Historic Shinnecock Hills set to host back-to-back U.S. Opens for men and women in 2036

History is coming to Shinnecock in 2036.

In another first for the U.S. Women’s Open, the USGA has announced that Shinnecock Hills Golf Club will host the championship in 2036. But the good news doesn’t stop there. Shinnecock will become only the second venue to host back-to-back U.S. Open championships as the men and women will compete in consecutive weeks at the illustrious Southampton, New York, club.

Ten years ago, Pinehurst No. 2 became the first venue to host the men and women in back-to-back weeks, and it was a wildly successful campaign for the women, with champion Michelle Wie West drawing in massive television numbers, up 92 percent from the year prior.

Pinehurst will once again host back-to-back championships in 2029.

The U.S. Open trophy as seen at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in the Southampton, N.Y. on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. (Copyright USGA/John Mummert)

One of five founding members clubs of the USGA, Shinnecock’s roots date to 1891. Its nine USGA championships include the second U.S. Amateur and second U.S. Open, both in 1896. Five U.S. Open championships have been held at Shinnecock, with Brooks Koepka winning the latest in 2018.

Shinnecock Hills ranks No. 1 in New York on Golfweek’s Best list of private-access courses in each state, and it is fourth on the list of top classic courses in the U.S.

While the 91st U.S. Women’s Open will be the first contested at Shinnecock, the club does boast the distinction of becoming the first golf club in America to have women members at its founding.
When LPGA Hall of Famer Inbee Park won the 2013 U.S. Women’s Open down the road at Sebonack Golf Club, which opened in 2006, it naturally raised questions about whether the women would ever get their chance to become part of golf history, a mere 2 ½ miles away.

At long last, the answer is yes.

“Few places can match the historic importance of Shinnecock Hills to golf in the United States,” said USGA chief championships officer John Bodenhamer in a release. “As an organization, we felt that this iconic venue would be an ideal stage for both our men’s and women’s premier championships. It will offer the perfect opportunity to bring the game’s best to one course and provide fans the chance to watch them compete for a national championship in back-to-back weeks.”

Last year, the U.S. Women’s Open was hosted at Pebble Beach Golf Links for the first time. The lineup of courses for the women’s championship leading up to 2036 is dreamlike: The Los Angeles Country Club (2032), Chicago Golf Club (2033), Merion Golf Club (2034) and Pebble Beach Golf Links (2035).

But before the women get their chance, Shinnecock will once again host the men in 2026.

“Shinnecock is deeply proud of our founding association with the USGA and our role in setting the course of history for golf in America,” said Brett Pickett, Shinnecock Hills club president. “And we are extremely excited to build on that legacy through this historic, back-to-back presentation of men’s and women’s major championship golf in Southampton in 2036.

“The seventh U.S. Open at Shinnecock will be played 140 years after the first, as we continue to be the only club to have hosted the U.S. Open in three different centuries.”

Here’s a look at the five players who have hoisted the U.S. Open trophy at Shinnecock Hills:

Here’s how to qualify for the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club, where crowds will be out in force

Check out the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open qualifying sites below.

The USGA has announced qualifying sites for the 79th U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster (Pa.) Country Club. The championship will be held May 30-June 2. In Gee Chun won the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open in front of a record 135,000 spectators over the course of the week.

The 36-hole qualifiers will be held April 15-May 20 at 23 sites across the U.S. in addition to Canada, Japan and Germany. Online entry applications open Feb. 14 and continue through April 3 at 5 p.m. EDT.

Earlier this month, the USGA announced a new presenting sponsor for the championship in Ally, a financial services company with a strong connection to women’s sports. The purse for the 2024 USWO will be a record $12 million,

In Gee Chun, the winner of the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, Penn. on Sunday, July 12, 2015. (Copyright USGA/Hunter Martin)

Birdie Kim was the last player to win a U.S. Women’s Open after advancing through qualifying. Eighteen players who advanced through qualifying made the cut last year at the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach.

