The 73rd U.S. Girls' Junior takes place next week at The Club at Olde Stone. Olde Stone was designed by Arthur Hills and opened in 2006.
The course, which features Zeon zoysiagrass fairways and bentgrass greens with total elevation changes of more than 150 feet, has hosted a number of prestigious events, including the Junior Ryder Cup, NCAA Division I Regionals, the Southern Amateur, the Southern Junior Amateur and the Kentucky Open.
The Club at Olde Stone will be set up at 6,485 yards and will play to a par of 37-36–73.
The Club at Olde Stone Hole by Hole
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 5 3 5
Yards 356 530 152 390 384 338 528 166 472 3,316
Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 4 5
Yards 362 501 378 130 331 419 141 373 534 3,169
Note: Yardages subject to change.
Admission
Admission is free. Tickets are not required for this USGA championship and spectators are encouraged to attend.
Entries
This year’s championship accepted 1,599 applicants with entries closing on May 18.
The championship is open to female amateur golfers who will not have reached their 19th birthday on or before July 23, 2022, and have a Handicap Index® not exceeding 9.4.
Championship Field
A starting field of 156 players will compete in the U.S. Girls’ Junior. Following 18-hole rounds of stroke play on July 18-19, the field will be cut to the top 64 players for match play. Five 18-hole rounds of match play will determine the finalists who will square off in a 36-hole championship match.
Qualifying
Qualifying, played over 18 holes, was conducted at 42 sites nationwide between May 25 and July 1. To view qualifying results, visit usga.org/girlsjunior.
Exempt Players
The following 22 players are fully exempt into the 2022 U.S. Girls’ Junior:
Saki Baba (Qualified for the 2022 U.S. Women's Open)
Justice Bosio (Top 40 age-eligible player in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Kylee Choi (Qualified for the 2022 U.S. Women's Open)
Nicole Gal (Winner of 2021 Canadian Girls Junior)
Megha Ganne (Returned 72-hole score from 2021 U.S. Women's Open; Playing member of the 2022 USA Curtis Cup Team; Top 40 age-eligible player in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Maria Garcia Arroyo (Winner of 2022 Mexican Junior International)
Cara Heisterkamp (Quarterfinalist in 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur)
TingHsuan Huang (Top 40 age-eligible player in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Thienna Huynh (2022 champion of U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball)
Sara Im (Qualified for 2022 U.S. Women's Open; 2022 champion of U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball)
Nika Ito (Qualified for 2022 U.S. Women's Open)
Tsubasa Kajitani (Top 40 age-eligible player in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Katie Li (Semifinalist in 2021 U.S. Girls' Junior)
HsinChun Liao (Top 40 age-eligible player in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Maria Jose Marin Negrete (Top 40 age-eligible player in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Catherine Park (Qualified for 2022 U.S. Women's Open)
Kaitlyn Schroeder (Quarterfinalist in 2021 U.S. Girls' Junior)
Karen Tsuru (Quarterfinalist in 2021 U.S. Girls' Junior)
Yana Wilson (Quarterfinalist in 2021 U.S. Girls' Junior; Top 40 age-eligible player in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Fiona Xu (Top 40 age-eligible player in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Lauren Zaretsky (Winner of 2021 Canadian Women's Amateur)
Yunxuan Zhang (Qualified for 2022 U.S. Women's Open)
Schedule of Play
Practice rounds will take place July 16-17, and the championship schedule is as follows:
July 18 (Monday): First round, stroke play
July 19 (Tuesday): Second round, stroke play, field reduced to 64 players for match play
July 20 (Wednesday): Round of 64, match play
July 21 (Thursday): Round of 32/Round of 16, match play
July 22 (Friday): Quarterfinals/semifinals, match play
July 23 (Saturday): 36-hole championship final, match play
Television Schedule
The 2022 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship will receive at least four hours of live network coverage. Golf Channel will air semifinal matches on Friday. Coverage of Saturday’s championship match will begin at 3 p.m. EDT.
Date Network Broadcast Hours (EDT)
July 22 Golf Channel Semifinal matches, 6-8 p.m.
July 23 Golf Channel Championship match, 3-5 p.m.
What the Champion Receives
Exemption from qualifying for the next year’s U.S. Women’s Open Presented by ProMedica
A gold medal and custody of the Glenna Collett Vare Trophy for one year
A custom-made USGA champions ring
Exemption from qualifying for all U.S. Girls’ Juniors prior to her 19th birthday
Exemption from qualifying for the next two U.S. Women’s Amateur Championships
2021 Champion – Rose Zhang
World No. 1 Rose Zhang, 18, of Irvine, Calif., became the eighth player in USGA history to win both the U.S. Girls’ Junior and the U.S. Women’s Amateur, but the first to accomplish the latter first, when she defeated Bailey Davis, 18, of White Plains, Md., 6 and 4, in the 36-hole final at Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Md. Zhang, who won the 2022 NCAA individual title and helped Stanford University to the team title as a freshman, also was the stroke-play medalist. She won the 2020 U.S. Women’s Amateur by defeating Gabriella Ruffels in 38 holes at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md.
Championship History
The U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship was established in 1949, one year after the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. Philadelphia (Pa.) Country Club, one of the oldest clubs in the nation, hosted the first championship on its Bala Course, which opened in 1891, three years before the founding of the USGA. Girls’ Junior champions have won the U.S. Women’s Amateur seven times and the U.S. Women’s Open six times. Additionally, 20 champions have gone on to represent the USA on the Curtis Cup Team.
Considering the age limitations on a junior golf career, Hollis Stacy’s record of three consecutive Girls’ Junior Championships (1969-1971) is among the most remarkable accomplishments in USGA history. In 2016, Eun Jeong Seong joined the elite club of back-to-back U.S. Girls’ Junior winners, the first since 1971, and followed her victory by winning the 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur, making her the first player to win the two prestigious championships in the same year and just the third female to win multiple USGA championships in the same year.
Kay Cornelius, the 1981 winner, is also among the noteworthy champions. Her mother, Kathy Cornelius, won the 1956 U.S. Women’s Open, making them the only mother-daughter tandem to have captured USGA championships. Other notable winners include Amy Alcott (1973), JoAnne Gunderson Carner (1956), Heather Farr (1982), Pat Hurst (1986), Ariya Jutanugarn (2011), I.K. Kim (2005), Nancy Lopez (1972, 1974), Inbee Park (2002), Lexi Thompson (2008) and Mickey Wright (1952).
Future U.S. Girls’ Junior Sites
2023: Eisenhower Golf Course at the Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo./July 17-22
2025: Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek, Ga./July 14-19
2026: Old Chatham Golf Club, Durham, N.C./July 13-18
2035: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore./Dates TBD
2038: Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Dates TBD
2045: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore./Dates TBD
USGA Championships at The Club at Olde Stone
This is the first USGA championship hosted at The Club at Olde Stone.
USGA Championships in Kentucky
The 2022 U.S. Girls’ Junior will be the sixth USGA championship conducted in Kentucky, and the first since the 2007 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links. The Club at Olde Stone is the first site in Kentucky to host the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship.
List of USGA championships and champions in Kentucky:
2007 Women’s Amateur Public Links: Kearney Hill Golf Links, Lexington (Mina Harigae)
1997 Amateur Public Links: Kearney Hill Golf Links, Lexington (Tim Clark)
1994 U.S. Senior Amateur: The Champions G.C., Nicholasville (O. Gordon Brewer)
1950 Amateur Public Links: Seneca Golf Course, Louisville (Stanley Bielat)
1932 Amateur Public Links: Shawnee Golf Course, Louisville (R.L. Miller)
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