Golf

Historic Massachusetts Donald Ross design lands three future USGA events

October 12, 2026

Salem Country Club, a storied Donald Ross-designed course in Peabody, Massachusetts, will host three future USGA championships, marking a historic return to the venue. The 2032 U.S.

Mid-Amateur will be particularly significant, as it will coincide with the 100th anniversary of Salem’s first USGA event, the 1932 U.S. Women’s Amateur.

The club, founded in 1895 and relocated to Peabody in 1926, has already hosted six USGA championships, including victories by legends like Virginia Van Wie, who won three consecutive U.S. Women’s Amateur titles starting in 1932, and Babe Zaharias, who dominated the 1954 U.S.

Women’s Open by 12 strokes despite battling illness. The upcoming events—2036 U.S.

Senior Women’s Open and 2041 U.S. Senior Open—will add to Salem’s legacy, with the course recently undergoing a multi-year restoration to preserve its classic design, now stretching up to 7,024 yards for championship play.

The USGA’s decision underscores Salem’s enduring place in golf history, following a six-year hiatus since its last event in 2017, when Kenny Perry won the U.S. Senior Open with a bogey-free final round of 68.