The United States Senior Women's Amateur Golf Championship 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.

Winners

Match play era winners

YearVenueWinnerScoreRunner-up
2023Troon Country Club (AZ)Sarah Gallagher1 upBrenda Corrie Kuehn
2022Anchorage Golf Course (AK)Shelly Stouffer4 & 3Sue Wooster
2021The Lakewood Club (Dogwood Course) (AL)Lara Tennant2 & 1Ellen Port
2020Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2019Cedar Rapids Country Club (IA)Lara Tennant3 & 2Sue Wooster
2018Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club (FL)Lara Tennant3 & 2Sue Wooster
2017Waverley Country Club (OR)Judith Kyrinis4 & 3Terrill Samuel
2016Wellesley Country Club (MA)Ellen Port3 & 2Andrea Kraus
2015Hillwood Country Club (TN)Karen Garcia1 upPamela Kuong
2014Hollywood Golf Club (NJ)Joan Higgins1 upJudith Kyrinis
2013CordeValle Golf Club (CA)Ellen Port3 & 2Susan Cohn
2012Hershey Country Club (West Course) (PA)Ellen Port4 & 3Jane Fitzgerald
2011The Honors Course (TN)Terri Frohnmayer2 & 1Mina Hardin
2010Fiddlesticks Country Club (FL)Mina Hardin2 & 1Alexandria Frazier
2009The Homestead (Cascades Course) (VA)Sherry Herman4 & 3Carolyn Creekmore
2008Tulsa Country Club (OK)Diane Lang6 & 5Toni Weisner
2007Sunriver Resort (Meadows Course) (OR)Anna Schultz20 holesRobyn Puckett
2006Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course) (GA)Diane Lang1 upAna Schultz
2005The Apawamis Club (NY)Diane Lang1 upCarol Semple Thompson
2004Pasotiempo Golf Club (CA)Carolyn Creekmore1 upLiz Haines
2003Barton Creek Resort and Club (Foothills Course) (TX)Marlene Streit23 holesNancy Fitzgerald
2002Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club (NC)Carol Semple Thompson3 & 1Barbara Berkmeyer
2001Allegheny Country Club (PA)Carol Semple Thompson1 upAnne Carr
2000Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course) (GA)Carol Semple Thompson5 & 4Toni Weisner
1999Desert Mountain Club (Cochise Course) (AZ)Carol Semple Thompson19 holesCecilia Mourgue-D’Algue
1998Golden Horseshoe Golf Club (Green Course) (VA)Gayle Borthwick4 & 3Valerie Hassett
1997Yeamans Hall Club (SC)Nancy Fitzgerald1 upToni Weisner

Stroke play era winners

YearVenueWinnerScoreMargin of
Victory
Runner(s)-up
1996Broadmoor Golf Club (WA)Gayle Borthwick2261 strokeMarlene Streit
1995Somerset Country Club (MN)Jean Smith2281 strokeMarlene Streit
1994Sea Island Golf Club (GA)Marlene Streit222PlayoffNancy Fitzgerald
1993Preakness Hills Country Club (NJ)Anne Quast Sander2304 strokesMary Ann Morrison
1992Tucson Country Club (AZ)Rosemary Thompson2203 strokesAnne Quast Sander
1991Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club (NC)Phyllis Preuss2211 strokeBelle Robertson
Anne Quast Sander
1990Del Rio Golf and Country Club (CA)Anne Quast Sander225PlayoffMarlene Streit
1989TPC at The Woodlands (TX)Anne Quast Sander2249 strokesAlice Dye
1988Sea Island Golf Club (GA)Lois Hodge2281 strokeMarlene Streit
1987Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club (PA)Anne Quast Sander2283 strokesHarriet Hart
1986The Lakewood Club (Dogwood Course) (AL)Constance Guthrie2256 strokesMarlene Streit
Barbara Young
Cecile Maclaurin
1985Sheraton Savannah Resort and Country Club (GA)Marlene Streit2243 strokesLouise Wilson
1984Tacoma Country and Golf Club (WA)Constance Guthrie2272 strokesJanice Calin
1983Gulph Mills Golf Club (PA)Dorothy Germain Porter2348 strokesLois Hodge
1982Kissing Camels Golf Club (CO)Edean Ihlanfeldt2322 strokesMary Ann Morrison
1981Spring Lake Golf Club (NJ)Dorothy Germain Porter2384 strokesAlice Dye
1980Sea Island Golf Club (GA)Dorothy Germain Porter2361 strokeCecile Maclaurin
1979Hardscrabble Country Club (AR)Alice Dye2237 strokesCecile Maclaurin
1978Rancho Bernardo Golf Club (CA)Alice Dye232PlayoffCecile Maclaurin
1977Dunes Golf and Beach Club (SC)Dorothy Germain Porter2301 strokeAlice Dye
1976Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Dunes Course) (CA)Cecile Maclaurin2307 strokesCarol Bowman
1975Rhode Island Country Club (RI)Alberta Bower2346 strokesCarolyn Cudone
1974The Lakewood Club (Dogwood Course) (AL)Justine B. Cushing2312 strokesCarolyn Cudone
1973San Marcos Country Club (AZ)Gwen Hibbs2296 strokesNancy Rutter
1972Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club (PA)Carolyn Cudone2316 strokesNancy Rutter
1971Sea Island Golf Club (GA)Carolyn Cudone2361 strokeAnn Gregory
1970Coral Ridge Country Club (FL)Carolyn Cudone2318 strokesPaulette Lee
1969Ridglea Country Club (TX)Carolyn Cudone236PlayoffMrs. Lowell D. Brown
1968Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Dunes Course) (CA)Carolyn Cudone23610 strokesLoma Smith
1967Atlantic City Country Club (NJ)Marge Mason2364 strokesLoma Smith
1966Lakewood Country Club (LA)Maureen Orcutt2426 strokesAneila Goldthwaite
1965Exmoor Country Club (IL)Loma Smith2423 strokesCharlotte Haskell
1964Del Paso Country Club (CA)Loma Smith2471 strokeMrs. William Kirkland
1963Country Club of Florida (FL)Marion Choate239PlayoffMaureen Orcutt
1962Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club (PA)Maureen Orcutt2407 strokesGlenna Collett Vare

Multiple winners

Future sites

YearEditionCourseLocationDates
202462ndBroadmoor Golf ClubSeattle, WashingtonSeptember 21–26
202563rdThe HomesteadHot Springs, VirginiaSeptember 13–18
202664thPortland Golf ClubPortland, OregonTBD
202765thColumbia Country ClubChevy Chase, MarylandTBD

References

  1. "U.S. Open to cancel qualifying, have all-exempt field; 4 more USGA events nixed". Golfweek. May 18, 2020.
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