The United States Senior Women's Amateur Golf Championship was launched in 1962 as an annual tournament for female amateur golfing competitors at least 50 years of age. The format began as a 54-hole stroke play competition over three days until 1997 when it was changed to a match play event. Sectional qualifying was first implemented for the 2000 championship.
The U.S. Senior Women's Amateur operates through the auspices of the United States Golf Association.
In 1977 Dorothy Germain Porter became the first U.S. Women's Amateur champion to win the Seniors' title.
Starting in 2018, the reigning champion and runner-up, and the preceding year's champion, will be eligible to participate in the U.S. Senior Women's Open.
Winners
Match play era winners
| Year | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Troon Country Club (AZ) | Sarah Gallagher | 1 up | Brenda Corrie Kuehn |
| 2022 | Anchorage Golf Course (AK) | Shelly Stouffer | 4 & 3 | Sue Wooster |
| 2021 | The Lakewood Club (Dogwood Course) (AL) | Lara Tennant | 2 & 1 | Ellen Port |
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1] | |||
| 2019 | Cedar Rapids Country Club (IA) | Lara Tennant | 3 & 2 | Sue Wooster |
| 2018 | Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club (FL) | Lara Tennant | 3 & 2 | Sue Wooster |
| 2017 | Waverley Country Club (OR) | Judith Kyrinis | 4 & 3 | Terrill Samuel |
| 2016 | Wellesley Country Club (MA) | Ellen Port | 3 & 2 | Andrea Kraus |
| 2015 | Hillwood Country Club (TN) | Karen Garcia | 1 up | Pamela Kuong |
| 2014 | Hollywood Golf Club (NJ) | Joan Higgins | 1 up | Judith Kyrinis |
| 2013 | CordeValle Golf Club (CA) | Ellen Port | 3 & 2 | Susan Cohn |
| 2012 | Hershey Country Club (West Course) (PA) | Ellen Port | 4 & 3 | Jane Fitzgerald |
| 2011 | The Honors Course (TN) | Terri Frohnmayer | 2 & 1 | Mina Hardin |
| 2010 | Fiddlesticks Country Club (FL) | Mina Hardin | 2 & 1 | Alexandria Frazier |
| 2009 | The Homestead (Cascades Course) (VA) | Sherry Herman | 4 & 3 | Carolyn Creekmore |
| 2008 | Tulsa Country Club (OK) | Diane Lang | 6 & 5 | Toni Weisner |
| 2007 | Sunriver Resort (Meadows Course) (OR) | Anna Schultz | 20 holes | Robyn Puckett |
| 2006 | Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course) (GA) | Diane Lang | 1 up | Ana Schultz |
| 2005 | The Apawamis Club (NY) | Diane Lang | 1 up | Carol Semple Thompson |
| 2004 | Pasotiempo Golf Club (CA) | Carolyn Creekmore | 1 up | Liz Haines |
| 2003 | Barton Creek Resort and Club (Foothills Course) (TX) | Marlene Streit | 23 holes | Nancy Fitzgerald |
| 2002 | Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club (NC) | Carol Semple Thompson | 3 & 1 | Barbara Berkmeyer |
| 2001 | Allegheny Country Club (PA) | Carol Semple Thompson | 1 up | Anne Carr |
| 2000 | Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course) (GA) | Carol Semple Thompson | 5 & 4 | Toni Weisner |
| 1999 | Desert Mountain Club (Cochise Course) (AZ) | Carol Semple Thompson | 19 holes | Cecilia Mourgue-D’Algue |
| 1998 | Golden Horseshoe Golf Club (Green Course) (VA) | Gayle Borthwick | 4 & 3 | Valerie Hassett |
| 1997 | Yeamans Hall Club (SC) | Nancy Fitzgerald | 1 up | Toni Weisner |
Stroke play era winners
| Year | Venue | Winner | Score | Margin of Victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Broadmoor Golf Club (WA) | Gayle Borthwick | 226 | 1 stroke | Marlene Streit |
| 1995 | Somerset Country Club (MN) | Jean Smith | 228 | 1 stroke | Marlene Streit |
| 1994 | Sea Island Golf Club (GA) | Marlene Streit | 222 | Playoff | Nancy Fitzgerald |
| 1993 | Preakness Hills Country Club (NJ) | Anne Quast Sander | 230 | 4 strokes | Mary Ann Morrison |
| 1992 | Tucson Country Club (AZ) | Rosemary Thompson | 220 | 3 strokes | Anne Quast Sander |
