Video: Old Waverly to Host Prestigious Golf Tournament

WEST POINT, Miss.(WCBI)—The world’s best women’s amateur golfers will descend on West Point in the summer of 2019.

The United States Golf Association is bringing it’s U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship to Old Waverly in August of 2019. The tournament is the most prestigious women’s amateur event in the country and will bring the best amateur golfers from around the world.

This is the third time Old Waverly has hosted a U.S.G.A. event. The 2006 U.S. Women’s Mid Amateur was played out in West Point as was the crown jewel of U.S.G.A. Women’s events the 1999 U.S. Women’s Open We will have more on today’s announcement tonight on WCBI News

“This is the most prestigious amateur women Amateur event in the world. We will have 156 of the best amateur players from last year we had players from 16 different countries,”said Host Club Chair Key Blair.

As the event get closer there will be a website for people interested in volunteering.

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