Check out the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open qualifying sites below.

U.S. Women’s Open purse increases to $12 million as USGA names new presenting sponsor

Three years ago, the U.S. Women’s Open purse was $5.5 million.

The U.S. Women’s Open has a new partner and a record-setting purse. Ally, a financial services company with a strong connection to women’s sports, has become the new presenting sponsor for the U.S. Women’s Open and a founding partner of the U.S. National Development Program, the USGA announced.

The purse for the 2024 Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club will be a record $12 million, up from $11 million last year. Three years ago, the U.S. Women’s Open purse was $5.5 million.

“Partnering with Ally allows us to not only continue elevating the U.S. Women’s Open, but to also further our commitment to the future of the game via our U.S. National Development Program,” said USGA CEO Mike Whan in a release. “Ally has established itself as a force in sports, with a passion for equity across the industry. Its brand values and actions align perfectly with ours, and I can’t wait to see what we are able to do together.”

ProMedica, the first presenting sponsor in U.S. women’s Open history, parted ways with the USGA a little more than a year after the USGA launched a 10-year sponsorship agreement with the Ohio-based not-for-profit integrated health and well-being organization. The two companies reached a separation agreement last year after ProMedica’s business took a downward turn.

Ally’s history with women’s sports is notably strong. The company recently negotiated a landmark deal with Disney in which 90 percent of its media investment is allocated to women’s sports. That includes an expansion of game highlights, features and regular “SportsCenter” segments dedicated to women’s sports.

Ally also became the first presenting sponsor of the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament and Women’s Soccer Championship as well as exclusive presenting sponsor of the 2023 ACC Women’s Lacrosse Championship.

Ally has pledged to reach equal spending in men’s and women’s sports by 2028 and is already four years ahead of schedule.

Similarly, the USGA pledged to increase the U.S. Women’s Open purse to $12 million by 2027 and has already reached that mark.

Ally has also signed World No. 1 Lilia Vu to its roster of female athletes that includes former soccer star and ESPN reporter Julie Foudy, WNBA player Nneka Ogwumike and NWSL player Sophia Smith.

“Golf is on a meteoric rise and its fanbase is more diverse than ever, bringing it in line with those who choose to bank with Ally,” Stephanie Marciano, head of sports marketing at Ally, said in a statement. “The USGA is best-in-class and presented us a powerful opportunity to positively impact both the women’s and men’s game, as well as engage a new group of sports fans across the country. We couldn’t be more excited to team up and deliver on that promise together.”

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2024 women’s major championship venues including St. Andrews

The best women golfers in the world will take on the Old Course next year.

The 2024 LPGA schedule was released Thursday morning and there are plenty of tournaments to look forward to.

There will be 33 official events with a record total prize fund of $118 million. In 2023, there were three events with a purse of $3 million or more. In 2024, there will be 10.

The first two events — Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions (Jan. 18-21), LPGA Drive On Championship (Jan. 25-28) — will be in Florida before a three-week stretch overseas.

The new Boston event — FM Global Championship (Aug. 29-Sept. 1) — will be the final tournament before the Solheim Cup.

However, let’s get to what the people really care about — the majors.

Here’s everything you need to know for the five major championships next year.

Staff picks: Who will win their first major championship in 2024?

Don’t be surprised if a handful of rising stars command the spotlight in 2024.

Four of the five major champions on the women’s side in 2023 were first-time winners. As for the men? Two of four.

As the golf world moves on from 2023 and looks ahead to 2024, we got to thinking, who is most likely to add a major championship to their resume for the first time in the new year? Several writers on Golfweek‘s staff have made their picks, some surprising, some not so much.

Men’s 2024 major venues: Augusta National Golf Club (Masters), Valhalla Golf Club (PGA Championship), Pinehurst No. 2 (U.S. Open) and Royal Troon (Open Championship).

