39th U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship Fact Sheet

Sitting along the coastline of Pebble Beach, Calif., Monterey Peninsula Country Club was founded in 1926 and spans 400 acres of coastal forest. The club is home to two championship golf courses – the Dunes Course and the Shore Course. The Dunes Course was originally designed by Seth Raynor and later completed by Robert Hunter before the course was renovated by Rees Jones in 1998.  

Previous USGA championships contested at Monterey Peninsula Country Club include the 1952 U.S. Girls’ Junior, the 1958 U.S. Senior Amateur and the 1968 and 1976 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateurs. The 2025 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur will mark Monterey Peninsula’s fifth USGA championship and its first in nearly 50 years.  

ENTRIES 
The USGA accepted 616 entries in 2025, a record for the championship. The previous record was 533 set in 2000. The U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur 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. 

QUALIFYING 
Qualifying rounds, conducted over 18 holes, were held at 28 sites in the U.S. and one site in Mexico between Aug. 13 and Sept. 11.  

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 Oct. 4-5, 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, Oct. 9.

SCHEDULE OF PLAY 
Practice rounds will take place Oct. 2-3, and the championship schedule is as follows: 

Oct. 4 (Saturday): First round, stroke play 
Oct. 5 (Sunday): Second round, stroke play 
Oct. 6 (Monday): Round of 64, match play 
Oct. 7 (Tuesday): Round of 32 and Round of 16, match play 
Oct. 8 (Wednesday): Quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, match play 
Oct. 9 (Thursday): 18-hole championship final, match play

ADMISSION 
Admission is free. Tickets are not required for the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, and spectators are encouraged to attend. 
 
2024 CHAMPIONSHIP 
Hana Ryskova, 25, became the first player from Czechia (formerly Czech Republic) to win a USGA championship with her 5-and-4 victory over Lindsey Gahm, of Louisville, Ky., in the 18-hole final at Brae Burn Country Club, in West Newton, Mass. Ryskova played her collegiate golf at the University of Louisville, so there were Kentucky connections among the two finalists. Gahm played collegiate golf at Louisiana State University.

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT MONTEREY PENNINSULA COUNTRY CLUB 
1952 U.S. Girls' Junior (Mickey Wright) 
1958 U.S. Senior Amateur (Thomas Robbins) 
1968 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur (Carolyn Cudone) 
1976 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur (Cecile Maclaurin) 

OTHER NOTABLE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT MONTEREY PENNINSULA COUNTRY CLUB 
2007 California State Amateur (Josh Anderson) 
2013 California State Amateur (Cory McElyea) 
2019 California State Amateur (William Mouw) 

Note: The club's Shore Course was part of the PGA Tour's AT&T National Pro-Am rotation for more than 30 years before the tournament switched to a two-course format; the club has also hosted multiple California Junior Girls' Championships. 

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CALIFORNIA 
The Women’s Mid-Amateur will be the 94th USGA championship and the third U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur contested in the state of California. The Golden State recently hosted the 2025 U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, the 2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Open at San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista and the 2025 Walker Cup Match at Cypress Point Club in Pebble Beach.  

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CALIFORNIA (Since 2010) 
2010 U.S. Open, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach (Graeme McDowell) 
2012 U.S. Open, The Olympic Club, San Francisco (Webb Simpson) 
2012 U.S. Girls’ Junior, Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City (Minjee Lee) 
2013 U.S. Junior Amateur, Martis Camp Club, Truckee (Scottie Scheffler) 
2013 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, CordeValle, San Martin (Ellen Port) 
2014 U.S. Senior Amateur, Big Canyon Country Club, Newport Beach (Patrick Tallent) 
2015 U.S. Senior Open, Del Paso Country Club, Sacramento (Jeff Maggert) 
2016 U.S. Women’s Open, CordeValle, San Martin (Brittany Lang) 
2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur, San Diego Country Club, Chula Vista (Sophia Schubert) 
2017 U.S. Amateur, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades (Doc Redman) 
2017 Walker Cup Match, The Los Angeles Country Club, Los Angeles (USA) 
2018 U.S. Amateur, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach (Viktor Hovland) 
2018 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball, El Caballero Country Club, Tarzana (Katrina Prendergast and Ellen Secor) 
2018 U.S. Girls’ Junior, Poppy Hills Golf Course, Pebble Beach (Yealimi Noh) 
2019 U.S. Open, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach (Gary Woodland) 
2021 U.S. Open, Torrey Pines Golf Course, San Diego (Jon Rahm) 
2021 U.S. Women’s Open, The Olympic Club, San Francisco (Yuka Saso) 
2023 U.S. Open, The Los Angeles Country Club, Los Angeles (Wyndham Clark) 
2023 U.S. Women’s Open, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach (Allisen Corpuz) 
2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur, Bel-Air Country Club, Los Angeles (Megan Schofill) 
2023 U.S. Senior Amateur, Martis Camp Club, Truckee (Todd White) 
2024 U.S. Girls’ Junior, El Caballero Country Club, Tarzana (Rianne Malixi) 
2025 U.S. Amateur, The Olympic Club, San Francisco (Mason Howell)
2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Open, San Diego Country Club, Chula Vista (Becky Morgan)
2025 Walker Cup, Cypress Point Club, Pebble Beach (USA)
 
U.S. WOMEN’S MID-AMATEURS IN CALIFORNIA 
1996: Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage (Ellen Port) 
2000: Canyon Country Club, Newport Beach (Ellen Port) 

MOST USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTED BY VENUES IN CALIFORNIA 
(includes 2025 championships) 
14 – Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach 
12 – The Olympic Club, San Francisco 
5 – Monterey Peninsula Country Club – Pebble Beach 
5 – Del Paso Country Club, Sacramento 
4 – The Los Angeles Country Club, Los Angeles 
4 – San Diego Country Club, San Diego 

STATES HOSTING MOST USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS 
(includes 2025 championships) 

95 Pennsylvania 
94 California 
75 New York 
64 New Jersey 
61 Illinois 
61 Massachusetts 

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 was a member at Brae Burn and served as chairman of the USGA Women’s Committee from 1959-63, presented it in 1987.  

WHAT THE CHAMPION RECEIVES 

A gold medal 

Custody of the Mildred Prunaret Trophy for one year 

Exemption into the 2026 U.S. Women’s Open Championship Presented by Ally at Riviera Country Club (must be an amateur) 

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) 

Name engraved on the 2025 USGA Champions' plaque that will reside in the USGA Museum's Hall of Champions in Liberty Corner, N.J.

FUTURE U.S. WOMEN’S MID-AMATEUR SITES 
Aug. 29–Sept. 3, 2026: Montclair Golf Club, West Orange, N.J. 
Sept. 11-16, 2027: Country Club of Buffalo, Williamsville, N.Y. 
Sep. 23-28, 2028: Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte, N.C. 
Sept. 7-12, 2030: Sand Valley Resort, Nekoosa, Wis. 
Sept. 18-23, 2032: Jupiter Hills Club, Tequesta, Fla. 
Sept. 30-Oct. 5, 2034: The Golf Club of Tennessee, Kingston Springs, Tenn.