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The 2026 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Championship starts on May 2 at Daniel Island Club in South Carolina. It marks the first of 17 USGA championships scheduled for the year.
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The first U.S. Golf Association championship of the year is almost here.
The 2026 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball is the first of the USGA's 17 championships on the schedule, and it begins May 2 at Daniel Island Club in South Carolina.
The inaugural U.S. Womenâs Amateur Four-Ball Championship was played in 2015 at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Pacific Dunes), in Bandon, Oregon. Along with the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, which also debuted in 2015 at The Olympic Club, in San Francisco, the championships were the first additions to the USGAâs annual competitive schedule since the U.S. Womenâs Mid-Amateur in 1987.
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Last year, Oregon teenagers Natalie Yen, 18, and Asia Young, 16, defeated 17-year-old Kentucky residents Athena Singh and Keira Yun, 5 and 3, in the 18-hole final at Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, in Nichols Hills, Oklahoma. It was the second-largest margin of victory in a championship match in the 10-year-old competition. Yen and Young were the top seeds for match play.
Here's everything you need to know for the 2026 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball:
OUT: 3,213 yards (Par 36)
IN: 3,244 yards (Par 36)
TOTAL: 6,457 yards (Par 72)
The championship begins on May 2, 2026.
It is being held at Daniel Island Club in South Carolina.
It is one of the first additions to the USGA's competitive schedule since 1987 and debuted in 2015.
There are 17 USGA championships scheduled for 2026.
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Youngest sides (combined ages):Â 28, Aubrey Lee (14) and Annie Chi (14); 30; Alexandra Snyder (15) and Grace Carter (15); 30, Maya Palanza Gaudin (16) and Alexandra Phung (14); 31, Annika Raja (15) and Mingyang (Sabrina) Sun (16); 31, Taylor Snively (16) and Ressie Lemmon (15); 31, Niuniu Zhao (15) and Cienna Lee (16); 31, Iris Lee (13) and Hannah Hall (18)
Oldest sides (combined ages):Â 123, Ellen Port (64) and Lara Tennant (59); 80, Shannon Johnson (43) and Megan Buck (37); 71, Colleen Shepard (37) and Alisa White (34); 62, Kimberly Dinh (33) and Mary Janiga Kartes (29)
**Largest age difference (team members):**7 years, Elle Nachmann (22) and Juno Taino (15); 6 years, Shannon Johnson (43)and Megan Buck (37); 6 years, Eleanor Burnette (21) and Ella Spence (15)
U.S. States: There are 27 states represented: California (21), Florida (14), Texas (12), Virginia (6), North Carolina (6), Pennsylvania (6), Colorado (5), Georgia (5), Illinois (4), New York (4), Ohio (4), Tennessee (4), Kentucky (4), Massachusetts (3), Hawaii (2), Indiana (2), Kansas (2), Michigan (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), New Jersey (2), Washington (2), Arizona (1), Arkansas (1), Idaho (1), Louisiana (1), and Oregon (1).
