About the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship:
Format
A field of 156 golfers is cut to the top 64 following two days of stroke play. Those 64 move on to single-elimination match play culminating in a 36-hole championship match.
Jennifer Song defeated Jennifer Johnson 3 and 1 to win her second USGA championship of the year. Song won the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links just a few weeks earlier.
2008 Recap
Amanda Blumenherst went 1-down to Azahara Munoz on the 18th hole of the morning session in the championship match, then fell 2-down after the 25th hole. But Blumenherst, a senior-to-be at Duke University, squared the match by the 28th hole and wound up winning her first USGA championship, 2 and 1.
U.S. Women's Amateur Championship Records:
- 6 - Glenna Collett Vare (1922, 1925, 1928-1930, 1935)
- 5 - JoAnne (Gunderson) Carner (1957, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968)
- 3 - Beatrix Hoyt, 1896-98
- 3 - Alexa Stirling Fraser, 1916-20 (not played 1917-18)
- 3 - Glenna Collett Vare, 1928-30
- 3 - Virginia Van Wie, 1932-34
- 3 - Juli Inkster, 1980-82
- Kimberly Kim, 2006 (14 years, 11 months, 21 days)
- Dorothy Campbell Hurd, 1924 (41 years, 4 months)
- 14 and 13 - Anne Quast Sander def. Phyllis Preuss, 1961
U.S. Women's Amateur Championship Golf Courses:
Future Sites
- 2010 - Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte, N.C.
- 2011 - Rhode Island Country Club, Barrington, R.I.
- 2012 - The Country Club, Cleveland, Ohio
- 2008 - Eugene Country Club, Eugene, Ore.
- 2007 - Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Ind.
- 2006 - Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Witch Hollow Course) North Plains, Ore.
- 2005 - Ansley Golf Club, (Settindown Creek Course), Roswell, Ga.
U.S. Women's Amateur Championships Trivia and Notes:
U.S. Women's Amateur Championship Winners:
2009 - Jennifer Song def. Jennifer Johnson, 3 and 1
2008 - Amanda Blumenherst def. Azahara Munoz, 2 and 1
2007 - Maria Jose Uribe def. Amanda Blumenherst, 1-up
2006 - Kimberly Kim def. Katharina Schallenberg, 1-up
2005 - Morgan Pressel def. Maru Martinez, 9 and 8
2004 - Jane Park def. Amanda McCurdy, 2-up
2003 - Virada Nirapathpongporn def. Jane Park, 2 and 1
Full List of U.S. Women's Amateur Champions


