Fast Facts for 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur
Championship Venue | Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla. |
Dates of Championship | August 5-11 |
Opened | 1936 |
Architect | Perry Maxwell (recent renovation by Gil Hanse) |
Yardage/Par | 6,437 yards/Par 71 (Subject to change) |
Course/Slope Rating | 79.7/141 |
Field | 156 competitors |
Entries Accepted | 1,588 |
Eligibility | Open to any female amateur whose Handicap Index® does not exceed 2.4. |
Qualifying | Qualifying, over 18 holes, will take place at 24 sites from June 17 to July 18. |
Exempt Players (76) | Carla Bernat Escuder (Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Brooke Biermann (Winner of 2024 Missouri Women's Amateur) Natalie Blonien (Winner of 2024 Women's Oklahoma State Amateur) Hailey Borja (Semifinalist from 2023 U.S. Women's Amateur) Justice Bosio (Winner of 2024 Pacific Northwest Women's Amateur) Bella Bugg (Winner of 2024 Tennessee Women's Amateur) Zoe Campos (Playing member of 2024 USA Curtis Cup Team; Top 20 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 27; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Krissy Carman (Champion of 2022 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur; Winner of 2024 Oregon Women's Amateur) Adela Cernousek (Returned 72-hole score at 2024 U.S. Women's Open; 2024 NCAA Division I individual champion; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Kelsey Chugg (Runner-up in 2023 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur; Winner of 2024 Utah State Women's Amateur) Gianna Clemente (Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Catie Craig (Winner of 2024 North & South Women's Amateur) Anna Davis (Quarterfinalist in 2023 U.S. Women's Amateur; Playing member of 2023 USA Women's World Amateur Team; Top 20 points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 27; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Kimberly Dinh (2023 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion) Sophia Dyer (Winner of 2024 Florida Women's Amateur) Sadie Englemann (Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Maisie Filler (Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Megha Ganne (Playing member of 2022 USA Curtis Cup Team; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Melanie Green (Winner of 2024 Women's Amateur Championship conducted by The R&A) Lauren Greenlief (Winner of 2024 VSGA Women's Amateur) Huai-Chen Hsu (Low 8 individual finishers from 2023 Women's World Amateur Team Championship) Thienna Huynh (Quarterfinalist in 2023 U.S. Women's Amateur) Sara Im (Winner of 2024 Georgia Women's Amateur) Annika Ishiyama (Winner of 2024 Southern California Golf Association Women's Amateur) Grace Jin (Winner of 2024 Women's Texas Amateur) Chloe Johnson (Winner of 2024 Indiana Women's Amateur) Nicola Kaminski (Winner of 2024 NCGA Women's Amateur) Shannon Kennedy (Winner of 2024 Michigan Women's Amateur) Lauren Kim (Low 8 individual finishers in 2023 Women's World Amateur Team Championship; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Ina Kim-Schaad (Winner of 2024 New York State Women's Amateur) Jasmine Koo (Playing member of 2024 USA Curtis Cup Team; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Ashley Kozlowski (Winner of 2024 Colorado Golf Association Women's Stroke Play Championship) Brenda Corrie Kuehn (Runner-up in 2023 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur) Rachel Kuehn (Playing member of 2021 and 2022 USA Curtis Cup Teams; Playing member of 2022 and 2023 USA Women's World Amateur Team; Top 20 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 27; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Haeri Lee (2024 Illinois State Women's Amateur champion) Katie Li (Winner of 2024 New Jersey Women's Amateur) Yurang Li (Winner of 2024 Canadian Women's Amateur) Sarah Lim (2024 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball champion) Carolina Lopez-Chacarra Coto (Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Lyla Louderbaugh (Winner of 2024 Kansas Women's Amateur) Kyra Ly (Quarterfinalist in 2023 U.S. Women's Amateur) Caitlyn Macnab (Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Rianne Malixi (Winner of 2024 U.S. Girls' Junior; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Maria Jose Marin (Top 20 points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 27; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Paula Martin