United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship

The U.S. Women's Amateur is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association (USGA). Female amateurs from all nations are eligible to compete and there are no age restrictions. It was established in 1895, one month after the men's U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open. It is the third oldest USGA championship, over a half century older than the U.S. Women's Open, which was first played in 1946. Along with the British Ladies Amateur, the U.S. Women's Amateur is considered the highest honor in women's amateur golf.

U.S. Women's Amateur
Tournament information
LocationRye, New York (2021)
Course(s)Westchester Country Club (2021)
Par72 (2021)
Length6,752 yd (6,174 m) (2021)
Organized byUSGA
FormatStroke play and match play
Month playedAugust
Current champion
Jensen Castle

Robert Cox Cup

Since 1896 the Robert Cox Cup has been awarded annually by the USGA to the winner. The trophy was donated by Robert Cox of Edinburgh, Scotland, a member of the British Parliament and a golf course designer. It remains the oldest surviving trophy awarded for a USGA championship. Along with a gold medal, a replica of the 2-foot-high (0.61 m) silver case of Etruscan design is given to the tournament winner. The original trophy is on permanent display at the USGA Museum and Library. The Robert Cox Cup is the only USGA trophy donated by someone from another country.

The first tournament attracted a field of 13 and was played over 18 holes. As in the case of the men's U.S. Amateur, entry was originally restricted to members of USGA-affiliated private clubs (and, presumably, international players who were members of clubs affiliated with their nations' golf governing bodies); this policy remained in place until the 1979 tournament.[1] Several thousand women now enter the event, and the USGA conducts sectional qualifying to reduce the number of contestants to a more manageable number. The main tournament opens with two rounds of stroke play. The leading 64 players then compete in a match play competition. The matches are played over 18 holes except for the final, which is played over 36 holes.

In 1956, Ann Gregory became the first African American to compete in the Championship, held that year at the Meridian Hills Country Club in Indianapolis.

There are no age restrictions on entry. Players must have a handicap index of 5.4 or less. Morgan Pressel qualified as a 13-year-old in 2001 and won in 2005 at the age of 17. The 2006 winner Kimberly Kim was only 14 years old, breaking the record previously held by Laura Baugh. In 2007, Pearl Jin and Alexis Thompson became the first 12-year-olds to qualify and the first to advance to match play. Jin and Thompson faced one another in the third round match play. Thompson beat Jin, but then lost in the quarterfinals.

Because the tournament is dominated by teenagers and college-age players who are working toward careers as tournament professionals, the USGA introduced a separate tournament in 1987 for players age 25 and over, called the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur. It gives older amateur players an opportunity to compete among themselves for a national title; entrants must have a handicap index of 9.4 or less.

The USGA rates Glenna Collett Vare as the most noteworthy champion who won the Robert Cox Cup a record six times. Several U.S. Women's Amateur champions who have gone on to become leading professionals including Patty Berg, Babe Zaharias, Louise Suggs and Beth Daniel.

The two finalists win exemptions to the ensuing U.S. Women's Open, and the winner also wins exemptions to The Women's Open Championship and upon turning 50, the U.S. Senior Women's Open (one year exemption for players who eventually turned professional, and five years for players who did not turn professional).

