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The Texas Women's Open is a golf tournament, played in the Fort Worth, Texas area. From 1950 to 1954, it was an LPGA Tour event, [ 1 ] although it was first played in 1933. It was revived by the North Texas section of the PGA of America in 2001. [ 2 ]
Women's Golf Day (WGD) is an annual worldwide event promoting women and girls by introducing them to the game of golf. Established in 2016, WGD takes place on a single day—often the first Tuesday in June—and features simultaneous events hosted at golf courses and clubs .
The Texas Longhorns women's golf team represents the University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate women's golf competition. The Longhorns competed in the Big 12 Conference through the 2024 season and moved to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) on July 1, 2024.
The 2020 U.S. Women's Open was the 75th U.S. Women's Open, played December 10–14 at Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas, having been postponed from its original date of June 4–7, 2020, on April 3, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was played on both the Cypress Creek and Jackrabbit courses.
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]
It is one of the five women's major championships, alongside the Chevron Championship, the Women's PGA Championship, the Women's British Open, and The Evian Championship. [3] 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 U.S. Women's Open is the second major of the LPGA season and has the highest purse in women's golf. The most recent increase, announced in January 2022, saw the purse nearly double from its previous $ 5.5 million ( 2019 – 2021 ) [ 2 ] to $10 million starting in 2022 .
The 2021 U.S. Women's Open was the 76th U.S. Women's Open, played June 3–6, 2021 at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. [1] [2] The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and was the second of the 2021 season. It has the largest purse in women's golf at $5.5 million. [3]