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The 2024 U.S. Women's Open was the 79th U.S. Women's Open, played May 30 to June 2 at the Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[1]
Tournament information | |
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Dates | May 30 – June 2, 2024 |
Location | Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. 40.0617°N 76.2708°W |
Course(s) | Lancaster Country Club Meadowcreek / Dogwood Course |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 70 |
Length | 6,546 yards (5,986 m) |
Field | 156 players, 75 after cut |
Cut | 148 (+8) |
Prize fund | $12,000,000 |
Winner's share | $2,400,000 |
Champion | |
Yuka Saso | |
276 (−4) | |
Location map | |
Location in the United States Location in Pennsylvania | |
The purse for the tournament was a record $12 million.[2] The winner's share is now 20% for the men's and women's Open Championships, earning the Women's Open winner $2.4 million.[3]
Yuka Saso won by three strokes over compatriot Hinako Shibuno. It was Saso's second U.S. Women's Open win, having also won in 2021. It was her second major win and second LPGA Tour win.[4]
The course had previously hosted the 2015 U.S. Women's Open.
The field for the U.S. Women's Open was made up of players who gained entry through qualifying events and those who were exempt from qualifying. The exemption criteria included provision for recent major champions, winners of major amateur events, and leading players in the Women's World Golf Rankings.
The USGA accepted 1,897 entries for the championship.[5]
This list details the exemption criteria for the 2024 U.S. Women's Open and the players exempt. Many players were exempt in multiple categories.[6][lower-alpha 1]
1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last 10 years (2014–2023)
2. From the 2023 U.S. Women's Open, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place
3. Winner of the 2023 U.S. Senior Women's Open
4. Winner of the 2023 U.S. Women's Amateur
5. Winners of the 2023 U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur and the 2023 U.S. Women's Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)
6. Winners of the Chevron Championship (2020–2024)
7. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship (2019–2023)
8. Winners of The Evian Championship (2019–2023)
9. Winners of the Women’s British Open (2019–2023)
10. The top 30 point leaders from the 2023 LPGA Race to the CME Globe Final Points.
11. Winners of individual LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories were considered official, from the conclusion of the 2023 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2024 U.S. Women's Open (only events that awarded a full point allocation for the Race to the CME Globe)
12. Winner of the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur (must be an amateur)
13. Winner of the 2023 Women's Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)
14. Winner of the 2023 Mark H. McCormack Medal (No. 1 in World Amateur Golf Ranking; must be an amateur)
