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Sunday 9 August 2026usgaYear in Review
Talley wins U.S. Women's Amateur
The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tennessee · Tuesday 4 to Sunday 9 August 2026 · weather suspended play on five consecutive days; semifinals finished Sunday morning before the 36-hole final
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/22°C · wind 8 km/h NE, gusts 21 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/21°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 25 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/22°C · wind 11 km/h S, gusts 26 · 4.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/22°C · wind 14 km/h SSE, gusts 37 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R531°/21°C · wind 9 km/h S, gusts 18 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R630°/21°C · wind 9 km/h SSE, gusts 18 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Amateur
1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
Same week
Women's amateur championship
U.S. Women's Amateur
The Honors Course, Ooltewah
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Anna Iwanaga
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
AmateurGolf.com
9 August 2026
When you only have to play against one player and you're playing the same conditions the whole time, you don't really have to worry about anyone else. I think it's better to stay in the moment.
AmateurGolf.com
9 August 2026
This pretty much completes my amateur career. This is one of the biggest events to ever win, so I think this is going to be the top of my list from now on.
AmateurGolf.com
9 August 2026
I didn't know that I'm exempted to the U.S. Women's Open next year, so I'm quite excited,
The golfer
born in Fresno, California (raised in Chowchilla); USA; age 17 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet