FAR HILLS, N.J. — The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced Tuesday that Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point will play host to the 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship on Aug. 5-11, 2019.
This will be the third USGA championship contested at Old Waverly, which previously hosted the 1999 U.S. Women’s Open and 2006 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur championships.
“The USGA is proud to bring one of our three oldest championships to Old Waverly in 2019,” said Stuart Francis, USGA Championship Committee chairman. “The U.S. Women’s Amateur attracts the world’s best female amateur players, and we are confident Old Waverly will provide a fair and comprehensive test that identifies a champion worthy of hoisting the historic Robert Cox Trophy.”
Designed by Bob Cupp and Jerry Pate, a U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur champion, Old Waverly opened for play in September 1988. Eleven years later, it hosted the 1999 Women’s Open, won by three-time U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Juli Inkster, who secured the first of her two Women’s Open titles by carding a 72-hole score of 272, tied for the best in Women’s Open history. In 2006, Meghan Stasi won the first of her four U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur titles at Old Waverly with a 5-and-4 victory over Thuhashini Selvaratnam.
“It is an honor to host the 119th U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at Old Waverly,” said George Bryan, club founder. “We have a strong history of supporting competitive amateur golf, and we look forward to welcoming the best female amateurs in the game to our course and to the state of Mississippi in 2019.”
Old Waverly has hosted numerous events, including the men’s and women’s Southeastern Conference Championships, Southern Golf Association women’s and junior championships, and the 2014 ISPS Handa Cup, an international team competition on the LPGA Legends Tour. The club also serves as the home of Mississippi State men’s and women’s golf programs. It began hosting the annual Old Waverly Collegiate Championship in 2013.
The 2019 Women’s Amateur will be the fourth USGA championship played in the state of Mississippi. Annandale Golf Club in Madison hosted the 1986 U.S. Mid-Amateur, won by Bill Loeffler.
The 2017 Women’s Amateur will be Aug. 7-13 at San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista, California. The 2018 championship will be Aug. 6-12 at the Golf Club of Tennessee in Kingston Springs, Tennessee.
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