15. Winner of the 2024 NCAA Division I Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur)
16. From the 2024 Race to CME Globe, the top 10 point leaders as of April 3, 2024
17. From the current Women's World Golf Rankings, the top 75 players and anyone tying for 75th place as of April 3, 2024
18. From the current Women's World Golf Rankings, the top 75 players and anyone tying for 75th place as of May 27, 2024 (if not previously exempt)
19. Special exemptions
Qualifying took place April 15 to May 20, 2024, via 36-hole stroke-play qualifiers at 26 different sites, 23 of them in the United States and one each in Germany, Canada and Japan.[7][8]
Date | Location | Venue | Field | Spots | Qualifiers[lower-alpha 1] |
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Apr 15 | Coquitlam, British Columbia | The Vancouver Golf Club | 46 | 2 | Amelia Garvey, Madison Young |
Apr 15 | El Macero, California | El Macero Country Club | 72 | 3 | Megha Ganne (a), Sabrina Iqbal (a), Alexa Melton |
Apr 16 | Waikoloa Village, Hawaii | The Village Course at Waikoloa | 35 | 1 | Yuka Nii |
Apr 22 | Chiba Prefecture, Japan | Boso Country Club | 121 | 5 | Saiki Fujita, Yui Kawamoto, Ayako Kimura, Amiyu Ozeki, Peiying Tsai |
Apr 23 | San Jacinto, California | Soboba Springs Golf Course | 77 | 2 | Mariel Galdiano, Hsin-Yu Lu |
Apr 25 | Alexandria, Virginia | Belle Haven Country Club | 69 | 2 | Ruixin Liu, Jean Reynolds |
Apr 29 | Ojai, California | Soule Park Golf Course | 74 | 3 | Joo Soo-bin, Catherine Park (a), Yuri Yoshida |
Apr 29 | Rockwall, Texas | Rockwall Golf & Athletic Club | 78 | 2 | Áine Donegan (a), Hsu Huai-Chien (a) |
Apr 30 | Westminster, Colorado | Walnut Creek Golf Preserve | 71 | 3 | Celine Borge, Isi Gabsa, Moriya Jutanugarn |
Apr 30 | Greensboro, North Carolina | Starmount Forest Country Club | 72 | 2 | Pauline Roussin, Lauren Stephenson |
Apr 30 | Seattle, Washington | Rainier Golf & Country Club | 71 | 3 | Caroline Inglis, Jeon Ji-won, Emily Kristine Pedersen |
May 1 | Winchester, Massachusetts | Winchester Country Club | 60 | 3 | Sofia García, Katie Li (a), Lucy Li |
May 2 | Columbus, Ohio | Ohio State University Golf Club | 71 | 3 | Isabella Fierro, Hsu Wei-ling, Wichanee Meechai |
May 6 | Scottsdale, Arizona | Pinnacle Peak Country Club | 72 | 3 | Kim Kaufman, Alana Uriell, Savannah Vilaubi |
May 6 | Fresno, California | San Joaquin Country Club | 64 | 2 | Gabriela Ruffels, Asterisk Talley (a) |
May 6 | New Smyrna Beach, Florida | Sugar Mill Country Club | 49 | 2 | Stephanie Kyriacou, Elizabeth Szokol |
May 6 | Dunwoody, Georgia | Dunwoody Country Club | 43 | 2 | Arpichaya Yubol, Kristen Gillman |
May 6 | Wayzata, Minnesota | Woodhill Country Club | 33 | 1 | Kaitlyn Papp Budde |
May 7 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Shannopin Country Club | 54 | 2 | Rachel Rohanna, Marissa Steen |
May 8 | St. Louis, Missouri | Sunset Country Club | 36 | 1 | Samantha Brown (a) |
May 10 | Jupiter, Florida | The Club at Admirals Cove | 56 | 2 | Maisie Filler (a), Sydnee Michaels |
