U.S. Senior Women's Amateur

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The U.S. Senior Women's Amateur 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.

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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

YearVenueWinnerScoreRunner-up
2024 Broadmoor Golf Club (WA) Nadene Gole 3 & 2 Shelly Stouffer
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
2020Canceled 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

YearVenueWinnerScoreMargin of
Victory
Runner(s)-up
1996 Broadmoor Golf Club (WA) Gayle Borthwick 2261 stroke Marlene Streit
1995 Somerset Country Club (MN) Jean Smith 2281 stroke Marlene Streit
1994 Sea Island Golf Club (GA) Marlene Streit 222Playoff Nancy Fitzgerald
1993 Preakness Hills Country Club (NJ) Anne Quast Sander 2304 strokes Mary Ann Morrison
1992 Tucson Country Club (AZ) Rosemary Thompson 2203 strokes Anne Quast Sander
1991 Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club (NC) Phyllis Preuss 2211 stroke Belle Robertson
Anne Quast Sander
1990 Del Rio Golf and Country Club (CA) Anne Quast Sander 225Playoff Marlene Streit
1989 TPC at The Woodlands (TX) Anne Quast Sander 2249 strokes Alice Dye
1988 Sea Island Golf Club (GA) Lois Hodge 2281 stroke Marlene Streit
1987 Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club (PA) Anne Quast Sander 2283 strokes Harriet Hart
1986 The Lakewood Club (Dogwood Course) (AL) Constance Guthrie 2256 strokes Marlene Streit
Barbara Young
Cecile Maclaurin
1985 Sheraton Savannah Resort and Country Club (GA) Marlene Streit 2243 strokes Louise Wilson
1984 Tacoma Country and Golf Club (WA) Constance Guthrie 2272 strokes Janice Calin
1983 Gulph Mills Golf Club (PA) Dorothy Germain Porter 2348 strokes Lois Hodge
1982 Kissing Camels Golf Club (CO) Edean Ihlanfeldt 2322 strokes Mary Ann Morrison
1981 Spring Lake Golf Club (NJ) Dorothy Germain Porter 2384 strokes Alice Dye
1980 Sea Island Golf Club (GA) Dorothy Germain Porter 2361 stroke Cecile Maclaurin
1979 Hardscrabble Country Club (AR) Alice Dye 2237 strokes Cecile Maclaurin
1978 Rancho Bernardo Golf Club (CA) Alice Dye 232Playoff Cecile Maclaurin
1977 Dunes Golf and Beach Club (SC) Dorothy Germain Porter 2301 stroke Alice Dye
1976 Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Dunes Course) (CA) Cecile Maclaurin 2307 strokes Carol Bowman
1975 Rhode Island Country Club (RI) Alberta Bower 2346 strokes Carolyn Cudone
1974 The Lakewood Club (Dogwood Course) (AL) Justine B. Cushing 2312 strokes Carolyn Cudone
1973 San Marcos Country Club (AZ) Gwen Hibbs 2296 strokes Nancy Rutter
1972 Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club (PA) Carolyn Cudone 2316 strokes Nancy Rutter
1971 Sea Island Golf Club (GA) Carolyn Cudone 2361 stroke Ann Gregory
1970 Coral Ridge Country Club (FL) Carolyn Cudone 2318 strokes Paulette Lee
1969 Ridglea Country Club (TX) Carolyn Cudone 236Playoff Mrs. Lowell D. Brown
1968 Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Dunes Course) (CA) Carolyn Cudone 23610 strokes Loma Smith
1967 Atlantic City Country Club (NJ) Marge Mason 2364 strokes Loma Smith
1966 Lakewood Country Club (LA) Maureen Orcutt 2426 strokes Aneila Goldthwaite
1965 Exmoor Country Club (IL) Loma Smith 2423 strokes Charlotte Haskell
1964 Del Paso Country Club (CA) Loma Smith 2471 stroke Mrs. William Kirkland
1963 Country Club of Florida (FL) Marion Choate 239Playoff Maureen Orcutt
1962 Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club (PA) Maureen Orcutt 2407 strokes Glenna Collett Vare

Multiple winners

Future sites

YearEditionCourseLocationDates
202563rd The Homestead (Cascades Course) Hot Springs, Virginia September 13–18
202664th Portland Golf Club Portland, Oregon September 26–October 1
202765th Columbia Country Club Chevy Chase, Maryland September 25–30
202866th Belle Meade Country Club Nashville, Tennessee September 9–14
203169th Charles River Club Newton Centre, Massachusetts September 6–11

Source [2]

References

  1. "U.S. Open to cancel qualifying, have all-exempt field; 4 more USGA events nixed". Golfweek. May 18, 2020.
  2. "Future Sites: U.S. Senior Women's Amateur". USGA.