The U.S. Women's Amateur, also known as the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship, is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association (USGA). Female amateurs from all nations are eligible to compete and there are no age restrictions. It was established in 1895, one month after the men's U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open. It is the third oldest USGA championship, over a half century older than the U.S. Women's Open, which was first played in 1946. Along with the British Ladies Amateur, the U.S. Women's Amateur is considered the highest honor in women's amateur golf.

Robert Cox Cup Since 1896 the Robert Cox Cup has been awarded annually by the USGA to the winner. The trophy was donated by Robert Cox of Edinburgh, Scotland, a member of the British Parliament and a golf course designer. It remains the oldest surviving trophy awarded for a USGA championship. Along with a gold medal, a replica of the silver case of Etruscan design is given to the tournament winner. The original trophy is on permanent display at the USGA Museum and Library. The Robert Cox Cup is the only USGA trophy donated by someone from another country.

The first tournament attracted a field of 13 and was played over 18 holes. As in the case of the men's U.S. Amateur, entry was originally restricted to members of USGA-affiliated private clubs (and, presumably, international players who were members of clubs affiliated with their nations' golf governing bodies); this policy remained in place until the 1979 tournament. Several thousand women now enter the event, and the USGA conducts sectional qualifying to reduce the number of contestants to a more manageable number. The main tournament opens with two rounds of stroke play. The leading 64 players then compete in a match play competition. The matches are played over 18 holes except for the final, which is played over 36 holes.

In 1956, Ann Gregory became the first African American to compete in the Championship, held that year at the Meridian Hills Country Club in Indianapolis.

There are no age restrictions on entry. Players must have a handicap index of 5.4 or less. Morgan Pressel qualified as a 13-year-old in 2001 and won in 2005 at the age of 17. The 2006 winner Kimberly Kim was only 14 years old, breaking the record previously held by Laura Baugh. In 2007, Pearl Jin and Alexis Thompson became the first 12-year-olds to qualify and the first to advance to match play. Jin and Thompson faced one another in the third round match play. Thompson beat Jin, but then lost in the quarterfinals.

Because the tournament is dominated by teenagers and college-age players who are working toward careers as tournament professionals, the USGA introduced a separate tournament in 1987 for players age 25 and over, called the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur. It gives older amateur players an opportunity to compete among themselves for a national title; entrants must have a handicap index of 9.4 or less.

The USGA rates Glenna Collett Vare as the most noteworthy champion who won the Robert Cox Cup a record six times. Several U.S. Women's Amateur champions who have gone on to become leading professionals including Patty Berg, Babe Zaharias, Louise Suggs and Beth Daniel.

The two finalists earn exemptions to the ensuing U.S. Women's Open, and the winner also earns exemptions to The Women's Open Championship and upon turning 50, the U.S. Senior Women's Open (one year exemption for players who eventually turned professional, and five years for players who did not turn professional).

