The USGA will have three amateur championships in the Southland this year: the U.S. Women’s Amateur at San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista and the U.S. Amateur at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, both in August, and the Walker Cup Match at Los Angeles Country Club in September.
The USGA begins its Southern California swing with the 117th U.S. Women’s Amateur at San Diego Country Club from Aug. 7-13. The club also hosted the 1964 Women’s Open, won by Mickey Wright, and the 1993 Women’s Amateur, won by Jill McGill. Riviera Country Club will host the 117th U.S. Amateur from Aug. 14-20, its third USGA championship, with Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles serving as the companion stroke-play venue. Riviera hosted the 1948 U.S. Open, which produced the first of Ben Hogan’s four U.S. Open titles, and the 1998 Senior Open won by Hale Irwin.
The Walker Cup Match, a biennial competition between amateur teams from the U.S. and Great Britain and Ireland, will be played at Los Angeles Country Club from Sept. 9-10, marking the club’s USGA championship since the 1954 Junior Amateur. The club also hosted the 1930 Women’s Amateur, which provided the fifth of six victories by Glenna Collett Vare, the most wins for any player in a single USGA championship. In 2015, it was announced that the club will host the 2023 U.S. Open.
Nationally, the U.S. Open will be contested at Erin Hills in Wisconsin from June 15-18; Salem Country Club in Peabody, Mass., will host the U.S. Senior Open from June 29-July 2; and the U.S. Women’s Open will be played at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., from July 13-16.
