The 2024 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship will take place from September 7 to September 12 at Brae Burn Country Club in West Newton, Mass.
The Donald Ross-designed club opened in 1897, and the current layout opened in 1912. The club underwent changes in 1928 ahead of the U.S. Amateur, which Bobby Jones won.
The 132-person field will play two rounds of stroke play, and then the field will be cut to 64 golfers for match play.
The course will play at 6,135 yards and a par of 72.
This Mid-Amateur championship is a precursor to the 2028 U.S. Women’s Amateur, which will be held at Brae Burn Country Club.
2023 championshipKimberly 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.
"In college, I never really played in any USGA events, mostly because by the time the summer came around, I was burned out, and I didn't want to travel," Kimberly Dinh told the USGA after her win. "So having an opportunity to compete in a USGA championship after grad school, after college, has been awesome, and to win it, just incredible.”
Notable events at Brae Burn Country Club1906 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)
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)
Notable U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur championsMartha Lang (1988); Carol Semple Thompson (1990, 1997); Sarah LeBrun Ingram (1991, 1993-94); Ellen Port (1995-96, 2000, 2011); Virginia Derby Grimes (1998) Meghan Stasi (2006-07, 2010, 2012); Martha Leach (2009); Julia Potter-Bobb (2013, 2016); Margaret Starosto (2014); Lauren Greenlief (2015); Kelsey Chugg (2017), Shannon Johnson (2018), Ina Kim-Schaad (2019)
Notable U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur runner-upsPat Cornett (1987); Page Marsh Lea (1989-90); Martha Lang (1991); Carol Semple Thompson (1992); Brenda Corrie Kuehn (1995); Mina Hardin (2001); Ellen Port (2002); Virginia Derby Grimes (2004); Laura Coble (2009); Margaret Starosto (2013, 2015); Julia Potter-Bobb (2014); Kelsey Chugg (2018, 2023)
Schedule
Saturday, Sept. 7 (Stroke Play, Round 1, 18 holes)
Sunday, Sept. 8 (Stroke Play, Round 2, 18 holes)
Monday, Sept. 9 (Round of 64, match play)
Tuesday, Sept. 10 (Round of 32/Round of 16, match play)
Wednesday, Sept. 11 (Quarterfinals/Semifinals, match play)
Thursday, Sept. 12 (Championship Match, 18 holes)
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 (must be an amateur)
-exemption into the next 10 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateurs
-exemption into the next two U.S. Women's Amateurs
Future U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur sites
2025: Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Dunes Course), Pebble Beach, Calif./Oct. 4-9
2026: Montclair Golf Club, West Orange, N.J./TBA
2027: Country Club of Buffalo, Williamsville, N.Y./Sept. 3-8
2030: Sand Valley Resort, Nekoosa, Wis./Sept. 7-12
2032: Jupiter Hills Club (Hills Course), Tequesta, Fla./TBA
ABOUT THE
U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur
The U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur originated in
1987 to provide a national competitive arena
for amateurs 25 and older. Besides the age
restriction, the event is open to those with a
USGA Handicap Index of 9.4 or lower. It is
one of 14 national championships conducted
annually by the USGA, 10 of which are strictly
for amateurs.
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