International: There are seven countries represented: United States of America (119), Mexico (3), Canada (2), Australia (1), Austria (1), Peopleâs Republic of China (1), Colombia (1)
USGA champions (6): Savannah Barber (2021 U.S. Womenâs Amateur Four-Ball), Kimberly Dinh (2023 U.S. Womenâs Mid-Amateur), Shannon Johnson (2018 U.S. Womenâs Mid-Amateur), Ellen Port (1995, 1996, 2000, 2011 U.S. Womenâs Mid-Amateur; 2012, 2013, 2016 U.S. Senior Womenâs Amateur), Alexa Saldana (2021 U.S. Womenâs Amateur Four-Ball), Lara Tennant (2018, 2019, 2021 U.S. Senior Womenâs Amateur)USGA runners-up: Shannon Johnson (2016 U.S. Womenâs Mid-Amateur), Ellen Port (2002 U.S. Womenâs Mid-Amateur; 2021 U.S. Senior Womenâs Amateur), Athena Singh (2025 U.S. Womenâs Amateur Four-Ball), Kiera Yun (2025 U.S. Womenâs Amateur Four-Ball)
Sisters in the field (3):Â Kate and Meg Tilma, Kayley and Kate Roberts, Valentina and Angelina Marie Guertin
Current and former college teammates (19): Clare Yeawell/Addison Kartusch, Bowling Green; Meghan Paracuelles/Nicole Tanoue, Cal State Northridge; Katelyn Lehigh/Amelia Garibaldi, Fresno State; Claudia Hofmeister/Isabella Wiley, Morehead State; Marlene Moncada/Kaylee Chen, New Mexico State; Mary Grace Dunigan/Marissa Malosh, University of Delaware; Olivia Deakins/Madison Le, University of Minnesota; Mason Lewis/Mallorie Luitweiler, University of North Texas; Bridget O'Keefe/Julia Shin, University of Pennsylvania; Mary Miller/Sophie Linder, Ole Miss; Anna Swan/Jayla Kucy, Oral Roberts; Samantha Galantini/Natalie Spiska, Quinnipiac University; Lilly Hall/Morgan Mussatt, Randolph-Macon College; Chloe Lam/Alexa Pineda, Santa Clara; Jude Lee/Nikki Oh, Stanford University (fall of 2026); Valentina Zuleta/Chloe Jang, Utah Valley; Mary Grace Dunigan/Marissa Malosh, University of Delaware; Leah Edwards/Reagan Ramage, Western Kentucky; Mia Sessa/Ashley Yen, Yale University.
**Most U.S. Womenâs Amateur Four-Ball appearances (2026 included):**Alexa Saldana (7), Savannah Barber (6), Elle Nachmann (6)Â **Sides who played in 2025 U.S. Womenâs Amateur Four-Ball (13):Savannah Barber/Alexa Saldana, Megan Buck/Shannon Johnson, Savannah Cherry/Lauren Slatton, Lisa Copeland/Martha Kuwahara, Haley Davis/Katelyn Huber, Kathryn DeLoach/Elizabeth Sullivan, Kimberly Dinh/Mary Janiga Kartes, Bella Dovhey/Sophia Dyer, Amelia Garibaldi/Katelyn Lehigh, Carly Marshall/Ava Osborne, Mia Sessa/Ashley Yen, Athena Singh/Keira Yun, Meg Tilma/Kate TilmaPlayed in 2025 U.S. Womenâs Amateur (8):**Kimberly Dinh, Emily Holzopfel, Ashley Kozlowski, Katelyn Lehigh, Ava Osborne, Alexa Pineda, Mingyang (Sabrina) Sun, Keira Yun
**Played in 2025 U.S. Womenâs Mid-Amateur (4):**Kimberly Dinh, Shannon Johnson, Colleen Shepard, Lara Tennant
**Played in 2025 U.S. Girls' Junior (14):**Grace Carter (semifinalist), Lucy Cook, Leah Edwards, Katelyn Huber, Iris Lee, Jude Lee, Sophia Lee, Cece Lewis, Nikki Oh, Ava Osborne, Reagan Ramage, Kayley Roberts, Athena Singh, Eliza Yelverton
U.S. National Junior Team players (3): Grace Carter, Jude Lee, Nikki Oh
**Players on their USNDP State Team (11):**Addison Dorsey (Colorado), Fay Jia (Southern California), Sophia Lee (Colorado), Madalynn Lee (Northern California), Kuree Little (Southern California), Alexandra Phung (New York), Kayley Roberts (Pennsylvania), Ella Spence (North Carolina), Juno Taino (North Carolina), Emma Wang (Northern California), Alyssa Zhang (Pennsylvania)
U.S. National Development Grant recipients (1): Jude Lee
**Past Curtis Cup players (1):**Ellen Port
Attendance is free for the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Everything to know about the 2026 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball