| U.S. Women's Amateur | |
| Location: | Tulsa, Oklahoma (2024) |
| Course: | Southern Hills Country Club (2024) |
| Par: | 71 (2024) |
| Yardage: | 6437yd (2024) |
| Org: | USGA |
| Format: | Stroke play and match play |
| Month Played: | August |
| Current Champion: |  Rianne Malixi |
The U.S. Women's Amateur, also known as the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship, is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association (USGA). Female amateurs from all nations are eligible to compete and there are no age restrictions. It was established in 1895, one month after the men's U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open. It is the third oldest USGA championship, over a half century older than the U.S. Women's Open, which was first played in 1946. Along with the British Ladies Amateur, the U.S. Women's Amateur is considered the highest honor in women's amateur golf.
Since 1896 the Robert Cox Cup has been awarded annually by the USGA to the winner. The trophy was donated by Robert Cox of Edinburgh, Scotland, a member of the British Parliament and a golf course designer. It remains the oldest surviving trophy awarded for a USGA championship. Along with a gold medal, a replica of the 2adj=midNaNadj=mid silver case of Etruscan design is given to the tournament winner. The original trophy is on permanent display at the USGA Museum and Library. The Robert Cox Cup is the only USGA trophy donated by someone from another country.
The first tournament attracted a field of 13 and was played over 18 holes. As in the case of the men's U.S. Amateur, entry was originally restricted to members of USGA-affiliated private clubs (and, presumably, international players who were members of clubs affiliated with their nations' golf governing bodies); this policy remained in place until the 1979 tournament.[1] Several thousand women now enter the event, and the USGA conducts sectional qualifying to reduce the number of contestants to a more manageable number. The main tournament opens with two rounds of stroke play. The leading 64 players then compete in a match play competition. The matches are played over 18 holes except for the final, which is played over 36 holes.
In 1956, Ann Gregory became the first African American to compete in the Championship, held that year at the Meridian Hills Country Club in Indianapolis.
There are no age restrictions on entry. Players must have a handicap index of 5.4 or less. Morgan Pressel qualified as a 13-year-old in 2001 and won in 2005 at the age of 17. The 2006 winner Kimberly Kim was only 14 years old, breaking the record previously held by Laura Baugh. In 2007, Pearl Jin and Alexis Thompson became the first 12-year-olds to qualify and the first to advance to match play. Jin and Thompson faced one another in the third round match play. Thompson beat Jin, but then lost in the quarterfinals.
Because the tournament is dominated by teenagers and college-age players who are working toward careers as tournament professionals, the USGA introduced a separate tournament in 1987 for players age 25 and over, called the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur. It gives older amateur players an opportunity to compete among themselves for a national title; entrants must have a handicap index of 9.4 or less.
The USGA rates Glenna Collett Vare as the most noteworthy champion who won the Robert Cox Cup a record six times. Several U.S. Women's Amateur champions who have gone on to become leading professionals including Patty Berg, Babe Zaharias, Louise Suggs and Beth Daniel.
The two finalists win exemptions to the ensuing U.S. Women's Open, and the winner also wins exemptions to The Women's Open Championship and upon turning 50, the U.S. Senior Women's Open (one year exemption for players who eventually turned professional, and five years for players who did not turn professional).
