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The U.S. Women's Amateur, also known as the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship, is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association (USGA). Female amateurs from all nations ...
First played in 1987, it provides amateur women over the age of 25 an opportunity to compete for a national championship. [1] Entrants must have a handicap index of 9.4 or lower. [2] The major amateur tournament in the U.S. for women, the U.S. Women's Amateur, is dominated by women under age 25, many with hopes of becoming tournament professionals.
The U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball is played by teams of two golfers each with a handicap of 14.4 or less. 64 teams compete in a 36-hole stroke play qualifier that determines the field of 32 teams for match play. Play is conducted using a four-ball format. [1] The men's counterpart is the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, also started in 2015.
The Home Course was designed by Mike Asmundson and opened for play in 2007.
Months before the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills, the USGA announced that the course will host five more national championships.
Malixi became the second player in USGA history to win the U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Amateur titles in the same year, only accomplished by Seong Eun-jeong in 2016. [5] Malixi finished 5th in the 2024 Korea Women's Open and is a commit for Duke University for the 2025 school year. [1] [6]
Castle, the 2021 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion, has made the cut in both of her ANWA appearances (T12, T26). She advanced to the round of 64 in both the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur and the Women ...
The USGA added an exception starting with the 2019 U.S. Amateur Championship in that the tournament winner only may turn professional and keep his berth for the ensuing U.S. Open. With the growth in professional golf through the latter half of the 20th century, the U.S. Amateur has become dominated by younger players destined to soon become ...