Championship Venue |
Wellesley (Mass.) Country Club |
Opened |
1910 |
Designer |
Donald Ross (Renovations by Geoffrey Cornish, Brian Silva, Craig Schreiner and Mark Mungeam) |
Entries Open |
Week of May 2 |
Entries Close |
Aug. 3 |
Dates of Championship |
Sept. 17-22 |
Field Size |
132 |
Eligibility |
Any female amateur who has reached 50 years of age as of Sept. 17, and whose Handicap Index does not exceed 18.4 |
2015 Championship |
Karen Garcia def. Pamela Kuong, 1 up; Hillwood Country Club, Nashville, Tenn. |
Quotable |
“I’m in shock. To win a USGA event, to think of all the people before me that have their name on this trophy; I’ve played in five Mid-Ams and a State Team and never even came close.” – Karen Garcia |
Notable Past Events at Wellesley Country Club |
2003 USGA Women’s State Team (Ohio) |
Notable Wellesley Moment |
The club hosted Francis Ouimet for two days in mid-September of 1913, ahead of his remarkable upset playoff victory over British stalwarts Ted Ray and Harry Vardon in the U.S. Open at The Country Club in nearby Brookline, Mass. |
Notable U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Champions |
Maureen Orcutt (1962, 1966); Carolyn Cudone (1969-72); Dorothy Porter (1977, 1980-81, 1983); Alice Dye (1978-79); Marlene Stewart Streit (1985, 1994, 2003); Anne Sander (1987, 1989-90, 1993); Carol Semple Thompson (1999-2002); Diane Lang (2005-06, 2008); Ellen Port (2012-13) |
Notable U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Runners-Up |
Glenna Collett Vare (1962); Ann Gregory (1971); Carolyn Cudone (1974-75); Alice Dye (1977, 1981, 1989); Cecile Maclaurin (1978-80); Marlene Stewart Streit (1986, 1988, 1990, 1995-96); Anne Sander (1991-92); Toni Wiesner (1997, 2000, 2008) |
Schedule of Play |
Sept. 17 (First Round, 18 holes, stroke play) |
Future Sites |
2017 (Waverley Country Club/Portland, Ore./Sept. 9-14) |