35th U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship - Facts and Figures

The 35th U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship kicks off this week on the Long Mean Course at Fiddlesticks Country Club.

The course will be set up at 6,199 yards and play to a par of 72. Based on the setup, the Course Rating™ is 77.0 and the Slope Rating® is 137.

ABOUT FIDDLESTICKS COUNTRY CLUB

Fiddlesticks C.C. features 36 holes of golf – The Long Mean Course and the Loch Ness Course. Both layouts were designed by Ron Garl. While the fairways are open, the Long Mean Course offers more trouble than its sister course, where waste bunkers or water hazards come into play on 75 percent of the layout. The Loch Ness Course, previously known as the Wee Friendly, was redesigned by Bob Cupp in 1999.

ENTRIES

The USGA accepted 437 entries in 2022, the most since 2007. The championship is open to female amateur golfers who have reached their 25th birthday by the first day of the championship and have a Handicap Index® not exceeding 9.4.

CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD

A starting field of 132 players will compete in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur. Following 18-hole rounds of stroke play on Sept. 17-18, 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 an 18-hole championship match on Thursday, Sept. 22.

QUALIFYING

Qualifying, played over 18 holes, took place at 31 sites around the country and at one site in Mexico between Aug. 3 and Aug. 30. To view qualifying results, visit usga.org/womensmidam.

EXEMPT PLAYERS

The following 27 players earned full exemptions into the 2022 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur:

Blakesly Brock (2021 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion)

Talia Campbell (2019 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur runner-up)

Kelsey Chugg (2017 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion; 2018 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur runner-up)

Aliea Clark (2021 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur runner-up)

Clare Connolly (2021 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur quarterfinalist)

Kaylin Crownover (Round of 16 at 2021 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur)

Kimberly Dinh (Round of 16 at 2021 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur)

Jamie Freedman (Round of 16 at 2021 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur)

Susan Glasby (Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking®)

Lauren Greenlief (2015 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion; 2019 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur semifinalist; 2021 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur quarterfinalist; Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Kathy Hartwiger (Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Gigi Higgins (Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Amanda Jacobs (2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur semifinalist; Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Gretchen Johnson (Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Shannon Johnson (2018 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion; 2021 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur semifinalist; Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Kim Keyer-Scott (Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Ina Kim-Schaad (2019 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion; 2021 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur semifinalist)

Ellen Port (2011 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion; Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Martha Leach (Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Katie Miller Gee (Special Exemption from the USGA)

Julia Potter-Bobb (2013 and 2016 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion)

Jackie Rogowicz (Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Terrill Samuel (Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Meghan Stasi (2012 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion; 2019 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur semifinalist; Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Shelly Stouffer (2022 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur champion; Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Lara Tennant (Round of 16 at 2021 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur; 2021 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur champion; Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Lana Weant (Round of 16 in 2021 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur)

Dawn Woodard (2021 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur quarterfinalist; Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking

SCHEDULE OF PLAY

Practice rounds will take place Sept. 15-16, and the championship schedule is as follows:

Sept. 17 (Saturday): First round, stroke play

Sept. 18 (Sunday): Second round, stroke play

Sept. 19 (Monday): Round of 64, match play

Sept. 20 (Tuesday): Round of 32 and Round of 16, match play

Sept. 21 (Wednesday): Quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, match play

Sept. 22 (Thursday): 18-hole championship final, match play

ADMISSION

Admission is free. Tickets are not required for this championship and spectators are encouraged to attend.

WHAT THE WINNER RECEIVES

A gold medal

Custody of the Mildred Prunaret Trophy for one year

Exemption into the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open Championship Presented By ProMedica at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links

Exemption into the next 10 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championships

Exemption into the next two U.S. Women’s Amateur Championships

Exemption into the next two U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Championships (if age-eligible)

2021 CHAMPIONSHIP

Blakesly Brock, of Chattanooga, Tenn., defeated Aliea Clark, of New York, N.Y., 5 and 4, at Berkeley Hall Club's North Course in the first final featuring two players in their first year of eligibility. Brock, who played collegiately at the University of Tennessee, became the third-youngest champion in U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur history behind Lauren Greenlief and Sarah Ingram.

