WILLIAMSTOWN — For only the second time in the Massachusetts Women’s Amateur Championship’s 123-year tournament history, the Berkshires will host the state’s best female amateur golfers when a field of 62 tees off at Taconic Golf Club on Monday morning. The five-day tournament will begin with two rounds of medal play with the top 32 finishers qualifying for match play. It then will take five match-play wins to claim the title on Friday.
WHERE: Taconic Golf Club in Williamstown. WHEN: Monday-Friday. COURSE SETUP: 5,879 yards, par 71.
THE FIELD: 62 players with an average age of 22.85 and an average Handicap Index of 2.60.
FORMAT: 36 holes of medal play. Top 32 move to match play. SCHEDULE: Mon and Tue — medal-play tee times between 8 a.
m. and 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday — Match-play Round-of-32 and Round-of-16. Thursday — Quarterfinals and semifinals. Friday — 18-hole championship match in the afternoon.
SPECTATORS: Open to the public. TACONIC AND MASS GOLF: Taconic has hosted 10 Mass Golf championships, the first the Mass Amateur in 1979 and the most recent the Mass Super Senior in 2022. The long-awaited Berkshires visit — Wyantenuck Country Club hosted the tournament in 2002 — comes at a time when women’s golf in the state is as strong as it has ever been, led by the combination of talented teens, college standouts and seasoned veterans.
The average Handicap Index is an impressive 2.60. The average age of the golfers is 22.
85 years old with the youngest qualif.