The Lakewood Club, Ekwanok C.C. to Host 2029, 2030 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateurs

The Lakewood Club, in Point Clear, Ala., and Ekwanok Country Club, in Manchester, Vt., have been chosen by the USGA as the host sites for the 2029 and 2030 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championships.

“We are thrilled to bring the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur to these outstanding venues,” said Laura Martinsen, director, U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur. “We have a great relationship with The Lakewood Club, which has been a tremendous host in the past, and we are excited to have a USGA championship return to the state of Vermont for just the second time ever. Both sites will be a true test for the world’s best senior amateur golfers.”

The Lakewood Club has hosted three previous USGA championships, all U.S. Senior Women’s Amateurs. There have been nine USGA championships contested in the state of Alabama through the 2025 season, most recently the 2022 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship at The Country Club of Birmingham.

“The Lakewood Club is excited to have been selected as the host site for the 67th U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship,” said Michael Herzog, general manager of the Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa. "It is an honor to be one of the 15 championship sites in 2029, a testament to the work of our golf and grounds crew staff at Lakewood. On behalf of the membership, the Fairhope community and The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, we look forward to welcoming the world’s best senior women’s golfers to the great state of Alabama.”

The Lakewood Club, which is a member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, was founded in 1947. The championship will be played on the club’s Dogwood Course, designed by Perry Maxwell. The club hosted the 1974, 1986 and 2021 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateurs, which were won by Justine B. Cushing, Constance Guthrie and Lara Tenant, respectively.

Ekwanok Country Club will host its second USGA championship and first since the 1914 U.S. Amateur won by Francis Ouimet, one year after his historic U.S. Open victory as an amateur at The Country Club, in Brookline, Mass. Ouimet defeated Jerome Travers in the final, 6 and 5. Travers was going for his third consecutive U.S. Amateur victory and fifth overall.

It will be 116 years between USGA championships for the state of Vermont, the largest time span between championships for any state.

“It is an honor to host another USGA Championship at Ekwanok, more than a century after Ekwanok hosted the 1914 U.S. Amateur Championship,” said Reggie Parker, Ekwanok member and a quarterfinalist in two U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championships. “Ekwanok is proud to once again partner with the USGA for what is sure to be an amazing week."

Founded in 1899, Ekwanok Country Club sits on the eastern side of the Green Mountains. Designed by Walter Travis and John Duncan Dunn, the course is renowned for its strategic layout, classic design and scenic setting. Ekwanok is the last remaining course in Vermont with a caddie program.

The U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur is open to any female golfer who is 50 years of age as of Sept. 26 and whose Handicap Index® does not exceed 14.4. The winner of the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur earns a spot into the following two U.S. Senior Women’s Opens.

Upcoming U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Sites 

2026 – Portland (Ore.) Golf Club
2027 – Columbia Country Club, Chevy Chase, Md.
2028 – Belle Meade Country Club, Nashville, Tenn.
2029 – The Lakewood Club, Point Clear, Ala.
2030 – Ekwanok Country Club, Manchester, Vt.
2031 – Charles River Country Club, Newton, Mass.