Chicago Golf Club to host 2033 US Women's Open and 2036 Walker Cup
Chicago Golf Club. Picture: USGA
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Nov. 1, 2022) – The USGA today announced that Chicago Golf Club, in Wheaton, Ill., will be the host site for the 2033 U.S. Women’s Open Presented by ProMedica and the 2036 Walker Cup Match.
The historic club has previously hosted 12 USGA championships, most recently the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open in 2018.
Located in Chicago’s western suburbs, Chicago Golf Club was founded in 1892, debuted the first 18-hole course in the United States in 1893, and became one of five founding member clubs of the USGA in 1894. The storied club was established by Charles Blair Macdonald, who was the first U.S. Amateur champion in 1895 and served as the first vice president of the USGA.
Macdonald also designed the original Chicago Golf Club course, prior to Seth Raynor’s redesign that opened for play in 1923. The course recently underwent a restoration to return the original fairway lines and dimensions of all 128 bunkers on the course, including 13 bunkers that were reinstalled after the club discovered maps that indicated they were part of Raynor’s original layout.
The venue has staged USGA championships in three centuries – U.S. Open (1897, 1900 and 1911); U.S. Amateur (1897, 1905, 1909 and 1912); U.S. Women’s Amateur (1903); Walker Cup (1928 and 2005); U.S. Senior Amateur (1979) and U.S. Senior Women’s Open (2018). Only six courses have hosted more USGA events than Chicago Golf Club’s 12, and Illinois’ 61 championships are the fifth-most of any state.
USA captain Bob Lewis called the 2005 Walker Cup Match at Chicago Golf Club “the greatest Walker Cup ever played” after the Americans held off Great Britain and Ireland, 12½-11½, to reclaim the Cup after three straight defeats. In 2018, Laura Davies won the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open with a dominant 16-under-par, 10-stroke victory over Juli Inkster at Chicago Golf Club.
Earlier this year, Minjee Lee of Australia claimed the 77th U.S. Women’s Open title with a record-setting four-stroke victory at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C., joining a Hall-of-Fame group of players who have won both the U.S. Girls’ Junior and U.S. Women’s Open. The championship is open to female professionals and amateurs with a Handicap Index® not exceeding 2.4.
In 2021, the USA claimed its third consecutive victory over Great Britain and Ireland, prevailing by a 14-12 margin in the 48th Walker Cup Match at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Fla. Jointly organized by the USGA and The R&A, the Walker Cup Match is a 10-player amateur team competition between the USA and GB&I. Starting in 2026, the match will be held in even-numbered years.
Walker Cup Future Sites
Year Venue Location
2023 Old Course St. Andrews, Scotland
2025 Cypress Point Club, Pebble Beach, Calif.
2026 TBA by R&A
2028 Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore.
2032 Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.
2036 Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, Ill.
U.S. Women's Open Presented by ProMedica Future Sites
Year Venue Location
2023, 2035, 2040, 2048 Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, Calif.
2024 Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pa.
2025 Erin HillsErin, Wis.
2026 The Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Calif.
2027 Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio
2028, 2038 Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.
2029Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Village of Pinehurst, N.C.
2030 Interlachen Country Club, Edina, Minn.
2031, 2042 Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
2032 The Los Angeles Country Club, Los Angeles, Calif.
2033 Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, Ill.
2034, 2046 Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pa.
