The U.S. Senior Women’s Open kicks off next week at San Diego Country Club.
Founded in 1897 San Diego Country Club began as a nine-hole golf course. Years later, the club expanded by acquiring 160 acres of rolling farmland shaping the layout seen today. San Diego Country Club, originally designed by William Watson, is recognized as San Diego’s first established country club and the only private club in Southern San Diego County. William Bell later remodeled the course, adding length and enhancing the bunkers to enhance its difficulty and strategic appeal.
WHO CAN ENTER
The championship is open to any female professional or amateur golfer who is 50 years of age or older as of Aug. 21, 2025. An amateur is eligible with a Handicap Index® not exceeding 7.4.
ENTRIES
The USGA accepted 412 entries for the 2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Open, the highest total since the inaugural championship in 2018. The record was established that year, when 462 golfers applied to play at Chicago Golf Club, in Wheaton, Ill.
QUALIFYING
In 2025, qualifying, over 18 holes, will be held at 16 U.S. sites from June 18-July 28. There are two qualifying sites in the state of California.
CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD
The starting field of 120 golfers will be cut after 36 holes to the low 50 scorers and ties.
SCHEDULE OF PLAY
Eighteen holes of stroke play are scheduled each day from Thursday, Aug. 21, through Sunday, Aug. 24. In the case of a tie after 72 holes, a two-hole aggregate playoff will commence immediately after the conclusion of the fourth round.
BROADCAST COVERAGE
NBCUniversal will provide live broadcast coverage of the final two rounds of the 7th U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship. All times ET.
Peacock Golf Channel (Tape Delay)
Saturday 4-7 p.m. 8-10 p.m.
Sunday 4-7 p.m. 8-10 p.m.
2024 CHAMPION
Leta Lindley, 52, defeated Kaori Yamamoto by two to win the 2024 U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Fox Chapel Golf Club in Pittsburgh, Pa. Lindley, the runner-up in 2022 and 2023, fired a championship-record round of 7-under-par 64 in Sunday’s final round to surge up the leader board. Her 64 surpassed the previous 18-hole record by two strokes, previously owned by four others, including 2018 champion Laura Davies and 2023 winner Trish Johnson.
WHAT THE WINNER RECEIVES
Among the benefits enjoyed by the U.S. Senior Women’s Open winner are:
Custody of U.S. Senior Women’s Open Trophy for one year, and a gold medal
A U.S. Senior Women’s Open exemption for the next 10 years
Exemption into the 2026 U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally Championship at Riveria Country Club, in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Name inscribed on the 2025 USGA Champions’ plaque that will reside in the USGA Museum's Hall of Champions in Liberty Corner, N.J.
CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
This is the 7th U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship. The USGA announced the establishment of the championship on Feb. 6, 2015. In 2018, World Golf of Famer Laura Davies, of England, posted a 10-stroke victory over Juli Inkster en route to winning the inaugural title at historic Chicago Golf Club. Helen Alfredsson, of Sweden, took home the trophy the following year before the championship was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, three-time U.S. Women’s Open champion Annika Sorenstam, of Sweden, produced a wire-to-wire victory in her first year of eligibility at Brooklawn Country Club, in Fairfield Conn. Jill McGill became the first American to win the championship in 2022. Her one-stroke triumph at NCR Club, in Kettering, Ohio, was her third USGA title. In 2023, Trish Johnson, of England, claimed the title by a single stroke over Leta Lindley, who finished runner-up for the second consecutive year. Last year, Leta Lindley clinched the title at Fox Chapel Golf Club with a record final round of 7-under-par 64.
PURSE
The 2025 purse is $1 million; with the winner earning $180,000.
2025 U.S. SENIOR WOMEN’S OPEN NOTES
This will be the 92nd USGA championship to be contested in the state of California
Laura Davies and Annika Sorenstam are the only players to win the U.S. Women’s Open and U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championships
Mickey Wright claimed her 4th U.S. Women’s Open title in 1964 at San Diego Country Club
USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SAN DIEGO COUNTRY CLUB
This will be the first U.S. Senior Women’s Open and fourth USGA championship to be conducted at San Diego Country Club.
USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SAN DIEGO COUNTRY CLUB
1964 U.S. Women’s Open: Mickey Wright
1993 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Jill McGill def. Sarah LeBrun Ingram, 1-up victory
2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Sophia Schubert def. Albane Valenzuela, 6 and 5
OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SAN DIEGO COUNTRY CLUB
San Diego Open (1952, 1953)
Pacific Coast Amateur (2002, 2007)
SCGA Amateur Championship (2013)
USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CALIFORNIA
This will be the 92nd USGA championship played in California and the first U.S. Senior Women’s Open contested in the state. In 2025, The Golden State also hosted the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club and will host the Walker Cup at Cypress Point Club and the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Monterey Peninsula Country Club.