| 1991 | Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club (NC) | Phyllis Preuss | 221 | 1 stroke | Belle Robertson Anne Quast Sander |
| 1990 | Del Rio Golf and Country Club (CA) | Anne Quast Sander | 225 | Playoff | Marlene Streit |
| 1989 | TPC at The Woodlands (TX) | Anne Quast Sander | 224 | 9 strokes | Alice Dye |
| 1988 | Sea Island Golf Club (GA) | Lois Hodge | 228 | 1 stroke | Marlene Streit |
| 1987 | Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club (PA) | Anne Quast Sander | 228 | 3 strokes | Harriet Hart |
| 1986 | The Lakewood Club (Dogwood Course) (AL) | Constance Guthrie | 225 | 6 strokes | Marlene Streit Barbara Young Cecile Maclaurin |
| 1985 | Sheraton Savannah Resort and Country Club (GA) | Marlene Streit | 224 | 3 strokes | Louise Wilson |
| 1984 | Tacoma Country and Golf Club (WA) | Constance Guthrie | 227 | 2 strokes | Janice Calin |
| 1983 | Gulph Mills Golf Club (PA) | Dorothy Germain Porter | 234 | 8 strokes | Lois Hodge |
| 1982 | Kissing Camels Golf Club (CO) | Edean Ihlanfeldt | 232 | 2 strokes | Mary Ann Morrison |
| 1981 | Spring Lake Golf Club (NJ) | Dorothy Germain Porter | 238 | 4 strokes | Alice Dye |
| 1980 | Sea Island Golf Club (GA) | Dorothy Germain Porter | 236 | 1 stroke | Cecile Maclaurin |
| 1979 | Hardscrabble Country Club (AR) | Alice Dye | 223 | 7 strokes | Cecile Maclaurin |
| 1978 | Rancho Bernardo Golf Club (CA) | Alice Dye | 232 | Playoff | Cecile Maclaurin |
| 1977 | Dunes Golf and Beach Club (SC) | Dorothy Germain Porter | 230 | 1 stroke | Alice Dye |
| 1976 | Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Dunes Course) (CA) | Cecile Maclaurin | 230 | 7 strokes | Carol Bowman |
| 1975 | Rhode Island Country Club (RI) | Alberta Bower | 234 | 6 strokes | Carolyn Cudone |
| 1974 | The Lakewood Club (Dogwood Course) (AL) | Justine B. Cushing | 231 | 2 strokes | Carolyn Cudone |
| 1973 | San Marcos Country Club (AZ) | Gwen Hibbs | 229 | 6 strokes | Nancy Rutter |
| 1972 | Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club (PA) | Carolyn Cudone | 231 | 6 strokes | Nancy Rutter |
| 1971 | Sea Island Golf Club (GA) | Carolyn Cudone | 236 | 1 stroke | Ann Gregory |
| 1970 | Coral Ridge Country Club (FL) | Carolyn Cudone | 231 | 8 strokes | Paulette Lee |
| 1969 | Ridglea Country Club (TX) | Carolyn Cudone | 236 | Playoff | Mrs. Lowell D. Brown |
| 1968 | Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Dunes Course) (CA) | Carolyn Cudone | 236 | 10 strokes | Loma Smith |
| 1967 | Atlantic City Country Club (NJ) | Marge Mason | 236 | 4 strokes | Loma Smith |
| 1966 | Lakewood Country Club (LA) | Maureen Orcutt | 242 | 6 strokes | Aneila Goldthwaite |
| 1965 | Exmoor Country Club (IL) | Loma Smith | 242 | 3 strokes | Charlotte Haskell |
| 1964 | Del Paso Country Club (CA) | Loma Smith | 247 | 1 stroke | Mrs. William Kirkland |
| 1963 | Country Club of Florida (FL) | Marion Choate | 239 | Playoff | Maureen Orcutt |
| 1962 | Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club (PA) | Maureen Orcutt | 240 | 7 strokes | Glenna Collett Vare |
Multiple winners
- 5 wins: Carolyn Cudone
- 4 wins: Dorothy Germain Porter, Anne Quast, Carol Semple Thompson
- 3 wins: Marlene Streit, Diane Lang, Ellen Port, Lara Tennant
- 2 wins: Loma Smith, Maureen Orcutt, Alice Dye, Constance Guthrie, Gayle Borthwick
Future sites
| Year | Edition | Course | Location | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 62nd | Broadmoor Golf Club | Seattle, Washington | September 21–26 |
| 2025 | 63rd | The Homestead | Hot Springs, Virginia | September 13–18 |
| 2026 | 64th | Portland Golf Club | Portland, Oregon | TBD |
| 2027 | 65th | Columbia Country Club | Chevy Chase, Maryland | TBD |
References
- ↑ "U.S. Open to cancel qualifying, have all-exempt field; 4 more USGA events nixed". Golfweek. May 18, 2020.
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