7th U.S. Senior Women’s Open Notebook and Storylines

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 Hall 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, in Wheaton, Ill. Helen Alfredsson, of Sweden, took home the trophy the following year at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, in Southern Pines, N.C., 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 2024 at Waverley Country Club, in Portland, Ore., Trish Johnson claimed the title by a single stroke over Leta Lindley, who finished runner-up for the second consecutive time. Lindley, an LPGA Tour winner, then broke through last August to win the 6th U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Fox Chapel Golf Club, in Pittsburgh, Pa.. 

 
WHO’S HERE – Among the 120 golfers in the 2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Open field, there are: 

U.S. Senior Women’s Open champions (5): Laura Davies (2018), Trish Johnson (2023), Leta Lindley (2024), Jill McGill (2022), Annika Sorenstam (2021) 

U.S. Senior Women’s Open runners-up (4): Juli Inkster (2018, ’19), Leta Lindley (2022, ’23), Liselotte Neumann (2021), Kaori Yamamoto (2024) 

U.S. Women’s Open champions (7): Laura Davies (1987), Jane Geddes (1986), Juli Inkster (1999, 2002), Liselotte Neumann (1988), Annika Sorenstam (1995, ’96, 2006), Hollis Stacy (1977, ’78, ’84), Karrie Webb (2000, ‘01) 

U.S. Women’s Open runners-up (7): Donna Andrews (1993), Tammie Green (1994), Pat Hurst (2006), Juli Inkster (1992), Rosie Jones (1984), Annika Sorenstam (2002, ’04), Hollis Stacy (1980) 

U.S. Women’s Amateur champions (6): Silvia Cavalleri (1997), Vicki Goetze-Ackerman (1989, ’92), Pat Hurst (1990), Juli Inkster (1980, ’81, ’82), Jill McGill (1993), Wendy Ward (1994) 

U.S. Women’s Amateur runners-up (4): Brandie Burton (1989), Jill McGill (1994), Annika Sorenstam (1992), Kim Williams (1984) 

U.S. Girls’ Junior champions (5): Amy Alcott  (1973), Brandie Burton (1989), Pat Hurst (1986), Michelle McGann (1987), Hollis Stacy (1969, ’70, ’71) 

U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champions (4): a-Kathy Hartwiger (2002), a-Martha Leach (2009), a- Ellen Port (1995, 1996, 2000, 2011), Laura Shanahan Rowe (2001), a-Corey Weworski (2004) 

U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur champions (6): a-Sarah Gallagher (2023), a-Nadene Gole, a-Judith Kyrinis (2017), a-Ellen Port, (2012, 2013, 2016), a-Shelly Stouffer (2022), a-Lara Tennant (2018, 2019, 2021) 

U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links champions (3):Danielle Ammaccapane (1985), Tracy Hanson (1991), Jill McGill (1994) 

Curtis Cup Team Members: 

United States (9): Danielle Ammaccapane (1986), Brandie Burton (1990), Vicki Goetze-Ackerman (1990, ’92), Tracy Hanson (1992), Juli Inkster (1982), a-Brenda Corrie Kuehn (1996, ’98), Jill McGill (1994), a-Ellen Port (1994,’96), Hollis Stacy (1972), Wendy Ward (1994) 

Great Britain & Ireland (4): Laura Davies (1984), Trish Johnson (1986), Catriona Matthew (1990, ’92, ’94), Becky Morgan (1998, 2000), Janice Moodie (1994, ’96) 

NCAA Division I champions (5): Danielle Ammaccapane (1985), Vicki Goetze-Ackerman (1992), Pat Hurst (1989), Annika Sorenstam (1991), Charlotta Sorenstam (1993) 

World Golf Hall of Fame Members (7): Amy Alcott (1999), Laura Davies (2015), Juli Inkster (2000), Annika Sorenstam (2003), Hollis Stacy (2012), Karrie Webb (2005) 

ACTIVE CONSECUTIVE U.S. SENIOR WOMEN’S OPEN APPEARANCES (2025 included) – Danielle Ammaccapane (7), Sherry Andonian (7), Jean Bartholomew (7), Laura Davies (7), Jamie Fischer (7), Cheryl Fox (7), Jane Geddes (7), Lisa Grimes (7), Juli Inkster (7), Christa Johnson (7),  Cathy Johnston-Forbes (7), Laurel Kean (7), a-Judith Kyrinis (7),  Barbara Moxness (7), Liselotte Neumann (7), Michele Redman (7), Laura Shanahan Rowe (7), Yuka Saito (7), Hollis Stacy (7), Maggie Will (7) 

CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD – The USGA accepted 403 entries in 2025, the fourth time entries have surpassed the 400 mark in championship history. 

