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.
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.
| Year | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Troon Country Club (AZ) | 1 up | Brenda Corrie Kuehn | ||
| 2022 | Anchorage Golf Course (AK) | 4 & 3 | Sue Wooster | ||
| 2021 | The Lakewood Club (Dogwood Course) (AL) | 2 & 1 | Ellen Port | ||
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1] | ||||
| 2019 | Cedar Rapids Country Club (IA) | 3 & 2 | Sue Wooster | ||
| 2018 | Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club (FL) | 3 & 2 | Sue Wooster | ||
| 2017 | Waverley Country Club (OR) | 4 & 3 | Terrill Samuel | ||
| 2016 | Wellesley Country Club (MA) | 3 & 2 | Andrea Kraus | ||
| 2015 | Hillwood Country Club (TN) | 1 up | Pamela Kuong | ||
| 2014 | Hollywood Golf Club (NJ) | 1 up | Judith Kyrinis | ||
| 2013 | CordeValle Golf Club (CA) | 3 & 2 | Susan Cohn | ||
| 2012 | Hershey Country Club (West Course) (PA) | 4 & 3 | Jane Fitzgerald | ||
| 2011 | The Honors Course (TN) | 2 & 1 | Mina Hardin | ||
| 2010 | Fiddlesticks Country Club (FL) | 2 & 1 | Alexandria Frazier | ||
| 2009 | The Homestead (Cascades Course) (VA) | 4 & 3 | Carolyn Creekmore | ||
| 2008 | Tulsa Country Club (OK) | 6 & 5 | Toni Weisner | ||
| 2007 | Sunriver Resort (Meadows Course) (OR) | 20 holes | Robyn Puckett | ||
| 2006 | Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course) (GA) | 1 up | Ana Schultz | ||
| 2005 | The Apawamis Club (NY) | 1 up | Carol Semple Thompson | ||
| 2004 | Pasotiempo Golf Club (CA) | 1 up | Liz Haines | ||
| 2003 | Barton Creek Resort and Club (Foothills Course) (TX) | 23 holes | |||
| 2002 | Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club (NC) | 3 & 1 | Barbara Berkmeyer | ||
| 2001 | Allegheny Country Club (PA) | 1 up | Anne Carr | ||
| 2000 | Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course) (GA) | 5 & 4 | Toni Weisner | ||
| 1999 | Desert Mountain Club (Cochise Course) (AZ) | 19 holes | Cecilia Mourgue-D’Algue | ||
| 1998 | Golden Horseshoe Golf Club (Green Course) (VA) | 4 & 3 | Valerie Hassett | ||
| 1997 | Yeamans Hall Club (SC) | 1 up | Toni Weisner |
| Year | Venue | Winner | Score | Margin of Victory | Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Broadmoor Golf Club (WA) | 226 | 1 stroke | Marlene Streit | ||
| 1995 | Somerset Country Club (MN) | 228 | 1 stroke | Marlene Streit | ||
| 1994 | Sea Island Golf Club (GA) | 222 | Playoff | Nancy Fitzgerald | ||
| 1993 | Preakness Hills Country Club (NJ) | 230 | 4 strokes | Mary Ann Morrison | ||
| 1992 | Tucson Country Club (AZ) | 220 | 3 strokes | Anne Quast Sander | ||
| 1991 | Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club (NC) | 221 | 1 stroke | Belle Robertson Anne Quast Sander | ||
| 1990 | Del Rio Golf and Country Club (CA) | 225 | Playoff | Marlene Streit | ||
| 1989 | TPC at The Woodlands (TX) | 224 | 9 strokes | Alice Dye | ||
| 1988 | Sea Island Golf Club (GA) | 228 | 1 stroke | Marlene Streit | ||
| 1987 | Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club (PA) | 228 | 3 strokes | Harriet Hart | ||
| 1986 | The Lakewood Club (Dogwood Course) (AL) | 225 | 6 strokes | Marlene Streit Barbara Young Cecile Maclaurin | ||
| 1985 | Sheraton Savannah Resort and Country Club (GA) | 224 | 3 strokes | Louise Wilson | ||
| 1984 | Tacoma Country and Golf Club (WA) | 227 | 2 strokes | Janice Calin | ||
| 1983 | Gulph Mills Golf Club (PA) | 234 | 8 strokes | Lois Hodge | ||
| 1982 | Kissing Camels Golf Club (CO) | 232 | 2 strokes | Mary Ann Morrison | ||
| 1981 | Spring Lake Golf Club (NJ) | 238 | 4 strokes | Alice Dye | ||
| 1980 | Sea Island Golf Club (GA) | 236 | 1 stroke | Cecile Maclaurin | ||
| 1979 | Hardscrabble Country Club (AR) | 223 | 7 strokes | Cecile Maclaurin | ||
| 1978 | Rancho Bernardo Golf Club (CA) | 232 | Playoff | Cecile Maclaurin | ||
| 1977 | Dunes Golf and Beach Club (SC) | 230 | 1 stroke | Alice Dye | ||
| 1976 | Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Dunes Course) (CA) | 230 | 7 strokes | Carol Bowman | ||
| 1975 | Rhode Island Country Club (RI) | 234 | 6 strokes | Carolyn Cudone | ||
| 1974 | The Lakewood Club (Dogwood Course) (AL) | 231 | 2 strokes | Carolyn Cudone | ||
| 1973 | San Marcos Country Club (AZ) | 229 | 6 strokes | Nancy Rutter | ||
| 1972 | Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club (PA) | 231 | 6 strokes | Nancy Rutter | ||
| 1971 | Sea Island Golf Club (GA) | 236 | 1 stroke | Ann Gregory | ||
| 1970 | Coral Ridge Country Club (FL) | 231 | 8 strokes | Paulette Lee | ||
| 1969 | Ridglea Country Club (TX) | 236 | Playoff | Mrs. Lowell D. Brown | ||
| 1968 | Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Dunes Course) (CA) | 236 | 10 strokes | Loma Smith | ||
| 1967 | Atlantic City Country Club (NJ) | 236 | 4 strokes | Loma Smith | ||
| 1966 | Lakewood Country Club (LA) | 242 | 6 strokes | Aneila Goldthwaite | ||
| 1965 | Exmoor Country Club (IL) | 242 | 3 strokes | Charlotte Haskell | ||
| 1964 | Del Paso Country Club (CA) | 247 | 1 stroke | Mrs. William Kirkland | ||
| 1963 | Country Club of Florida (FL) | 239 | Playoff | Maureen Orcutt | ||
| 1962 | Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club (PA) | 240 | 7 strokes | Glenna Collett Vare |
| Year | Edition | Course | Location | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 62nd | September 21–26 | |||
| 2025 | 63rd | September 13–18 | |||
| 2026 | 64th | TBD | |||
| 2027 | 65th | TBD | |||
| 2028 | 66th | TBD |