Homestead (Cascades)
The main tournaments played at Homestead (Cascades) are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on the winners, their scores and prize money.
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (94th). Ward (USA) beat defending champion Jill McGill (USA) 2 and 1 in the final. [Cascades course, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia].
Amateur
USGA
The US Amateur Championship (88th) (Aug 23-28). Eric Meeks (USA) beat Danny Yates (USA) 7 and 6 in the 36-hole final. [Cascades course, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia].
Majors
USGA
The US Women's Open (22nd) (Jun 29-Jul 2). Second-placed Susie Maxwell (USA, from 1968 Susie Berning) and Beth Stone (USA) finished 2 shots behind 22-year-old Lacoste (Fra, amateur). Lacoste became the first Frenchwoman to win a major championship, as well as the youngest player, only amateur and first non-American to win the US Women's Open title. [Cascades course, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia].
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (14th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 13, GB&I 5. Non-playing captains: Dorothy Porter (USA, née Germain); Zara Bolton (N.Ire/GB&I). [Cascades course, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia].
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Jean Ashley bt Belle McCorkindale Robertson (Scot) 1 hole; Anne Quast Welts halved with Susan Armitage (Eng); Barbara White Boddie bt Angela Ward Bonallack (Eng) 3&2; Nancy Roth Syms bt Elizabeth Chadwick (Eng) 2 holes; Helen Wilson lost to Ita Burke (Ire) 3&1; Carol Sorenson Flenniken bt Marjory Fowler (Scot) 3&1.
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Ashley lost to Bonallack 2&1; Welts halved with Robertson; Boddie bt Armitage 3&2; Syms halved with Pam Tredinnick (Eng); Phyllis Preuss bt Chadwick 3&2; Flenniken bt Burke 2&1.
Barbara McIntire (USA) and Joan Hastings (Scot) did not play in the singles.
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (32nd). Glenna Collett (USA) beat Virginia Van Wie (USA) 13 and 12 in the 36-hole final. [Cascades course, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia].
Chevron Championship: Carlton Woods near Houston in Texas provides the stage for the first women’s major championship of 2025, where Nelly Korda defends her title. (April 24-27).
Soudal Open: successor to the Belgian Open, the Soudal Open takes place on the quiet, wooded North course of Rinkven Golfclub. Belgian stars Thomas Pieters and Nicolas Colsaerts will be vying for top honours. (May 22-25).
Rory McIlroy: with his 2025 win in The Masters, Rory joined the pantheon of golfing greats who have achieved a career Grand Slam of men’s majors ... Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only others in this select band.
Bernhard Langer: he may have played in his last Masters Tournament, but the 67-year-old German will be trying to extend his own record, and win a 13th senior major title at the 36th Regions Tradition. (May 15-18).
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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