88th Women's Amateur Championship

An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round will be played on Monday. The defending Champion automatically qualifies unless she chooses to compete for the Medalist prize.  Fifty-six players will advance to match play.  The low 16 players form the Championship flight.  Other qualifiers form the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth flights.   In the event of ties for the last place in the Championship flight or the last place in the last flight, there will be a hole-by-hole play-off at the conclusion of the qualifying round.  Match play begins on Tuesday.  Those defeated in the first match of the Championship flight will form the First flight.  On Wednesday the Championship and First flights will play a morning match and an afternoon match; all other flights play a morning match only.  Final matches for all flights will be on Thursday.

This tournament is open to female amateur golfers who are residents of Maryland or resident members of member clubs of the MSGA with a USGA INDEX of 20.0 or less as of June 1, 2009. 

1.        Entries open on June 8, 2009 and a properly completed application and entry fee of $80.00 must be submitted to the MSGA office by 5:00 PM on July 9, 2009.  Cart fees and range balls are included in the entry fee.  Make checks payable to MSGA-WD.  Checks must be for this event only.  NO REFUNDS AFTER JULY 13th.

The Champion’s name will be engraved on the permanent MSGA trophy.  Prizes will be awarded to the Medalist, Champion, Runner-up and Semi-finalists in the Championship Flight, and the winners and runners-up of each flight.  All prizes will be awarded at the conclusion of play on Thursday.