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY

The U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship originated in 1987 to provide a national competitive arena for female amateurs age 25 and older. In 2017, the USGA announced that the winner of the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur will receive an exemption into the following year’s U.S. Women’s Open Championship. The U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Trophy is a sterling Revere bowl. Mildred Prunaret, who served as chairman of the USGA Women’s Committee from 1959-63, presented it in 1987.

NOTABLE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT FIDDLESTICKS COUNTRY CLUB

1998 Florida Women's Amateur (Marla Jemsek Weeks)

2010 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur (Mina Hardin)

2016 Florida State Amateur (Jacob Huizinga)

2021 Florida Open (Connor Arendell)

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FLORIDA

The 2022 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur will be the 26th USGA championship conducted in Florida. It will be the fourth U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur held in the state. Amelia Island Plantation hosted the championship in 1988, Old Marsh G.C. in Palm Beach Gardens hosted in 1992 and Golden Hills G. & T.C. in Ocala hosted in 2009.

The state’s first USGA championship was the 1930 Amateur Public Links at Jacksonville Municipal Links. The most recent USGA championship was the 2021 Walker Cup at Seminole G.C. in Juno Beach.

Prior USGA Championship in Florida

1930 U.S. Amateur Public Links: Jacksonville Municipal Links, Jacksonville (Robert E. Wingate)

1952 U.S. Amateur Public Links: Miami C.C., Miami (Omer L. Bogan)

1963 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur: Country Club of Florida, Village of Golf (Marion Choate)

1969 U.S. Women’s Open: Scenic Hills C.C., Pensacola (Donna Caponi)

1970 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur: Coral Ridge C.C., Fort Lauderdale (Carolyn Cudone)

1978 U.S. Senior Amateur: Pine Tree G.C., Boynton Beach (Keith Compton)

1987 U.S. Amateur: Jupiter Hills Club, Tequesta (Billy Mayfair)

1988 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur: Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island (Martha Lang)

1991 U.S. Junior Amateur: Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando (Tiger Woods)

1992 U.S. Senior Amateur: The Loxahatchee Club, Jupiter (Clarence Moore)

1992 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur: Old Marsh G.C., Palm Beach Gardens (Marion Maney-McInerney)

1994 U.S. Amateur: TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach (Tiger Woods)

1995 Men’s State Team: Lake Nona G. & C.C., Orlando (Virginia)

1995 Women’s State Team: Lake Buena Vista Club, Lake Buena Vista (Pennsylvania)

2002 U.S. Senior Amateur: Timuquana C.C., Jacksonville (Greg Reynolds)

2003 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links: Ocean Hammock G.C., Palm Coast (Michelle Wie West)

2009 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur: Golden Hills G. & T.C., Ocala (Martha Leach)

2010 U.S. Senior Amateur: Lake Nona G. & C.C., Orlando (Paul Simson)

2010 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur: Fiddlesticks C.C., Fort Myers (Mina Hardin)

2015 U.S. Mid-Amateur: John’s Island Club, Vero Beach (Sammy Schmitz)

2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball: Streamsong Resort, Streamsong (Hailee Cooper/Kaitlyn Papp)

2018 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur: Orchid Island G. & B.C., Vero Beach (Lara Tennant)

2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball: Jupiter Hills Club, Tequesta (Garrett Barber/Cole Hammer)

2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball: Timuquana C.C., Jacksonville (Megan Furtney/Erica Shepherd)

2021 Walker Cup: Seminole G.C., Juno Beach (United States)

FUTURE U.S. WOMEN’S MID-AMATEUR SITE

Sept. 9-14, 2023: Stonewall, Elverson, Pa.

Sept. 7-12, 2024: Brae Burn Country Club, West Newton, Mass.