Located outside of Nashville, the course will host its second and third USGA championships
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. – The USGA has announced that The Golf Club of Tennessee, in Kingston Springs, Tenn., has been selected as the host site for the 2029 U.S. Mid-Amateur and 2034 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championships. The Mid-Amateur will be the first USGA championship hosted by the club since the 2018 U.S. Women’s Amateur.
“We are excited to return to The Golf Club of Tennessee which now has not one, but two fantastic golf courses, and a supportive, engaged membership that we are pleased to partner with,” said Mark Hill, USGA managing director, championships. “We are grateful for the invitation and look forward to welcoming some of the best mid-amateurs from around the world.”
Located just west of Nashville, The Golf Club of Tennessee was founded in 1988 by Music City businessmen Toby Wilt and Bronson Ingram, then chairman of Nashville-based Ingram Industries. Together, they selected Tom Fazio to lead architecture and design for the property; and in March 1991, the first golf course opened to its membership.
In July 2024, the club unveiled a new 18-hole championship layout – the Upper Course, designed by Gil Hanse, with the existing course taking on the name of the Lower Course.
The Upper Course will serve as the main course for the 2029 Mid-Amateur, with the Lower Course serving as the stroke-play co-host. The 2034 championship course will be determined at a later date.
“The Golf Club of Tennessee is honored to be hosting a pair of Mid-Amateur Championships, and we are proud to reunite with the USGA to provide a world-class championship venue. On behalf of all the members of The Golf Club of Tennessee, we are excited to welcome the world’s best mid-amateurs to our great club” said David Ingram, President of The Golf Club of Tennessee.
The club began hosting championships in 1995 with the Women’s Trans National Championship, won by Anne-Marie Knight, who also finished runner-up in the 1995 U.S. Women’s Amateur at The Country Club.
Since then, The Golf Club of Tennessee has hosted several national events – the club hosted “The Vinny” Pro-Celebrity Invitational for more than twenty-five years, and from 2007-13, the club served as the site of the Franklin American Mortgage Charity Cup, hosted by PGA Tour and The Golf Club of Tennessee member Brandt Snedeker.
The club’s membership features three USGA champions: Snedeker, who won the 2003 U.S. Amateur Public Links, 1975 U.S. Open champion Lou Graham and Sarah LeBrun Ingram, who is a three-time U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion, Curtis Cup competitor and two-time Curtis Cup captain.
This will be the second USGA championship hosted by The Golf Club of Tennessee, after now-LPGA Tour professional Kristen Gillman won the second of her two U.S. Women’s Amateur titles there in 2018, defeating Jiwon Jeon 7 and 6 in the championship match. There have been 17 USGA championships contested in the Volunteer state, including the 2024 U.S. Senior Amateur at The Honors Course in Ooltewah.
The U.S. Mid-Amateur is open to amateur golfers who are 25 years or older and whose Handicap Index does not exceed 2.4. A starting field of 264 players competes in two rounds of stroke play, with the low 64 scorers advancing to match play. Five 18-hole rounds of match play determine the finalists, who square off in an 18-hole championship match. This year’s championship is currently being contested at Troon Country Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur is open to any female golfer who is 25 years or older and whose Handicap Index does not exceed 9.4. A starting field of 132 players competes in two rounds of stroke play, with the low 64 scorers advancing to match play. Five 18-hole rounds of match play determine the finalists, who square off in an 18-hole championship match. The 2025 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur will be contested Oct. 4-9 at Monterey Peninsula Country Club in Pebble Beach, Calif.
Upcoming USGA Championships in Tennessee
2026 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, The Honors Course
2028 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship, Belle Meade Country Club
2029 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, The Golf Club of Tennessee
2031 U.S. Amateur Championship, The Honors Course
2034 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship, The Golf Club of Tennessee
2036 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship, Belle Meade Country Club