U.S. GIRLS' JUNIOR

Fast Facts for 2026 U.S. Girls' Junior

By David Shefter, USGA

| Oct 24, 2025 | Liberty Corner, N.J.


Championship Venue	Old Chatham Golf Club, Durham, N.C.
Dates of Championship	July 13-18
Opened	2001
Architect	Rees Jones
Field	156 competitors
Yardage/Par	6,491 yards (Subject to change)
Course and Slope Rating	TBD
Entries Open	March 11, 2026 (9 a.m. ET)
Entries Close	May 13, 2026 (5 p.m. ET)
Eligibility	Open to any female amateur players who have not reached the age of 19 by July 18 and whose Handicap Index® does not exceed 5.4.
Qualifying	Qualifying, over 18 holes, will be conducted at 42 sites from May 20-July 1
2025 Championship	Aphrodite Deng, 15, became the first Canadian to win the U.S. Girls' Junior with her 2-and-1 victory over Xingtong Chen, of Singapore at the Atlanta Athletic Club's Riverside Course. The victory capped a great 2025 competitive season for Deng, who also won the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and the Mizuho Americas Open alongside LPGA Tour players at Liberty National Golf Club, in Bayonne, N.J. To read more, click here.
Quotable	"It really means a lot. I just can't believe that I won. I didn't really think about the end result because I knew there were a lot of good players here. I just tried to win each match.” -- Aphrodite Deng
What Champion Receives	-A gold medal -Custody of the Glenna Collett Vare Trophy for one year -Exemptions into all future U.S. Girls' Junior Championships for which she is age-eligible -Exemption into the 2027 U.S. Women's Open Championship at Inverness Club, in Toledo, Ohio -Exemptions into the 2026 and 2027 U.S. Women's Amateur Championships -Invitation to the 2027 Augusta National Women's Amateur -Name engraved on 2026 USGA Champions' plaque that resides in USGA Museum's Hall of Champions in Liberty Corner, N.J.
Hole by hole (Subject to change)	OLD CHATHAM GOLF CLUB Hole 1: 544 yards (Par 5) Hole 2: 151 yards (Par 3) Hole 3: 353 yards (Par 4) Hole 4: 414 yards (Par 4) Hole 5: 392 yards (Par 4) Hole 6: 544 yards (Par 5) Hole 7: 173 yards (Par 3) Hole 8: 331 yards (Par 4) Hole 9: 340 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,242 yards (Par 36) Hole 10: 333 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 544 yards (Par 5) Hole 12: 190 yards (Par 3) Hole 13: 363 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 495 yards (Par 5) Hole 15: 396 yards (Par 4) Hole 16: 362 yards (Par 4) Hole 17: 163 yards (Par 3) Hole 18: 403 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,249 yards (Par 36) TOTAL: 6,491 yards (Par 72)
Exempt Players (34)	Aphrodite Deng (2025 U.S. Girls' Junior champion; 2025 U.S. Girls' Junior semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Girls' Junior quarterfinalist; 2025 AJGA Rolex Girls Player of the Year; Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Asterisk Talley (2024 U.S. Girls' Junior runner-up; 2024 U.S. Girls' Junior semifinalist; 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur runner-up; Playing member of 2024 USA Curtis Cup Team; Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Xingtong Chen (2025 U.S. Girls' Junior runner-up; 2025 U.S. Girls' Junior semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Girls' Junior quarterfinalist) Grace Carter (2025 U.S. Girls' Junior semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Girls' Junior quarterfinalist) Rayee Feng (2025 U.S. Girls' Junior semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Girls' Junior quarterfinalist; Completed 72 holes at 2025 U.S. Women's Open) Emerie Schartz (2025 U.S. Girls' Junior quarterfinalist) Arianna Lau (2025 U.S. Women's Amateur quarterfinalist; Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Aira Nagasawa (Low eight individual scorers and ties from 2025 Women's World Amateur Team Championship; Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Soomin Oh (Low eight individual scorers and ties from 2025 Women's World Amateur Team Championship; Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Annabel Peaford (Low eight individual scorers and ties from 2025 Women's Word Amateur Team Championship) Shauna Liu (2025 champion of Canadian Junior Girls, Presented by BDO) Lily Reitter (2025 champion of R&A Girls' Amateur Championship) Michelle Xing (2025 champion of Canadian Women's Amateur, Presented by BDO) Yunseo Yang (2025 champion of Women's Asia-Pacific Amateur; Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Yurina Hiroyoshi (Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Anna Iwanaga (Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Seojin Park (Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Prim Prachnakorn (Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Yujie Liu (Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Achiraya Sriwong (Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Anna Fang (Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Gyubeen Kim (Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Louise Uma Landgraf (Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Menghan Li (Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Amelie Zalsman (Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Kritchanya Kaopattanaskul (Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Alice Kong (Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Nikki Oh (Top 20 age-eligible point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Maddie Smith (2025 champion of Massachusetts Girls' Junior Amateur Championship) Honorine Nobuta Ferry (2025 champion of Texas Junior Amateur) McKenna Nelson (2025 champion of Wisconsin Junior Girls Championship) Ella Wilson (2025 champion of Idaho Girls' Junior Amateur) Madeleine Conser (2025 champion of Pacific Northwest Junior Girls' Amateur) Kuree Little (2025 champion of Southern California Junior Amateur Championship)
U.S. Girls' Juniors in North Carolina (3)	1989: Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Southern Pines (Brandie Burton) 2006: Carmel Country Club, Charlotte (Jenny Shin) 2010: The Country Club of North Carolina, Pinehurst (Doris Chen)
Previous notable events held at Old Chatham Golf Club	2009 North Carolina Amateur (Mark McMillen) 2019 U.S. Senior Amateur (Bob Royak)
Notable U.S. Girls' Junior Champions	Mickey Wright (1952); JoAnne Gunderson Carner (1956); Hollis Stacy (1969-71); Nancy Lopez (1972, 1974); Amy Alcott (1973); Pat Hurst (1986); Michelle McGann (1987); Brandie Burton (1989); Kelli Kuehne (1994); Beth Bauer (1997); Inbee Park (2002); Julieta Granada (2004); I.K. Kim (2005); Lexi Thompson (2008); Ariya Jutanugarn (2011); Minjee Lee (2012); Eun Jeong Seong (2015-16), Rose Zhang (2021), Kiara Romero (2023), Rianne Malixi (2024)
Notable U.S. Girls' Junior Runners-Up	Mickey Wright (1950); Barbara McIntire (1951, 1952); JoAnne Gunderson Carner (1955); Amy Alcott (1971); Vicki Goetze (1990); Grace Park (1996); Candie Kung (1997); Inbee Park (2003, 2005); Jane Park (2004); Kimberly Kim (2009); Alison Lee (2012); Angel Yin (2015); Andrea Lee (2016), Asterisk Talley (2024)
Fast Fact	Former USGA president Jim Hyler is a member at Old Chatham Golf Club.
Schedule of Play	Monday, July 13 (Stroke Play, Round 1, 18 holes) Tuesday, July 14 (Stroke Play, Round 2, 18 holes) Wednesday, July 15 (Round of 64, match play) Thursday, July 16 (Round of 32/Round of 16, match play) Friday, July 17 (Quarterfinals/Semifinals, match play) Saturday, July 18 (Championship Match, 36 holes)
Match-Play Cut	The low 64 scorers will advance to match play. If necessary, a playoff will be conducted to cut down to 64 players.
Broadcast Schedule (All Times EDT)	TBD
Future Sites	2027: Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland, Ohio/July 12-17 2029: Eugene (Ore.) Country Club/July 16-21 2030: The Country Club, Brookline, Mass./July 15-20 2031: Trinity Forest Golf Club, Dallas, Texas/July 14-19 2032: Pinehurst Resort & C.C., Village of Pinehurst, N.C./July 12-17 2033: Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio/Dates TBD 2034: Sand Valley Resort, Nekoosa, Wis./July 17-22 2035: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore./July 16-21 2037: Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wis./July 13-18 2038: Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Hills, Mich./July 12-17 2045: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore./Dates TBD

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