2023 U.S. Women's Open

The 2023 U.S. Women's Open was the 78th U.S. Women's Open, held July 6 to 9 at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California.^[3][4][5]

2023 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 6–9, 2023
Location	Pebble Beach, California, U.S. 36.568°N 121.950°W / 36.568; -121.950
Course(s)	Pebble Beach Golf Links
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72[1]
Length	6,509 yards (5,952 m)[2]
Field	156 players, 74 after cut
Cut	150 (+6)
Prize fund	$11,000,000
Winner's share	$2,000,000
Champion
Allisen Corpuz
279 (−9)
Location map
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Allisen Corpuz won by three strokes over Charley Hull and Jiyai Shin. It was her first LPGA Tour win.^[6]

Venue

Main article: Pebble Beach Golf Links

Pebble Beach Golf Links, hole 7

The course had previously hosted the U.S. Open for men six times. This was the first U.S. Women's Open held on the course.^[7]

Course layout

^[2]

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	344	509	384	308	187	496	107	395	437	3,167	429	367	173	391	542	376	374	175	515	3,342	6,509
Par	4	5	4	4	3	5	3	4	4	36	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	5	36	72

Field

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 a record number of entries for the championship, 2,107 players.^[8]

The purse for the tournament was a record $11 million with a record winner's share of $2 million. Those who did not make the cut, received a payment of $8,000.^[9]

Exemptions

This list details the exemption criteria for the 2023 U.S. Women's Open and the players exempt. Many players were exempt in multiple categories.^[10][a]

1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last 10 years (2013–2022)

• Chun In-gee (7,10,17)
• Ariya Jutanugarn
• Kim A-lim
• Brittany Lang
• Lee Jeong-eun (17)
• Minjee Lee (2,8,10,17)
• Park Sung-hyun (7)
• Yuka Saso (10)
• Michelle Wie West

2. From the 2022 U.S. Women's Open, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place

• Choi Hye-jin (10,17)
• Mina Harigae (17)
• Megan Khang (10,17)
• Ko Jin-young (6,8,10,11,16,17)
• Lydia Ko (10,11,17)
• Nelly Korda (7,10,11,16,17)
• Bronte Law
• Leona Maguire (10,11,17)
• Anna Nordqvist (9,17)

3. Winner of the 2022 U.S. Senior Women's Open

• Jill McGill

4. Winner of the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur

• Saki Baba (a)

5. Winners of the 2022 U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur and the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)

• Krissy Carman (a)
• Monet Chun (a)
• Yana Wilson (a)

6. Winners of the Chevron Championship (2019–2023)

• Jennifer Kupcho (10,11,17)
• Mirim Lee
• Patty Tavatanakit (17)
• Lilia Vu (10,11,16,17)

7. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship (2018–2023)

• Hannah Green (10,11,16,17)
• Kim Sei-young (17)
• Yin Ruoning (11,16,17)

8. Winners of The Evian Championship (2018–2022)

• Brooke Henderson (10,11,16,17)
• Angela Stanford

9. Winners of The Women's Open (2018–2022)

• Ashleigh Buhai (10,11,17)
• Georgia Hall (10,16,17)
• Hinako Shibuno (17)

10. The top 30 point leaders from the 2022 LPGA Race to the CME Globe Final Points.

• Marina Alex (17)
• Céline Boutier (11,16,17)
• Jodi Ewart Shadoff (11,17)
• Ayaka Furue (11,16,17)
• Nasa Hataoka (17)
• Charley Hull (11,17)
• Danielle Kang (17)
• Kim Hyo-joo (17)
• Andrea Lee (11,17)
• Lin Xiyu (17)
• Gaby López (11,17)
• Nanna Koerstz Madsen (17)
• Madelene Sagström (17)
• Atthaya Thitikul (11,16,17)
• Lexi Thompson (17)

11. Winners of individual LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories were considered official, from the conclusion of the 2022 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2023 U.S. Women's Open (only events that awarded a full point allocation for the Race to the CME Globe)

• Pajaree Anannarukarn
• Gemma Dryburgh (17)
• Ally Ewing (17)
• Grace Kim
• Paula Reto (17)
• Maja Stark (17)
• Rose Zhang^[11][b] (19)

