U.S. SENIOR WOMEN'S AMATEUR

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

By David Shefter, USGA

| Oct 14, 2025 | 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	5,864 yards/Par 72 (Subject to change)
Entries Open	April 15, 2026 (9 a.m. ET)
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
Currently Exempt Players	Dawn Woodard (2025 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur champion; 2025 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur quarterfinalist; Top 10 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 15, 2026) Nadene Gole (2024 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur champion; 2024 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur quarterfinalist; Top 10 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 15, 2026) Sarah Gallagher (2023 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur champion; 2025 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur quarterfinalist) Shelly Stouffer (2022 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur champion; 2024 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur runner-up; 2024 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur quarterfinalist; Top 10 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 15, 2026) Lara Tennant (2018, 2019 and 2021 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur champion; Top 10 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 15, 2026) Judith Kyrinis (2017 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur champion) Ellen Port (2016 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur champion; Top 10 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 15, 2026) Karen Garcia (2015 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur champion) Brenda Corrie Kuehn (2023 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur runner-up; 2024 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur semifinalist) Sue Wooster (2025 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur runner-up; 2025 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur quarterfinalist; Top 10 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 15, 2026) Stefani Markovich (2025 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur quarterfinalist) Suzi Spotleson (2025 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur quarterfinalist; Top 10 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 15, 2026) Krystl Sunderman (2025 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur quarterfinalist) Kathy Hartwiger (2025 champion of The R&A Women's Senior Amateur Championship) Maria Olivero (Top 10 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 15, 2026) Gemma Dooley (Top 10 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 15, 2026) Sylvie Van Molle (Top 10 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 15, 2026)
Hole by hole (Subject to change)	PORTLAND GOLF CLUB Hole 1: 348 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 354 yards (Par 4) Hole 3: 306 yards (Par 4) Hole 4: 124 yards (Par 3) Hole 5: 489 yards (Par 5) Hole 6: 297 yards (Par 4) Hole 7: 346 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 167 yards (Par 3) Hole 9: 355 yards (Par 4) OUT: 2,786 yards (Par 35) Hole 10: 482 yards (Par 5) Hole 11: 355 yards (Par 4) Hole 12: 162 yards (Par 3) Hole 13: 331 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 338 yards (Par 4) Hole 15: 495 yards (Par 5) Hole 16: 333 yards (Par 4) Hole 17: 130 yards (Par 3) Hole 18: 452 yards (Par 5) IN: 3,078 yards (Par 37) TOTAL: 5,864 yards (Par 72)
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 2029: The Lakewood Club, Point Clear, Ala./TBD 2030: Ekwanok Country Club, Manchester, Vt./TBD 2031: Charles River Club, Newton Centre, Mass./Sept. 6-11

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