May 13 | Bradenton, Florida | Bradenton Country Club | 64 | 2 | Pimpisa Sisutham (a), Amelie Zalsman (a) |
May 13 | Deerfield, Illinois | Briarwood Country Club | 65 | 2 | Keeley Marx (a), Caroline Smith (a) |
May 13 | Haworth, New Jersey | Haworth Country Club | 69 | 4 | Maude-Aimée LeBlanc, Liu Yan, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Caroline Masson |
May 13 | Pearland, Texas | Golfcrest Country Club | 74 | 2 | Adela Cernousek (a), Elina Sinz (a) |
May 20 | Michendorf, Germany | Golf & Country Club Seddiner See | 3 | Casandra Alexander, Pia Babnik, Mariajo Uribe[9] |
The following players gained a place in the field having finished as the leading alternates in the specified final qualifying events:[10]
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Tee times were assigned to 134 professionals and 22 amateurs.[11] Only four players scored under par for the round, led by Yuka Saso at −2. The scoring average for the round was 75.2, more than five strokes over par. The top-10 players in the Women's World Golf Rankings averaged 75.5, including a round of 80 by top-ranked Nelly Korda, who scored a septuple bogey on her third hole (the par-3, 12th hole). Three amateurs made the top-10 including 15-year-old Asterisk Talley.[12][13]
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Yuka Saso | 68 | −2 |
T2 | Adela Cernousek (a) | 69 | −1 |
Andrea Lee | |||
Wichanee Meechai | |||
T5 | Pia Babnik | 70 | E |
Alexandra Försterling | |||
Chisato Iwai | |||
Kim Sei-young | |||
Minjee Lee | |||
Catherine Park (a) | |||
Megan Schofill (a) | |||
Jenny Shin | |||
Asterisk Talley (a) | |||
Yuri Yoshida |
Friday, May 31, 2024
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Wichanee Meechai | 69-67=136 | −4 |
2 | Andrea Lee | 69-69=138 | −2 |
T3 | Minjee Lee | 70-69=139 | −1 |
Yuka Saso | 68-71=139 | ||
T5 | Hsu Wei-ling | 72-69=141 | +1 |
Im Jin-hee | 73-68=141 | ||
Chisato Iwai | 70-71=141 | ||
Sakura Koiwai | 72-69=141 | ||
Lee Mi-hyang | 74-67=141 | ||
Megan Schofill (a) | 70-71=141 | ||
Hinako Shibuno | 71-70=141 | ||
Asterisk Talley (a) | 70-71=141 |
Saturday, June 1, 2024
71 professionals and 4 amateurs survived Friday's cut in order to play the weekend.[14]
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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T1 | Andrea Lee | 69-69-67=205 | −5 |
Minjee Lee | 70-69-66=205 | ||
Wichanee Meechai | 69-67-69=205 | ||
4 | Hinako Shibuno | 71-70-66=207 | −3 |
5 | Yuka Saso | 68-71-69=208 | −2 |
T6 | Im Jin-hee | 73-68-70=211 | +1 |
Sakura Koiwai | 72-69-70=211 | ||
T8 | Lee Mi-hyang | 74-67-71=212 | +2 |
Rio Takeda | 74-69-69=212 | ||
Arpichaya Yubol | 72-72-68=212 |
Sunday, June 2, 2024
Champion |
Low amateurs |
(a) = amateur |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Yuka Saso (c) | 68-71-69-68=276 | −4 | 2,400,000 |
2 | Hinako Shibuno | 71-70-66-72=279 | −1 | 1,296,000 |
T3 | Ally Ewing | 74-72-68-66=280 | E | 664,778 |
Andrea Lee | 69-69-67-75=280 | |||
5 | Arpichaya Yubol | 72-72-68-69=281 | +1 | 456,375 |
T6 | Ayaka Furue | 71-72-71-68=282 | +2 | 365,406 |
Wichanee Meechai | 69-67-69-77=282 | |||
