U.S. Women's Amateur
Tournament information
LocationUniversity Place, Washington (2022)
Course(s)Bel-Air Country Club (2023)
Par70 (2023)
Length6,187 yd (5,657 m) (2023)
Organized byUSGA
FormatStroke play and match play
Month playedAugust
Current champion
United States Megan Schofill

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.

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
2023Bel-Air Country ClubUnited States Megan Schofill4 & 3United States Latanna Stone
2022Chambers BayJapan Saki Baba11 & 9Canada Monet Chun
2021Westchester Country ClubUnited States Jensen Castle2 & 1Chinese Taipei Hou Yu-chiang
2020Woodmont Country ClubUnited States Rose Zhang38 holesAustralia Gabriela Ruffels
2019Old Waverly Golf ClubAustralia Gabriela Ruffels1 upSwitzerland Albane Valenzuela
2018Golf Club of TennesseeUnited States Kristen Gillman (2)7 & 6South Korea Jeon Ji-won
2017San Diego Country ClubUnited States Sophia Schubert6 & 5Switzerland Albane Valenzuela
2016Rolling Green Golf ClubSouth Korea Seong Eun-jeong1 upItaly Virginia Elena Carta
2015Portland Golf Club United States Hannah O'Sullivan3 & 2United States Sierra Brooks
2014Nassau Country ClubUnited States Kristen Gillman2 upCanada Brooke Henderson
2013Country Club of CharlestonUnited States Emma Talley2 & 1China Yueer Cindy Feng
2012The Country Club (Cleveland)New Zealand Lydia Ko3 & 1United States Jaye Marie Green
2011Rhode Island Country ClubUnited States Danielle Kang (2)6 & 5Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn
2010Charlotte Country ClubUnited States Danielle Kang2 & 1United States Jessica Korda
2009Old Warson Country ClubUnited StatesSouth KoreaJennifer Song3 & 1United States Jennifer Johnson
2008Eugene Country ClubUnited States Amanda Blumenherst2 & 1Spain Azahara Muñoz
2007Crooked Stick Golf ClubColombia Maria José Uribe1 upUnited States Amanda Blumenherst
2006Pumpkin Ridge Golf ClubUnited States Kimberly Kim1 upGermany Katharina Schallenberg
2005Ansley Golf ClubUnited States Morgan Pressel9 & 8Venezuela Maru Martinez
2004The Kahkwa ClubUnited States Jane Park2 upUnited States Amanda McCurdy
2003Philadelphia Country ClubThailand Virada Nirapathpongporn2 & 1United States Jane Park
2002Sleepy Hollow Country ClubUnited States Becky Lucidi3 & 2United States Brandi Jackson
2001Flint Hills National Golf ClubUnited States Meredith Duncan37 holesChile Nicole Perrot
2000Waverley Country ClubUnited States Marcy Newton8 & 7United States Laura Myerscough
1999Biltmore Forest Country ClubUnited States Dorothy Delasin4 & 3United States Jimin Kang
1998Barton Hills Country ClubSouth Korea Grace Park7 & 6United States Jenny Chuasiriporn
1997Brae Burn Country ClubItaly Silvia Cavalleri5 & 4United States Robin Burke
1996Firethorn Golf ClubUnited States Kelli Kuehne (2)2 & 1Colombia Marisa Baena
1995The Country ClubUnited States Kelli Kuehne4 & 3Australia Anne-Marie Knight
1994The HomesteadUnited States Wendy Ward2 upUnited States Jill McGill
1993San Diego Country ClubUnited States Jill McGill1 upUnited States Sarah LeBrun Ingram
1992Kemper Lakes Golf ClubUnited States Vicki Goetze (2)1 upSweden Annika Sörenstam
1991Prairie Dunes Country ClubUnited States Amy Fruhwirth5 & 4United States Heidi Voorhees
1990Canoe Brook Country ClubUnited States Pat Hurst37 holesUnited States Stephanie Davis
1989Pinehurst ResortUnited States Vicki Goetze4 & 3United States Brandie Burton
1988Minikahda ClubUnited States Pearl Sinn6 & 5United States Karen Noble
1987Rhode Island Country ClubUnited States Kay Cockerill (2)3 & 2United States Tracy Kerdyk
1986Pasatiempo Golf ClubUnited States Kay Cockerill9 & 7United States Kathleen McCarthy
1985Fox Chapel Country ClubJapan Michiko Hattori5 & 4United States Cheryl Stacy
1984Broadmoor Golf Club, SeattleUnited States Deb Richard37 holesUnited States Kimberly Williams
1983Canoe Brook Country ClubUnited States Joanne Pacillo2 & 1United States Sally Quinlan
1982Broadmoor Golf ClubUnited States Juli Inkster (3)4 & 3United States Cathy Hanlon
1981Waverley Country ClubUnited States Juli Inkster (2)1 upAustralia Lindy Goggin
1980Prairie Dunes Country ClubUnited States Juli Inkster2 upUnited States Patti Rizzo
1979Memphis Country ClubUnited States Carolyn Hill7 & 6United States Patty Sheehan
1978Sunnybrook Golf ClubCanada Cathy Sherk4 & 3United States Judith Oliver
1977Cincinnati Country ClubUnited States Beth Daniel (2)3 & 1Canada Cathy Sherk
1976Del Paso Country ClubUnited States Donna Horton2 & 1United States Marianne Bretton
1975Brae Burn Country ClubUnited States Beth Daniel3 & 2United States Donna Horton
1974Broadmoor Golf Club, SeattleUnited States Cynthia Hill5 & 4United States Carol Semple
1973Montclair Golf ClubUnited States Carol Semple1 upUnited States Anne Quast Sander
1972St. Louis Country ClubUnited States Mary Budke5 & 4United States Cynthia Hill
1971Atlanta Country ClubUnited States Laura Baugh1 upUnited States Beth Barry
1970Wee Burn Country ClubUnited States Martha Wilkinson3 & 2United States Cynthia Hill
1969Las Colinas Country ClubFrance Catherine Lacoste3 & 2United States Shelley Hamlin
1968Birmingham Country ClubUnited States JoAnne Gunderson (5)5 & 4United States Anne Quast Welts
1967Annandale Golf ClubUnited States Mary Lou Dill5 & 4United States Jean Ashley
1966Sewickley Heights Golf ClubUnited States JoAnne Gunderson (4)41 holesCanada Marlene Stewart Streit
1965Lakewood Country ClubUnited States Jean Ashley5 & 4United States Anne Quast Welts
1964Prairie Dunes Country ClubUnited States Barbara McIntire (2)3 & 2United States JoAnne Gunderson
1963Taconic Golf ClubUnited States Anne Quast Welts (3)2 & 1United States Peggy Conley
