Poppie's Pond · Mission Hills, the 18th
Every champion of the eight women's majors, from the Women's Western Open of 1930 to 2026. It opens on Poppie's Pond beside the 18th green at Mission Hills, where the Chevron was played 51 times (1972–2022) and its champions leap into the water.
The record: the Chevron · the AIG Women's Open · the Evian · the KPMG Women's PGA · the U.S. Women's Open · the former majors
55 championships since 1972: Mission Hills 1972–2022, then The Club at Carlton Woods and Memorial Park. A major since 1983; years before are set in grey. The leaps are the ones a source records.
The other majors, each in its own setting: the links by the sea, the lake below the Alps, the travelling championship, the U.S. Women's Open in its own room, and the three former majors in the still waters.
The first water · by the sea
50 championships since 1976, a major since 2001. The links it has visited that are drawn in The Grounds stand on their own stretches of coast.
Years before 2001, when it became a major, are set in grey.
Also hosted, not yet drawn: Woburn Golf & Country Club (9) · Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club (6) · Sunningdale Golf Club (4) · Lindrick Golf Club (2) · Woburn Golf Club (2) · Fulford Golf Club · Foxhills Golf Club · Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club · Wentworth Club · Northumberland Golf Club · Moor Park Golf Club · St Mellion · Ferndown Golf Club · Turnberry · Trump Turnberry · Muirfield · Walton Heath Golf Club · Royal Porthcawl Golf Club.
Coast from the height field The Open room uses; course outlines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), as drawn in The Grounds.
The second water · the lake below the Alps
32 championships at Evian Resort Golf Club above Lake Geneva since 1994, a major since 2013. Its years lie in the water below it.
Years before 2013, when it became a major, are set in grey.
Course routing © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); the lake and the mountains are painted.
The third water · the travelling championship
72 championships at 25 clubs since 1955. The red road runs from each club to the next, oldest faintest; the numbers follow the list.
Relief of the lower 48 from the U.S. Amateur room; club positions from GNN's host-sites research.
Its own room
All 81 championships since 1946, every champion and her four rounds, the clubhouse and the week's weather, are in the U.S. Women's Open room.
The still waters · the former majors
The Women's Western Open, the Titleholders and the du Maurier Classic: majors once, every year and champion kept here.
38 championships, 1930–1967; a major in 38 of them.
28 championships, 1937–1972; a major in 28 of them.
28 championships, 1973–2000; a major in 22 of them.
Every champion, score and venue comes from GNN's research of the eight majors (394 event-years, 384 played, 324 of them majors), each value with its own source. The moments on the holes of Mission Hills come from a separate run that places a moment only where a source names the hole; the leaps are the ones a source records. The pond, the holes and the greens are OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); the 18th green is drawn at the end of its hole line, because OpenStreetMap maps only three greens there. The palms, flowers, mountains, lake and houses are painted, not mapped. The light is the sun's position on the afternoon of each year's final round.