Atthaya Thitikul | 74-72-68-68=282 | |||
T9 | Sakura Koiwai | 72-69-70-72=283 | +3 | 271,733 |
Minjee Lee (c) | 70-69-66-78=283 | |||
Rio Takeda | 74-69-69-71=283 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
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Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
T12 | Im Jin-hee | 73-68-70-73=284 | +4 | 205,709 | |
Kim Hyo-joo | 75-73-67-69=284 | ||||
Miyū Yamashita | 72-71-70-71=284 | ||||
Yin Ruoning | 73-71-69-71=284 | ||||
T16 | Hannah Green | 76-71-72-66=285 | +5 | 161,841 | |
Kim A-lim (c) | 74-71-70-70=285 | ||||
Lee Mi-hyang | 74-67-71-73=285 | ||||
T19 | Carlota Ciganda | 72-73-72-69=286 | +6 | 125,829 | |
Charley Hull | 75-72-72-67=286 | ||||
Chisato Iwai | 70-71-73-72=286 | ||||
Liu Yan | 73-74-72-67=286 | ||||
Jenny Shin | 70-78-71-67=286 | ||||
T24 | Hsu Wei-ling | 72-69-74-72=287 | +7 | 99,079 | |
Jeon Ji-won | 75-71-71-70=287 | ||||
T26 | Aditi Ashok | 73-71-73-71=288 | +8 | 86,542 | |
Kim Min-byeol | 72-71-70-75=288 | ||||
Sophia Popov | 72-72-71-73=288 | ||||
T29 | Pia Babnik | 70-77-72-70=289 | +9 | 68,873 | |
Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 72-71-75-71=289 | ||||
Sarah Kemp | 75-72-72-70=289 | ||||
Kim Su-ji | 73-73-70-73=289 | ||||
Ko Jin-young | 75-73-72-69=289 | ||||
Lin Xiyu | 72-73-73-71=289 | ||||
Albane Valenzuela | 72-71-76-70=289 | ||||
T36 | Kristen Gillman | 73-75-73-69=290 | +10 | 54,338 | |
Anna Nordqvist | 74-72-70-74=290 | ||||
Amiyu Ozeki | 74-72-69-75=290 | ||||
T39 | Yui Kawamoto | 71-71-73-76=291 | +11 | 44,897 | |
Gaby López | 75-72-73-71=291 | ||||
Yuna Nishimura | 73-74-72-72=291 | ||||
Park Hyun-kyung | 74-73-74-70=291 | ||||
Jiyai Shin | 73-72-75-71=291 | ||||
T44 | Mariel Galdiano | 71-76-74-71=292 | +12 | 34,495 | |
Nasa Hataoka | 73-70-74-75=292 | ||||
Megan Khang | 75-73-74-70=292 | ||||
Alison Lee | 78-70-72-72=292 | ||||
Catherine Park (a) | 70-72-72-78=292 | 0 | |||
Megan Schofill (a) | 70-71-77-74=292 | ||||
Asterisk Talley (a) | 70-71-78-73=292 | ||||
T51 | Ashleigh Buhai | 74-73-71-75=293 | +13 | 26,595 | |
Alexandra Försterling | 70-78-71-74=293 | ||||
Sofia García | 75-73-71-74=293 | ||||
Danielle Kang | 74-69-76-74=293 | ||||
Gabriela Ruffels | 75-73-75-70=293 | ||||
Ryu Hae-ran | 77-71-73-72=293 | ||||
Yuri Yoshida | 70-74-75-74=293 | ||||
T58 | An Na-rin | 74-72-77-71=294 | +14 | 23,741 | |
Céline Boutier | 72-75-75-72=294 | ||||
Amelia Garvey | 76-71-74-73=294 | ||||
Kim Kaufman | 76-72-70-76=294 | ||||
Maude-Aimée LeBlanc | 71-75-73-75=294 | ||||
Lee Jeong-eun (c) | 75-71-70-78=294 | ||||
Alexa Pano | 76-72-72-74=294 | ||||
Emily Kristine Pedersen | 75-73-72-74=294 | ||||
Alana Uriell | 76-72-72-74=294 | ||||
T67 | Adela Cernousek (a) | 69-79-69-78=295 | +15 | 0 | |
Ai Suzuki | 72-70-73-80=295 | 22,566 | |||
T69 | Caroline Inglis | 74-74-76-72=296 | +16 | 22,095 | |
Madelene Sagström | 73-75-73-75=296 | ||||
Marissa Steen | 73-74-74-75=296 | ||||
72 | Casandra Alexander | 71-74-77-75=297 | +17 | 21,625 | |
73 | Isi Gabsa | 73-74-74-78=299 | +19 | 21,390 | |
