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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.
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.
Jennifer Song won the Women's Public Links and Women's Amateur in 2009. Seong Eun-jeong won the Girls' Junior and Women's Amateur in 2016. She had previously won the Girls' Junior in 2015. Rianne Malixi won the Girls' Junior and Women's Amateur in 2024. Six people have won three different USGA individual events in their careers:
Start with 2021 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Jensen Castle from West Columbia who plays at Kentucky. Add Spartanburg’s Anna Morgan, the Furman star who is on one of those hard-to-believe streaks.
Months before the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills, the USGA announced that the course will host five more national championships.
The 2024 U.S. Women's Open was the 79th U.S. Women's Open, played May 30 to June 2 at the Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. [1] The purse for the tournament was a record $12 million. [2] The winner's share is now 20% for the men's and women's Open Championships, earning the Women's Open winner $2.4 million. [3]
North East golfer Steph Urban, at age 51, will be a rookie when the 2023 USGA Senior Women's Amateur takes place later this month in Arizona. North East golfer Steph Urban, at age 51, will be a ...