| Year | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 & 2 |  Asterisk Talley | |||
| 2023 | 4 & 3 | Latanna Stone | |||
| 2022 | 11 & 9 |  Monet Chun | |||
| 2021 | 2 & 1 | Hou Yu-chiang | |||
| 2020 | 38 holes |  Gabriela Ruffels | |||
| 2019 | 1 up | Albane Valenzuela | |||
| 2018 | Kristen Gillman (2) | 7 & 6 |  Jeon Ji-won | ||
| 2017 | 6 & 5 | Albane Valenzuela | |||
| 2016 | 1 up |  Virginia Elena Carta | |||
| 2015 | 3 & 2 | Sierra Brooks | |||
| 2014 | 2 up | Brooke Henderson | |||
| 2013 | 2 & 1 |  Yueer Cindy Feng | |||
| 2012 | 3 & 1 | Jaye Marie Green | |||
| 2011 | Danielle Kang (2) | 6 & 5 |  Moriya Jutanugarn | ||
| 2010 | 2 & 1 | Jessica Korda | |||
| 2009 | 3 & 1 | Jennifer Johnson | |||
| 2008 | 2 & 1 |  Azahara Muñoz | |||
| 2007 | 1 up | Amanda Blumenherst | |||
| 2006 | 1 up |  Katharina Schallenberg | |||
| 2005 | 9 & 8 |  Maru Martinez | |||
| 2004 | 2 up | Amanda McCurdy | |||
| 2003 | 2 & 1 | Jane Park | |||
| 2002 | 3 & 2 | Brandi Jackson | |||
| 2001 | 37 holes |  Nicole Perrot | |||
| 2000 | 8 & 7 | Laura Myerscough | |||
| 1999 | 4 & 3 | Jimin Kang | |||
| 1998 | 7 & 6 | Jenny Chuasiriporn | |||
| 1997 | 5 & 4 | Robin Burke | |||
| 1996 | Kelli Kuehne (2) | 2 & 1 |  Marisa Baena | ||
| 1995 | 4 & 3 | Anne-Marie Knight | |||
| 1994 | 2 up | Jill McGill | |||
| 1993 | 1 up | Sarah LeBrun Ingram | |||
| 1992 | Vicki Goetze (2) | 1 up |  Annika Sörenstam | ||
| 1991 | 5 & 4 | Heidi Voorhees | |||
| 1990 | 37 holes | Stephanie Davis | |||
| 1989 | 4 & 3 | Brandie Burton | |||
| 1988 | 6 & 5 | Karen Noble | |||
| 1987 | Kay Cockerill (2) | 3 & 2 | Tracy Kerdyk | ||
| 1986 | 9 & 7 | Kathleen McCarthy | |||
| 1985 | 5 & 4 | Cheryl Stacy | |||
| 1984 | 37 holes | Kimberly Williams | |||
| 1983 | 2 & 1 | Sally Quinlan | |||
| 1982 | Juli Inkster (3) | 4 & 3 | Cathy Hanlon | ||
| 1981 | Juli Inkster (2) | 1 up | Lindy Goggin | ||
| 1980 | 2 up | Patti Rizzo | |||
| 1979 | 7 & 6 | Patty Sheehan | |||
| 1978 | 4 & 3 | Judith Oliver | |||
| 1977 | Beth Daniel (2) | 3 & 1 | Cathy Sherk | ||
| 1976 | 2 & 1 | Marianne Bretton | |||
| 1975 | 3 & 2 | Donna Horton | |||
| 1974 | 5 & 4 | Carol Semple | |||
| 1973 | 1 up | Anne Quast Sander | |||
| 1972 | 5 & 4 | Cynthia Hill | |||
| 1971 | 1 up | Beth Barry | |||
| 1970 | 3 & 2 | Cynthia Hill | |||
| 1969 | 3 & 2 | Shelley Hamlin | |||
| 1968 | JoAnne Gunderson (5) | 5 & 4 | Anne Quast Welts | ||
| 1967 | 5 & 4 | Jean Ashley | |||
| 1966 | JoAnne Gunderson (4) | 41 holes | Marlene Stewart Streit | ||
| 1965 | Lakewood Country Club (Colorado) | 5 & 4 | Anne Quast Welts | ||
| 1964 | Barbara McIntire (2) | 3 & 2 | JoAnne Gunderson | ||
| 1963 | Anne Quast Welts (3) | 2 & 1 | Peggy Conley | ||
| 1962 | JoAnne Gunderson (3) | 9 & 8 | Ann Baker | ||
| 1961 | Anne Quast Decker (2) | 14 & 13 | Phyllis Preuss | ||
| 1960 | JoAnne Gunderson (2) | 6 & 5 | Jean Ashley | ||
| 1959 | 4 & 3 | Joanne Goodwin | |||
| 1958 | 3 & 2 | Barbara Romack | |||
| 1957 | 8 & 6 | Ann Casey Johnstone | |||
| 1956 | 2 & 1 | JoAnne Gunderson | |||
| 1955 | 7 & 6 | Jane Nelson | |||
| 1954 | 4 & 2 | Mickey Wright | |||
| 1953 | 3 & 2 | Polly Riley | |||
| 1952 | 2 & 1 | Shirley McFedters | |||
| 1951 | 2 & 1 | Claire Doran | |||
| 1950 | 6 & 4 | Mae Murray | |||
| 1949 | 3 & 2 | Dot Kielty | |||
| 1948 | 4 & 3 | Helen Sigel | |||
| 1947 | 2 up | Dorothy Kirby | |||
| 1946 | 11 & 9 | Clara Sherman | |||
| 1942–45: No championships due to World War II | |||||
