2021 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Fast FactsMaridoe Golf Club, Carrollton, Texas
| Championship Venue | Maridoe Golf Club |
| Opened | 2017 |
| Architect | Steve Smyers |
| Dates of Championship | April 24-28 |
| Social Hashtag | #USWFourBall |
| Field Size | 64 sides |
| Eligibility | Each member of the side cannot have a USGA Handicap Index that exceeds 14.4 |
| Entries Accepted | 425 sides (championship record) |
| Yardage/Par | 6,349 yards/Par 72 |
| Course/Slope Rating | 79.3/152 |
| Course Fact | Maridoe Golf Club was formerly known as the Honors Club Dallas and before that Columbian Club. Architect Steve Smyers, former of the USGA Executive Committee, was hired to completely redo the layout by new owner Albert Huddleston. |
| Champion Members | Maridoe counts 2015 U.S. Open champion and two-time U.S. Junior Amateur champ Jordan Spieth, and 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur champion Will Zalatoris among its 200-plus members. Zalatoris finished runner-up in his first Masters start earlier this month. Braden Thornberry, a member of the victorious 2017 USA Walker Cup Team with Zalatoris, also plays out of Maridoe. |
| Hole by Hole | MARIDOE GOLF CLUB (Subject to Change) Hole 1: 375 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 537 yards (Par 5) Hole 3: 189 yards (Par 3) Hole 4: 345 yards (Par 4) Hole 5: 327 yards (Par 4) Hole 6: 296 yards (Par 4) Hole 7: 523 yards (Par 5) Hole 8: 110 yards (Par 3) Hole 9: 398 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,172 yards (Par 36) Hole 10: 388 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 518 yards (Par 5) Hole 12: 417 yards (Par 4) Hole 13: 404 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 164 yards (Par 3) Hole 15: 377 yards (Par 4) Hole 16: 478 yards (Par 5) Hole 17: 131 yards (Par 3) Hole 18: 372 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,249 yards (Par 36) TOTAL: 6,349 yards (Par 72) |
| Qualifying | Qualifying took place at 29 sites between Sept. 21, 2020 and April 5, 2021 |
| Exempt Sides (3) | Alexa Pano/Paris Hilinski (Both members among Top 400 of Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) Casey Weidenfeld/Jillian Bourdage (2019 U.S. Women's Amteur Four-Ball runners-up) Mary Ellen Shuman/Sammi Lee (2017 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball runners-up) |
| 2020 Championship | The 2020 championship, originally scheduled to be contested at Quail Creek Country Club in Naples, Fla., was canceled due to health concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 Championship | Incoming Duke University freshmen Erica Shepherd, of Greenwood, Ind., and Megan Furtney, of South Elgin, Ill., defeated Floridians Jillian Bourdage and Casey Weidenfeld, 2 and 1, at Timuquana Country Club in Jacksonville, Fla. It was Shepherd's second USGA title, followingg her win in the 2017 U.S. Girls' Junior. |
| Quote | "This is Megan’s first time making it all the way through something this big, and I think she handled it great. She looks like she’s won a USGA championship before.”-- Erica Shepherd |
| Previous Events at Maridoe Golf Club | 2018 Texas Golf Association Four-Ball (Jace Moore/Jordan Woolf) 2019 Trans-Mississippi Amateur (Pierceson Coody) 2019 Texas Golf Association Mid-Amateur (Christopher Wheeler Addison) 2020 Maridoe Junior Invitational (Michael Brennan) 2020 Southern Amateur (McClure Meissner) 2020 Maridoe Samaritan Fund Invitational I (Scottie Scheffler) 2020 Maridoe Samaritan Fund Invitational II (Brandon Wu) 2020 Maridoe Amateur (Luke Potter) |
| Schedule of Play | Saturday, April 24 (18 holes, stroke play) Sunday, April 25 (18 holes, stroke play) Monday, April 26 (Round of 32, match play) Tuesday, April 27 (Round of 16/quarterfinal matches) Wednesday, April 28 (Semifinal/Championship match) |
| What Champions Receive | - A gold medal - Custody of the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Trophy for one year - 10-year exemption from qualifying for U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball - Exemption for each player to 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur - Exemptions into 2021 U.S. Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur, U.S. Senior Women's Amateur, if age eligible |
| Match-Play Cut | 32 sides will qualify for match play following two rounds of stroke play |
| Future Site | 2022: Grand Reserve Golf Club, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico/April 30-May 4 |