2020 U.S. Women's Amateur Fast FactsWoodmont Country Club, Rockville, Md.
| Championship Venue | Woodmont Country Club (North Course), Rockville, Md. |
| Dates of Championship | August 3-9 |
| Opened | 1950 |
| Architect | Alfred H. Tull (renovations by Arthur Hills, 2007; Joel Weiman, 2019) |
| Yardage/Par | 6,561 yards/Par 72 (Subject to change) |
| Course/Slope Rating | 78.4/134 |
| Field | 132 competitors |
| Entries Open | June 26 for eligible applications |
| Hole by Hole | (Yardages and Par Subject to Change) Hole 1: 392 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 148 yards (Par 3) Hole 3: 484 yards (Par 5) Hole 4: 332 yards (Par 4) Hole 5: 510 yards (Par 5) Hole 6: 183 yards (Par 3) Hole 7: 395 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 360 yards (Par 4) Hole 9: 421 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,225 yards (Par 36) Hole 10: 552 yards (Par 5) Hole 11: 341 yards (Par 4) Hole 12: 376 yards (Par 4) Hole 13: 132 yards (Par 3) Hole 14: 428 yards (Par 4) Hole 15: 528 yards (Par 5) Hole 16: 187 yards (Par 3) Hole 17: 391 yards (Par 4) Hole 18: 401 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,336 yards (Par 36) TOTAL: 6,561 yards (Par 72) |
| 2019 Championship | Gabriela Ruffels, a rising junior at the University of Southern California, became the first Australian to hoist the Robert Cox Trophy when she defeated Stanford University rising senior Albane Valenzuela, of Switzerland, 1 up, in the 36-hole final at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Miss. It was the second runner-up finish in three years for Valenzuela. |
| Quotable | “I don’t really know yet. It’s been kind of a blur the last kind of 20 minutes. But this is amazing. This is what you dream of as a kid when you start playing golf. This is the biggest championship in amateur golf. I’m still speechless.” -- Gabriela Ruffels |
| Notable Events at Woodmont C.C. |
U.S. Open sectional qualifying 32 of last 33 years |
| 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. 3 (18 holes, stroke play) Tuesday, Aug. 4 (18 holes, stroke play) Wednesday, Aug. 5 (Round of 64, match play) Thursday, Aug. 6 (Rounds of 32 and 16, match play) Friday, Aug. 7 (Quarterfinals, match play) Saturday Aug. 8 (Semifinals, match play) Sunday, Aug. 9 (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. |
| Broadcast Times | (Golf Channel will carry broadcast beginning on Aug. 5, All times EDT) Wednesday, Aug. 5: 4 p.m.-7 p.m. (Round of 64 Matches) Thursday, Aug. 6: 4 p.m.-7 p.m. (Round of 16 Matches) Friday, Aug. 7: 1 p.m.-4 p.m. (Quarterfinal Matches) Saturday, Aug. 8: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. (Semifinal Matches) Sunday, Aug. 8: 1 p.m.-4 p.m. (Championship Match, Afternoon 18) |
| Notable Fact | Shigeki Maruyama shot a 58 on Woodmont's South Course during a U.S. Open sectional qualifier in 2000 |
| What Champion Receives | *-A gold medal and custody of the Robert Cox Trophy for one year *-Exemption from qualifying for the 2021 U.S. Women's Open *-Exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Women's Amateurs, if eligible *-Exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Girls' Juniors, if eligible *-Exemption from qualifying for the next 15 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateurs, or 15 years from the time the player becomes eligible *-Exemption from qualifying for the next 15 U.S. Senior Women's Amateurs, or 15 years from the time the player becomes eligible |
| Future Sites | 2021: Westchester Country Club, Rye, N.Y./Aug. 2-8 2024: Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla./Aug. 5-11 2026: The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tenn./Aug. 3-9 |