Winners YearVenueWinnerScoreRunner-up2026 Honors Course Asterisk Talley 8 & 6 Anna Iwanaga2025 Bandon Dunes Golf Resort Megha Ganne 4 & 3 Brooke Biermann2024 Southern Hills Country Club Rianne Malixi 3 & 2 Asterisk Talley2023 Bel-Air Country Club Megan Schofill 4 & 3 Latanna Stone2022 Chambers Bay Saki Baba 11 & 9 Monet Chun2021 Westchester Country Club Jensen Castle 2 & 1 Hou Yu-chiang2020 Woodmont Country Club Rose Zhang 38 holes Gabriela Ruffels2019 Old Waverly Golf Club Gabriela Ruffels 1 up Albane Valenzuela2018 Golf Club of Tennessee Kristen Gillman (2) 7 & 6 Jeon Ji-won2017 San Diego Country Club Sophia Schubert 6 & 5 Albane Valenzuela2016 Rolling Green Golf Club Seong Eun-jeong 1 up Virginia Elena Carta2015 Portland Golf Club Hannah O'Sullivan 3 & 2 Sierra Brooks2014 Nassau Country Club Kristen Gillman 2 up Brooke Henderson2013 Country Club of Charleston Emma Talley 2 & 1 Yueer Cindy Feng2012 The Country Club (Cleveland) Lydia Ko 3 & 1 Jaye Marie Green2011 Rhode Island Country Club Danielle Kang (2) 6 & 5 Moriya Jutanugarn2010 Charlotte Country Club Danielle Kang 2 & 1 Jessica Korda2009 Old Warson Country Club Jennifer Song 3 & 1 Jennifer Johnson2008 Eugene Country Club Amanda Blumenherst 2 & 1 Azahara Muñoz2007 Crooked Stick Golf Club Mariajo Uribe 1 up Amanda Blumenherst2006 Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club Kimberly Kim 1 up Katharina Schallenberg2005 Ansley Golf Club Morgan Pressel 9 & 8 Maru Martinez2004 The Kahkwa Club Jane Park 2 up Amanda McCurdy2003 Philadelphia Country Club Virada Nirapathpongporn 2 & 1 Jane Park2002 Sleepy Hollow Country Club Becky Lucidi 3 & 2 Brandi Jackson2001 Flint Hills National Golf Club Meredith Duncan 37 holes Nicole Perrot2000 Waverley Country Club Marcy Newton 8 & 7 Laura Myerscough1999 Biltmore Forest Country Club Dorothy Delasin 4 & 3 Jimin Kang1998 Barton Hills Country Club Grace Park 7 & 6 Jenny Chuasiriporn1997 Brae Burn Country Club Silvia Cavalleri 5 & 4 Robin Burke1996 Firethorn Golf Club Kelli Kuehne (2) 2 & 1 Marisa Baena1995 The Country Club Kelli Kuehne 4 & 3 Anne-Marie Knight1994 The Homestead Wendy Ward 2 up Jill McGill1993 San Diego Country Club Jill McGill 1 up Sarah LeBrun Ingram1992 Kemper Lakes Golf Club Vicki Goetze (2) 1 up Annika Sörenstam1991 Prairie Dunes Country Club Amy Fruhwirth 5 & 4 Heidi Voorhees1990 Canoe Brook Country Club Pat Hurst 37 holes Stephanie Davis1989 Pinehurst Resort Vicki Goetze 4 & 3 Brandie Burton1988 Minikahda Club Pearl Sinn 6 & 5 Karen Noble1987 Rhode Island Country Club Kay Cockerill (2) 3 & 2 Tracy Kerdyk1986 Pasatiempo Golf Club Kay Cockerill 9 & 7 Kathleen McCarthy1985 Fox Chapel Country Club Michiko Hattori 5 & 4 Cheryl Stacy1984 Broadmoor Golf Club, Seattle Deb Richard 37 holes Kimberly Williams1983 Canoe Brook Country Club Joanne Pacillo 2 & 1 Sally Quinlan1982 Broadmoor Golf Club Juli Inkster (3) 4 & 3 Cathy Hanlon1981 Waverley Country Club Juli Inkster (2) 1 up Lindy Goggin1980 Prairie Dunes Country Club Juli Inkster 2 up Patti Rizzo1979 Memphis Country Club Carolyn Hill 7 & 6 Patty Sheehan1978 Sunnybrook Golf Club Cathy Sherk 4 & 3 Judith Oliver1977 Cincinnati Country Club Beth Daniel (2) 3 & 1 Cathy Sherk1976 Del Paso Country Club Donna Horton 2 & 1 Marianne Bretton1975 Brae Burn Country Club Beth Daniel 3 & 2 Donna Horton1974 Broadmoor Golf Club, Seattle Cynthia Hill 5 & 4 Carol Semple1973 Montclair Golf Club Carol Semple 1 up Anne Quast Sander1972 St. Louis Country Club Mary Budke 5 & 4 Cynthia Hill1971 Atlanta Country Club Laura Baugh 1 up Beth Barry1970 Wee Burn Country Club Martha Wilkinson 3 & 2 Cynthia Hill1969 Las Colinas Country Club Catherine Lacoste 3 & 2 Shelley Hamlin1968 Birmingham Country Club JoAnne Gunderson (5) 5 & 4 Anne Quast Welts1967 Annandale Golf Club Mary Lou Dill 5 & 4 Jean Ashley1966 Sewickley Heights Golf Club JoAnne Gunderson (4) 41 holes Marlene Stewart Streit1965 Lakewood Country Club (Colorado) Jean Ashley 5 & 4 Anne Quast Welts1964 Prairie Dunes Country Club Barbara McIntire (2) 3 & 2 JoAnne Gunderson1963 Taconic Golf Club Anne Quast Welts (3) 2 & 1 Peggy Conley1962 Country Club of Rochester JoAnne Gunderson (3) 9 & 8 Ann Baker1961 Tacoma Country and Golf Club Anne Quast Decker (2) 14 & 13 Phyllis Preuss1960 Tulsa Country Club JoAnne Gunderson (2) 6 & 5 Jean Ashley1959 Congressional Country Club Barbara McIntire 4 & 3 Joanne Goodwin1958 Wee Burn Country Club Anne Quast 3 & 2 Barbara Romack1957 Del Paso Country Club JoAnne Gunderson 8 & 6 Ann Casey Johnstone1956 Meridian Hills Country Club Marlene Stewart 2 & 1 JoAnne Gunderson1955 Myers Park Country Club Patricia Lesser 7 & 6 Jane Nelson1954 Allegheny Country Club Barbara Romack 4 & 2 Mickey Wright1953 Rhode Island Country Club Mary Lena Faulk 3 & 2 Polly Riley1952 Waverley Country Club Jackie Pung 2 & 1 Shirley McFedters1951 Town & Country Club Dorothy Kirby 2 & 1 Claire Doran1950 East Lake Golf Club Beverly Hanson 6 & 4 Mae Murray1949 Merion Golf Club Dorothy Germain Porter 3 & 2 Dot Kielty1948 Pebble Beach Golf Links Grace Lenczyk 4 & 3 Helen Sigel1947 Franklin Hills Country Club Louise Suggs 2 up Dorothy Kirby1946 Southern Hills Country Club Babe Zaharias 11 & 9 Clara Sherman1942–45: No championships due to World War II1941 The Country Club Betty Hicks Newell 5 & 3 Helen Sigel1940 Pebble Beach Golf Links Betty Jameson (2) 6 & 5 Jane S. Cothran1939 Wee Burn Club Betty Jameson 3 & 2 Dorothy Kirby1938 Westmoreland Country Club Patty Berg 6 & 5 Estelle Lawson Page1937 Memphis Country Club Estelle Lawson Page 7 & 6 Patty Berg1936 Canoe Brook Country Club Pam Barton 4 & 3 Maureen Orcutt1935 Interlachen Country Club Glenna Collett-Vare (6) 3 & 2 Patty Berg1934 Whitemarsh Valley Country Club Virginia Van Wie (3) 2 & 1 Dorothy Traung1933 Exmoor Country Club Virginia Van Wie (2) 4 & 3 Helen Hicks1932 Salem Country Club Virginia Van Wie 10 & 8 Glenna Collett Vare1931 Country Club of Buffalo Helen Hicks 2 & 1 Glenna Collett-Vare1930 Los Angeles Country Club Glenna Collett (5) 6 & 5 Virginia Van Wie1929 Oakland Hills Country Club Glenna Collett (4) 4 & 3 Leona Pressler1928 The Homestead Glenna Collett (3) 13 & 12 Virginia Van Wie1927 Cherry Valley Club Miriam Burns Horn 5 & 4 Maureen Orcutt1926 Merion Golf Club Helen Stetson 3 & 1 Elizabeth Goss1925 St. Louis Country Club Glenna Collett (2) 9 & 8 Alexa Stirling1924 Rhode Island Country Club Dorothy Campbell (3) 7 & 6 Mary Browne1923 Westchester Country Club Edith Cummings 3 & 2 Alexa Stirling1922 The Greenbrier Glenna Collett 5 & 4 Margaret Gavin1921 Hollywood Golf Club Marion Hollins 5 & 4 Alexa Stirling1920 Mayfield Country Club Alexa Stirling (3) 5 & 4 Dorothy Campbell1919 Shawnee Country Club Alexa Stirling (2) 6 & 5 Margaret Gavin1917–18: No championships due to World War I1916 Belmont Springs Country Club Alexa Stirling 2 & 1 Mildred Caverly1915 Onwentsia Club Florence Vanderbeck 3 & 2 Margaret Gavin1914 Nassau Country Club Katherine Harley (2) 1 up Elaine Rosenthal1913 Wilmington Country Club Gladys Ravenscroft 2 up Marion Hollins1912 Essex County Country Club Margaret Curtis (3) 3 & 2 Nonna Barlow1911 Baltusrol Golf Club Margaret Curtis (2) 5 & 3 Lillian B. Hyde1910 Homewood Country Club Dorothy Campbell (2) 2 & 1 Mrs. F. M. Martin1909 Merion Golf Club Dorothy Campbell 3 & 2 Nonna Barlow1908 Chevy Chase Club Katherine Harley 6 & 5 Mrs. T. H. Polhemus1907 Midlothian Country Club Margaret Curtis 7 & 6 Harriot Curtis1906 Brae Burn Country Club Harriot Curtis 2 & 1 Mary B. Adams1905 Morris County Golf Club Pauline Mackay 1 up Margaret Curtis1904 Merion Golf Club Georgianna Bishop 5 & 3 Mrs. E. F. Sanford 1903 Chicago Golf Club Bessie Anthony 7 & 6 J. Anna Carpenter1902 The Country Club Genevieve Hecker (2) 4 & 3 Louisa A. Wells1901 Baltusrol Golf Club Genevieve Hecker 5 & 3 Lucy Herron1900 Shinnecock Hills Golf Club Frances C. Griscom 6 & 5 Margaret Curtis1899 Philadelphia Country Club Ruth Underhill 2 & 1 Margaret Fox1898 Ardsley Club Beatrix Hoyt (3) 5 & 3 Maude Wetmore1897 Essex County Club Beatrix Hoyt (2) 5 & 4 Nellie Sargent1896 Morris County Golf Club Beatrix Hoyt 2 & 1 Mrs. Arthur Turnure1895 Meadow Brook Club Lucy Barnes Brown 132The 1895 tournament was an 18-hole stroke play event; match play did not begin until the following year. Nellie Sargent

Multiple winners