The PGA of America announced the roster of five PGA of America golf professionals who will compete as the United States Team in the third edition of the Women’s PGA Cup.
The biennial international competition includes teams from the U.S., Australia, Canada, the UK, Ireland, South Africa, and Sweden and will take place September 30 through October 5 on the Meadows Course at Sunriver Resort in Sunriver, OR.
The women’s 2024 U.S. PGA Cup Team includes:
- Sandra Changkija (Daytona, FL) LPGA Foundation
- Joanna Coe (Haverford, PA), Merion Golf Club
- Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth (Fleming Island, FL), San Jose Country Club
- Ashley Grier (Hagerstown, MD), Yinglings Golf Center
- Allie Knight (Knoxville, TN), Fairways and Greens Golf Center
The women were selected using a two-year point system, which included the 2023/24 Women’s Stroke Play Championship (Championship Division), the 2023/24 LPGA Professionals Championship and the final money lists of the 2022/23 PGA Tournament Series.
Any PGA Member who made the cut at the 2023/24 KPMG Women’s PGA Championships, 2023/24 U.S. Women’s Opens and the 2023/24 PGA Professional Championships also earned points.
A weighted PGA Section points system was also used to award points.
“I am incredibly proud of these five women who earned the honor to represent the United States and our Association at the 2024 Women’s PGA Cup,” said PGA of America President John Lindert, PGA director of Golf at The Country Club of Lansing, MI. “It is a tremendous honor to be the Captain of this team of inspiring PGA of America Golf Professionals, and I look forward to the third Women’s PGA Cup in Sunriver.”
Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth leads the U.S. Team. She is the 2023 Women’s PGA Pro Player of the Year, who finished at the top of the Women’s PGA Cup point standings.
The PGA Teaching Professional at San Jose Country Club in Jacksonville, FL, Connelly Eiswerth finished T-26 and T-34 in the 2024 and 2023 PGA Professional Championships, respectively. Additionally, she won the 2024 Women’s Stroke Play Championship in February and became the first woman to win a PGA Tournament Series event (No. 1) in December 2023.
Coe and Grier will compete in their third consecutive Women’s PGA Cup while Connelly Eiswerth returns from the 2022 team. Changkija and Knight will make their event debuts.
The Women’s PGA Cup is an international team competition for women PGA Professionals worldwide. The event features six teams from the U.S., Australia, Canada, the UK, Ireland, South Africa, and Sweden competing in a 54-hole stroke play format. The low three of five scores per team (each round) count toward the team total per round.
The inaugural Women’s PGA Cup was played in 2019 at Omni Barton Creek Resort and Spa in Austin, TX, where the U.S. secured a four-stroke victory over runner-up Canada. The U.S. Team captured the 2022 Women’s PGA Cup by two strokes over Canada at Twin Warriors Golf Club in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM.
Sunriver Resort has hosted four PGA of America member championships, including the 50th PGA Professional Championship in 2017. The Meadows course, designed by John Fought, features seven holes bordering the Sun River and pays tribute to the American golf courses of the 1920s and ’30s. Meadows has also hosted USGA and NCAA championships, including the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Championship.
For additional information on the Women’s PGA Cup, go here.
Image courtesy Sunriver Resort
