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Schofill defeats long-time friend in U.S Women’s Amateur final

Schofill defeats long-time friend in U.S Women’s Amateur final

Megan Schofill is a creature of habit, who this week at Bel-Air Country Club, made winning look routine. 14 Aug 2023

Aussie Peirce through to U.S Women’s Amateur Round of 32

Aussie Peirce through to U.S Women’s Amateur Round of 32

South Australian Caitlin Peirce was the lone Australian to make it through to the match play section of the U.S Women’s Amateur after rounds of 72-71 to scrape through in joint 45th. 10 Aug 2023

Local hope Sets Scoring Record at U.S Women’s Amateur

Local hope Sets Scoring Record at U.S Women’s Amateur

Aspiring stars flock to Los Angeles from all over the world in their quest for glory. Briana Chacon only had to travel 30 miles. 9 Aug 2023

Opinion: Sliding doors of Ruffels and Rose

Opinion: Sliding doors of Ruffels and Rose

It took 38 holes to split Rose Zhang and Gabi Ruffels in the final of the 2020 U.S Women’s Amateur Championship at Woodmont Country Club in Maryland. 6 Jul 2023

LPGA Tour nears as Ruffels obliterates field in Kansas

LPGA Tour nears as Ruffels obliterates field in Kansas

Australian Gabriela Ruffels has all but secured her LPGA Tour card with a record-setting victory on the secondary Epson Tour in America. 8 May 2023

Japan’s Baba claims dominant U.S. Women’s Amateur victory

Japan’s Baba claims dominant U.S. Women’s Amateur victory

Displaying superb ball striking, near-flawless putting and a killer competitive instinct, Saki Baba put on a clinic at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. 15 Aug 2022

Two Aussies through to U.S. Women’s Amateur Round of 32

Two Aussies through to U.S. Women’s Amateur Round of 32

The recent strong showing by Australian amateurs around the globe has continued in America, with Kelsey Bennett and Maddison Hinson-Tolchard advancing at the U.S. Women’s Amateur. 11 Aug 2022

U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur hat-trick for Tennant

U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur hat-trick for Tennant

Lara Tennant, the No.1 seed and the two-time defending champion, outlasted seven-time USGA champion Ellen Port, 2&1, in the 18-hole final of the 59th U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship Thursday on the Dogwood Course at The Lakewood Club. 17 Sep 2021

Past champions to face off in U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur final

Past champions to face off in U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur final

Two-time defending champion Lara Tennant and three-time champion Ellen Port gritted their way through two matches on a soggy Tuesday at The Lakewood Club, both of them converting birdie putts on the 18th hole to seal their spots in Wednesday’s 18-hole final of the 59th U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship. 15 Sep 2021

Past champions advance at suspended U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur

Past champions advance at suspended U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur

Two-time defending champion Lara Tennant and three-time champion Ellen Port both rallied to win a pair of matches on Monday to advance to the quarterfinal round of the 59th U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship on the 5,771-yard, par-72 Dogwood Course at The Lakewood Club. 14 Sep 2021

Aussies Wooster and Puckett bow out of U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur

Aussies Wooster and Puckett bow out of U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur

Two-time defending champion Lara Tennant, the No.1 seed in match play, led a parade of top-seeded players who advanced to the Round of 32 with victories on Sunday in the 59th U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at The Lakewood Club. 13 Sep 2021

USGA announces long-term relationships with Oakmont and Merion

USGA announces long-term relationships with Oakmont and Merion

As part of its commitment to stage golf’s greatest championships at the nation’s most iconic venues, the USGA has awarded five more U.S. Open Championships and four U.S. Women’s Open Championships to two of the country’s most storied golf courses, Oakmont Country Club and Merion Golf Club, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 12 Aug 2021

Castle completes improbable run to U.S. Women’s Amateur title

Castle completes improbable run to U.S. Women’s Amateur title

Jensen Castle completed one of the most improbable runs in U.S. Women’s Amateur history by defeating Yu-Chiang (Vivian) Hou, 2 and 1, in Sunday’s 36-hole championship match at Westchester Country Club. 9 Aug 2021

Aussie Mahar and top-seed Heck advance to U.S. Women’s Amateur quarterfinals

Aussie Mahar and top-seed Heck advance to U.S. Women’s Amateur quarterfinals

The upsets – at least according to seed – remained in vogue on Thursday at the 121st U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. 6 Aug 2021

Two Aussies stay alive on day of U.S. Women’s Amateur upsets

Two Aussies stay alive on day of U.S. Women’s Amateur upsets

Favourites and high seeds in the 121st U.S. Women’s Amateur did not have a memorable Wednesday at Westchester Country Club. 5 Aug 2021

Kuehn U.S. Women’s Amateur medallist as three Aussies advance

Kuehn U.S. Women’s Amateur medallist as three Aussies advance

Taking advantage of a windless conditions and comfortable temperatures, Wake Forest All-American Rachel Kuehn carded a five-under-par 67 on Tuesday at Westchester Country Club to earn medallist honours in the 121st U.S. Women’s Amateur, America’s oldest female amateur championship. 4 Aug 2021

Thailand’s Chanachai leads 121st U.S. Women’s Amateur

Thailand’s Chanachai leads 121st U.S. Women’s Amateur

Suthavee Chanachai didn’t know what to expect from her first-ever round in a USGA championship on Monday. 3 Aug 2021

Gabi Ruffels joins the pro ranks

Gabi Ruffels joins the pro ranks

Life as a professional golfer will begin for Gabi Ruffels at this month's LPGA Tour event in Florida after the Australian opted to shed her amateur status. 11 Feb 2021

Ruffels runner-up at US Women's Amateur

Ruffels runner-up at US Women's Amateur

Australia's Gabi Ruffels has lost the US Women's Amateur Championship in cruel fashion with a lipped-out putt during a sudden-death playoff at Woodmont Country Club in Maryland. 10 Aug 2020

US Women’s Amateur: Defending champion Ruffels through to final

US Women’s Amateur: Defending champion Ruffels through to final

Gabriela Ruffels trailed in all five of her matches in the 120th US Women’s Amateur, but each time she found a way to come out ahead when it mattered the most. 9 Aug 2020

U.S Women's Amateur: Ruffels surges into quarter finals

U.S Women's Amateur: Ruffels surges into quarter finals

Victoria’s Gabi Ruffels stepped to the 9th tee trailing in all three of her matches at the 120th US Women’s Amateur Championship. 8 Aug 2020

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