Women’s 2024 major venues: The Club at Carlton Woods (Chevron Championship), Lancaster Country Club (U.S. Women’s Open), Sahalee Country Club (KPMG Women’s PGA Championship), Evian Resort Golf Club (Amundi Evian Championship), The Old Course at St. Andrews (AIG Women’s Open).

Photos: 4-time U.S. Women’s Open champion, LPGA legend Betsy Rawls through the years

The golfing world lost a legend.

The golfing world lost a legend.

Betsy Rawls, who is one of only two golfers to win at least four U.S. Women’s Opens, died Saturday. She was 95. Rawls recorded 55 LPGA victories in her career, a number that included eight major championships. She was enshrinement into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1987 and given the USGA’s Bob Jones Award in 1996.

She won her first U.S. Women’s Open in 1951, her rookie season on the LPGA, at Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta.

Her second Women’s Open triumph came in 1953 in a playoff over Jacqueline Pung at the Country Club of Rochester in New York. She won by six strokes to win the 1957 U.S. Women’s Open at Winged Foot and edged Joyce Ziske by a stroke to claim her final Women’s Open title in 1960 at Worcester Country Club in Massachusetts.

Here’s a look at photos of Rawls through the years.

Betsy Rawls, a 4-time U.S. Women’s Open champion, dies at age 95

Rawls learned the game from Harvey Penick, whose instruction was so legendary he wound up in the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Betsy Rawls, a four-time U.S. Women’s Open champion, died Saturday at the age of 95, the USGA has confirmed. One of the most prolific winners in golf, Rawls transitioned from a playing career to tournament administrator in 1975, impacting the LPGA greatly both inside and outside the ropes.

Rawls won 55 times on the LPGA, including eight majors. Only Kathy Whitworth (88), Mickey Wright (82), Annika Sorenstam (72), Louise Suggs (61) and Patty Berg (60) won more.

“There are simply not many careers that can compare to Betsy’s,” said USGA CEO Mike Whan in a release. “Fifty-five wins, eight major titles, LPGA and World Golf Halls of Fame, former LPGA president, Bob Jones Award winner. She was a legend in the game who would have been successful in anything she pursued, so we are all lucky she made golf her passion. RIP to a true champion.”

The late Whitworth credited Rawls with turning her game around after she read an article in which Rawls talked about how much harder she worked to shoot 80 than 70. Whitworth, who had a habit of packing it in mentally after a few bad swings, changed her approach after that and went to becoming the winningest player in golf.

Photos: Betsy Rawls through the years

“I never gave up again,” she once said.

Betsy Rawls
Betsy Rawls of Spartanburg,S.C. autographs program for 10-year-old Janice Gannon of Lynn,Mass., July 2,1954. Program signing came after Miss Rawls completed her second round in the National Women’s Open at Salem Country Club ,Peabody,Mass. (AP Photo/FCC)

Rawls shares the record of four U.S. Women’s Open titles with her good friend Wright. They kept up with each other until Wright’s death in 2020.

Rawls, who hit whiffle balls in the back yard into her 90s, didn’t take up golf until age 17 and turned professional not long after earning a degree in physics from the University of Texas. She found the college academic experience helpful when it came to how well she could focus inside the ropes. It’s no wonder Whitworth called her an “excellent thinker.”

Rawls learned the game from Harvey Penick, whose instruction was so legendary he wound up in the World Golf Hall of Fame.

After finishing runner-up to Babe Zaharias at the 1950 U.S. Women’s Open, Rawls beat Suggs by five strokes the following year to claim her first Women’s Open title.

Rawls won the money title in 1952 and 1959, when she won a then record 10 times in one season. She also won the Vare Trophy for low scoring average in ’59.

In the early days of the LPGA, top players were asked to do far more than tee it up. Rawls served as secretary shortly after joining the tour and became tour president in 1961. As a touring pro for Wilson Sporting Goods, she traveled the country with Berg conducting more than a 100 golf clinics each year.