The 120-player field includes 53 fully exempt golfers, five of whom are U.S. Senior Women’s Open champions. Qualifying was played over 18 holes at 16 sites across the United States between June 11 and July 31. There were qualifying sites in 16 states, including two in California. 

The USGA accepted entries from golfers in 40 U.S. states, including 52 from the host state California, as well as 12 foreign countries. Florence Descampe was the first entrant on February 12 at 9:05 a.m., while Alison Hurley was the last entrant on June 4 at 5:00 pm. 

AMATEURS – There are 31 amateurs in the 120-player field. USGA champions Judith Kyrinis, Ellen Port, and Martha Leach are among that group. 

Kyrinis, 61, of Canada, is set to make her seventh start in the championship. Her strongest run came in 2023 at Waverley Country Club, in Portland, Ore., where she tied for sixth, and posted the lowest 72-hole score (290) by an amateur. She has twice been low amateur (2019, 2023) in the championship. Kyrinis, the 2017 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur champion, claimed the Ontario Women’s Senior Championship title this past July and secured a runner-up finish in the 39th Ione D Jones-Doherty Senior Women’s Amateur Championship. She is a retired nurse who worked at Toronto General Hospital. 

Port, 63, of St. Louis Mo., will return to the U.S. Senior Women’s Open for a sixth time; her best finish a tie for 29th in 2022 and 2023. Port is a seven-time USGA champion, with victories in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur (1995, 1996, 2000, 2011) and U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur (2012, 2013, 2016). Last year, she advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at The Broadmoor Golf Club, in Seattle, Wash., and won the Ladies National Golf Association Senior Championship in Muskogee, Okla. This year she added to her list of accolades by winning the Bluegrass Women’s Senior Amateur Championship and finishing second at the Kansas Women’s Mid-Amateur. 

Leach, 63, of Hebron, Ky., will be making her seventh start in the championship along with sister and six-time USGA champion, Hollis Stacy, 71, of Holmes Beach, Fla. Their best finishes came in the inaugural championship in 2018 at Chicago Golf Club, in Wheaton, Ill.; Hollis (T28) and Martha (T10). Leach has been the low amateur twice in the U.S. Senior Women’s Open. She won the 2009 U.S. Mid-Amateur and is fourth among championship competitors with 44 career match-play victories. Leach has competed in 80 USGA championships. 

Note: Martha Leach and Hollis Stacy are one of two sister duos in the field. Annika Sorenstam, 54, of Orlando, Fla., and Charlotta Sorenstam, 52, of Sweden, are the other pair. 

Amateurs in Senior Women’s Open 

Year	Number	Made Cut	Low Finisher
2025	31	--	--
2024	33	7	Terrill Samuel, T-19
2023	34	9	Judith Kyrinis, T-6
2022	37	6	Patricia Ehrhart, T-15
2021	33	7	Martha Leach, Ellen Port, T-20
2020	No Championship
2019	34	5	Judith Kyrinis, Sally Krueger, T-29
2018	29	7	Martha Leach, T-10

QUALIFIERS – USGA champions, Kathy Hartwiger, Tracy Hanson and Lara Tennant are among the 66 players who qualified for the championship. 

Hartwiger, 59, of Pinehurst, North Carolina, is set to make her third appearance in the U.S. Senior Women’s Open, with her best finish (T37) in 2023. Hartwiger just won The R&A Women’s Senior Amateur Championship held at Walton Heath Golf Club, in England, this past July. Winning by 3 strokes, she became the first American champion since Lara Tennant in 2019. She also captured the 2002 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur title with a 2-up victory over Ellen Port in the 18-hole final at Eugene (Ore.) Country Club. She has competed in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur the past four consecutive years reaching the semifinals in 2022, the quarterfinals in 2021 and 2024, and the round of 16 in 2023. Her 20-hole win over Adrienne MacLean in 2022 stands as one of the longest Round-of-16 matches in championship history. Hartwiger has won a record 21 Alabama state championships, claimed the 2022 North & South Senior Women’s Championship title at Pinehurst, and was runner-up the following year. 