Sampedro (Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Emilia Migliaccio (Playing member of 2021 and 2022 USA Curtis Cup Teams; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Paula Miranda (Winner of 2024 Iowa Women's Amateur) Anna Morgan (Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Kokoro Nakamura (Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Inez Ng (Low 8 individual scorers from 2023 Women's World Amateur Team Championship) Lauren Nguyen (Winner of 2024 Washington State Women's Amateur) Gabriella Nicastro (Winner of 2024 Alabama Women's State Amateur) Nikki Oh (2024 Arizona Women's Amateur champion) Farah O'Keefe (Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5; Winner of 2024 Women's Western Amateur) Annabelle Pancake (Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Catherine Park (Completed 72 holes in 2024 U.S. Women's Open; Playing member of 2024 USA Curtis Cup Team; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Avani Prashanth (Low 8 individual scorers from 2023 Women's World Amateur Team Championship; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Catherine Rao (Quarterfinalist in 2023 U.S. Women's Amateur) Andrea Revuelta Goicoechea (Top 20 points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 27; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Kiara Romero (2023 U.S. Girls' Junior champion; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Katie Ruge (2024 Nebraska Women's Amateur champion) Alexa Saldana (2024 Women's Mexican International Amateur champion) Amanda Sambach (Top 20 points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 27; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Megan Schofill (2023 U.S. Women's Amateur champion; Completed 72 holes in 2024 U.S. Women's Open; Playing member of 2023 USA Women's World Amateur Team; Top 20 points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 27; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Scarlett Schremmer (Top 2 points leaders among top 10 in Women's Elite Amateur Series not otherwise exempt) Bailey Shoemaker (Semifinalist in 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur) Kayla Smith (Winner of 2024 North Carolina Women's Amateur) Molly Smith (Top 2 points leaders among top 10 in Women's Elite Amateur Series not otherwise exempt) Megan Streicher (Winner of 2024 Carolinas Women's Amateur) Latanna Stone (Runner-up in 2023 U.S. Women's Amateur; Playing member of 2022 USA Curtis Cup Team; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Shelly Stouffer (2022 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur champion) Asterisk Talley (Completed 72 holes in 2024 U.S. Women's Open; Runner-up in 2024 U.S. Girls' Junior; 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball champion) Rocio Tejedo (Top 20 points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 27; Top 50 points leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 5) Angelina Tolentino (Winner of 2024 Pennsylvania Women's Amateur) Natalie Vo (Winner of 2024 California Women's Amateur) Emma Welch (Winner of 2024 Minnesota Women's Amateur) Yana Wilson (2023 American Junior Golf Association Player of the Year) Annabel Wilson (Semifinalist in 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur; Playing member of 2022 Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup Team) Gabby Woods (Winner of 2024 Ohio Women's Amateur) Chun Wei Wu (2024 Asia-Pacific Women's Amateur champion) |
2023 Championship | Auburn University standout Megan Schofill, 22, of Monticello, Fla., defeated fellow Floridian and Southeastern Conference rival Latanna Stone (LSU), 21, of Riverview, 4 and 3, in the 36-hole final at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles, Calif. She became the first Floridian to hoist the Robert Cox Trophy since Morgan Pressel in 2005. To read more, click here. |
Quotable | “It's definitely a dream come true. I’m definitely still in shock. I can't put it into words the emotions I'm feeling. It's just such an honor to be able to say I won here this year.” -- Megan Schofill |
