2019 U.S. Women's Amateur Fast FactsOld Waverly Golf Club, West Point, Miss.

Danielle Kang won consecutive U.S. Women's Amateur titles in 2010 and 2011. (USGA/Steven Gibbons)


Championship Venue	Old Waverly Golf Club, West Point, Miss.
Dates of Championship	August 5-11
Opened	1988
Architect	Bob Cupp and Jerry Pate
Yardage/Par	6,509 yards/Par 72 (Subject to change)
Hole by Hole	(Subject to change) Hole 1: 388 yards (par 4) Hole 2: 512 yards (par 5) Hole 3: 165 yards (par 3) Hole 4: 389 yards (par 4) Hole 5: 403 yards (par 4) Hole 6: 340 yards (par 4) Hole 7: 177 yards (par 3) Hole 8: 418 yards (par 4) Hole 9: 516 yards (par 5) OUT: 3,308 yards (par 36) Hole 10: 518 yards (par 5) Hole 11: 407 yards (par 4) Hole 12: 118 yards (par 3) Hole 13: 398 yards (par 4) Hole 14: 353 yards (par 4) Hole 15: 499 yards (par 5) Hole 16: 386 yards (par 4) Hole 17: 144 yards (par 3) Hole 18: 378 yards (par 4) IN: 3,251 yards (par 36) TOTAL: 6,509 yards (par 72)
Field	156 competitors
Entries Accepted	1,375
Eligibility	Open to any female amateur whose Handicap Index does not exceed 5.4
Exempt Players (26)	Sierra Brooks (Playing member of 2016 USA Curtis Cup Team; Top 25 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Jillian Bourdage (2019 U.S. Girls' Junior finalist) Virginia Elena Carta (Runner-up in 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur) Kelsey Chugg (2017 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion; 2018 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur runner-up) India Clyburn (Playing member of 2018 Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup Team) Hailee Cooper (Completed 72 holes in 2018 U.S. Women's Open) Annabell Fuller (Playing member of 2018 Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup Team) Mariel Galdiano (Playing member of 2016 & 2018 USA Curtis Cup Teams; Playing member of 2016 USA Women's World Amateur Team; Top 25 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Lauren Greenlief (Quarterfinalist in 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur) Rachel Heck (Top 25 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Shannon Johnson (2018 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion) Gurleen Kaur (Quarterfinalist in 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur) Rebecca Kay (Low eight individual finisher in 2018 Women's World Amateur Team Championship) Gina Kim (Completed 72 holes in 2019 U.S. Women's Open; Top 25 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Sally Krueger (Low amateur in 2019 U.S. Senior Women's Open) Andrea Lee (Completed 72 holes in 2019 U.S. Women's Open; Playing member of 2016 & 2018 USA Curtis Cup Teams; Playing member of 2016 USA Women's World Amateur Team; Top 25 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Lucy Li (Quarterfinalist in 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur; Completed 72 holes in 2018 U.S. Women's Open; Playing member of 2018 USA Curtis Cup Team; Top 25 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Mika Liu (Playing member of 2016 USA Curtis Cup Team) Cory Lopez (2019 Mexican Women's Amateur champion) Alessia Nobilio (Low eight individual finisher in 2018 Women's World Amateur Team Championship; Top 25 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Pimnipa Panthong (Top 25 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Kaitlyn Papp (Top 25 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Yuka Saso (Top 25 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Albane Valenzuela (Runner-up in 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur; Completed 72 holes in 2018 U.S. Women's Open; Low eight individual finisher in 2018 Women's World Amateur Team Championship; Top 25 in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Elizabeth Wang (Completed 72 holes in 2018 U.S. Women's Open) Sue Wooster (Runner-up in 2018 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur) Bethany Wu (Playing member of 2016 USA Curtis Cup Team) Lei Ye (2019 U.S. Girls' Junior finalist)
2018 Championship	University of Alabama All-American Kristen Gillman, of Austin, Texas, etched her name on the Robert Cox Trophy for a second time with a 7-and-6 triumph over incoming Alabama junior Jiwon Jeon, of the Republic of Korea, at The Golf Club of Tennessee. Gillman, a member of the victorious 2018 USA Curtis Cup Team, previously won the title in 2014 at the age of 16. To read more, click here.
Quotable	“I think this one was a lot harder to win because after the first one I won, it was my first time playing [in the U.S. Women’s Amateur], and so I was kind of new to it. But every time I come back now, I’ve always talked about how – like this week, I was the only champion in the field – it kind of brings a little bit more pressure along with it. But I think it also makes the victory a little sweeter, too.” -- Kristen Gillman
Notable Events at Old Waverly G.C.	1991 SEC Men's Golf Championship (Team: Florida; individual: Jimmy Green, Auburn) 1999 U.S. Women's Open (Juli Inkster) 2003 Southern Junior Championship (Beck Troutman) 2006 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur (Meghan Stasi) 2007 SEC Women's Golf Championship (Team: Georgia; individual: Taylor Leon, Georgia) 2008 Southern Junior Championship (Andrew Noto) 2015 Southern Amateur Championship (Taylor Funk)
Notable U.S. Women's Amateur Champions	Alexa Stirling (1916, 1918-19); Glenna Collett Vare (1922, 1925, 1928-30, 1935); Virginia Van Wie (1932-34); Patty Berg (1938); Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1946); Louise Suggs (1947); JoAnne Gunderson Carner (1957, 1960, 1956, 1962, 1966, 1968); Anne Sander (1958, 1961, 1963); Catherine Lacoste (1969); Laura Baugh (1971); Carol Semple Thompson (1973); Beth Daniel (1975, 1977); Juli Inkster (1980-82); Kay Cockerill (1986-87); Kelli Kuehne (1995-96); Grace Park (1998); Morgan Pressel (2005); Danielle Kang (2010-11); Lydia Ko (2012); Kristen Gillman (2014, 2018)
Notable U.S. Women's Amateur Runners-Up	Alexa Stirling (1921, 1923, 1925); Virginia Van Wie (1928, 1930); Glenna Collett Vare (1931-32); Patty Berg (1935, 1937); Mickey Wright (1954); Anne Sander (1965, 1968, 1973); Carol Semple Thompson (1974); Patty Sheehan (1979); Brandie Burton (1989); Annika Sorenstam (1992); Jenny Chuasiriporn (1998); Azahara Munoz (2008); Jessica Korda (2010); Moriya Jutanugarn (2011); Brooke Henderson (2014)
Schedule of Play	Monday, Aug. 5 (18 holes, stroke play) Tuesday, Aug. 6 (18 holes, stroke play) Wednesday, Aug. 7 (Round of 64, match play) Thursday, Aug. 8 (Rounds of 32 and 16, match play) Friday, Aug. 9 (Quarterfinals, match play) Saturday Aug. 10 (Semifinals, match play) Sunday, Aug. 11 (Championship match, 36 holes)
Cut	The low 64 scorers after 36 holes of stroke play will advance to match play. If necessary, a playoff will be conducted to trim the draw to exactly 64 competitors.
Notable Fact	Old Waverly is the home course for the men's and women's golf teams at Mississippi State University.
Future Sites	2020: Woodmont Country Club (North Course), Rockville, Md./Aug. 3-9 2021: Westchester Country Club, Rye, N.Y./Aug. 2-8