2021 U.S. Women's Amateur Fast FactsWestchester Country Club, Rye, N.Y.
| Championship Venue | Westchester Country Club (West Course), Rye, N.Y. |
| Dates of Championship | August 2-8 |
| Opened | 1922 |
| Architect | Walter Travis |
| Yardage/Par | 6,488 yards/Par 72 |
| Course/Slope Rating | 78.6/152 |
| Field | 156 competitors |
| Entries Accepted | 1,560 (record, previous high mark was 1,468 in 2018) |
| Eligibility | Open to any female amateur whose Handicap Index does not exceed 5.4. |
| Qualifying | Qualifying over 18 holes will be held between June 21 and July 15 at 26 sites (25 in U.S. and one in Canada) |
| 2020 Championship | Rose Zhang, 17, of Irvine, Calif., defeated defending champion Gabriela Ruffels, a rising senior at the University of Southern California from Australia, in 38 holes at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md. Ruffels was vying to become the first back-to-back champion since Danielle Kang in 2011. Zhang got up and down for par from the rough on the 36th hole to force extra holes and then won the match when Ruffels lipped out a short par putt. The championship featured an all-exempt field due to health concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More |
| Quotable | “Winning the U.S. Women’s Amateur means the world to me. To have my name on the trophy with the best players of all time is life-changing for me. It’s a dream come true..” -- Rose Zhang |
| Exempt Players (24) | Alyaa Abdulghany (2020 U.S. Women's Amateur semifinalist) Ho Yu An (Top 25 points leader in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Savannah Barber (2021 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball champion) Bailey Davis (2021 U.S. Girls' Junior runner-up) Megha Ganne (2019 U.S. Women's Amateur semifinalist; Completed 72 holes in 2021 U.S. Women's Open) Rachel Heck (Completed 72 holes in 2021 U.S. Women's Open; 2021 NCAA Division I individual champion; Top 25 points leader in Women's Amateur Golf Ranking) Yu-Chiang Hu (Top 25 points leader in Women's Amateur Golf Ranking) Tsubasa Kajitani (2021 Augusta National Women's Amateur champion; Top 25 points leader in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Gurleen Kaur (Completed 72 holes in 2021 U.S. Women's Open) Ina Kim-Schaad (2019 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion) Aline Krauter (2020 champion of The Women's Amateur Championship) Rachel Kuehn (Top 25 points leader in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Emilia Migliaccio (2020 U.S. Women's Amateur quarterfinalist; Top 25 points leader in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Alessia Nobilio (Top 25 points leader in Women's Amateur Golf Ranking) Valery Plata (2020 U.S. Women's Amateur semifinalist) Alexa Saldana (2021 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball champion) Riley Smyth (2020 U.S. Women's Amateur quarterfinalist) Emma Spitz (Top 25 points leader in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Kennedy Swann (2020 U.S. Women's Amateur quarterfinalist) Kaleigh Telfer (2020 U.S. Women's Amateur quarterfinalist) Lara Tennant (2019 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur champion) Rose Zhang (2020 U.S. Women's Amateur champion; 2021 U.S. Girls' Junior champion; Top 25 points leader in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) |
| Hole by Hole | WESTCHESTER COUNTRY CLUB (WEST COURSE) Hole 1: 176 yards (Par 3) Hole 2: 372 yards (Par 4) Hole 3: 405 yards (Par 4) Hole 4: 385 yards (Par 4) Hole 5: 546 yards (Par 5) Hole 6: 129 yards (Par 3) Hole 7: 322 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 435 yards (Par 4) Hole 9: 475 yards (Par 5) OUT: 3,245 yards (Par 36) Hole 10: 316 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 428 yards (Par 4) Hole 12: 487 yards (Par 5) Hole 13: 379 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 138 yards (Par 3) Hole 15: 418 yards (Par 4) Hole 16: 198 yards (Par 3) Hole 17: 351 yards (Par 4) Hole 18: 528 yards (Par 5) IN: 3,243 yards (Par 36) TOTAL: 6,488 yards (Par 72) |
| Notable Events at Westchester C.C. |
1923 U.S. Women's Amateur (Edith Cummings) |
| 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. 2 (18 holes, stroke play) Tuesday, Aug. 3 (18 holes, stroke play) Wednesday, Aug. 4 (Round of 64, match play) Thursday, Aug. 5 (Rounds of 32 and 16, match play) Friday, Aug. 6 (Quarterfinals, match play) Saturday Aug. 7 (Semifinals, match play) Sunday, Aug. 8 (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 | Wednesday, Aug. 4: Golf Channel, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT (Round of 64 matches) Thursday, Aug. 5: Peacock, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT (Round of 16 matches) Friday, Aug. 6: Peacock, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT (Quarterfinal matches) Saturday, Aug. 7: Golf Channel, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT (Semifinal matches) Sunday, Aug. 8: Golf Channel, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT (Championship match) |
| Notable Fact | Westchester C.C. can count these notables as present/past members: Kenneth Chenault (CEO of American Express), Johnny Carson (Tonight Show host), Carol Burnett (actress/comedian), Ralph Branca (MLB pitcher), Jackie Gleason (actor/comedian), John Mara (NY Giants co-owner), Jimmy Roberts (NBC Sports broadcaster), Ed Sullivan (TV host), Gene Tunney (heavyweight boxing champion) |
| What Champion Receives | *-A gold medal and custody of the Robert Cox Trophy for one year *-Exemption from qualifying for the 2022 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 | 2022: Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash./Aug. 8-14 2023: Bel-Air Country Club, Los Angeles, Calif./Aug. 7-13 2024: Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla./Aug. 5-11 2025: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore./Dates TBD 2026: The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tenn./Aug. 3-9 2032: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore./Dates TBD |