74 | Akie Iwai | 75-71-76-79=301 | +21 | 21,155 | |
75 | Cheyenne Knight | 75-71-75-81=302 | +22 | 20,920 | |
CUT | Megha Ganne (a) | 76-73=149 | +9 | ||
Linn Grant | 72-77=149 | ||||
Joo Soo-bin | 71-78=149 | ||||
Moriya Jutanugarn | 74-75=149 | ||||
Brittany Lang (c) | 74-75=149 | ||||
Mao Saigo | 75-74=149 | ||||
Kokona Sakurai | 75-74=149 | ||||
Ssu-Chia Cheng | 76-74=150 | +10 | |||
Lauren Coughlin | 75-75=150 | ||||
Gemma Dryburgh | 77-73=150 | ||||
Hsu Huai-Chien (a) | 74-76=150 | ||||
Ariya Jutanugarn (c) | 75-75=150 | ||||
Nelly Korda | 80-70=150 | ||||
Lee So-mi | 74-76=150 | ||||
Katie Li (a) | 73-77=150 | ||||
Leona Maguire | 73-77=150 | ||||
Kaitlyn Papp | 79-71=150 | ||||
Latanna Stone (a) | 76-74=150 | ||||
Tsai Pei-ying | 74-76=150 | ||||
Amy Yang | 77-73=150 | ||||
Angel Yin | 75-75=150 | ||||
Georgia Hall | 77-74=151 | +11 | |||
Esther Henseleit | 74-77=151 | ||||
Ingrid Lindblad (a) | 77-74=151 | ||||
Sarah Schmelzel | 77-74=151 | ||||
Elizabeth Szokol | 73-78=151 | ||||
Bailey Tardy | 75-76=151 | ||||
Chanettee Wannasaen | 73-78=151 | ||||
Rose Zhang | 79-72=151 | ||||
Chun In-gee (c) | 75-77=152 | +12 | |||
Allisen Corpuz (c) | 75-77=152 | ||||
Brooke Henderson | 80-72=152 | ||||
Jennifer Kupcho | 77-75=152 | ||||
Ryann O'Toole | 75-77=152 | ||||
Lottie Woad (a) | 77-75=152 | ||||
Celine Borge | 76-77=153 | +13 | |||
Saiki Fujita | 77-76=153 | ||||
Mone Inami | 78-75=153 | ||||
Lydia Ko | 80-73=153 | ||||
Stephanie Kyriacou | 77-76=153 | ||||
Rachel Rohanna | 76-77=153 | ||||
Maja Stark | 76-77=153 | ||||
Lauren Stephenson | 77-76=153 | ||||
Patty Tavatanakit | 76-77=153 | ||||
Lexi Thompson | 78-75=153 | ||||
Madison Young | 78-75=153 | ||||
Choi Hye-jin | 75-79=154 | +14 | |||
Isabella Fierro | 82-72=154 | ||||
Sora Kamiya | 77-77=154 | ||||
Agathe Laisné | 80-74=154 | ||||
Nanna Koerstz Madsen | 74-80=154 | ||||
Caroline Masson | 75-79=154 | ||||
Yealimi Noh | 76-78=154 | ||||
Kiara Romero (a) | 75-79=154 | ||||
Elina Sinz | 76-78=154 | ||||
Amelia Lewis | 79-76=155 | +15 | |||
Lucy Li | 77-79=156 | +16 | |||
Ruixin Liu | 76-80=156 | ||||
Pimpisa Sisutham (a) | 77-79=156 | ||||
Ayako Kimura | 80-77=157 | +17 | |||
Lu Hsin-yu | 76-81=157 | ||||
Keeley Marx (a) | 76-81=157 | ||||
Pauline Roussin | 80-77=157 | ||||
Áine Donegan (a) | 76-83=159 | +19 | |||
Yuka Nii | 81-78=159 | ||||
Jean Reynolds | 79-80=159 | ||||
Savannah Vilaubi | 88-71=159 | ||||
Amelie Zalsman (a) | 75-84=159 | ||||
Maisie Filler (a) | 79-81=160 | +20 | |||
Caroline Smith (a) | 80-80=160 | ||||
Alexa Melton | 80-81=161 | +21 | |||
Sydnee Michaels | 83-78=161 | ||||
Samantha Brown (a) | 85-77=162 | +22 | |||
Chiara Horder (a) | 85-77=162 | ||||
Mariajo Uribe | 83-79=162 | ||||
Kimberly Dinh (a) | 82-82=164 | +24 | |||
Harriet Lynch | 84-81=165 | +25 | |||
Junia Gabasa (a) | 85-81=166 | +26 | |||
Julia Misemer (a) | 84-82=166 | ||||
Sabrina Iqbal | 86-83=169 | +29 | |||
WD | Kim Sei-young[lower-alpha 3] | 70 | E |
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey+ |
Source:[16]
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