The Honors Course
Ooltewah, Tenn. August 4-9, 2026
The Honors Course will take center stage just two years after it hosted the U.S. Senior Amateur. The U.S. Women's Amateur will be the seventh USGA championship contested on the Pete Dye design, which first opened in 1983. Mitch Voges won the 1991 U.S. Amateur here. Just three years later, Great Britain and Ireland and the USA played to a 9-9 tie in the Curtis Cup, with the visitors retaining the hardware. Kevin Marsh won the 2005 U.S. Mid-Amateur and Terri Frohnmayer captured the 2011 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur. Current PGA Tour player Min Woo Lee joined his older sister, Minjee, as a USGA Junior champion when he defeated Noah Goodwin in the 2016 final. They are the only sibling duo to have won USGA Junior titles. Minjee captured the 2012 U.S. Girls' Junior before going on to win the 2022 U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles. Louis Brown won the 2024 U.S. Senior Amateur at The Honors Course. The club was founded by Coca-Cola bottling magnate Jack Lupton, who wanted a venue to honor the amateur game. Two NCAA Championships have been contested there, with Tiger Woods, of Stanford, winning the individual title in 1996.