37th U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship Releases Details of Event

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

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PAR AND YARDAGE

Brae Burn Country Club will be set up at 6,135 yards and play to a par of 72.

BRAE BURN COUNTRY CLUB HOLE BY HOLE

Note: Yardages subject to change.

ABOUT BRAE BURN COUNTRY CLUB
Brae Burn Country Club, founded in 1897, features a Donald Ross-designed 18-hole course that opened in 1912 and underwent significant changes in 1928. Located in West Newton, Mass., just 10 miles from downtown Boston, the course is steeped in USGA history, beginning with the 1906 U.S. Women’s Amateur, won by Harriot Curtis. Additional USGA championships contested at Brae Burn include the 1919 U.S. Open, the 1928 U.S. Amateur, the 1958 and 1970 Curtis Cup Matches, and the 1975 and 1997 U.S. Women’s Amateurs.

Brae Burn has also hosted the Massachusetts Amateur 11 times and the Massachusetts Women’s Amateur 15 times, with Francis Ouimet and three-time U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Margaret Curtis among those to claim a state championship there. The 37th U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur will be the Brae Burn’s eighth USGA championship. The club will also host the 2028 U.S. Women’s Amateur on the 100th anniversary of Bob Jones’ U.S. Amateur victory. 

ENTRIES
The USGA accepted 491 entries in 2024, the most for the championship since 2007. 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, conducted over 18 holes, was held at 28 sites in the U.S. and at one site in Mexico between July 18 and Aug. 21. The Ridge Club, in Sandwich, hosted the Massachusetts qualifier on July 22. To view a full list of qualifying results, visit usga.org/womensmidam. 

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. 7-8, 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. 12.

EXEMPT PLAYERS

The following 31 players earned full exemptions into the 2024 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur:

• Alexandra Austin (Quarterfinalist in 2023 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur)
• Kelsey Chugg (2017 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion; 2023 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur runner-up)
• Isabella DiLisio (2022 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur semifinalist; Round of 16 in 2023 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur)
• Kimberly Dinh (2023 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion)
• Sarah Gallagher (2023 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur champion)
• Lauren Gebauer (Round of 16 in 2023 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur)
• Allison Gonring (Special Exemption from the USGA)
• Lauren Greenlief (2015 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion; 2023 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur quarterfinalist)
• Kathy Hartwiger (Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking/WAGR® as of July 3)
• Shannon Johnson (2018 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion)
• Gretchen Johnson (2023 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur semifinalist)
• Tara Joy-Connelly (Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in WAGR® as of July 3)
• Ina Kim-Schaad (2019 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion)
• Brenda Corrie Kuehn (2023 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur runner-up)
• Judith Kyrinis (2023 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur quarterfinalist; Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in WAGR® as of July 3)
• Catherine McEvoy (Round of 16 in 2023 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur)
• Valeria Mendizabal (Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in WAGR® as of July 3)
• Alena Oppenheimer (Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in WAGR® as of July 3)
• Jennifer Peng (2022 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur semifinalist)
• Julia Potter-Bobb (2013 and 2016 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion)
• Jackie Rogowicz (2023 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur semifinalist; Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in WAGR® as of July 3)
• Alyssa Roland (Round of 16 in 2023 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur)
• Hana Ryskova (Top 10 age-eligible points leaders in WAGR® as of April 17)
• Terrill Samuel (Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in WAGR® as of July 3)
• Meghan Stasi (Special Exemption from the USGA)
• Shelly Stouffer (2024 Canadian Women's Mid-Amateur champion)
• Alexandra Vilatte Farret (2024 European Mid-Amateur Ladies' champion)
• Taryn Walker (2023 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur quarterfinalist)
• Katrin Wolfe (Round of 16 in 2023 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur)
• Dawn Woodard (Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in WAGR® as of July 3)
• Sue Wooster (Top 30 age-eligible points leaders in WAGR® as of July 3)  

SCHEDULE OF PLAY
Practice rounds will take place Sept. 5-6, and the championship schedule is as follows:

Sept. 7 (Saturday): First round, stroke play
Sept. 8 (Sunday): Second round, stroke play
Sept. 9 (Monday): Round of 64, match play
Sept. 10 (Tuesday): Round of 32 and Round of 16, match play
Sept. 11 (Wednesday): Quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, match play

Sept. 12 (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.

2023 CHAMPIONSHIP
Kimberly Dinh, of Midland, Mich., became the second left-handed champion in U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur history with a come-from-behind, 2-up victory over 2017 champion Kelsey Chugg in the 18-hole title match at Stonewall's North Course. Dinh, a chemical engineer with a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (she played collegiately at Wisconsin), joined two-time winner Julia Potter-Bobb as the lone southpaw winners of the championship. To read more, click here.

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BRAE BURN

1906 U.S. Women's Amateur (Harriot Curtis)
1919 U.S. Open (Walter Hagen)
1928 U.S. Amateur (Bob Jones)
1958 Curtis Cup (Tie, GB&I retained the cup)
1970 Curtis Cup (USA)
1975 U.S. Women's Amateur (Beth Daniel)
1997 U.S. Women's Amateur (Silvia Cavalleri)

2024 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur

2028 U.S. Women's Amateur

OTHER NOTABLE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BRAE BURN

11 Massachusetts Amateurs (Notable winners: Francis Ouimet, Richard Chapman, Michael Thorbjornsen)
15 Massachusetts Women's Amateurs (Notable winners: Margaret Curtis, Anne Marie Tobin, Tracy Welch) 

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MASSACHUSETTS

The 2024 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur will be the 61st USGA championship and the second U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur contested in the state of Massachusetts. In 2022, the Bay State hosted the 122nd U.S. Open Championship at The Country Club in Brookline, won by Matt Fitzpatrick, and the 67th U.S. Senior Amateur at The Kittansett Club in Marion, won by Rusty Strawn. Massachusetts is now tied for fifth with Illinois for states that have hosted the most USGA championships.

RECENT USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MASSACHUSETTS (SINCE 2000)

2001 U.S. Senior Open, Salem Country Club, Peabody (Bruce Fleisher)

2003 USGA Women’s State Team, Wellesley Country Club (Ohio)

2003 USGA Men’s State Team, Charles River Country Club, Newton Centre (Tennessee)

2004 U.S. Women’s Open, The Orchards Golf Club, South Hadley (Meg Mallon)

2005 U.S. Junior Amateur, Longmeadow Country Club (Kevin Tway)

2009 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links, Red Tail Golf Club, Devens (Jennifer Song)

2010 Curtis Cup Match, Essex County Club, Manchester-by-the Sea (USA)

2013 U.S. Amateur, The Country Club, Brookline (Matt Fitzpatrick)

2016 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, Wellesley Country Club (Ellen Port)

2017 U.S. Senior Open, Salem Country Club, Peabody (Kenny Perry)

2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur, Sankaty Head Golf Club, Siasconset (Stewart Hagestad)

2022 U.S. Open, The Country Club, Brookline (Matt Fitzpatrick)

2022 U.S. Senior Amateur, The Kittansett Club, Marion (Rusty Strawn)

U.S. WOMEN’S MID-AMATEURS IN MASSACHUSETTS

1995: Essex County Club, Manchester-by-the-Sea (Ellen Port)

MOST USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTED BY VENUES IN MASSACHUSETTS

(includes 2024 championships)

12 – The Country Club, Brookline

8 – Brae Burn Country Club, West Newton

6 – Salem Country Club, Peabody

5 – Essex Country Club, Manchester-by-the-Sea

4 – Myopia Hunt Club, South Hamilton

MOST USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTED BY STATES

(includes 2024 championships)

94        Pennsylvania

90        California

75        New York

63        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 Gardinor 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 WINNER RECEIVES
►A gold medal

►Custody of the Mildred Gardinor Prunaret Trophy for one year

►Exemption into the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open Championship Presented by Ally at Erin Hills (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)

FUTURE U.S. WOMEN’S MID-AMATEUR SITES

Oct. 4-9, 2025: Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Dunes Course), Pebble Beach, Calif.

TBD, 2026: Montclair Golf Club, West Orange, N.J.

Sept. 3-8, 2027: Country Club of Buffalo, Williamsville, N.Y.

Sept. 7-12, 2030: Sand Valley Resort, Nekoosa, Wis.

Sept. 18-23, 2032: Jupiter Hills Club (Hills Course), Tequesta, Fla.