This year, as part of the new Women's Elite Amateur Golf Series, the North & South Women's Amateur will be running alongside the men's championship. Normally, the women's championship is a week or two later in the summer.

“One of the big things that we want to achieve out of this is a better schedule. There are multiple elite women's events that are on top of each other on the calendar,” Andy Priest said when the announcement of the Women's Elite Amateur Golf Series went out. “We want to try and help incentivize them to work this out to where those conflicts don't exist. That's the one thing that we would like to see on the men's side mirror on the women's side, so these elite events are not competing against each other."

Nine of the last 12 North & South Women’s Amateur champions have drawn paychecks as members of the LPGA Tour. The equation is near perfect. Win the North & South Am, and go on to professional success at the highest level.

The North & South women's champions are among the game's legends: Babe Zaharias, Louise Suggs, Peggy Kirk Bell, Hollis Stacey, Brandie Burton, Brittany Lang, Morgan Pressel, and Yani Tseng.

“Since day one, our goal has been to align the top competitive amateur events in the United States, not only for the men’s game but for the women’s game as well,” Andy Priest said. "We are excited to play a leading role in elevating elite women’s golf by providing these athletes with an aligned summer schedule of competition at some of the most renowned venues in the country conducted by historic organizations and world-class resorts.”

Currently, Kendall Turner leads the Women's Elite Amateur Golf Series through two events, finishing T13 at the Sea Island Women's Amateur and T2 at the Southwestern. Annabelle Pancake and Leigh Chien are tied for second place.

Turner, Chien, and Pancake are not in the field this week.

Boys field list
Girls field list

SCHEDULE

June 25 – Stroke play, women on No. 2, men on No. 8
June 26 – Stroke play, men on No. 2, women on No. 8
June 27 – Round of 32 Match Play on No. 2, men’s matches, 7 a.m.-9:30 a.m., women’s matches 9:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
June 28 – Round of 16 matches on No. 2, women from 7 a.m.-8:10 a.m., men from 8:30 a.m.-9:40 a.m.
June 28 – Quarterfinal matches on No. 2, women from 12:45-1:10 p.m., men from 1:30-2 p.m.
June 29 – Semifinal matches on No. 2, men at 7 a.m. and 7:12 a.m., women at 7:24 a.m. and 7:36 a.m.
June 29 – Championship matches on No. 2, women at 1 p.m. and men at 1:20 p.m.