Dallas, TX – The 2026 AGA Women’s Amateur Championship, presented by Gana R. Dunlop & Roberts Oxygen, has become one of the top Mid-Amateur and Senior championships in women’s amateur golf. This year marks the seventh edition of the tournament, which will be played at the Golf Club of Tennessee from May 17th to 20th in Kingston Springs, TN. The 54-hole individual stroke-play championship has become a staple event for women’s amateur golf with both divisions earning World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) points.
The senior division includes six seniors who have won a total of 9 senior national championship titles. Senior participants include past US Senior Women’s Amateur Champions, US Women’s Mid-Amateur Champions, Hall of Famers, Curtis Cup players and captains, and a USGA Bob Jones Award Recipient. Four of the six past AGA tournament champions are in the field.
Notable Players: Dawn Woodard (2025 US Senior Women’s Amateur Champion and 2025 AGA Women’s Senior Amateur Champion), Sarah Ingram (Three-Time US Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion, Curtis Cup Player and Captain), Lara Tennant (Three Time US Senior Women’s Champion), Virginia Grimes (US Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion & Runner-Up, Curtis Cup Player and Captain), Ellen Port (2026 USGA Bob Jones Award Recipient, US Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion, US Senior Women’s Champion, Curtis Cup Player), and 2022 AGA Women’s Senior Amateur Champion), Brenda Kuehn (Two-Time Curtis Cup Player, US Women’s Mid-Amateur and US Senior Women’s Runner-Up), Tara Joy-Connelly (2024 AGA Women’s Senior Amateur Champion and Mass. Golf Hall of Fame Member), Kathy Hartwiger (US Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion), Judith Kyrinis (US Senior Women’s Amateur Champion), Martha Leach (US Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion), Corey Weworski (US Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion), Samuel Terrill (US Senior Women’s Amateur Champion), Anna Schultz (US Senior Women’s Amateur Champion), Sue Wooster (Three-Time USGA Runner-Up) and Therese Quinn (2021 AGA Women’s Senior Amateur Champion).
The Mid-Amateur Division is just as strong as the Seniors, with fourteen past USGA Mid-Amateur Champions in the field. Four of the past six Mid-Amateur AGA tournament champions are in the field, three-time Champion Lauren Greenlief.
Notable Players: Ina Kim-Schaad (2025 & 2019 US Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion), Meghan Stasi (2006, 2007, 2010, & 2012 US Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion, Curtis Cup Player and Captain, and 2021 AGA Women’s Amateur Champion), Lauren Greenlief (2023, 2022, & 2020 AGA Women’s Amateur Champion and 2015 US Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion), Julia Potter-Bobb (2013 & 2016 US Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion and 2024 Runner-Up), Blakesly Brock (2021 US Women’s Mid-Amateur Champion), and Hanley Long (2025 US Women’s Mid-Amateur Runner-Up).
The Golf Club of Tennessee will host this year’s Championship on the Lower Course designed by Tom Fazio. The golf club was founded in 1988 by Toby Wilt and Bronson Ingram, as a “golf-only” club which opened for play in 1991. Brush Creek runs through the property. The course, located just outside of Nashville, was recognized in 1991 by Golf Digest as one of the best new Private Courses in the country. The club has received other recognitions from various golf publications, including being recognized as one of the top two courses in the state of Tennessee by Golf Week. The course has hosted multiple national events, including the 2018 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, won by Kristen Gillman. The Upper Course, opened in 2024, was designed by Gil Hanse, and has only added to the quality and character of The Golf Club of Tennessee.
About the Amateur Golf Alliance: The Concession Cup Match was created to bring top Mid-Amateurs and Seniors from the USA and GB&I together to compete in a Ryder Cup-style event. The 2022 version of the matches saw the expansion of the GB&I team to now include players from continental Europe. The 2024 Matches added a women’s side and a USA sweep for both the men and women.
The Amateur Golf Alliance (AGA) mission is to support and promote amateur golf. It achieves this by organizing competitions, providing amateur golfers worldwide with more opportunities to compete in national and international events, and funding research and initiatives that enhance the competitive amateur golf landscape. Anera Sports, based in Dallas, TX, manages the Amateur Golf Alliance.
CONTACT
Amanda Kolb, Amateur Golf Alliance, Tournament Director, akolb@anerasports.com.