U.S. Senior Women's Open

U.S. Senior Women's Open
Tournament information
LocationPittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2024)
Established2018, 6 years ago
Course(s)Fox Chapel Golf Club (2024)
Par71 (2024)
Length5,964 yards (5,453 m) (2024)
Organized byUSGA
FormatStroke play
Prize fund$1.0 million[1]
Month playedAugust
Tournament record score
Aggregate276 England Laura Davies (2018)
Sweden Annika Sörenstam (2021)
To par−16 England Laura Davies (2018)
Current champion
United States Leta Lindley
2024 U.S. Senior Women's Open

The U.S. Senior Women's Open is one of fourteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. This USGA championship is open to women whose 50th birthday falls on or before the first day of competition and hold a handicap index not exceeding 7.4. It is part of the Legends of the LPGA Tour. The inaugural championship was held in 2018 at the Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois.

The U.S. Senior Women's Open and the Senior LPGA Championship are considered to constitute the senior women's major golf championships. The eligibility for the Senior LPGA Championship and the Legends of the LPGA Tour are for female golfers age 45 and older, why not all Senior LPGA Championship players are eligible for the U.S. Senior Women's Open.

The field for the tournament is 120 players and is filled with professionals and amateurs with exemptions and sectional qualifying status. The tournament is 72 holes of stroke play, with the top 50 and ties making the 36-hole cut. Winners gain an exemption into the following year's U.S. Women's Open.

  1. ^ "2021 U.S. Senior Women's Open final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won". Golf News Net. August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.