U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR

Fast Facts for 2025 U.S. Women's Amateur

By David Shefter, USGA

| Oct 22, 2025 | Liberty Corner, N.J.


Championship Venue	The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tenn.
Dates of Championship	August 4-9
Opened	1983
Architect	Pete Dye
Yardage/Par	6,539 yards/Par 72 (Subject to change)
Course/Slope Rating	TBD
Field	156 competitors
Entries Opened	March 18, 2026 (9 a.m. ET)
Entries Close	June 3, 2026 (5 p.m. ET)
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 10-July 15
2025 Championship	Megha Ganne, 21, of Holmdel, N.J., defeated Brooke Biermann, of Wildwood, Mo., 4 and 3, in the 36-hole final at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon Dunes) in Oregon. A rising senior at Stanford University, Ganne, a member of the victorious 2022 USA Curtis Cup Team and the low amateur in the 2021 U.S. Women's Open, achieved the feat in her seventh U.S. Women's Amateur start. To read more, click here.
Quotable	“It’s so crazy. It's so much harder than it seems to win one of these, and it takes not only like a lot of patience, but so many things working in your favor: good health, good luck, good fortune, and good timing. All those things coming together just feels like it's fate. I feel very blessed right now.” -- Megha Ganne
Exempt Players (49)	Rianne Malixi (2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion; 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur semifinalist; Top 8 individual scorers and ties from 2025 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship; Top 20 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Asterisk Talley (2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur runner-up; 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur semifinalist; Completed 72 holes in 2026 U.S. Women's Open Presented by Ally; Playing member of 2024 and 2026 USA Curtis Cup Teams; Top 20 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Lyla Louderbaugh (2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur quarterfinalist) Ella Scaysbrook (2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur quarterfinalist) Taylor Kehoe (2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur quarterfinalist) Arianna Lau (2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur quarterfinalist; Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Kiara Romero (2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur quarterfinalist; Returned 72-hole score in 2025 and 2026 U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally; Playing member of 2026 USA Curtis Cup Team; Top 20 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Farah O’Keefe (Returned 72-hole score in 2025 and 2026 U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally; Playing member of 2026 USA Curtis Cup Team; Playing member of 2025 USA Women’s World Amateur Team; Winner of 2026 NCAA Women's Divisioin I individual title; Top 20 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Rayee Feng (Returned 72-hole score in 2025 U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally) Lara Tennant (Amateur returning lowest 72-hole score in 2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Open) Aphrodite Deng (2025 U.S. Girls’ Junior champion; Completed 72 holes in 2026 U.S. Women's Open Presented by Ally; 2025 American Junior Golf Association Rolex Girls Player of the Year; Top 20 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Ina Kim-Schaad (2025 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion) Hanley Long (2025 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur runner-up) Dawn Woodard (2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur champion) Sue Wooster (2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur runner-up) Anna Davis (Playing member of 2024 and 2026 USA Curtis Cup Teams; Playing member of 2023 USA Women’s World Amateur Team; Top 20 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Jasmine Koo (Playing member of 2024 and 2026 USA Curtis Cup Teams; Top 20 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Rachel Heck (Playing member of 2022 USA Women’s World Amateur Team) Aira Nagasawa (Low eight scorers and ties from 2025 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship; Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Soomin Oh (Low eight scorers and ties from 2025 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship; Top 20 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Annabel Peaford (Low eight scorers and ties from 2025 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship) Yurina Hiroyoshi (Top 20 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Lauren Kim (Top 20 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Sofia Clarisa Temelo Escalera (2026 Mexican Women’s Amateur Championship winner) Emma Davies (2025 Minnesota Golf Association Amateur Championship winner) Kylie Chong (2025 Southern California Golf Association Amateur Championship winner) Pimkwan Chookaew (2025 