U.S. SENIOR WOMEN'S AMATEUR

Fast Facts for 2026 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur

By David Shefter, USGA

| 7 hrs ago | Liberty Corner, N.J.


Championship Venue	Portland (Ore.) Golf Club
Opened	1914
Architect	Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Dates of Championship	Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Field Size	132 players
Par/Yardage	TBD
Entries Open	Spring 2026
Eligibility	Open to any female golfer who is 50 years of age as of Sept. 26 and whose Handicap Index® does not exceed 14.4.
Qualifying	Qualifying over 18 holes will be held at sites to be determined
2025 Championship	Dawn Woodard, of Greenville, S.C., finally broke through and captured that elusive USGA championship with a 20-hole victory over Sue Wooster, of Australia, at the Omni Homestead Resort's Cascades Course, in Hot Springs, Va. The Furman University graduate was coming off a quarterfinal showing in the 2024 championship. This was Woodard's 35th USGA championship. Wooster suffered her fourth defeat in a U.S. Senior Women's Amateur final. To read more, click here.
Quotable	“Someone needs to pinch me, it’s pretty special,. It was a hard golf course… Really just knowing if I keep giving myself opportunities, I still have a chance. More than anything, I think it's just never giving up on myself this week.” -- Dawn Woodard
Notable Events Held at Portland Golf Club	1946 PGA Championship (Ben Hogan) 1947 Ryder Cup (United States) 1955 Western Open (Cary Middlecoff) 1982 U.S. Senior Open (Miller Barber) 1999 U.S. Senior Amateur (Bill Ploeger) 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur (Hannah O'Sullivan) The club hosted eight Portland Opens (Jack Nicklaus won two of them) Club also hosted five LPGA Portland Classics (Kathy Whitworth won two)
Previous U.S. Senior Women's Amateurs Held in Oregon (2)	2007: Sunriver Resort, Bend (Anna Schultz) 2017: Waverley Country Club, Portland (Judith Kyrinis)
Notable U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Champions	Maureen Orcutt (1962, 1966); Carolyn Cudone (1969-72); Dorothy Porter (1977, 1980-81, 1983); Alice Dye (1978-79); Marlene Stewart Streit (1985, 1994, 2003); Anne Sander (1987, 1989-90, 1993); Carol Semple Thompson (1999-2002); Diane Lang (2005-06, 2008); Ellen Port (2012-13, 2016), Lara Tennant (2018, 19, 2021)
Notable U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Runners-Up	Glenna Collett Vare (1962); Ann Gregory (1971); Carolyn Cudone (1974-75); Alice Dye (1977, 1981, 1989); Cecile Maclaurin (1978-80); Marlene Stewart Streit (1986, 1988, 1990, 1995-96); Anne Sander (1991-92); Toni Wiesner (1997, 2000, 2008); Mina Hardin (2011), Sue Wooster (2018-19, 2022, 2025), Ellen Port (2021), Brenda Corrie Kuehn (2023)
Fast Fact	This will be the first of two USGA senior events at Portland Golf Club. The U.S. Senior Amateur will be contested there in 2034.
Schedule of Play	Saturday, Sept. 26 (Stroke play, Round 1, 18 holes) Sunday, Sept. 27 (Stroke play, Round 2, 18 holes) Monday, Sept. 28 (Round of 64, match play) Tuesday, Sept. 29 (Round of 32/Round of 16, match play) Wednesday, Sept. 30 (Quarterfinals/Semifinals, match play) Thursday, Oct. 1 (Championship Match, 18 holes)
Match-Play Cut	The low 64 scorers following stroke play will qualify for match play. If necessary, a playoff will be conducted to determine the final spots in the draw.
Future Sites	2027: Columbia Country Club, Chevy Chase, Md./Sept. 25-30 2028: Belle Meade Country Club, Nashville, Tenn./Sept. 9-14 2031: Charles River Club, Newton Centre, Mass./Sept. 6-11

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