1962Country Club of RochesterUnited States JoAnne Gunderson (3)9 & 8United States Ann Baker
1961Tacoma Country and Golf ClubUnited States Anne Quast Decker (2)14 & 13United States Phyllis Preuss
1960Tulsa Country ClubUnited States JoAnne Gunderson (2)6 & 5United States Jean Ashley
1959Congressional Country ClubUnited States Barbara McIntire4 & 3United States Joanne Goodwin
1958Wee Burn Country ClubUnited States Anne Quast3 & 2United States Barbara Romack
1957Del Paso Country ClubUnited States JoAnne Gunderson8 & 6United States Ann Casey Johnstone
1956Meridian Hills Country ClubCanada Marlene Stewart2 & 1United States JoAnne Gunderson
1955Myers Park Country ClubUnited States Patricia Lesser7 & 6United States Jane Nelson
1954Allegheny Country ClubUnited States Barbara Romack4 & 2United States Mickey Wright
1953Rhode Island Country ClubUnited States Mary Lena Faulk3 & 2United States Polly Riley
1952Waverley Country ClubUnited States Jackie Pung2 & 1United States Shirley McFedters
1951Town & Country ClubUnited States Dorothy Kirby2 & 1United States Claire Doran
1950East Lake Golf ClubUnited States Beverly Hanson6 & 4United States Mae Murray
1949Merion Golf ClubUnited States Dorothy Germain Porter3 & 2United States Dot Kielty
1948Pebble Beach Golf LinksUnited States Grace Lenczyk4 & 3United States Helen Sigel
1947Franklin Hills Country ClubUnited States Louise Suggs2 upUnited States Dorothy Kirby
1946Southern Hills Country ClubUnited States Babe Zaharias11 & 9United States Clara Sherman
1942–45: No championships due to World War II
1941The Country ClubUnited States Betty Hicks Newell5 & 3United States Helen Sigel
1940Pebble Beach Golf LinksUnited States Betty Jameson (2)6 & 5United States Jane S. Cothran
1939Wee Burn ClubUnited States Betty Jameson3 & 2United States Dorothy Kirby
1938Westmoreland Country ClubUnited States Patty Berg6 & 5United States Estelle Lawson Page
1937Memphis Country ClubUnited States Estelle Lawson Page7 & 6United States Patty Berg
1936Canoe Brook Country ClubEngland Pam Barton4 & 3United States Maureen Orcutt
1935Interlachen Country ClubUnited States Glenna Collett-Vare (6)3 & 2United States Patty Berg
1934Whitemarsh Valley Country ClubUnited States Virginia Van Wie (3)2 & 1United States Dorothy Traung
1933Exmoor Country ClubUnited States Virginia Van Wie (2)4 & 3United States Helen Hicks
1932Salem Country ClubUnited States Virginia Van Wie10 & 8United States Glenna Collett Vare
1931Country Club of BuffaloUnited States Helen Hicks2 & 1United States Glenna Collett-Vare
1930Los Angeles Country ClubUnited States Glenna Collett (5)6 & 5United States Virginia Van Wie
1929Oakland Hills Country ClubUnited States Glenna Collett (4)4 & 3United States Leona Pressler
1928The HomesteadUnited States Glenna Collett (3)13 & 12United States Virginia Van Wie
1927Cherry Valley ClubUnited States Miriam Burns Horn5 & 4United States Maureen Orcutt
1926Merion Golf ClubUnited States Helen Stetson3 & 1United States Elizabeth Goss
1925St. Louis Country ClubUnited States Glenna Collett (2)9 & 8United States Alexa Stirling
1924Rhode Island Country ClubScotland Dorothy Campbell (3)7 & 6United States Mary Browne
1923Westchester Country ClubUnited States Edith Cummings3 & 2United States Alexa Stirling
1922The GreenbrierUnited States Glenna Collett5 & 4England Margaret Gavin
1921Hollywood Golf ClubUnited States Marion Hollins5 & 4United States Alexa Stirling
1920Mayfield Country ClubUnited States Alexa Stirling (3)5 & 4Scotland Dorothy Campbell
1919Shawnee Country ClubUnited States Alexa Stirling (2)6 & 5England Margaret Gavin
1917–18: No championships due to World War I
1916Belmont Springs Country ClubUnited States Alexa Stirling2 & 1United States Mildred Caverly
1915Onwentsia ClubUnited States Florence Vanderbeck3 & 2England Margaret Gavin
1914Nassau Country ClubUnited States Katherine Harley (2)1 upUnited States Elaine Rosenthal
1913Wilmington Country Club England Gladys Ravenscroft2 upUnited States Marion Hollins
1912Essex County Country ClubUnited States Margaret Curtis (3)3 & 2United States Nonna Barlow
1911Baltusrol Golf ClubUnited States Margaret Curtis (2)5 & 3United States Lillian B. Hyde
1910Homewood Country ClubScotland Dorothy Campbell (2)2 & 1England Mrs. F. M. Martin
1909Merion Golf ClubScotland Dorothy Campbell3 & 2United States Nonna Barlow
1908Chevy Chase ClubUnited States Katherine Harley6 & 5United States Mrs. T. H. Polhemus
1907Midlothian Country ClubUnited States Margaret Curtis7 & 6United States Harriot Curtis
1906Brae Burn Country ClubUnited States Harriot Curtis2 & 1United States Mary B. Adams
1905Morris County Golf ClubUnited States Pauline Mackay1 upUnited States Margaret Curtis
1904Merion Golf ClubUnited States Georgianna Bishop[2]5 & 3United States Mrs. E. F. Sanford
1903Chicago Golf ClubUnited States Bessie Anthony7 & 6United States J. Anna Carpenter
1902The Country ClubUnited States Genevieve Hecker (2)4 & 3United States Louisa A. Wells
1901Baltusrol Golf ClubUnited States Genevieve Hecker5 & 3United States Lucy Herron
1900Shinnecock Hills Golf ClubUnited States Frances C. Griscom6 & 5United States Margaret Curtis
1899Philadelphia Country ClubUnited States Ruth Underhill2 & 1United States Margaret Fox
1898Ardsley ClubUnited States Beatrix Hoyt (3)5 & 3United States Maude Wetmore
1897Essex County ClubUnited States Beatrix Hoyt (2)5 & 4United States Nellie Sargent
1896Morris County Golf ClubUnited States Beatrix Hoyt2 & 1United States Mrs. Arthur Turnure
1895Meadow Brook ClubUnited States Lucy Barnes Brown132[3]United States Nellie Sargent