Hole by hole (Subject to change) | SOUTHERN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB Hole 1: 452 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 409 yards (Par 4) Hole 3: 377 yards (Par 4) Hole 4: 330 yards (Par 4) Hole 5: 558 yards (Par 5) Hole 6: 133 yards (Par 3) Hole 7: 388 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 178 yards (Par 3) Hole 9: 358 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,183 yards (Par 35) Hole 10: 371 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 150 yards (Par 3) Hole 12: 392 yards (Par 4) Hole 13: 529 yards (Par 5) Hole 14: 188 yards (Par 3) Hole 15: 386 yards (Par 4) Hole 16: 522 yards (Par 5) Hole 17: 315 yards (Par 4) Hole 18: 401 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,254 yards (Par 36) TOTAL: 6,437 yards (Par 71) |
Notable Events at Southern Hills Country Club | 1946 U.S. Women's Amateur (Babe Didrikson Zaharias) 1953 U.S. Junior Amateur (Rex Baxter Jr.) 1958 U.S. Open (Tommy Bolt) 1961 U.S. Senior Amateur (Dexter Daniels) 1965 U.S. Amateur (Bob Murphy) 1970 PGA Championship (Dave Stockton) 1977 U.S. Open (Hubert Green) 1982 PGA Championship (Raymond Floyd) 1987 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur (Cindy Scholefield-McConnell) 1994 PGA Championship (Nick Price) 1995 Tour Championship (Billy Mayfair) 1996 Tour Championship (Tom Lehman) 2001 U.S. Open (Retief Goosen) 2007 PGA Championship (Tiger Woods) 2009 U.S. Amateur (Byeong-Hun An) 2021 Senior PGA Championship (Alex Cejka) 2022 PGA Championship (Justin Thomas) |
Fast Fact | The club was established in 1935 from land donated by multimillionaire oilman Waite Phillips, whose brother, Frank, was the namesake and founder of the predecessor to Phillips 66. |
Notable U.S. Women's Amateur Champions | Alexa Stirling (1916, 1918-19); Glenna Collett Vare (1922, 1925, 1928-30, 1935); Virginia Van Wie (1932-34); Patty Berg (1938); Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1946); Louise Suggs (1947); JoAnne Gunderson Carner (1957, 1960, 1956, 1962, 1966, 1968); Anne Sander (1958, 1961, 1963); Catherine Lacoste (1969); Laura Baugh (1971); Carol Semple Thompson (1973); Beth Daniel (1975, 1977); Juli Inkster (1980-82); Kay Cockerill (1986-87); Kelli Kuehne (1995-96); Grace Park (1998); Morgan Pressel (2005); Danielle Kang (2010-11); Lydia Ko (2012); Kristen Gillman (2014, 2018) |
Notable U.S. Women's Amateur Runners-Up | Alexa Stirling (1921, 1923, 1925); Virginia Van Wie (1928, 1930); Glenna Collett Vare (1931-32); Patty Berg (1935, 1937); Mickey Wright (1954); Anne Sander (1965, 1968, 1973); Carol Semple Thompson (1974); Patty Sheehan (1979); Brandie Burton (1989); Annika Sorenstam (1992); Jenny Chuasiriporn (1998); Azahara Munoz (2008); Jessica Korda (2010); Moriya Jutanugarn (2011); Brooke Henderson (2014) |
Schedule of Play | Monday, Aug. 5 (18 holes, stroke play) Tuesday, Aug. 6 (18 holes, stroke play) Wednesday, Aug. 7 (Round of 64, match play) Thursday, Aug. 8 (Rounds of 32 and 16, match play) Friday, Aug. 9 (Quarterfinals, match play) Saturday Aug. 10 (Semifinals, match play) Sunday, Aug. 11 (Championship match, 36 holes) |
Cut | The low 64 scorers after 36 holes of stroke play will advance to match play. If necessary, a playoff will be conducted to trim the draw to exactly 64 competitors. |
Broadcast Times | TBD |
What Champion Receives | *-A gold medal and custody of the Robert Cox Trophy for one year *-Exemption from qualifying for the 2025 U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills in Erin, Wis. *-Exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Women's Amateurs, if eligible *-Invitation to the 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur *-Likely exemptions into the Chevron Championship, AIG Women's Open and Amundi Evian Championship |
Future Sites | 2025: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore./Aug. 4-10 2026: The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tenn./Aug. 3-9 2027: Pinehurst Resort & C.C. (Course No. 2), Village of Pinehurst, N.C./Aug. 2-8 2028: Brae Burn Country Club, West Newton, Mass./Aug. 7-13 2029: Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Aug. 6-12 2030: The Olympic Club, San Francisco, Calif./Aug. 5-11 2031: Baltimore Country Club (East Course), Baltimore, Md./Aug. 4-10 2032: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore./Aug. 2-8 2033: Erin Hills, Erin, Wis./Aug. 8-14) 2034: The Country Club, Salt Lake City, Utah/Aug. 7-13 2035: Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek, Ga./Aug. 6-12 2037: The Country Club of North Carolina, Pinehurst, N.C./Dates TBD 2039: Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland, Ohio/Aug. 8-14 2041: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore./Dates TBD 2046: Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa./Dates TBD |