Recent USGA/California Championships (champion in parenthesis)
2015 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, The Olympic Club, San Francisco (Nathan Smith and Todd White)
2015 U.S. Senior Open, Del Paso C.C., Sacramento (Jeff Maggert)
2016 U.S. Women’s Open, CordeValle, San Martin (Brittany Lang)
2017 Walker Cup, The Los Angeles C.C., Los Angeles (USA)
2017 U.S. Amateur, Riviera C.C., Pacific Palisades (Doc Redman)
2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur, San Diego C.C., Chula Vista (Sophia Schubert)
2018 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball, El Caballero C.C., Tarzana (Katrina Prendergast and Ellen Secor)
2018 U.S. Girls’ Junior, Poppy Hills G.C., Pebble Beach (Yealimi Noh)
2018 U.S. Amateur, Pebble Beach G.L., Pebble Beach (Viktor Hovland)
2019 U.S. Open, Pebble Beach G.L., Pebble Beach (Gary Woodland)
2021 U.S. Women’s Open, The Olympic Club, San Francisco (Yuka Saso)
2021 U.S. Open, Torey Pines G.C., San Diego (Jon Rahm)
2023 U.S. Women’s Open, Pebble Beach G.L., Pebble Beach (Allisen Corpuz)
2023 U.S. Open, The Los Angeles C.C., Los Angeles (Wyndham Clark)
2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur, Bel-Air C.C., Los Angeles (Megan Schofill)
2023 U.S. Senior Amateur, Martis Camp Club, Truckee (Todd White)
2024 U.S. Girls’ Junior, El Caballero C.C., Tarzana (Rianne Malixi)
LONGEST U.S. SENIOR WOMEN’S OPEN COURSES
6,279 yards, Chicago G.C., first round, Wheaton, Ill., 2018
6,279 yards, Chicago G.C., second round, Wheaton, Ill., 2018
6,219 yards, San Diego C.C., Chula Vista, Calif. 2025
6,207 yards, NCR C.C. (South Course), third round, Kettering, Ohio, 2022
6,196 yards, Chicago G.C., third round, Wheaton, Ill., 2018
6,178 yards, Chicago G.C., fourth round, Wheaton, Ill., 2018
6,178 yards, NCR C.C. (South Course), fourth round, Kettering, Ohio, 2022
LONGEST PAR 3s in U.S. SENIOR WOMEN’S OPEN HISTORY
206 yards, 16th, third round, Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 2023
203 yards, 16th, second round, Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 2023
191 yards, 15th, third round, NCR C.C. (South Course), Kettering, Ohio, 2022
185 yards, 2nd, third round, Brooklawn C.C., Fairfield, Conn., 2021
185 yards, 13th, fourth round, NCR C.C. (South Course), Kettering, Ohio, 2022
LONGEST PAR 4s in U.S. SENIOR WOMEN’S OPEN HISTORY
428 yards, 12th, fourth round, NCR C.C. (South Course), Kettering, Ohio, 2022
405 yards, 9th, first round, Chicago G.C., Wheaton, Ill., 2018
401 yards, 9th, third round, Chicago G.C., Wheaton, Ill., 2018
401 yards, 14th, first round, Brooklawn C.C., Fairfield, Conn., 2021
401 yards, 14th, fourth round, Brooklawn C.C., Fairfield, Conn., 2021
LONGEST PAR 5s IN U.S. SENIOR WOMEN’S OPEN HISTORY
546 yards, 7th, fourth round, Brooklawn C.C., Fairfield, Conn., 2021
540 yards, 7th, third round Brooklawn C.C., Fairfield, Conn., 2021
533 yards, 7th, first round, Brooklawn C.C., Fairfield, Conn., 2021
533 yards, 8th, second round, Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 2023
533 yards, 8th, third round, Waverley C.C., Portland, Ore., 2023
WINNERS OF U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN AND U.S. SENIOR WOMEN’S OPEN
Laura Davies (1987 U.S. Women’s Open; 2018 U.S. Senior Women’s Open)
Annika Sorenstam (1985, 1996, 2006 U.S. Women’s Open; 2021 U.S. Senior Women’s Open)
THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED AT THE SENIOR WOMEN’S OPEN
Trish Johnson – the last international winner (2023)
Jill McGill – the last to win on her first attempt (2022)
Helen Alfredsson – the last to win on her second attempt (2019)
Annika Sorenstam – the last start-to-finish winner with ties (2021)
Laura Davies – the last winner to birdie the 72nd hole (2018)
Jill McGill – the last winner without a round in the 60s (2022)
None – the last winner with all rounds in the 60s
None – the last defending champion to miss the cut
None – the last winner to come through qualifying
FUTURE SITES
Aug. 20-23, 2026: Barton Hills Country Club, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Aug. 19-22, 2027: Tacoma Country & Golf Club, Lakewood, Wash.
2028: TBD
2029: TBD
2030: Spyglass Hill Golf Course, Pebble Beach, Calif.
2031: Plainfield Country Club, Edison, N.J.
2032: Prarie Dunes Country Club, Hutchinson, Kan.
CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY
The U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship was announced in 2015 in recognition of the growth of women’s golf and the increasing number of worthy age-eligible competitors from around the world. Made of sterling silver, the trophy celebrates the accomplishments of its competitors as well as the opportunity this championship represents. Its design elements include olive leaves, which symbolize intergenerational inspiration; the USGA seal, marking the organization’s longstanding commitment to the game of golf; a pineapple crown, signifying that the championship is open to all; and round beads encircling the base that denote femininity and honor the significant role women have played in the game’s history. Designed and produced by Nicholas Winton, Ltd., of Cheshire, England, the trophy stands 22 inches tall, is 12 inches from handle to handle and weighs 13 pounds, making it the heaviest of the five USGA Open championship trophies.
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