Iowa Women’s Amateur winner) Isabel Brozena (2025 Women’s Massachusetts Amateur Championship winner) Vanessa Borovilos (Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Raegan Denton (Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Morgan Ellison (Winner of 2026 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball) Paula Francisco (Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Anna Iwanaga (Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Chloe Kovelesky (Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Jeonghyun Lee (Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Yujie Liu (Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Playing member of the 2026 Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup Team) Seojin Park (Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Macy Pate (Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Gracie Piar (Winner of 2026 Illinois State Women's Amateur) Megan Propeck (Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Jazy Roberts (Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Elizabeth Rudisill (Winner of 2026 Carolinas Golf Association Women's Amateur) Marta Silchenko (Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Avery Weed (Playing member of 2026 USA Curtis Cup Team; Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3) Davina Xanh (Playing member of 2026 Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup Team) Amelie Zalsman (Top 50 point leaders in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 3)
Hole by hole (Subject to change)	THE HONORS COURSE Hole 1: 386 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 504 yards (Par 5) Hole 3: 176 yards (Par 3) Hole 4: 403 yards (Par 4) Hole 5: 425 yards (Par 4) Hole 6: 545 yards (Par 5) Hole 7: 376 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 167 yards (Par 3) Hole 9: 352 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,328 yards (Par 36) Hole 10: 407 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 551 yards (Par 5) Hole 12: 325 yards (Par 4) Hole 13: 384 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 132 yards (Par 3) Hole 15: 378 yards (Par 4) Hole 16: 148 yards (Par 3) Hole 17: 494 yards (Par 5) Hole 18: 392 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,211 yards (Par 36) TOTAL: 6,539 yards (Par 72)
Notable Events at The Honors Course	1991 U.S. Amateur (Mitch Voges) 1994 Curtis Cup (Tie, GB&I retained Cup) 1996 NCAA Men's Championship (Team: Arizona State; Individual: Tiger Woods) 2005 U.S. Mid-Amateur (Kevin Marsh) 2010 NCAA Men's Championship (Team: Augusta State; Individual: Scott Langley) 2011 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur (Terri Frohnmayer) 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur (Min Woo Lee) 2024 U.S. Senior Amateur (Louis Brown)
Fast Fact	Club founder Jack Lupton wanted to honor amateur golfers that have had great success so he created the honors circle. Each hole is named after a golfer and tells of their successes and accolades within amateur golf. Recipients of this honor range from college players to Senior Amateur champions and have been both men and women.
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), Rose Zhang (2020)
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); Albane Valenzuela (2017, 2019)
Schedule of Play	Tuesday, Aug. 4 (18 holes, stroke play) Wednesday, Aug. 5 (18 holes, stroke play) Thursday, Aug. 6 (Round of 64, match play) Friday, Aug. 7 (Rounds of 32 and 16, match play) Saturday, Aug. 8 (Quarterfinals and Semifinals, match play) Sunday, Aug. 9 (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 (All times ET)	Thursday, August 6 Round of 64: Golf Channel, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, August 7 Round of 16: Golfchannel.com, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Round of 16: Golf Channel, 7 p.m.-10 p.m. (Tape Delay) Saturday, August 8 Quarterfinals: Golf Channel, 9 a.m.-Noon Semifinals: Golf Channel, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, August 9 Championship Match (Afternoon 18): Golf Channel, 3 p.m.-6 p.m.
What Champion Receives	-A gold medal and custody of the Robert Cox Trophy for one year -Exemption from qualifying for the 2027 U.S. Women's Open at Inverness Club, in Toledo, Ohio -Exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Women's Amateurs, if eligible -Likely invitation to the 2027 Augusta National Women's Amateur -Likely exemptions into the Chevron Championship, AIG Women's Open and Amundi Evian Championship -Name engraved on 2026 USGA Champions' plaque that will reside in the USGA Museum's Hall of Champions in Liberty Corner, N.J.
Future Sites	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 2036: Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio/Dates TBD 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 2045: Waverley Country Club, Portland, Ore./TBD 2046: Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa./Dates TBD

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