U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR

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

By David Shefter, USGA

| Liberty Corner, N.J.


Championship Venue	The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tenn.
Dates of Championship	August 4-9
Opened	1983
Architect	Pete Dye
Yardage/Par	6,554 yards/Par 72 (Subject to change)
Course/Slope Rating	TBD
Field	156 competitors
Entries Open	March 18, 2026 (9 a.m. ET)
Eligibility	Open to any female amateur whose Handicap Index® does not exceed 2.4.
Qualifying	Qualifying, over 18 holes, will take place from mid June to mid July at sites to be determined
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
Hole by hole (Subject to change)	THE HONORS COURSE Hole 1: 405 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 513 yards (Par 5) Hole 3: 182 yards (Par 3) Hole 4: 407 yards (Par 4) Hole 5: 408 yards (Par 4) Hole 6: 545 yards (Par 5) Hole 7: 378 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 158 yards (Par 3) Hole 9: 352 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,348 yards (Par 36) Hole 10: 407 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 539 yards (Par 5) Hole 12: 325 yards (Par 4) Hole 13: 384 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 136 yards (Par 3) Hole 15: 378 yards (Par 4) Hole 16: 148 yards (Par 3) Hole 17: 497 yards (Par 5) Hole 18: 392 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,206 yards (Par 36) TOTAL: 6,554 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 Frohmeyer) 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)	TBD
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 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

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