Winners

YearVenueWinnerScoreRunner-up
2021Westchester Country Club Jensen Castle2 & 1 Hou Yu-chiang
2020Woodmont Country Club Rose Zhang38 holes Gabriela Ruffels
2019Old Waverly Golf Club Gabriela Ruffels1 up Albane Valenzuela
2018Golf Club of Tennessee Kristen Gillman (2)7 & 6 Jeon Ji-won
2017San Diego Country Club Sophia Schubert6 & 5 Albane Valenzuela
2016Rolling Green Golf Club Seong Eun-jeong1 up Virginia Elena Carta
2015Portland Golf Club Hannah O'Sullivan3 & 2 Sierra Brooks
2014Nassau Country Club Kristen Gillman2 up Brooke Henderson
2013Country Club of Charleston Emma Talley2 & 1 Yueer Cindy Feng
2012The Country Club (Cleveland) Lydia Ko3 & 1 Jaye Marie Green
2011Rhode Island Country Club Danielle Kang (2)6 & 5 Moriya Jutanugarn
2010Charlotte Country Club Danielle Kang2 & 1 Jessica Korda
2009Old Warson Country ClubJennifer Song3 & 1 Jennifer Johnson
2008Eugene Country Club Amanda Blumenherst2 & 1 Azahara Muñoz
2007Crooked Stick Golf Club Maria José Uribe1 up Amanda Blumenherst
2006Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club Kimberly Kim1 up Katharina Schallenberg
2005Ansley Golf Club Morgan Pressel9 & 8 Maru Martinez
2004The Kahkwa Club Jane Park2 up Amanda McCurdy
2003Philadelphia Country Club Virada Nirapathpongporn2 & 1 Jane Park
2002Sleepy Hollow Country Club Becky Lucidi3 & 2 Brandi Jackson
2001Flint Hills National Golf Club Meredith Duncan37 holes Nicole Perrot
2000Waverley Country Club Marcy Newton8 & 7 Laura Myerscough
1999Biltmore Forest Country Club Dorothy Delasin4 & 3 Jimin Kang
1998Barton Hills Country Club Grace Park7 & 6 Jenny Chuasiriporn
1997Brae Burn Country Club Silvia Cavalleri5 & 4 Robin Burke
1996Firethorn Golf Club Kelli Kuehne (2)2 & 1 Marisa Baena
1995The Country Club Kelli Kuehne4 & 3 Anne-Marie Knight
1994The Homestead Wendy Ward2 up Jill McGill
1993San Diego Country Club Jill McGill1 up Sarah LeBrun Ingram
1992Kemper Lakes Golf Club Vicki Goetze (2)1 up Annika Sörenstam
1991Prairie Dunes Country Club Amy Fruhwirth5 & 4 Heidi Voorhees
1990Canoe Brook Country Club Pat Hurst37 holes Stephanie Davis
1989Pinehurst Resort Vicki Goetze4 & 3 Brandie Burton
1988Minikahda Club Pearl Sinn6 & 5 Karen Noble
1987Rhode Island Country Club Kay Cockerill (2)3 & 2 Tracy Kerdyk
1986Pasatiempo Golf Club Kay Cockerill9 & 7 Kathleen McCarthy
1985Fox Chapel Country Club Michiko Hattori5 & 4 Cheryl Stacy
1984Broadmoor Golf Club, Seattle Deb Richard37 holes Kimberly Williams
1983Canoe Brook Country Club Joanne Pacillo2 & 1 Sally Quinlan
1982Broadmoor Golf Club Juli Inkster (3)4 & 3 Cathy Hanlon
1981Waverley Country Club Juli Inkster (2)1 up Lindy Goggin
1980Prairie Dunes Country Club Juli Inkster2 up Patti Rizzo
1979Memphis Country Club Carolyn Hill7 & 6 Patty Sheehan
1978Sunnybrook Golf Club Cathy Sherk4 & 3 Judith Oliver
1977Cincinnati Country Club Beth Daniel (2)3 & 1 Cathy Sherk
1976Del Paso Country Club Donna Horton2 & 1 Marianne Bretton
1975Brae Burn Country Club Beth Daniel3 & 2 Donna Horton
1974Broadmoor Golf Club, Seattle Cynthia Hill5 & 4 Carol Semple
1973Montclair Golf Club Carol Semple1 up Anne Quast Sander
1972St. Louis Country Club Mary Budke5 & 4 Cynthia Hill
1971Atlanta Country Club Laura Baugh1 up Beth Barry
1970Wee Burn Country Club Martha Wilkinson3 & 2 Cynthia Hill
1969Las Colinas Country Club Catherine Lacoste3 & 2 Shelley Hamlin
1968Birmingham Country Club JoAnne Gunderson (5)5 & 4 Anne Quast Welts
1967Annandale Golf Club Mary Lou Dill5 & 4 Jean Ashley
1966Sewickley Heights Golf Club JoAnne Gunderson (4)41 holes Marlene Stewart Streit
1965Lakewood Country Club Jean Ashley5 & 4 Anne Quast Welts
1964Prairie Dunes Country Club Barbara McIntire (2)3 & 2 JoAnne Gunderson
1963Taconic Golf Club Anne Quast Welts (3)2 & 1 Peggy Conley
1962Country Club of Rochester JoAnne Gunderson (3)9 & 8 Ann Baker
1961Tacoma Country and Golf Club Anne Quast Decker (2)14 & 13 Phyllis Preuss
