Old Warson Country Club will challenge the game's top female amateurs

Far Hills, N.J. – Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Mo., has been selected by the United States
Golf Association as the site of the 2009 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. The dates of the
championship are Aug. 3-9.

Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and opened in 1954, Old Warson will be hosting its second USGA
Championship. Previously, the club was the site of the 1999 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship,
won by Danny Green. The course features rolling terrain, tree-lined fairways and large undulating greens.

  Old Warson Country Club was

  most notably the host of the
  1971 Ryder Cup Matches (1971
  U.S. Team pictured at left).
  In addition, the club has hosted
  multiple U.S. Open Sectional
  qualifying rounds, and numerous
  Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association
  Championships, including the
  annual MAGA Match Play Championship.

 The U.S. Women’s Amateur is making its
  third stop in the state of Missouri, previously
  held at St. Louis Country Club in 1925 and 1972.

 “Old Warson is indeed honored to once again
  host a USGA national championship, said
  Daniel J. Devereux, the championship’s
  general chairman.

“The club is poised to present a challenging golf course to test the finest women amateur golfers in the world,” Devereux added.

The U.S. Women's Amateur has served as a launching pad for many of the game's top females. Past champions include: Juli
Inkster, Grace Park, Beth Daniel, Morgan Pressel (pictured right), Kelli Kuehne, Dorothy Delasin, Laura Baugh, Vicki Goetze, Babe Zaharias,
JoAnn Gunderson Carner. Kimberly Kim, a 14-year-old from Hilo, Hawaii, is the defending champion.

Prior to 2009, the U.S. Women’s Amateur will be played at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind., from Aug. 6-12, 2007; and at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Ore., from Aug. 4-10, 2008.

The U.S. Women’s Amateur, for female amateurs who have USGA Handicap Indexes not exceeding 5.4., is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the USGA, 10 of which are strictly for amateurs.

The USGA is the national governing body of golf in this country and Mexico, a combined territory that includes more
than half the game’s golfers and golf courses.
 

The Association's most visible role is played out each season in conducting 13 national championships, including
the U.S. Open, U.S. Women's Open and U.S. Senior Open. Ten additional USGA national championships are exclusively
for amateurs, and include the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Women's Amateur.

For more information, please contact the USGA Championships Department at (908) 234-2300.