September 30, 1990 - The Pirates win their first Eastern Division Championship since 1979. They will lose to the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 games in the National League Playoff.
• May 25, 1991 - The Pittsburgh Penguins win their first Stanley Cup in the franchise’s 24-year history by defeating the Minnesota North Stars. 20.000 fans greet the Pens when they arrive back in Pittsburgh the following day.
• January 21, 1992 - Pittsburgh native Bill Cowher is named the new head coach of the Steelers.
• June 1, 1992 - The Penguins win the Stanley Cup for second year in a row, defeating the Chicago Blackhawks. Mario Lemieux is the NHL scoring leader.
• July 23-27, 1992 - The 1992 U.S. Women's Open was the 47th U.S. Women's Open held at Oakmont Country Club. The champion was Patty Sheehan, the winner of an 18-hole Monday playoff over runner-up Juli Inkster, 72 to 74.
• August 18, 1992 - Kennywood Park is designated a historical landmark by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
• September 27, 1992 - The Pirates win their third straight Eastern division title with a victory over the New York Mets at the Three Rivers Stadium.
• October 28, 1993 - Congress designates the Pittsburgh Aviary as the "National Aviary in Pittsburgh."
• June 16, 1994 - The U.S. Open Golf Championship begins at Oakmont Country Club. Ernie Els of South Africa wins after a twenty hole sudden death playoff on June 21.
• November 18, 1994 - The 124-year-old Monongahela Incline reopens after a $3-million renovation.
• April 5, 1995 - Myron Cope, sportscaster and creator of the "Terrible Towel," gives his final afternoon talk show on WTAE. Cope continues as voice of the Steelers.
• June 13, 1995 - H.J. Heinz Company lights a 30 foot tall red and white neon sign at its North Side plant showing a full ketchup bottle.
• January 14, 1996 - Steelers defeat the Indianapolis Colts 20-16 earning a trip to Super Bowl XXX after a 16 year absence. They lose two weeks later to the Dallas Cowboys 20-17.
• April 25, 1996 - The Pittsburgh Penguins complete the longest game in their history (6 hours, 38 minutes) by defeating the Washington Capitals 3-2 at 2:16 am, in a Stanley Cup playoff game held in Landover, Maryland.
• September 25, 1996 - Pittsburgh bids a tearful farewell to Jim Leyland as 20,022 fans watch him coach his final home game for the Pirates after 11 years as manager.
• April 23, 1997 - Mario Lemieux plays his final game at the Civic Arena, scoring a goal in the 4-1 victory
• December 22, 1997 - Fred Rogers is named Pittsburgher of the Year by Pittsburgh Magazine in recognition of his 30 years in public television broadcasting.
• April 20, 1998 - Honus Wagner, former player and coach for the Pirates and one of the first 5 players elected to the Baseball Hail of Fame, will be memorialized with a plaque on Mansfield Blvd. in Carnegie where Wagner was born.
• March, 1999 - The University of Pittsburgh announces that Pitt Stadium will be razed, a convocation and events center will be built in its place, and the Panthers will play football in the new Steelers stadium.
• April 7, 1999 - Construction begins for the $228 million PNC Park, the new home of the Pirates, set to open in 2001.
• June 18, 1999 - A crowd of 3000 attends the groundbreaking for the new $262 million stadium, new home of the Steelers and the University of Pittsburgh Panthers.
• September 11, 1999 - Westmoreland County Airport renamed the Arnold Palmer Airport.
• November 13, 1999 - University of Pittsburgh Panthers play their last football game at Pitt Stadium. They defeated Notre Dame by a score of 37-27.
• December 1, 1999 - University of Pittsburgh begins demolition of Pitt Stadium.

• 1990 Nelson Mandela is released from prison in South Africa and becomes the leader of the ANC.
• 1991 Boris Yeltsin becomes Russia's first elected President.
• 1991 lead singer of the band Queen, Freddie Mercury, dies from AIDS.
• 1991 Operation Desert Storm takes place in Iraq and Kuwait.
• 1992 Democrat Bill Clinton is elected as the United States President.
• 1992 Bosnia and Herzegovina declare independence.
• 1993 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) is signed into law.
• 1993 Intel introduces the Pentium Microprocessor.
• 1994 the Major League Baseball season is cancelled when the Players Association goes on strike.
• 1994 the Channel Tunnel is completed and opens, connecting France and England
• 1995 the online auction website Ebay is founded.
• 1995 the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) is created.
• 1996 Princess Diana and Prince Charles get divorced. 
• 1997 the first Harry Potter book is published by author J.K. Rowling.
• 1997 Scientists at the Roslin Institute unveil "Dolly" the first successfully cloned sheep.
• 1998 the search engine Google is founded.
• 1998 Apple Computers reveals the iMac computer.
• 1999 President Bill Clinton faces impeachment proceedings.
• 1999 Eleven countries begin to use the Euro as their currency.