U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball

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The U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball is a women's amateur team golf tournament conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA). It was first played in 2015 and replaced the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links, an individual tournament that was played from 1977 to 2014.

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The U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball is played by teams of two golfers each with a handicap of 14.4 or less. 64 teams compete in a 36-hole stroke play qualifier that determines the field of 32 teams for match play. Play is conducted using a four-ball format. [1]

The men's counterpart is the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, also started in 2015.

Winners

YearVenueLocationWinnersRunners-upRef
2025 Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club Nichols Hills, Oklahoma Flag of the United States.svg Natalie Yen & Flag of the United States.svg Asia Young Flag of the United States.svg Athena Singh & Flag of the United States.svg Keira Yun [2]
2024 Oak Hills Country Club San Antonio, Texas Flag of the United States.svg Sarah Lim & Flag of the United States.svg Asterisk Talley Flag of the United States.svg Brynn Kort & Flag of the United States.svg Gracie McGovern [3]
2023 The Home Course DuPont, Washington Flag of the United States.svg Gianna Clemente & Flag of the United States.svg Avery Zweig Flag of the United States.svg Tiffany Le & Flag of the United States.svg Kate Villegas [4]
2022 Grand Reserve Golf Club Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Flag of the United States.svg Thienna Huynh & Flag of the United States.svg Sara Im Flag of the United States.svg Kaitlyn Schroeder & Flag of the United States.svg Bailey Shoemaker [5]
2021 Maridoe Golf Club Carrollton, Texas Flag of the United States.svg Savannah Barber & Flag of Mexico.svg Alexa Saldaña Flag of the United States.svg Jillian Bourdage & Flag of the United States.svg Casey Weidenfeld [6]
2020Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [7]
2019 Timuquana Country Club Jacksonville, Florida Flag of the United States.svg Megan Furtney & Flag of the United States.svg Erica Shepherd Flag of the United States.svg Jillian Bourdage & Flag of the United States.svg Casey Weidenfeld [8]
2018 El Caballero Country Club Tarzana, California Flag of the United States.svg Katrina Prendergast & Flag of the United States.svg Ellen Secor Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yuchan Chang & Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lei Ye [9]
2017 The Dunes Golf and Beach Club Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Alice Chen & Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Totland Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Chang & Flag of the United States.svg Gina Kim [10]
2016 Streamsong Resort, Blue Course Bowling Green, Florida Flag of the United States.svg Hailee Cooper & Flag of the United States.svg Kaitlyn Papp Flag of the United States.svg Angelina Kim & Flag of the United States.svg Brianna Navarrosa [11]
2015 Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Pacific Dunes Course Bandon, Oregon Flag of the United States.svg Mika Liu & Flag of the United States.svg Rinko Mitsunaga Flag of the United States.svg Hannah O'Sullivan & Flag of the United States.svg Robynn Ree [12]

Future sites

Source [13]

References

  1. "2015 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Fact Sheet". USGA. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  2. Pine, Julia; Godoy, Adrian (May 14, 2025). "Top Seeds Yen, Young Are No. 1 in Oklahoma". USGA. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  3. Shefter, David (May 15, 2024). "California Champs! Lim, Talley Take Title at Oak Hills C.C." USGA.
  4. Shefter, David (May 18, 2023). "Teen Queens: Clemente, Zweig Take Title at The Home Course". USGA.
  5. Shefter, David (April 24, 2022). "Georgians Huynh, Im Claim Championship in Puerto Rico". USGA.
  6. "Savannah Barker, Alexa Saldana win U.S. Women's Amateur Four-ball Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. April 28, 2021.
  7. "Updated USGA Statement on 2020 Championship Cancelations". USGA. March 17, 2020. Archived from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  8. "Teammates-to-be win Women's Amateur Four-Ball". ESPN. Associated Press. May 1, 2019.
  9. "Colorado State teammates wins Women's Amateur Four-Ball". ESPN. Associated Press. May 3, 2018.
  10. "Alice Chen, Taylor Totland win U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball". ESPN. Associated Press. May 31, 2017.
  11. "Hailee Cooper, Kaitlyn Papp claim U.S. Women's Amateur 4-Ball title". ESPN. Associated Press. May 25, 2016.
  12. "Mika Liu, Rinko Mitsunaga win U.S. Women's Amateur 4-Ball". ESPN. Associated Press. May 14, 2015.
  13. "U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball: Future Sites". USGA.