Championship Venue |
Rolling Green Golf Club, Springfield, Pa. |
Opened |
1926 |
Designer |
William Flynn |
Entries Open |
Week of April 4 |
Entries Close |
June 15 |
Dates of Championship |
Aug. 1-7 |
Field Size |
156 |
Eligibility |
Any female amateur whose Handicap Index does not exceed 5.4 |
2015 Championship |
Hannah O’Sullivan def. Sierra Brooks, 3 and 2; Portland (Ore.) Golf Club |
Quotable |
“I can’t really describe how good it feels. I just feel so blessed.” – Hannah O’Sullivan |
Notable Past Events at Rolling Green |
1976 U.S. Women’s Open (JoAnne Gunderson Carner) |
U.S. Women’s Amateurs in Pennsylvania (12) |
1899 (Philadelphia C.C./Philadelphia) Ruth Underhill |
Notable U.S. Women’s Amateur Champions |
Alexa Stirling (1916, 1918-19); Glenna Collett Vare (1922, 1925, 1928-30, 1935); Virginia Van Wie (1932-34); Patty Berg (1938); Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1946); Louise Suggs (1947); JoAnne Gunderson Carner (1957, 1960, 1956, 1962, 1966, 1968); Anne Sander (1958, 1961, 1963); Catherine Lacoste (1969); Laura Baugh (1971); Carol Semple Thompson (1973); Beth Daniel (1975, 1977); Juli Inkster (1980-82); Kay Cockerill (1986-87); Kellie Kuehne (1995-96); Grace Park (1998); Morgan Pressel (2005); Danielle Kang (2010-11); Lydia Ko (2012) |
Notable U.S. Women’s Amateur Runners-Up |
Alexa Stirling (1921, 1923, 1925); Virginia Van Wie (1928, 1930); Glenna Collett Vare (1931-32); Patty Berg (1935, 1937); Mickey Wright (1954); Anne Sander (1965, 1968, 1973); Carol Semple Thompson (1974); Patty Sheehan (1979); Brandie Burton (1989); Annika Sorenstam (1992); Jenny Chuasiriporn (1998); Azahara Munoz (2008); Jessica Korda (2010); Brooke Mackenzie Henderson (2014) |
Schedule of Play |
Aug. 1 (First Round, 18 holes, stroke play) |
Television Coverage |
Aug. 3 (Round of 64/Fox Sports 1/TBD) |
Future Sites |
2017 (San Diego Country Club, Chula Vista, Calif./Aug. 7-13) |