LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Sept. 1, 2026) – The USGA announced today that Sankaty Head Golf Club in Siasconset, Mass., has been selected as the host site for the 2036 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship. It will be the second USGA championship for the club, which previously hosted the 2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur.
“We are excited to bring another USGA championship to Sankaty and welcome amateur golf back to Nantucket,” said Mark Hill, USGA managing director of Championships. “Sankaty provides a superb test of golf, an excellent stage for match play and an outstanding experience for our players.”
Sankaty Head, located on the eastern edge of Nantucket Island, 30 miles south of Cape Cod, was designed by Emerson Armstrong and opened for play in 1923. Built on sand-based, coastal land, the course was restored by Jim Urbina and current superintendent C.J. Penrose in 2017 and offers views of historic Sankaty Head Lighthouse on the front nine.
“Sankaty is honored to host another USGA championship and continue to strengthen our relationship with the USGA,” said Sankaty Head club president Pam Holding. “Championship golf is woven in the fabric of our DNA, and we are looking forward to providing an all-world experience on and off the golf course for the players.”
Sankaty Head hosted its first USGA championship in 2021, when Steward Hagestad of Newport Beach, Calif., defeated Mark Costanza of Morristown, N.J., 2 and 1, in the 36-hole championship final to win the second of his three U.S. Mid-Amateur titles. During the final, Hagestad, a six-time USA Walker Cup Team member, built a 7-up lead through the first 11 holes and held a 5-up lead through 18 holes. When the ensuing 18 holes of the final match resumed the following day, Constanza charged back, cutting the deficit to as little as 1 up before Hagestad shut the door with a birdie on the 35th hole of the match (the par-5 No. 17). That week, Hagestad played 121 match-play holes, tying for the third-most holes needed to be crowned champion since the U.S. Mid-Amateur switched to the 36-hole championship match format in 2001.
The state of Massachusetts has hosted 61 USGA championships at 19 different sites, tied with Illinois for the fifth-most championships hosted by any state. The Bay State is also set to host several future USGA championships, including the 2028 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Brae Burn Country Club in West Newton, the 2030 U.S. Girls’ Junior and 2034 U.S. Amateur at The Country Club in Brookline, and the 2032 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur at Charles River Country Club in Newton Centre, among other championships already announced.
The 2036 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur will mark the third time the event will be held in the state, with the last coming in 2024 when Hana Ryskova hoisted the Mildred Gardinor Prunaret Trophy at Brae Burn.
The U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur is open to female amateur golfers with a Handicap Index® not exceeding 9.4 and who have reached their 25th birthday by the start of the championship. The field of 132 players competes in two rounds of stroke play, after which the field is reduced to the low 64 scorers for six rounds of match play. The champion earns an exemption into the following year’s U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally, which in 2037 will be at Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, N.Y.
U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Future Sites
2027 – Country Club of Buffalo, Williamsville, N.Y.
2028 – Charlotte (N.C.) Country Club
2029 – Country Club of York (Pa.)
2030 – Sand Valley Resort, Nekoosa, Wis.
2032 – Jupiter Hills Club, Tequesta, Fla.
2033 – Exmoor Country Club, Highland Park, Ill.
2034 – Golf Club of Tennessee, Kingston Springs, Tenn.
2035 – Waverly Country Club, Portland, Ore.
2036 – Sankaty Head Golf Club, Siasconset, Mass.
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