Betsy Rawls
ROCKLAND, DE 5-30-2000  — Betsy Rawls, Executive Director of the LPGA Championship to be held at the DuPont Country Club, near Wilmington, DE.

After retiring from the tour in 1975, Rawls served as the tour’s tournament director and eventually took the helm of the LPGA Championship (now KPMG Women’s PGA Championship). She became the first woman to serve on the USGA’s Rules Committee in 1976, and in 1980, she became the first woman to officiate at a U.S. Open Championship.

“I think by nature, I’m pretty compulsive,” said Rawls in 2000 of what it takes to run a successful event. “I think that helps. And as I expect everything to be perfect, I had a hard time tolerating anything that’s not done well.”

The result was a standard of excellence that few will ever match.

U.S. Women’s Open among four USGA championships headed to The Country Club

The 2045 U.S. Women’s Open will be the first ever held at The Country Club.

The slate of USGA championships headed to The Country Club just about has something for everyone. On Thursday, the game’s governing body announced that the historic club in Brookline, Massachusetts, will host four upcoming championships: 2030 U.S. Girls’ Junior, 2034 U.S. Amateur, 2038 U.S. Open and 2045 U.S. Women’s Open.

The Country Club has previously hosted 17 USGA championships, second only to Merion with 18. Last year, England’s Matt Fitzpatrick won the U.S. Open at The Country Club nine years after winning the U.S. Amateur there.

When the U.S. Open returns in 2038, it will mark the 125th anniversary of Francis Ouimet’s celebrated win. Ouimet became the first amateur to win the U.S. Open in 1913.

Jun 19, 2022; Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; Matthew Fitzpatrick poses with the US Open Championship Trophy after the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports

Founded in 1882, The Country Club was one of five founding member clubs of the USGA. The 1902 U.S. Women’s Amateur was its first national championship. Other USGA championships played at the club include six U.S. Amateurs (1910, 1922, 1934, 1957,1982 and 2013) as well as the 1941 and 1995 U.S. Women’s Amateurs, the 1932 and 1973 Walker Cup Matches, the 1953 U.S. Girls’ Junior and the 1968 U.S. Junior Amateur.  Additionally, the club was the site of the 1999 Ryder Cup.

The 2045 U.S. Women’s Open will be the first ever held at The Country Club. Earlier this year, Allisen Corpuz won the first USWO ever held at Pebble Beach.

NBC announces U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach most watched since 2014

The U.S. Women’s Open was the most-streamed women’s golf event in NBC Sports history

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Venues matter. Look no further than those who tuned into the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach.

NBC Sports announced Tuesday the U.S. Women’s Open was the most-watched edition of the championship since 2014 at Pinehurst No. 2. It averaged 895,000 viewers, up 118 percent from 2022 and up 47 percent from 2021.

The 2014 event averaged 1.03 million viewers on NBC and ESPN2, ranking as the second most-watched U.S. Women’s Open since 2009 and the most-watched West Coast U.S. Women’s Open in 20 years.

Weekend viewership on NBC and Peacock – which included the first East Coast primetime coverage in U.S. Women’s Open history – averaged 1.34 million viewers, up 76 percent in 2022 (765,000 viewers) and 35 percent in 2021 (995,000 viewers).

Sunday’s final round on NBC and Peacock averaged 1.58 million viewers and peaked with more than 2.2 million viewers from 8:15-8:30 p.m. ET, as Allisen Corpuz closed out her first LPGA victory. The final round also ranked as a top-five sports program on Sunday.

Digitally, the U.S. Women’s Open was the most-streamed women’s golf event in NBC Sports history, nearly tripling its consumption from a year ago.

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2023 U.S. Women’s Open prize money payouts at Pebble Beach

Allisen Corpuz received $2 million, which matches the largest winner’s check in the women’s game.

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The U.S. Women’s Open purse has doubled over the past two years, rising to $11 million, and is now the biggest purse women’s golf. The winner this week, Allisen Corpuz, received $2 million, which matches the largest winner’s check in the women’s game. Lydia Ko won $2 million at last year’s CME Group Tour Championship.

For perspective, consider that the total purse for next week’s Dana Open is $1,750,000.

How will Corpuz spend that big check?

“I might upgrade quite a few flights, but nothing yet,” she said. “I just bought a car in January, so I think that was my big purchase for the year.”

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The top 20 places on the money list this week earned six-figure checks, season-changing money for many in the field.

Players who missed the cut this week were given $8,000 to cover expenses.

Pos Player Score Earnings
1 Allisen Corpuz -9 $2,000,000
T2 Charley Hull -6 $969,231
T2 Jiyai Shin -6 $969,231
T4 Nasa Hataoka -3 $482,136
T4 Bailey Tardy -3 $482,136
T6 Ayaka Furue -2 $369,403
T6 Hyo Joo Kim -2 $369,403
8 Hae Ran Ryu E $313,713
T9 Maja Stark 1 $272,355
T9 Rose Zhang 1 $272,355
11 Ally Ewing 2 $237,993
12 Brooke Henderson 3 $220,050
T13 Hannah Green 4 $167,641
T13 Grace Kim 4 $167,641
T13 Sei Young Kim 4 $167,641
T13 Minjee Lee 4 $167,641
T13 Xiyu Lin 4 $167,641
T13 Min Ji Park 4 $167,641
T13 Aya Kinoshita 4 $167,641
T20 Hye Jin Choi 5 $106,269
T20 Carlota Ciganda 5 $106,269
T20 Andrea Lee 5 $106,269
T20 Lizette Salas 5 $106,269
T20 Yuka Saso 5 $106,269
T20 Angel Yin 5 $106,269
T20 Ruoning Yin 5 $106,269
T27 In-gee Chun 6 $77,779
T27 Jeongeun Lee 6 $77,779
T27 Gaby Lopez 6 $77,779
T27 Patty Tavatanakit 6 $77,779
T31 Gemma Dryburgh 7 $67,595
T31 Leona Maguire 7 $67,595
T33 Pajaree Anannarukarn 8 $50,093
T33 Aditi Ashok 8 $50,093
T33 Perrine Delacour 8 $50,093
T33 Mina Harigae 8 $50,093
T33 Lydia Ko 8 $50,093
T33 So Mi Lee 8 $50,093
T33 Ruixin Liu 8 $50,093
T33 Azahara Munoz 8 $50,093
T33 Gabriela Ruffels 8 $50,093
T33 Mao Saigo 8 $50,093
T33 Amy Yang 8 $50,093
T33 Benedetta Moresco 8
T45 Celine Boutier 9 $35,208
T45 Bronte Law 9 $35,208
T45 Aine Donegan 9
T48 Marina Alex 10 $29,283
T48 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 10 $29,283
T48 Chisato Iwai 10 $29,283
T48 Cheyenne Knight 10 $29,283
T48 Amari Avery 10
T53 Dottie Ardina 11 $24,562
T53 Linn Grant 11 $24,562
T53 Haeji Kang 11 $24,562
T53 Da Yeon Lee 11 $24,562
T53 So Yeon Ryu 11 $24,562
T53 Miyu Sato 11 $24,562
T59 Lindy Duncan 12 $23,133
T59 Brittany Lang 12 $23,133
T59 Albane Valenzuela 12 $23,133
T59 Monet Chun 12
T59 Emma Spitz 12 $23,133
T64 A Lim Kim 13 $22,230
T64 Nelly Korda 13 $22,230
T64 Haru Nomura 13 $22,230
T64 Haruka Kawasaki 13 $22,230
T68 Ashleigh Buhai 14 $21,553
T68 Kana Mikashima 14 $21,553
70 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 15 $21,215
T71 Jennifer Coleman 16 $20,876
T71 Minami Katsu 16 $20,876
73 Moriya Jutanugarn 19 $20,538
74 Charlotte Thomas 22 $20,312

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