| 1941 | 5 & 3 | Helen Sigel | |||
| 1940 | Betty Jameson (2) | 6 & 5 | Jane S. Cothran | ||
| 1939 | 3 & 2 | Dorothy Kirby | |||
| 1938 | 6 & 5 | Estelle Lawson Page | |||
| 1937 | 7 & 6 | Patty Berg | |||
| 1936 | 4 & 3 | Maureen Orcutt | |||
| 1935 | Glenna Collett-Vare (6) | 3 & 2 | Patty Berg | ||
| 1934 | Virginia Van Wie (3) | 2 & 1 | Dorothy Traung | ||
| 1933 | Virginia Van Wie (2) | 4 & 3 | Helen Hicks | ||
| 1932 | 10 & 8 | Glenna Collett Vare | |||
| 1931 | 2 & 1 | Glenna Collett-Vare | |||
| 1930 | Glenna Collett (5) | 6 & 5 | Virginia Van Wie | ||
| 1929 | Glenna Collett (4) | 4 & 3 | Leona Pressler | ||
| 1928 | Glenna Collett (3) | 13 & 12 | Virginia Van Wie | ||
| 1927 | 5 & 4 | Maureen Orcutt | |||
| 1926 | 3 & 1 | Elizabeth Goss | |||
| 1925 | Glenna Collett (2) | 9 & 8 | Alexa Stirling | ||
| 1924 | Dorothy Campbell (3) | 7 & 6 | Mary Browne | ||
| 1923 | 3 & 2 | Alexa Stirling | |||
| 1922 | 5 & 4 | Margaret Gavin | |||
| 1921 | 5 & 4 | Alexa Stirling | |||
| 1920 | Alexa Stirling (3) | 5 & 4 | Dorothy Campbell | ||
| 1919 | Alexa Stirling (2) | 6 & 5 | Margaret Gavin | ||
| 1917–18: No championships due to World War I | |||||
| 1916 | 2 & 1 | Mildred Caverly | |||
| 1915 | 3 & 2 | Margaret Gavin | |||
| 1914 | Katherine Harley (2) | 1 up | Elaine Rosenthal | ||
| 1913 | 2 up | Marion Hollins | |||
| 1912 | Margaret Curtis (3) | 3 & 2 | Nonna Barlow | ||
| 1911 | Margaret Curtis (2) | 5 & 3 | Lillian B. Hyde | ||
| 1910 | Dorothy Campbell (2) | 2 & 1 | Mrs. F. M. Martin | ||
| 1909 | 3 & 2 | Nonna Barlow | |||
| 1908 | 6 & 5 | Mrs. T. H. Polhemus | |||
| 1907 | 7 & 6 | Harriot Curtis | |||
| 1906 | 2 & 1 | Mary B. Adams | |||
| 1905 | 1 up | Margaret Curtis | |||
| 1904 | Georgianna Bishop[2] | 5 & 3 | |||
| 1903 | 7 & 6 | J. Anna Carpenter | |||
| 1902 | Genevieve Hecker (2) | 4 & 3 | Louisa A. Wells | ||
| 1901 | 5 & 3 | Lucy Herron | |||
| 1900 | 6 & 5 | Margaret Curtis | |||
| 1899 | 2 & 1 | Margaret Fox | |||
| 1898 | Beatrix Hoyt (3) | 5 & 3 | Maude Wetmore | ||
| 1897 | Beatrix Hoyt (2) | 5 & 4 | Nellie Sargent | ||
| 1896 | 2 & 1 | Mrs. Arthur Turnure | |||
| 1895 | 132[3] | Nellie Sargent | |||
Nineteen players have won more than one U.S. Women's Amateur, through 2024:
Seven players have won both the U.S. Women's Amateur and Open Championships, through 2024:
Eleven players have won both the U.S. Women's and British Ladies Amateur Championships, through 2024:
^ Won both in same year.
| Year | Edition | Course | Location | Dates | Previous championships hosted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125th | TBD | ||||
| 2026 | 126th | August 3–9 | ||||
| 2027 | 127th | TBD | 1989 | |||
| 2028 | 128th | August 7–13 | 1906, 1975, 1997 | |||
| 2029 | 129th | TBD | 1929 | |||
| 2030 | 130th | August 5–11 | ||||
| 2031 | 131st | Baltimore Country Club, East Course at Five Farms | August 4–10 | |||
| 2032 | 132nd | Bandon Dunes Golf Resort | Bandon, Oregon | TBD | 2025 | |
| 2034 | 134th | The Country Club | TBD | |||
| 2035 | 135th | August 6–12 | ||||
| 2037 | 137th | TBD |
Saucon Valley Country Club is slated to host in 2038.
Canterbury Golf Club is slated to host in 2039.
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is also slated to host in 2041.
Pinehurst Resort is also slated to host in 2044.
Oakmont Country Club is slated to host in 2046.
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