U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Explained

The U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur is one of thirteen United States Golf Association national championships. 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.

The winner wins an invitation to the U.S. Women's Open, and if she will turn 50 by the time of the ensuing U.S. Senior Women's Open, she is automatically eligible for that tournament.

Winners

Year Winner Score Runner-up Course Location
2023 2 up Stonewall, North Course Elverson, Pennsylvania
2022 2 & 1 Fiddlesticks Country Club, Long Mean Course Fort Myers, Florida
2021 5 & 4 Berkeley Hall Club Bluffton, South Carolina
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3] Berkeley Hall Club Bluffton, South Carolina
2019 3 & 2 Forest Highlands Golf Club Flagstaff, Arizona
2018 1 up St. Louis, Missouri
2017^ 3 & 1 Houston, Texas
2016 2 & 1 The Kahkwa Club Erie, Pennsylvania
2015 2 & 1 Squire Creek Country Club Choudrant, Louisiana
2014 5 & 3 Harbour Trees Golf Club Noblesville, Indiana
2013 19 holes Biltmore Forest Country Club Asheville, North Carolina
2012 6 & 5 Briggs Ranch Golf Club San Antonio, Texas
2011 2 & 1 Bayville Golf Club Virginia Beach, Virginia
2010 2 up Wichita Country Club Wichita, Kansas
2009 3 & 2 Golden Hills Golf and Turf Club Ocala, Florida
2008 1 up Barton Hills Country Club Ann Arbor, Michigan
2007 1 up Carefree, Arizona
2006 5 & 4 West Point, Mississippi
2005 1 up Shadow Hawk Golf Club Richmond, Texas
2004 5 & 4 Knoxville, Tennessee
2003 3 & 2 Long Cove Club Hilton Head, South Carolina
2002 2 up Eugene Country Club Eugene, Oregon
2001 4 & 3 Fox Run Golf Club Eureka, Missouri
2000 3 & 2 Big Canyon Country Club Newport Beach, California
1999 1 up Cherokee Town & Country Club Atlanta, Georgia
1998 4 & 3 Champions Golf Club, Cypress Creek Course Houston, Texas
1997 2 & 1 Northfield, New Jersey
1996 2 & 1 Mission Hills Country Club, Dinah Shore Course Rancho Mirage, California
1995 3 & 1 Essex County Club Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
1994 2 & 1 Tacoma Golf & Country Club Tacoma, Washington
1993 2 & 1 Rochester Golf & Country Club Rochester, Minnesota
1992 19 holes Old Marsh Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1991 6 & 5 Desert Highlands Golf Club Scottsdale, Arizona
1990 3 & 1 Allegheny Country Club Sewickley, Pennsylvania
1989 22 holes The Hills of Lakeway Golf Club Lakeway, Texas
1988 4 & 3 Amelia Island Plantation Amelia Island, Florida
1987 6 & 5 Tulsa, Oklahoma

Source[4]

^ Originally scheduled for Quail Creek Country Club in Naples, Florida but moved due to course damage caused by Hurricane Irma.[5]

Multiple winners

Future sites

YearCourseLocationDates
2024 September 7−12
2025 Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Dunes Course) October 4−9
2026 Montclair Golf Club TBD
2027 TBD
2030 September 7–12
2032 Jupiter Hills Club TBD

Source[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.usga.org/ChampEventContent.aspx?id=17179869368 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur - History
  2. http://www.usga.org/ChampEventContent.aspx?id=17179869272 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur - Championship Facts
  3. U.S. Open to cancel qualifying, have all-exempt field; 4 more USGA events nixed . May 18, 2020 . Golfweek.
  4. http://www.uswmidam.org/2009/history/past-champions/index.html Past Champions
  5. Web site: USGA to Relocate U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur From Quail Creek . USGA . September 19, 2017.
  6. https://championships.usga.org/uswomensmidamateur/2023/articles/fast-facts-for-2023-u-s--women-s-mid-amateur.html Fast Facts