1960Tulsa Country Club JoAnne Gunderson (2)6 & 5 Jean Ashley
1959Congressional Country Club Barbara McIntire4 & 3 Joanne Goodwin
1958Wee Burn Country Club Anne Quast3 & 2 Barbara Romack
1957Del Paso Country Club JoAnne Gunderson8 & 6 Ann Casey Johnstone
1956Meridian Hills Country Club Marlene Stewart2 & 1 JoAnne Gunderson
1955Myers Park Country Club Patricia Lesser7 & 6 Jane Nelson
1954Allegheny Country Club Barbara Romack4 & 2 Mickey Wright
1953Rhode Island Country Club Mary Lena Faulk3 & 2 Polly Riley
1952Waverley Country Club Jackie Pung2 & 1 Shirley McFedters
1951Town & Country Club Dorothy Kirby2 & 1 Claire Doran
1950East Lake Golf Club Beverly Hanson6 & 4 Mae Murray
1949Merion Golf Club Dorothy Germain Porter3 & 2 Dot Kielty
1948Pebble Beach Golf Links Grace Lenczyk4 & 3 Helen Sigel
1947Franklin Hills Country Club Louise Suggs2 up Dorothy Kirby
1946Southern Hills Country Club Babe Zaharias11 & 9 Clara Sherman
1942–45: No championships due to World War II
1941The Country Club Betty Hicks Newell5 & 3 Helen Sigel
1940Pebble Beach Golf Links Betty Jameson (2)6 & 5 Jane S. Cothran
1939Wee Burn Club Betty Jameson3 & 2 Dorothy Kirby
1938Westmoreland Country Club Patty Berg6 & 5 Estelle Lawson Page
1937Memphis Country Club Estelle Lawson Page7 & 6 Patty Berg
1936Canoe Brook Country Club Pam Barton4 & 3 Maureen Orcutt
1935Interlachen Country Club Glenna Collett-Vare (6)3 & 2 Patty Berg
1934Whitemarsh Valley Country Club Virginia Van Wie (3)2 & 1 Dorothy Traung
1933Exmoor Country Club Virginia Van Wie (2)4 & 3 Helen Hicks
1932Salem Country Club Virginia Van Wie10 & 8 Glenna Collett Vare
1931Country Club of Buffalo Helen Hicks2 & 1 Glenna Collett-Vare
1930Los Angeles Country Club Glenna Collett (5)6 & 5 Virginia Van Wie
1929Oakland Hills Country Club Glenna Collett (4)4 & 3 Leona Pressler
1928The Homestead Glenna Collett (3)13 & 12 Virginia Van Wie
1927Cherry Valley Club Miriam Burns Horn5 & 4 Maureen Orcutt
1926Merion Golf Club Helen Stetson3 & 1 Elizabeth Goss
1925St. Louis Country Club Glenna Collett (2)9 & 8 Alexa Stirling
1924Rhode Island Country Club Dorothy Campbell (3)7 & 6 Mary Browne
1923Westchester Country Club Edith Cummings3 & 2 Alexa Stirling
1922The Greenbrier Glenna Collett5 & 4 Margaret Gavin
1921Hollywood Golf Club Marion Hollins5 & 4 Alexa Stirling
1920Mayfield Country Club Alexa Stirling (3)5 & 4 Dorothy Campbell
1919Shawnee Country Club Alexa Stirling (2)6 & 5 Margaret Gavin
1917–18: No championships due to World War I
1916Belmont Springs Country Club Alexa Stirling2 & 1 Mildred Caverly
1915Onwentsia Club Florence Vanderbeck3 & 2 Margaret Gavin
1914Nassau Country Club Katherine Harley (2)1 up Elaine Rosenthal
1913Wilmington Country Club Gladys Ravenscroft2 up Marion Hollins
1912Essex County Country Club Margaret Curtis (3)3 & 2 Nonna Barlow
1911Baltusrol Golf Club Margaret Curtis (2)5 & 3 Lillian B. Hyde
1910Homewood Country Club Dorothy Campbell (2)2 & 1 Mrs. F. M. Martin
1909Merion Golf Club Dorothy Campbell3 & 2 Nonna Barlow
1908Chevy Chase Club Katherine Harley6 & 5 Mrs. T. H. Polhemus
1907Midlothian Country Club Margaret Curtis7 & 6 Harriot Curtis
1906Brae Burn Country Club Harriot Curtis2 & 1 Mary B. Adams
1905Morris County Golf Club Pauline Mackay1 up Margaret Curtis
1904Merion Golf Club Georgianna Bishop[2]5 & 3 Mrs. E. F. Sanford
1903Chicago Golf Club Bessie Anthony7 & 6 J. Anna Carpenter
1902The Country Club Genevieve Hecker (2)4 & 3 Louisa A. Wells
1901Baltusrol Golf Club Genevieve Hecker5 & 3 Lucy Herron
1900Shinnecock Hills Golf Club Frances C. Griscom6 & 5 Margaret Curtis
1899Philadelphia Country Club Ruth Underhill2 & 1 Margaret Fox
1898Ardsley Club Beatrix Hoyt (3)5 & 3 Maude Wetmore
1897Essex County Country Club Beatrix Hoyt (2)5 & 4 Nellie Sargent
1896Morris County Golf Club Beatrix Hoyt2 & 1 Mrs. Arthur Turnure
1895Meadow Brook Club Lucy Barnes Brown132[3] Nellie Sargent

