Historic Charlotte golf course will host two future USGA championships. What to know

Charlotte Country Club will host two future U.S. Golf Association championships.

The 2028 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur and 2033 U.S. Senior Open are coming to the golf course located four miles east of uptown Charlotte, the USGA announced Tuesday morning.

These will be the fifth and sixth USGA championships at Charlotte Country Club, which opened in 1910 in the Plaza Midwood neighborhood as “The Mecklenburg Club.”

Charlotte Country Club previously hosted USGA championships in 1972, 2000, 2010 and 2018. The club has also been home to numerous other tournaments, including this year’s ACC men’s golf championship.

New renovations coming to Charlotte Country Club

Over the next two years, architect Andrew Green will lead a complete restoration of the course and practice facility.

Charlotte Country Club, designed by World Golf Hall of Famer Donald Ross, opened its first nine holes in 1910. The back nine was completed by 1915 at the course then known as The Mecklenburg Club, where Ron Pritchard oversaw renovations to the course in 2007.

This renovation project aims to restore and retain the original Ross character and features while replacing aging infrastructure, the USGA said in a release.

Which golfers will compete in these championships in Charlotte?

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 will compete in two rounds of stroke play, after which the field will be reduced to the low 64 scorers for six rounds of match play. Next year’s championship will be held Oct. 4-9, 2025, in Pebble Beach, California.

The U.S. Senior Open is open to professional golfers, and amateurs with a handicap index not exceeding 2.4, who are at least 50 years of age by the start of championship play.

The field of 156 players will compete in two rounds of stroke play, after which the field will be reduced to the low 60 scorers and ties for the final 36 holes. Next year’s championship will be held from June 26-29, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Who has won USGA championships at Charlotte Country Club?

Marvin “Vinny” Giles III, an eventual USA team captain, won the first USGA championship at Charlotte Country Club in 1972, by three strokes over Mark Hayes and Ben Crenshaw. It was the last of eight consecutive U.S. Amateurs contested at 72 holes of stroke play.

Bill Shean Jr. won his second U.S. Senior Amateur in 2000 with a 2-and-1 triumph over Richard Van Leuvan. With his second title in three years, Shean became the 12th player to win multiple senior amateurs.

Danielle Kang, now a winner of six LPGA titles, won the U.S. Women’s Amateur at Charlotte Country Club in 2010. The eventual major champion defeated Jessica Korda, 2-and-1, with a four-foot putt for birdie on the 35th hole to secure the win.

There was an all-North Carolina final in 2018, as Cary native Kevin O’Connell posted a 4-and-3 decision over Charlottean Brett Boner in the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship. O’Connell became the second player from the Old North State to win the Robert T. Jones Jr. Memorial Trophy, following Scott Harvey’s 2014 victory.

Charlotte Country Club also has a storied amateur championship history, having hosted 22 Carolinas Golf Association championships, including nine Carolinas Amateurs and four Carolinas Women’s Amateurs. On top of this year’s ACC men’s golf championship, the club has also held two Southern Amateurs and six Charlotte City Amateurs.