Hanson, 52, of Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, will be playing in her fourth consecutive U.S. Senior Women’s Open after moving forward from the Schererville, Ill., qualifier on June 23. In 1991, she won the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links and was low amateur in the U.S. Women’s Open (T-21). Hanson, who was a member of the 1992 USA Curtis Cup Team, was the 1994 Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year and would later play on the LPGA Tour through 2008. Her best performance came in her championship debut in 2022, where she finished tied for 36th. 

Tennant, 58, of Portland Ore., will make her seventh start in the championship after having withdrawn last year due to an injury. Her best finish came in 2022 where she finished tied for 38th. The three-time U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur champion (2018, 2019,2021) just recently defended her Oregon Senior Women’s Amateur title. Last year she also captured the California Senior Women’s Amateur, Irish Senior Women’s Open Championship, and Scottish Senior Women’s Open Championship. 

Note: A qualifier has placed among the top-10 finishers in all six previous U.S. Senior Women’s Opens. Yuko Saito finished fifth in the inaugural championship in 2018. 

Qualifiers in Senior Women’s Open 

Year	Number	Made Cut	Low-Finisher - Qualifying Site
2025	66	--	--
2024	66	19	Kaori Yamamoto, 2nd
2023	70	21	a-Judith Kyrinis, T-6
2022	72	18	Catrin Nilsmark, 8th
2021	59	16	Kimberly Williams, T-7
2020	No Championship	--	--
2019	69	18	Lisa DePaulo, T-9
2018	62	20	Yuko Saito, 5th

QUALIFYING HISTORY   
In 2024, Kaori Yamamoto tied the third-lowest score in the championship’s qualifying history with a 2-under-par 68. The 50-year-old from Japan had four birdies and two bogeys at Diamond Oaks Country Club, in Fort Worth, Texas. Yamamoto, the winner of one JLPGA Tour event and four JLPGA senior events, tied for 11th in last year’s JLPGA Legends Championship. In 2022, Tracy Hanson recorded the lowest qualifying score with a bogey-free 4-under 67 at Heritage Oaks Golf Dina Club, in Northbrook, Ill. Ammaccapane matched that score with a 5-under 67 the following year. Her round included an eagle 2 on the 315-yard, par-4 sixth hole at Papago Golf Course, in Phoenix, Ariz. 

U.S. Senior Women’s Open Qualifying Low Scores (since 2018) 

67, Tracy Hanson, 2022 (Northbrook, Ill.; Heritage Oaks G.C.) 

67, Dina Ammaccapane, 2023 (Phoenix, Ariz.; Papago Golf Course) 

68, Dana Dormann, 2018 (San Francisco, Calif.; The Olympic Club / Ocean Course) 

68, a-Martha Leach, 2023 (Columbus, Ohio; York G.C.) 

68, Kaori Yamamoto, 2024 (Fort Worth, Texas; Diamond Oaks C.C.) 

69, Suzy Green-Roebuck, 2018 (Southern Pines, N.C.; Pine Needles Lodge & G.C.) 

69, Sherry Andonian, 2019 (Rancho Mirage, Calif.; Tamarisk C.C.) 

69, Pamela Johnson, 2019 (Mattapoisett, Mass.; Bay Club at Mattapoisett) 

69, Teresa Ishiguro, 2022 (Roseville, Calif.; Sierra View C.C.) 

69, a-Sue Wooster, 2022 (Goodyear, Ariz.; Pebblecreek Golf Resort / Eagle’s Nest Course) 

69, Tonya Gill Danckaert, 2024 (Atlanta, Ga.; Druid Hills G.C.) 

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 titles 

► Mickey Wright claimed her fourth U.S. Women’s Open title in 1964 at San Diego Country Club 

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SAN DIEGO COUNTRY CLUB GOLF CLUB   
This will be the first U.S. Senior Women’s Open and fourth USGA championship to be conducted at San Diego Country Club.

