US Women's Open to give $30 Million Economic Benefit to Lancaster

Lancaster Country Club is observing a decrease in world’s best female golfers for U.S. Women’s Open this week. So surrounding area’s local business community is mounting for a customer proliferation.

The U.S. Open has always been looked after by United States Golf Association and it estimates the tournament’s economic impact to be up to $30 million. Through increased dining, hotel and shopping, revenue from the combination of visitors, tournament workers, broadcasters and players, it has been expected the economic impact to get through.

In addition, Greenfield Restaurant and Bar’s (located just outside the country club) owner and head chef, John Moeller stated, “We saw a few golfers were probably in for dinner last night. I'm seeing an increase at this point in time, and as we move through Saturday, it's going to be definitely a good impact on the business for the week here.”

The U.S. Women's Open’s first round is going to begin on May 30, 2024 morning and will continue throughout June 2, 2024.

Moreover, Communications director for Discover Lancaster, Joel Cliff added, “When it comes to tourism impacts, there's direct, indirect and induced. That third level of induced, which I think a lot of people forget about, is that employee spending further dollars within the local market. So, all in all, it benefits a lot of different businesses that you might not necessarily think about when you think about the tournament.”