The 2026 77th U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship comes to Old Chatham Golf Club, Mon, Jul 13–Sat, 18, bringing one of golf’s oldest national titles to the Triangle for the first time.

Many Girls’ Junior champions, including Mickey Wright, JoAnne Gunderson Carner, Hollis Stacy, Nancy Lopez, Amy Alcott, Inbee Park, Lexi Thompson, Minjee Lee, Ariya Jutanugarn, and Rose Zhang, earned this title as teenagers before going pro. The 2026 champion gains an exemption into the 2027 U.S. Women’s Open and an invitation to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, meaning this year’s winner could be competing on the LPGA Tour within a few seasons.

Old Chatham has a Durham mailing address but sits in Chatham County on the northeast shore of Jordan Lake. The field of 156 plays two days of stroke play (July 13–14) before the cut to 64 for match play, building to a 36-hole final on Saturday, July 18. Old Chatham is a Rees Jones design that opened in 2001 and is set on 400 acres of protected pine woodlands. Spectators walk corridors of mature loblolly pine, with Jordan Lake State Recreation Area just beyond the property line.

Logistics

The USGA will post ticketing, parking, shuttle, and ADA accessibility details, including accessible viewing areas and transportation accommodations on request, on the official championship page as the event approaches.

Volunteer

USGA championships rely on hundreds of volunteers, with shifts available in standard-bearing, marshaling, transportation, hospitality, scoring, and player services. Most committees offer flexible single-day or full-week options, and registration is open now at events.trustevent.com.

Stay tuned as the CVB prepares to launch our official microsite, complete with logistics, accommodations, itinerary recommendations, and more. See more Chatham Sports Alliance events.