{"id":389968,"date":"2026-01-05T22:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/389968\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T22:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:46:10","slug":"the-honors-course-hosting-u-s-womens-amateur-headlines-2026-golf-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/389968\/","title":{"rendered":"The Honors Course Hosting U.S. Women\u2019s Amateur Headlines 2026 Golf Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"d-block img-fluid mx-auto clickable\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article.513013.jpg\" alt=\"The 9th hole at The Honors Course will serve as a challenge to the participants of the U.S. Women's Amateur in August\" onclick=\"modalZoom('\/\/images.chattanoogan.com\/2026\/1\/article.513013.large.jpg', 'The 9th hole at The Honors Course will serve as a challenge to the participants of the U.S. Women's Amateur in August', 'photo by USGA\/Russell Kirk');\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe 9th hole at The Honors Course will serve as a challenge to the participants of the U.S. Women&#8217;s Amateur in August&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tphoto by USGA\/Russell Kirk&#13;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Honors Course serving as host for the U.S. Women\u2019s Amateur this August headlines the schedule of USGA and Tennessee Golf Association tournaments in 2026. The Pete Dye designed layout in Ooltewah that was refined by Gil Hanse four years ago continues to add to the legacy of founder Jack Lupton as a monument to amateur golf.<\/p>\n<p>The Honors staged the U.S. Senior Amateur in 2024 and is the future site for the 2031 U.S. Amateur, furthering its esteemed history of hosting championship events. The course has also been the site of the 1991 U.S. Amateur, 1994 Curtis Cup, 1996 and 2010 NCAA Men\u2019s Championships, 2005 U.S. Mid-Amateur, 2011 U.S. Senior Women\u2019s Amateur and the 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur in addition to numerous TGA championships. <\/p>\n<p>The championship is scheduled to run August 4-9, and Stanford University senior Megha Ganne claimed the 2025 title after defeating Brooke Biermann by a 4 and 3 count in the 36-hole final held at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. <\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the 2026 TGA calendar is the return of the 111th Tennessee State Amateur to Memphis Country Club, one of the original three courses to ever host the event in 1916. The storied course will test players\u2019 mental fortitude and challenge their creativity on the Donald Ross classic as the championship makes its 10th appearance at Memphis CC scheduled for June 23-26.<\/p>\n<p>The top female golfers in the state will descend on Brentwood Country Club July 7-9 for the 94th Tennessee Women\u2019s Amateur. This is just the second time the course has hosted this tournament, the first being in 1992 when Lisa Luigs emerged victorious.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee State Open will return to Grasslands Club for the second year in a row, but this time, golfers head to the Fairvue course. Grasslands Club\u2019s Foxland course played host to the 76th Tennessee State Open when Vanderbilt product Harrison Ott won the event by a stroke.<\/p>\n<p>For the 18th year in a row, the Tennessee Women\u2019s Open will take place at the beautiful Stonehenge Golf Club. Fairfield Glade is continuing their partnership with the Tennessee Golf Association and the Tennessee PGA Section to support the Tennessee Women\u2019s and Senior Opens.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee Junior Amateur and Girls\u2019 Junior will be held concurrently once again, this time heading to Westhaven Golf Club. This will be the second TGA championship the club has hosted after welcoming the Tennessee Women\u2019s Match Play in 2024. The two championships will take place between June 9-11 in Franklin.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee Women\u2019s Match Play returns to the schedule in 2026, with Franklin\u2019s Temple Hills Country Club set to host the event from June 29 to July 1.<\/p>\n<p>2026 TGA Schedule  <\/p>\n<p>May 2-3: Mid-Amateur Four-Ball, Sevierville Golf Club (River Course), Sevierville<\/p>\n<p>May 19-22: Senior &amp; Super Senior Match Play, Johnson City Country Club, Johnson City<\/p>\n<p>June 2-5: Men&#8217;s Four-Ball, The Ooltewah Club, Ooltewah<\/p>\n<p>June 9-11: Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 Junior Amateurs, Westhaven Golf Club, Franklin<\/p>\n<p>June 20-21: Parent-Child, Stonehenge Golf Club, Crossville<\/p>\n<p>June 23-26: Tennessee State Amateur, Memphis Country Club, Memphis<\/p>\n<p>June 29-July 1: Women\u2019s Match Play, Temple Hills Country Club, Franklin<\/p>\n<p>July 7-9: Tennessee Women\u2019s Amateur, Brentwood Country Club, Brentwood<\/p>\n<p>July 15-17: Tennessee State Open, Grasslands Club &#8211; Fairvue Course, Gallatin<\/p>\n<p>July 23-25: Tennessee Women\u2019s Open, Stonehenge Golf Club, Crossville<\/p>\n<p>August 4-7: Men\u2019s Match Play, Chickasaw Country Club, Memphis<\/p>\n<p>August 11-12: Women\u2019s Four-Ball, Cattails at MeadowView, Kingsport<\/p>\n<p>August 19-21: Senior &amp; Super Senior Amateur, Lookout Mountain Club, Lookout Mountain<\/p>\n<p>September 22-23: Women\u2019s Senior &amp; Mid-Amateur, Druid Hills Golf Club, Crossville<\/p>\n<p>October 6-8: Men\u2019s Mid-Amateur, Hillwood Country Club, Nashville<\/p>\n<p>October 13-16: Senior &amp; Super Senior Four-Ball, Bear Trace at Tims Ford, Winchester<\/p>\n<p>2026 USGA Schedule<\/p>\n<p>May 2-6: U.S. Women\u2019s Amateur Four-Ball, Daniel Island Club, Charleston, S.C.<\/p>\n<p>May 16-20: U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, Desert Mountain Club, Scottsdale, Ariz.<\/p>\n<p>June 4-7: U.S. Women\u2019s Open, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Calif. <\/p>\n<p>June 12-14: Curtis Cup, Bel-Air Country Club, Los Angeles, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>June 18-21: U.S. Open, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, N.Y.<\/p>\n<p>July 2-5: U.S. Senior Open, Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio<\/p>\n<p>July 6-8: U.S. Adaptive Open, Woodmont Country Club, Rockville, Md. <\/p>\n<p>July 13-18: U.S. Girls\u2019 Junior, Old Chatham Golf Club, Durham, N.C.<\/p>\n<p>July 20-25: U.S. Junior Amateur, Saucon Valley Country Club, Bethlehem, Pa. <\/p>\n<p>August 4-9: U.S. Women\u2019s Amateur, The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tenn.<\/p>\n<p>August 10-16: U.S. Amateur, Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pa. <\/p>\n<p>August 20-23: U.S. Senior Women\u2019s Open, Barton Hills Country Club, Ann Arbor, Mich.<\/p>\n<p>Aug 29-Sep 3: U.S. Women\u2019s Mid-Amateur, Montclair Golf Club, West Orange, N.J.<\/p>\n<p>Aug 29-Sep 3: U.S. Senior Amateur, Baltimore Country Club, Lutherville, Md. <\/p>\n<p>September 5-6: Walker Cup, Lahinch, County Clare, Ireland<\/p>\n<p>Sep 26-Oct 1: U.S. Mid-Amateur, Sand Valley Resort, Nekoosa, Wisc.<\/p>\n<p>Sep 26-Oct 1: U.S. Senior Women\u2019s Amateur, Portland Golf Club, Portland, Ore.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The 9th hole at The Honors Course will serve as a challenge to the participants of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-389968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}