12. Winner of the 2023 Augusta National Women's Amateur (must be an amateur)

13. Winner of the 2022 Women's Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)

• Jessica Baker (a)

14. Winner of the 2022 Mark H. McCormack Medal (No. 1 in World Amateur Golf Ranking; must be an amateur)

15. Winner of the 2023 NCAA Division I Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur)

16. From the 2023 Race to CME Globe, the top 10 point leaders as of May 3, 2023

17. From the current Women's World Golf Rankings, the top 75 players and anyone tying for 75th place as of May 3, 2023

• An Na-rin
• Aditi Ashok
• Chella Choi
• Carlota Ciganda
• Allisen Corpuz
• Linn Grant
• Chisato Iwai
• Ji Eun-hee
• Minami Katsu
• Haruka Kawasaki
• Cheyenne Knight
• Alison Lee
• Lee Da-yeon
• Lee So-mi
• Yuna Nishimura
• Ryann O'Toole
• Park Min-ji
• Ryu Hae-ran
• Mao Saigo
• Lizette Salas
• Jiyai Shin
• Momoko Ueda
• Miyū Yamashita
• Amy Yang
• Angel Yin
• Yuri Yoshida

• Jessica Korda, Mone Inami, Lim Hee-jeong did not play..^[12]

18. From the current Women's World Golf Rankings, the top 75 players and anyone tying for 75th place as of July 3, 2023

• Akie Iwai
• Albane Valenzuela

19. Special exemptions

• Ryu So-yeon
• Annika Sörenstam

Qualifying

Qualifying took place May 9 to June 7, 2023, via 36-hole stroke-play qualifiers at 26 different sites, 23 of them in the United States and one each in Belgium, Canada and Japan.^[13][14]

Date	Location	Venue	Field	Spots	Qualifiers[a]	Ref
May 9	Naples, Florida	The Club of Mediterra	69	2	Lindy Duncan, Brooke Matthews
May 9	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Shannopin Country Club	54	2	Amelia Garvey, Angela Zhang (a)
May 15	Coquitlam, Canada	Vancouver Golf Club	58	2	Lauren Kim (a), Gabriela Ruffels	[15]
May 15	Atlanta, Georgia	Druid Hills Golf Club	78	2	Sarah Edwards (a), Benedetta Moresco (a)	[15]
May 15	Westfield, New Jersey	Echo Lake Country Club	81	4	Haeji Kang, Annie Park, Jenny Shin, Natthakritta Vongtaveelap	[15]
May 17	Alexandria, Virginia	Belle Haven Country Club	72	4	Jaravee Boonchant, María Fassi, Ruixin Liu, Yin Xiaowen	[16]
May 22	Novato, California	Marin Country Club	75	2	Huang Ting-hsuan (a), Dewi Weber	[17]
May 22	Valencia, California	Valencia Country Club	74	2	Zoe Campos (a), Anna Davis (a)
May 22	Bradenton, Florida	Bradenton Country Club	71	2	Pernilla Lindberg, Beatrice Wallin	[18]
May 22	Honolulu, Hawaii	Oahu Country Club	46	1	Marissa Chow
May 22	Mendota Heights, Minnesota	Somerset Country Club	46	2	Amy Olson, Bailey Tardy
May 24	St. Louis, Missouri	Bellerive Country Club	78	2	Jing Yan, Sophie Linder (a)
May 24	Galveston, Texas	Galveston Country Club	68	2	Dottie Ardina, Aline Krauter	[19]
May 25	Carrollton, Texas	Indian Creek Golf Club (Creek Course)	75	2	Maddison Hinson-Tolchard (a), Farah O'Keefe (a)
May 29	Wanze, Belgium	Golf Club de Naxhelet	68	3	Manon De Roey, Alice Hewson, Emma Spitz
May 29	Chiba Prefecture, Japan	Boso Country Club (East/West Courses)	123	5	Akie Iwai (18), Aya Kinoshita, Kana Mikashima, Miyu Sato, Hana Wakimoto
May 30	Scottsdale, Arizona	Gainey Ranch Golf Club	68	2	Julia Misemer (a), Grace Summerhays (a)
May 31	Greensboro, North Carolina	Starmount Forest Country Club	70	2	Emilia Migliaccio (a), Haru Nomura
May 31	Columbus, Ohio	Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlet Course)	77	2	Teresa Toscano Borrero, Charlotte Thomas
Jun 1	Broomfield, Colorado	The Broadlands Golf Course	65	2	Sadie Englemann (a), Megan Propeck (a)
Jun 5	Rancho Santa Fe, California	Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club	64	2	Amari Avery (a), Jeneath Wong (a)
Jun 5	San Mateo, California	The Peninsula Golf & Country Club	72	2	Áine Donegan (a), Kelly Xu (a)
Jun 5	Woodburn, Oregon	OGA Golf Course	70	2	Minori Nagano (a), Ayako Uehara
Jun 7	Jupiter, Florida	The Club at Admirals Cove (North/West Courses)	67	2	Laura Sluman, Therese Warner
Jun 7	Palatine, Illinois	Palatine Hills Golf Course	67	2	Milagros Chaves, Mackenzie Hahn
Jun 7	Duxbury, Massachusetts	Duxbury Yacht Club	72	3	Celeste Dao (a), Daniela Darquea, Perrine Delacour

