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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.
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:
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The U.S. Women's Open has always been played in stroke play, with the exception of the first competition in 1946, [4] and is currently the third women's major of the year. [3] The first trophy presented to U.S. Women's Open champions was donated by the Spokane Athletic Round Table, a fraternal order, and used until 1953. [2]
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 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship, often referred to as the Public Links or the Publinx, was a women's amateur golf tournament, one of 10 individual amateur championships organized by the USGA and first played in 1977. The USGA officially called the event the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links, which it has registered as a ...