The Maryland State Golf Association will host the 25th Maryland Women’s Open, presented by Toyota, at Woodmont Country Club—North Course in Rockville on October 5th and 6th. The last MSGA women’s event held at Woodmont Country Club was the 1978 Maryland Women’s Amateur, in which Sally Voss of Congressional Country Club won. Amateurs will also compete for the Campbell Cup, awarded to the lowest amateur of the championship.
The Maryland Women’s Open is open to all female amateur and female professionals. Amateurs must have an active USGA Handicap Index of 10.0 or less at the time of registration. Amateurs and professionals do not need to be residents of Maryland or members of the MSGA or MAPGA. Participants competing in the Senior Division must meet all eligibility requirements for the championship and reach 50 years of age by the first day of the championship (October 5). Those competing in the Senior Division will play from a shorter yardage and will not be eligible to win the Overall Championship.
About Woodmont Country Club
Woodmont Country Club was founded in 1913 as the Washington Suburban Club, featuring a 9-hole golf course off Georgia Avenue. In 1916, the club was renamed the Town and Country Club and moved to Bethesda, Maryland. In the 1930s, they officially became Woodmont Country Club. In the 1940s, the club purchased Rosemont Farm in Rockville, Maryland, and is where the club resides today. The North Course opened on July 26th, 1950, and was designed by Alfred Tull. Arthur Hills renovated the course in 1999, and from 2018-2020, Joel Weiman redesigned the 18th hole, and all the bunkers were rebuilt. The North Course has hosted the U.S. Open. Final Qualifying since 1987 and hosted the 120th U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. Woodmont will host the 2025 and 2026 U.S. Adaptive Open on their South Course and the 2028 U.S. Junior Amateur.
Inside the Field
Youngest Competitors: Andie Greenberg (Woodmont Country Club), Claire Son (Worthington Manor Golf Club), Sarah Stumacher (Philadelphia Cricket Club).
Average Handicap Index® (Amateurs Only): +3.4
U.S. States Represented: 13 states and the District of Columbia are represented in the 25th Maryland Women’s Open: Maryland (36), Virginia (16), District of Columbia (5), Pennsylvania (5), California (4), New York (3), North Carolina (3), Texas (3), Connecticut (2), Florida (2), Alabama (1), Georgia (1), Rhode Island (1), and South Carolina (1).
Notable Players
Clare Connolly, of Chevy Chase Club, is the most recent Maryland Women’s Amateur Champion in the field, where she won the title for the second time at Rolling Road Golf Club in 2022. Her first victory was at Hillendale Country Club in 2017. Last month, she reached the Round of 16 at the 37th U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Brae Burn Country Club. At Brae Burn, she defeated Brenda Corrie Kuehn, who is also in the field.
Zoe Cusack, of Congressional Country Club, is the most recent Maryland Junior Girls’ Amateur Championship winner. She won the title in June at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club by seven shots. Earlier this summer, Cusack finished 11th at the Girls’ Junior PGA Championship and won back-to-back AJGA events.
Lauren Greenlief, of Virginia, won the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship in 2015 at Squire Creek Country Club in Choudrant, Louisana. She defeated Margaret Shirley 2 and 1. Last month, she made it to the Semifinals of the 37th U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Brae Burn Country Club. She has won three Virginia Women’s Amateur Championships and is a six-time Virginia State Golf Association Women’s Golfer of the Year.
Melanie Green, of New York, a recent graduate of the University of South Florida, earned American Athletic Conference (AAC) Player of the Year her senior year. She recently competed in the 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur and the 2024 Curtis Cup at Sunningdale Golf Club. She contributed two points to the U.S. side and won a foursomes match 6&4 with Rachel Kuehn.
Irene Kim, of Argyle Country Club, is a two-time Maryland Junior Girls’ Amateur champion. She recently won the K.J. Choi Foundation Junior Championship, her fifth AJGA victory. She is currently committed to playing golf at Pepperdine University.
Rachel Kuehn, of North Carolina, is a recent graduate of Wake Forest University. At Wake Forest, she was an All-American every season and earned Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year in 2022 and 2023. In 2020, she won the Women’s North and South Amateur at Pinehurst #2. She has played in four August National Women’s Amateurs and has been on 3 Curtis Cup teams. This isn’t the first time she will play at Woodmont Country Club. She advanced to the Round of 16 at the 120th U.S. Women’s Amateur when it was held at Woodmont.
Brenda Corrie-Kuehn, of North Carolina, has competed in more than 55 USGA championships, including nine U.S. Women’s Opens. Most recently, she reached the semifinals of the 62nd U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at Broadmoor Golf Club in Seattle, Washington. She has also competed in two Curtis Cups; in 1998, she secured the winning point.