In 1964, San Diego native Mickey Wright captured her fourth and final U.S. Women’s Open title, defeating Seattle native Ruth Jessen by two strokes in an 18-hole playoff. On the 72nd hole Jessen made a birdie while Wright fought to save par to force a playoff. 

Jill McGill, the 2022 U.S. Senior Women’s Open champion, captured the 1993 U.S. Women’s Amateur title with a 1-up victory over Sarah LeBrun Ingram in a tightly contested 36-hole final. After a rough morning round, Ingram rallied in the afternoon, trimming a 4-down deficit and nearly extending the match. But a lip-out birdie putt left the door open for McGill to secure the win. McGill went on to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links the following year.  

In 2017, Sophia Schubert, then 21 from Oak Ridge, Tenn., won the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship with a dominant 6-and-5 victory over Switzerland’s Albane Valenzuela in the 36-hole final. Schubert set the tone with a birdie on the opening hole and never looked back, adding five more birdies and closing out the match with a steady par on the 31st hole. Schubert also ended the streak of nine straight teenage champions. 

2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Open Players Who Competed in 1993 U.S. Women’s Amateur at San Diego Country Club (8): Angela Buzminski, Eunice Cho, a-Brenda Corrie Kuehn, Leta Lindley, Jill McGill, Abby Pearson, a-Ellen Port, Wendy Ward.  

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SAN DIEGO COUNTRY CLUB (champion in parenthesis)  

1964 U.S. Women’s Open (Mickey Wright) 

1993 U.S. Women’s Amateur (Jill McGill) 

2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur (Sophia Schubert) 

OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SAN DIEGO COUNTRY CLUB 

Pacific Coast Amateur (2002, 2007) 

SCGA Amateur (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 in September will host the Walker Cup Match at Cypress Point Club, and the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Monterey Peninsula Country Club, both in Pebble Beach. 

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, The 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) 

THE COURSE – 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 increase its difficulty and strategic appeal. 

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 

LONG HOLES – NCR Country Club’s South Course featured the longest par 4 in 2022, the 428-yard 12th hole in the fourth round. San Diego Country Club’s third hole could be among the longest par 3s based on course setup. Brooklawn Country Club’s 546-yard 7th hole is the longest par 5 since the U.S. Senior Women’s Open began in 2018. 

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 

THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED IN THE U.S. 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: Prairie Dunes Country Club, Hutchinson, Kan. 

PAST SENIOR WOMEN’S OPEN CHAMPIONS – Since the U.S. Senior Women’s Open began in 2018, there have been six different champions. Laura Davies (2018) and Annika Sorenstam (2021) are the only champions to have also won the U.S. Women’s Open. 

In Defense of the Senior Women’s Open 

Year	Champion	Previous Year	Result in Defense
2024	Leta Lindley	Runner-Up	--
2023	Trish Johnson	12th	T-13
2022	Jill McGill	did not play	T-14
2021	Annika Sorenstam	did not play	T-5
2020	No Championship	--	--
2019	Helen Alfredsson	tie,6th	T-7(2021)
2018	Laura Davies	did not play	T-9

WINNERS OF U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN & U.S. SENIOR WOMEN’S OPEN  

Laura Davies (1987 U.S. Women’s Open; 2018 U.S. Senior Women’s Open) 

Annika Sorenstam (1995, 1996, 2006 U.S. Women’s Open; 2021 U.S. Senior Women’s Open) 

WHAT THE CHAMPION RECEIVES 

Among the benefits the 2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Open champion receives are: 

►A gold medal and custody of the U.S. Senior Women’s Open Trophy for the ensuing year 

►An exemption from qualifying for the 2026 U.S. Women’s Open Championship at The Riviera Country club, in Pacific Palisades, Calif. 

►An exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championships 

BROADCAST SCHEDULE  
The 7th U.S. Senior Women’s Open will receive at least six hours of broadcast coverage. Rolex is the exclusive presenting partner of coverage for six USGA Championships in 2025, including the U.S. Senior Women’s Open. Rolex’s commitment will allow an uninterrupted broadcast of these championships, providing fans with hours of continuous live action. 

