Lone Star Cup 2026 – Save the Date!

The LPGA Amateurs Association Albuquerque Chapter is excited to host the 2026 Lone Star Cup in or near Albuquerque, New Mexico, taking place the weekend AFTER Memorial Day. This highly anticipated annual event brings together LPGA Amateurs chapters from across Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico for a weekend of competitive golf, camaraderie, and chapter pride.

🌟 Why Play Lone Star Cup?

Lone Star Cup is more than just a tournament—it’s a chance to represent your chapter, experience match-play competition, build lasting friendships, and enjoy a memorable golf weekend with fellow LPGA Amateurs members.

📅 Tournament Schedule

• Practice Round: Thursday, May 28, 2026
• Team Match Play: Friday, May 29, 2026
• Individual Match Play: Saturday, May 30, 2026

This year LSC will be held at Santa Ana Golf Club 288 Prairie Star Rd, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM 87004.

⛳ Team Format & Handicaps

Each chapter will field a team of 12 players plus 2 alternates. All handicaps are welcome and needed, as teams across participating chapters typically range from single digit handicaps up to a 36 handicap. Players will compete against others with similar handicaps, ensuring fair and competitive match play for everyone.

To be eligible, players must have an established and verifiable handicap.

💵 Cost Information

Final pricing has not yet been communicated. For reference, the 2025 Lone Star Cup cost was approximately $295, which did not include hotel accommodations, travel, or additional dining expenses.

📝 Interested in Representing the Houston Chapter?

If you are interested in participating in this event and can commit to the full schedule (including tryouts) as well as the associated costs, please follow the link below to sign up:

👉https://members.lpgaamateurs.com/account/login.aspx?returnURL=www.golfgenius.com/sso_ewga?redirectURL=ggid/lonestar26

🏌️‍♀️ Tryout Process

Based on interest, tryouts will be required to determine who will make up the Houston Chapter Lone Star Cup Team for 2026.

Tryouts are designed to be competitive, fair, and reflective of Lone Star Cup match-play conditions.

• Players will be paired with other players trying out who have similar handicaps.
• Each player will play match play against three other players during the tryout process.
• Team selection will be based on match results, including wins and quality of wins, as well as additional factors such as team dynamics, sportsmanship, overall competitiveness, etc.

Registration will close on February 2, 2026.

More details—including course information, final pricing, tryout dates, and team selection timelines—will be communicated as they become available. Make sure your handicap is current and get ready… Lone Star Cup 2026 is right around the corner! 🏌️‍♀️✨

The competition was fierce, the weather was on our side, and the Texas golf spirit was alive and well at the 2025 Lone Star Cup in Fort Worth at the Rockwood Golf Club! Over a thrilling weekend of match play and camaraderie, teams from across Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico brought their best. But in the end, it was Houston who rose to the top and claimed the Cup!

From the first tee shot to the final putt, Houston showed grit, grace, and unstoppable team spirit. With clutch performances in both team and individual matches, our players delivered under pressure and outpaced strong competitors from every corner of the region.

The sportsmanship displayed throughout the weekend was just as impressive as the golf. While every chapter brought passion and talent to the course, Houston’s consistency, heart, and hustle made all the difference.

Congratulations, to our Houston ladies! You’ve made your mark in Lone Star Cup history and raised the bar for 2026!

A big thank you to the players, captains, organizers, and volunteers who made this event a huge success. Until next year, keep swinging!

Our 2025 Lone Star Cup Team

Annie Jenkins, Bridget Brown, Chantel Albert, Cindy Obermeyer, Dee Thompson, Elizabeth Walzel, Juno Bible, Katie Fox, Katherine Biggs, Katherine Ellis, Leslie Sosebee, Lucy Pho, Tracy DeSmit, Tracy Moy, Veronica Daniels

Our Houston Players Shined Across Chapters!

While the Houston Chapter proudly took home the Lone Star Cup this year, our chapter’s impact went far beyond just the winning team. Several of our incredible Houston players stepped up to support other chapters as players and alternates—and they didn’t just show up, they showed out.

On Saturday, every single one of our Houston players on other teams WON their individual match, proving that Houston’s golf game travels well, no matter the team colors.

• Austin: Julia Karnezis; Albuquerque: Christine Jou, Sandra Kestner, Sandy Scurria, Rhonda Weatherwax, and Shon Bower 

We’re so proud of how these players represented our chapter—with skill, class, and a spirit of collaboration. Whether competing for Houston or stepping in to help other teams, they exemplified what the Lone Star Cup is all about.

Way to go, ladies—you’ve made Houston proud! 

Read our most recent newsletter, as well as Past Newsletters:

https://us9.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=4fd028637cc61fe7406a6261e&id=e467c74124 

Houston are the 2023 Champions – we won the Lone Star Cup!

Since 2002, several LPGA Amateur chapters in Texas and the surrounding southern states have met up annually, for a weekend of match play to award the Lone Star Cup (LSC) to the winning team chapter of twelve players. This year, the Houston team travelled to Baton Rouge, Louisiana – where we played six other teams represented by members from the Austin, Baton Rouge, Dallas, Denton County, Fort Worth and San Antonio chapters. We like to think of the LSC as the Solheim Cup of the south….

The short story – is that Houston are the 2023 Champions – we won the Lone Star Cup! The LSC belongs to every member of the Houston chapter until the next time we all meet again to battle it out. Y’all helped make our team stronger and we felt your support throughout the LSC season: from every tryout match, to helping us fill out our practice matches, to cheering us on Facebook, and wishing us good luck before we left for the trip.