Inside the Field at the 63rd U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Championship

The 63rd U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Championship is underway at the Omni Homestead Resort, Hot Springs, Virginia, where it will play through the 18th.

Information is available at seniorwomensam.org.

COURSE SETUP 
The Omni Homestead Resort (Cascades Course) will be set up at 5,733 and will play to a par of 36-36 — 72 

Note: Yardages subject to change. 

ABOUT THE OMNI HOMESTEAD RESORT (CASCADES COURSE)  
Designed by renowned architect William S. Flynn, the course is set against the backdrop of the Allegheny Mountains and opened its doors for play in 1923. The Cascades Course was the site of amateur Catherine Lacoste’s 1967 U.S. Women’s Open victory. Sam Snead, a four-time U.S. Open runner-up and World Golf Hall of Famer, served as golf professional at The Homestead for nearly six decades. Nationally ranked by several golf publications, The Cascades consistently tops the list of the best Southern Courses, including a No. 1 ranking in Golfweek magazine’s “Best Golf Courses You Can Play in Each State.” The resort received U.S. National Historic Landmark status in 1991. 

ENTRIES 
The USGA accepted 478 entries for the 2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur. The record for entries, 594, was set in 2023. The championship is open to any female golfer who is 50 years of age as of Sept. 13, and whose Handicap Index® does not exceed 14.4.  

QUALIFYING 
Qualifying over 18 holes was conducted at 27 sites nationwide between July 16-Aug. 21 at 27. To view qualifying results, visit seniorwam.org 


CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD 
A starting field of 132 players will compete in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur. Following 18-hole rounds of stroke play on Sept. 13-14, the field will be cut to the top 64 scorers for match play. Five 18-hole rounds of match play will occur from Sept. 15-17 to determine the finalists, who will square off in an 18-hole championship match on Sept. 18. 

SCHEDULE OF PLAY 

Practice rounds will take place Sept. 11-12, and the championship schedule is as follows: 

• Saturday, Sept. 13 (Stroke play, Round 1, 18 holes)
• Sunday, Sept. 14 (Stroke play, Round 2, 18 holes)
• Monday, Sept. 15 (Round of 64, match play)
• Tuesday, Sept. 16 (Round of 32/Round of 16, match play)
• Wednesday, Sept. 17 (Quarterfinals/Semifinals, match play)
• Thursday, Sept. 18 (Championship Match, 18 holes) 

ADMISSION 
Admission is free. Tickets are not required for the championship and fans are encouraged to attend. 
 

2024 CHAMPIONSHIP 
Nadene Gole secured the win against 2022 champion Shelly Stouffer, 3 and 2, in the 18-hole final at The Broadmoor Golf Club in Seattle, Wash. In just her second USGA championship appearance, Gole became the first player from Australia to win the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur title. 

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY 
The U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship debuted in 1962 for female golfers age 50 and older. By the late 1950s, several senior women’s golf organizations had been formed, principally to conduct tournaments, but there was no existing event to determine the national champion. The USGA stepped in, and in January 1962, the Executive Committee approved the formation of the competition.  
 

Senior women’s golf has flourished over the years. Several major competitions have sprung up throughout the country, including the USGA’s U.S. Senior Women’s Open, which debuted in 2018. The Senior Women’s Amateur competition went from a 54-hole, stroke-play event to its current match-play format in 1997. 

WHAT THE WINNER RECEIVES 

• A gold medal
• Custody of the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Trophy for one year
• Exemption into the next two U.S. Senior Women’s Opens
• Exemption into the next two U.S. Women's Amateurs
• Exemption into the next two U.S. Women's Mid-Amateurs
• Exemption into the next 10 U.S. Senior Women's Amateurs
• Name engraved on the 2025 champions’ plaque that will reside in the Hall of Champions inside the USGA Museum & Library in Liberty Corner, N.J. 

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN VIRGINIA 
The 63rd U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur will be the 22nd USGA championship held in the state of Virginia and the ninth USGA championship held at The Omni Homestead Resort. The Omni Homestead Resort has hosted the most USGA championships in the Commonwealth of Virginia, including the 1966 Curtis Cup and 1967 U.S. Women’s Open. 
 

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE OMNI HOMESTEAD RESORT 

1928 U.S. Women’s Amateur (Glenna Collett) 

1966 Curtis Cup (USA) 

1967 U.S. Women’s Open (Catherine Lacoste) 

1980 U.S. Senior Amateur (William C. Campbell) 

1988 U.S. Amateur (Eric Meeks) 

1994 U.S. Women’s Amateur (Wendy Ward)  

2000 U.S. Mid-Amateur (Greg Puga) 

2009 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur (Sherry Herman) 

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN VIRGINIA (Since 2010) 

2011 U.S. Senior Amateur (Louis Lee) 

2011 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur (Ellen Port) 

2013 U.S. Amateur Public Links (Jordan Niebrugge) 

2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur (Evan Beck)