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.
Winners Match play era winners YearVenueWinnerScoreRunner-up2026 Portland Golf Club (OR) Xiaolong Zhong 1 up Amandine Vincent2025 The Homestead (Cascades Course) (VA) Dawn Woodard 20 holes Sue Wooster2024 Broadmoor Golf Club (WA) Nadene Gole 3 & 2 Shelly Stouffer2023 Troon Country Club (AZ) Sarah Gallagher 1 up Brenda Corrie Kuehn2022 Anchorage Golf Course (AK) Shelly Stouffer 4 & 3 Sue Wooster2021 The Lakewood Club (Dogwood Course) (AL) Lara Tennant 2 & 1 Ellen Port2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2019 Cedar Rapids Country Club (IA) Lara Tennant 3 & 2 Sue Wooster2018 Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club (FL) Lara Tennant 3 & 2 Sue Wooster2017 Waverley Country Club (OR) Judith Kyrinis 4 & 3 Terrill Samuel2016 Wellesley Country Club (MA) Ellen Port 3 & 2 Andrea Kraus2015 Hillwood Country Club (TN) Karen Garcia 1 up Pamela Kuong2014 Hollywood Golf Club (NJ) Joan Higgins 1 up Judith Kyrinis2013 CordeValle Golf Club (CA) Ellen Port 3 & 2 Susan Cohn2012 Hershey Country Club (West Course) (PA) Ellen Port 4 & 3 Jane Fitzgerald2011 The Honors Course (TN) Terri Frohnmayer 2 & 1 Mina Hardin2010 Fiddlesticks Country Club (FL) Mina Hardin 2 & 1 Alexandria Frazier2009 The Homestead (Cascades Course) (VA) Sherry Herman 4 & 3 Carolyn Creekmore2008 Tulsa Country Club (OK) Diane Lang 6 & 5 Toni Weisner2007 Sunriver Resort (Meadows Course) (OR) Anna Schultz 20 holes Robyn Puckett2006 Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course) (GA) Diane Lang 1 up Ana Schultz2005 The Apawamis Club (NY) Diane Lang 1 up Carol Semple Thompson2004 Pasatiempo Golf Club (CA) Carolyn Creekmore 1 up Liz Haines2003 Barton Creek Resort and Club (Foothills Course) (TX) Marlene Streit 23 holes Nancy Fitzgerald 2002 Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club (NC) Carol Semple Thompson 3 & 1 Barbara Berkmeyer2001 Allegheny Country Club (PA) Carol Semple Thompson 1 up Anne Carr2000 Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course) (GA) Carol Semple Thompson 5 & 4 Toni Weisner1999 Desert Mountain Club (Cochise Course) (AZ) Carol Semple Thompson 19 holes Cecilia Mourgue-D'Algue1998 Golden Horseshoe Golf Club (Green Course) (VA) Gayle Borthwick 4 & 3 Valerie Hassett1997 Yeamans Hall Club (SC) Nancy Fitzgerald 1 up Toni Weisner
Stroke play era winners YearVenueWinnerScoreMargin ofVictoryRunner(s)-up1996 Broadmoor Golf Club (WA) Gayle Borthwick 226 1 stroke Marlene Streit1995 Somerset Country Club (MN) Jean Smith 228 1 stroke Marlene Streit1994 Sea Island Golf Club (GA) Marlene Streit 222 Playoff Nancy Fitzgerald1993 Preakness Hills Country Club (NJ) Anne Quast Sander 230 4 strokes Mary Ann Morrison1992 Tucson Country Club (AZ) Rosemary Thompson 220 3 strokes Anne Quast Sander1991 Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club (NC) Phyllis Preuss 221 1 stroke Belle RobertsonAnne Quast Sander1990 Del Rio Golf and Country Club (CA) Anne Quast Sander 225 Playoff Marlene Streit1989 TPC at The Woodlands (TX) Anne Quast Sander 224 9 strokes Alice Dye1988 Sea Island Golf Club (GA) Lois Hodge 228 1 stroke Marlene Streit1987 Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club (PA) Anne Quast Sander 228 3 strokes Harriet Hart1986 The Lakewood Club (Dogwood Course) (AL) Constance Guthrie 225 6 strokes Marlene StreitBarbara YoungCecile Maclaurin1985 Sheraton Savannah Resort and Country Club (GA) Marlene Streit 224 3 strokes Louise Wilson1984 Tacoma Country and Golf Club (WA) Constance Guthrie 227 2 strokes Janice Calin1983 Gulph Mills Golf Club (PA) Dorothy Germain Porter 234 8 strokes Lois Hodge1982 Kissing Camels Golf Club (CO) Edean Ihlanfeldt 232 2 strokes Mary Ann Morrison1981 Spring Lake Golf Club (NJ) Dorothy Germain Porter 238 4 strokes Alice Dye1980 Sea Island Golf Club (GA) Dorothy Germain Porter 236 1 stroke Cecile Maclaurin1979 Hardscrabble Country Club (AR) Alice Dye 223 7 strokes Cecile Maclaurin1978 Rancho Bernardo Golf Club (CA) Alice Dye 232 Playoff Cecile Maclaurin1977 Dunes Golf and Beach Club (SC) Dorothy Germain Porter 230 1 stroke Alice Dye1976 Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Dunes Course) (CA) Cecile Maclaurin 230 7 strokes Carol Bowman1975 Rhode Island Country Club (RI) Alberta Bower 234 6 strokes Carolyn Cudone1974 The Lakewood Club (Dogwood Course) (AL) Justine B. Cushing 231 2 strokes Carolyn Cudone1973 San Marcos Country Club (AZ) Gwen Hibbs 229 6 strokes Nancy Rutter1972 Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club (PA) Carolyn Cudone 231 6 strokes Nancy Rutter1971 Sea Island Golf Club (GA) Carolyn Cudone 236 1 stroke Ann Gregory1970 Coral Ridge Country Club (FL) Carolyn Cudone 231 8 strokes Paulette Lee1969 Ridglea Country Club (TX) Carolyn Cudone 236 Playoff Mrs. Lowell D. Brown1968 Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Dunes Course) (CA) Carolyn Cudone 236 10 strokes Loma Smith1967 Atlantic City Country Club (NJ) Marge Mason 236 4 strokes Loma Smith1966 Lakewood Country Club (LA) Maureen Orcutt 242 6 strokes Aneila Goldthwaite1965 Exmoor Country Club (IL) Loma Smith 242 3 strokes Charlotte Haskell1964 Del Paso Country Club (CA) Loma Smith 247 1 stroke Mrs. William Kirkland1963 Country Club of Florida (FL) Marion Choate 239 Playoff Maureen Orcutt1962 Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club (PA) Maureen Orcutt 240 7 strokes Glenna Collett Vare
Multiple winners 5 wins: Carolyn Cudone 4 wins: Dorothy Germain Porter, Anne Quast, Carol Semple Thompson 3 wins: Marlene Streit, Diane Lang, Ellen Port, Lara Tennant 2 wins: Loma Smith, Maureen Orcutt, Alice Dye, Constance Guthrie, Gayle Borthwick
Future sites YearEditionCourseLocationDates2027 65th Columbia Country Club Chevy Chase, Maryland September 25–302028 66th Belle Meade Country Club Nashville, Tennessee September 9–142029 67th The Lakewood Club Point Clear, Alabama TBD2030 68th Ekwanok Country Club Manchester, Vermont TBD2031 69th Charles River Club Newton Centre, Massachusetts September 6–11
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