Multiple winners

Nineteen players have won more than one U.S. Women's Amateur, through 2023:

Seven players have won both the U.S. Women's Amateur and Open Championships, through 2023:

Eleven players have won both the U.S. Women's and British Ladies Amateur Championships, through 2023:

^ Won both in same year.

Future sites

YearEditionCourseLocationDatesPrevious championships hosted
2024124thSouthern Hills Country ClubTulsa, OklahomaAugust 5–111946
2025125thBandon Dunes Golf ResortBandon, OregonTBD
2026126thHonors CourseOoltewah, TennesseeAugust 3–9
2027127thPinehurst ResortPinehurst, North CarolinaTBD1989
2028128thBrae Burn Country ClubWest Newton, MassachusettsAugust 7–131906, 1975, 1997
2029129thOakland Hills Country ClubBloomfield Hills, MichiganTBD1929
2030130thOlympic ClubSan Francisco, CaliforniaAugust 5–11
2031131stBaltimore Country Club, East Course at Five FarmsBaltimore, MarylandAugust 4–10
2032132ndBandon Dunes Golf ResortBandon, OregonTBD2025
2034134thThe Country ClubSalt Lake City, UtahTBD
2035135thAtlanta Athletic ClubJohns Creek, GeorgiaAugust 6–12
2037137thCountry Club of North CarolinaPinehurst, North CarolinaTBD

Saucon Valley Country Club is slated to host in 2038.
Canterbury Golf Club is slated to host in 2039.
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is also slated to host in 2041.
Pinehurst Resort is also slated to host in 2044.
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. "2023 U.S. Women's Amateur Fast Facts". United States Golf Association. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
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