The USGA has announced three future sites for the U.S. Senior Women’s Open, won last year by Annika Sorenstam. In 2024, the event heads to Fox Chapel Golf Club Aug. 1-4, where the legendary amateur Carol Semple Thompson is an honorary member. San Diego Country Club (Aug. 21-24, 2025) and Tacoma Country and Golf Club (Aug. 19-22, 2027) will also play host to the best senior women’s players in the world.
Thompson drained a 27-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole at Fox Chapel in her native Pennsylvania to secure victory for Team USA at the 2002 Curtis Cup. This will mark the fourth USGA event for the Seth Raynor design, which underwent an extensive restoration by Fazio Design in 2019-2020.
“As we celebrate the fourth iteration of this championship this week at NCR Country Club, the USGA could not be more pleased to secure a strong future for this event over the next few years,” said John Bodenhamer, chief championships officer at the USGA, in a release.
“Having an exceptional lineup of championship sites only furthers our commitment to providing ideal stages to showcase and celebrate these legends of the game who are still top competitors. We look forward to continuing to make history at these venues in the years ahead.”
This will also mark the fourth USGA championship for San Diego Country Club, where Mickey Wright won her fourth U.S. Women’s Open title in an 18-hole playoff over Ruth Jessen on the course where she learned the game. Two U.S. Women’s Amateurs have been held there, with LPGA rookie Sophia Schubert winning the most recent in 2017.
Tacoma Country & Golf Club, one of the founding clubs of the Pacific Northwest Golf Association, is the fifth-oldest golf association in North America. When the Senior Women’s Open heads there in 2027, it will mark the club’s fifth USGA championship. Sarah LeBrun Ingram won her third U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur title at the club in 1994. She went on to captain two winning USA Curtis Cup Teams in 2021 and 2022.
Sorenstam will try to defend her title this week at NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio. Next year’s championship will take Aug. 24-27 at Waverley Country Club in Portland, Oregon.
Spyglass Hill Golf Course in Pebble Beach, California, will host the U.S. Senior Women’s Open in 2030, along with that year’s U.S. Senior Open.
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