Alternates who gained entry

The following players gained a place in the field having finished as the leading alternates in the specified final qualifying events:^[a]

• Jenny Coleman^[12][20] (Atlanta)
• Moriya Jutanugarn^[12][20] (Galveston)
• Allysha Mae Mateo^[12][20] (a, Honolulu)
• Azahara Muñoz^[12][20] (Bradenton)
• Kumkang Park^[12][20] (Westfield)
• Chizuru Komiya^[20] (a, Japan)
• Joy Chou^[20] (St. Louis)
• Amanda Doherty^[20] (Alexandria)
• Kaili Xiao^[20] (a, Novato)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 6, 2023

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Kim Hyo-joo	68	−4
	Lin Xiyu
T3	Allisen Corpuz	69	−3
	Áine Donegan (a)
	Nasa Hataoka
	Leona Maguire
	Ryu Hae-ran
	Bailey Tardy
T9	Amari Avery (a)	70	−2
	Lee Jeong-eun
	Benedetta Moresco (a)
	Amy Yang

Second round

Friday, July 7, 2023

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bailey Tardy	69-68=137	−7
T2	Allisen Corpuz	69-70=139	−5
	Kim Hyo-joo	68-71=139
4	Ryu Hae-ran	69-72=141	−3
T5	Nasa Hataoka	69-74=143	−1
	Leona Maguire	69-74=143
T7	Chun In-gee	72-72=144	E
	Ayaka Furue	74-70=144
	Jiyai Shin	71-73=144
	Angel Yin	71-73=144

Third round

Saturday, July 8, 2023

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Nasa Hataoka	69-74-66=209	−7
2	Allisen Corpuz	69-70-71=210	−6
T3	Kim Hyo-joo	68-71-73=212	−4
	Bailey Tardy	69-68-75=212
T5	Ryu Hae-ran	69-72-73=214	−2
	Jiyai Shin	71-73-70=214
T7	Charley Hull	73-72-71=216	E
	Angel Yin	71-73-72=216
T9	Ayaka Furue	74-70-73=217	+1
	Minjee Lee	72-73-72=217
	Maja Stark	72-73-72=217
	Rose Zhang	74-71-72=217

Final round

Sunday, July 9, 2023

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Allisen Corpuz	69-70-71-69=279	−9	2,000,000
T2	Charley Hull	73-72-71-66=282	−6	969,231
	Jiyai Shin	71-73-70-68=282
T4	Nasa Hataoka	69-74-66-76=285	−3	482,136
	Bailey Tardy	69-68-75-73=285
T6	Ayaka Furue	74-70-73-69=286	−2	369,403
	Kim Hyo-joo	68-71-73-74=286
8	Ryu Hae-ran	69-72-73-74=288	E	313,713
T9	Maja Stark	72-73-72-72=289	+1	272,355
	Rose Zhang	74-71-72-72=289

Notes

1. (a) – denotes amateur
2. Zhang originally qualified by winning 2023 Augusta National Women's Amateur, the 2022 Mark H. McCormack Medal and the 2023 NCAA Division I Individual Golf Championship all as an amateur before announcing that she was turning pro.