Multiple winners

Nineteen players have won more than one U.S. Women's Amateur, through 2021:

Seven players have won both the U.S. Women's Amateur and Open Championships, through 2021:

Eleven players have won both the U.S. Women's and British Ladies Amateur Championships, through 2021:

^ Won both in same year.

Future sites

YearEditionCourseLocationDatesPrevious championships hosted
2022122ndChambers BayUniversity Place, WashingtonAugust 8–14
2023123rdBel-Air Country ClubLos Angeles, CaliforniaAugust 7–13
2024124thSouthern Hills Country ClubTulsa, OklahomaAugust 5–111946
2025125thBandon Dunes Golf ResortBandon, OregonTBD
2026126thHonors CourseOoltewah, TennesseeAugust 3–9
2029129thOakland Hills Country ClubBloomfield Hills, MichiganTBD1929

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is also slated to host in 2032 and 2041.
Atlanta Athletic Club is slated to host in 2035.
Oakmont Country Club is slated to host in 2046.
Source[4]

Notes

  1. "Changes Made to USGA Championship Roster" (Press release). United States Golf Association. February 11, 2013. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  2. "Miss Bishop Wins Golf Championship. Defeats Mrs. Sanford in Final Match by 5 Up and 3 to Play. Played in Merion Links. Winner is from the Brooklawn Club of Bridgeport. Large Gallery Sees". The New York Times. October 16, 1904. Retrieved April 18, 2011. Miss Georgianna Bishop, representing the Brooklawn Golf Club of Bridgeport, Conn., won the women's golf championship of the United States to-day by defeating Mrs. E.F. Sanford of the Essex County Country Club of Orange, N.J., by 5 up and 3 to play. ...
  3. The 1895 tournament was an 18-hole stroke play event; match play did not begin until the following year.
  4. "2022 U.S. Women's Amateur Fast Facts". United States Golf Association. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
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