NBCUniversal’s production will utilize a roster of broadcasters that includes Steve Burkowski (play-by-play) and World Golf Hall of Famer Judy Rankin (analyst). Kay Cockerill, a two-time USGA champion, will join the coverage as an on-course reporter.  

Rankin won 26 LPGA tournaments and was runner-up in the 1972 U.S. Women’s Open, in 2002, she received the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the USGA, in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. Cockerill, who played in five U.S. Women’s Opens and two U.S. Senior Women’s Opens, won the 1986 and 1987 U.S. Women’s Amateurs. 

Date/Day	Time (Local/EDT)	Channel	Coverage
Saturday, Aug. 23	4-7 p.m.	Peacock	Third Round
	8-10 p.m.	Golf Channel	Third Round (Tape)
Sunday, Aug. 24	4-7 p.m.	Peacock	Fourth Round
	8-10 p.m.	Golf Channel	Fourth Round (Tape)

 NBC Talent Roster 
►Play by Play: Steve Burkowski 
►Analyst: Judy Rankin 
►On-Course: Kay Cockerill 

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. 

TWO-TEE START – Play will begin at 7:15 a.m. EDT from both the first tee and ninth tee on Thursday (Aug. 21) at San Diego Country Club. A two-tee start was adopted for the 2000 U.S. Women’s Open. The USGA employed a two-tee start for the U.S. Senior Open the following year and used the format for the first time in the U.S. Open in 2002. 

SENIOR OPEN BIRTHDAYS – Sarah Gallagher will celebrate her 52nd birthday on Sunday, Aug. 17, just ahead of championship week, while Catriona Matthew will mark her 56th birthday on Monday, Aug. 25, the day after the championship concludes. 

OLDEST & YOUNGEST – Barbara Moxness, 72, is the oldest player in the field and will be making her seventh start in the championship, with her best finish coming in 2019 (T7). Moxness “Moxie”, a former LPGA Tour and LPGA Legends professional, is the founder of the Moxie Golf Academy where she teaches the game to the up-and-coming generations. In addition, she has been named Top Teacher by Golf Digest. Ashli Bunch, a U.S. Senior Women’s Open rookie, is the youngest, having turned 50 on July 25.. Bunch joined the LPGA Tour in 1999 following a run on the Epson Tour. In 2010 she had her best finish (T31) at the U.S. Women’s Open at Oakmont Country Club.  

FIELD FOR THE AGES – Eight players in the 2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Open field have recently celebrated their 50th birthday. World Golf Hall of Famer Karrie Webb, a 41-time LPGA Tour winner and seven-time major champion, is now among those eligible after turning 50 in December. 

There are 33 players in the field who are 60 or older. Five-time USGA champion Juli Inkster, 64, is among that group. Inkster won two U.S. Women’s Opens (1999, 2002) and three consecutive U.S. Women’s Amateurs, from 1980-82.  

The average age of the 120-player field is 57.06 

INTERNATIONAL GROUP – There are 10 countries represented in the 2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Open. The USA has 87 players in the field, while Japan has 13, and Canada and Sweden each have 4. 

Countries with players in the field: United States (87) Australia (2), Canada (4), England (2), France (2), Italy (2), Japan (13), Peru (1), Scotland (2), Sweden (4) 

FIRST TIME IN U.S. SENIOR WOMEN’S OPEN – There are 23 players in the 2025 championship field who are playing in their first U.S. Senior Women’s Open. 

List of First-Time U.S. Senior Women’s Open Competitors (23): Heather Bowie Young, Ashli Bunch, Eunice Cho, Laura Diaz, Melissa Dziabo, Chie Furusawa, Nadene Gole, Kelly Green, Sara Griffin, Kaori Higo, Charlaine Hirst, Kim Izzi, Robin Krapfl, Emma Leonardi, Becky Morgan, Margie Muzik, Chiaki Nagano, Gwladys Nocera, Abby Pearson, Amy E. Phelan, Sylvie Schetagne, Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll, Karrie Webb. 

TICKETS AVAILABLE – Tickets for the 2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship are available for purchase at usseniorwomensopen.com. Championship round good-any-one-day gallery tickets are $30, while good-any-one-day tickets for the upgraded Cali Cantina are $50.