2025 U.S. Women's Open

The 2025 U.S. Women's Open presented by Ally was the 80th U.S. Women's Open, played May 29 to June 1 at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin.^[1]

2025 U.S. Women's Open presented by Ally

Tournament information
Dates	May 29 – June 1, 2025
Location	Erin, Wisconsin, U.S. 43.245°N 88.395°W / 43.245; -88.395
Course	Erin Hills
Organized by	USGA
Tour	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,829 yards (6,244 m)
Field	156 players 60 after cut
Cut	145 (+1)
Prize fund	$12,000,000
Winner's share	$2,400,000
Champion
Maja Stark
281 (−7)
Location map
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Venue

Main article: Erin Hills

The course had previously hosted the 2017 U.S. Open.

Field

The field for the U.S. Women's Open is made up of players who gain 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 1,904 entries for the championship.^[2]

Exemptions

This list details the exemption criteria for the 2025 U.S. Women's Open and the players exempt. Many players were exempt in multiple categories.^[3][a]

1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last 10 years (2015–2024)

• Chun In-gee (7)
• Allisen Corpuz (17)
• Ariya Jutanugarn (17)
• Kim A-lim (10,11,16,17)
• Lee Jeong-eun
• Minjee Lee (2,8,16,17)
• Park Sung-hyun
• Yuka Saso (2,10,17)

2. From the 2024 U.S. Women's Open, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place

• Ayaka Furue (8,10,11,16,17)
• Sakura Koiwai
• Andrea Lee
• Wichanee Meechai
• Hinako Shibuno
• Rio Takeda (11,16,17)
• Atthaya Thitikul (10,11,16,17)
• Arpichaya Yubol

3. Winner of the 2024 U.S. Senior Women's Open

• Leta Lindley

4. Winner of the 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur

• Rianne Malixi (5)

5. Winners of the 2024 U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur and the 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)

• Hana Ryskova
• Asterisk Talley

6. Winners of the Chevron Championship (2021–2025)

• Nelly Korda (7,10,11,17)
• Jennifer Kupcho (10,17)
• Mao Saigo (10,11,17)
• Patty Tavatanakit (10,17)
• Lilia Vu (9,10,11,17)

7. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship (2020–2024)

• Kim Sei-young (10,17)
• Amy Yang (11)
• Yin Ruoning (10,11,17)

8. Winners of The Evian Championship (2020–2024)

• Céline Boutier (10,17)
• Brooke Henderson (10,17)

9. Winners of the Women’s British Open (2020–2024)

• Ashleigh Buhai (17)
• Lydia Ko (10,11,16,17,19)
• Anna Nordqvist
• Sophia Popov

10. The top 30 point leaders from the 2024 LPGA Race to the CME Globe Final Points.

• An Na-rin
• Choi Hye-jin (17)
• Lauren Coughlin (11,17)
• Linn Grant (17)
• Hannah Green (11,17)
• Nataliya Guseva (17)
• Nasa Hataoka (17)
• Im Jin-hee (17)
• Megan Khang (17)
• Ko Jin-young (16,17)
• Ryu Hae-ran (11,17)
• Maja Stark (17)
• Chanettee Wannasaen (11,17)
• Angel Yin (11,17)
• Rose Zhang (17)

11. Winners of individual LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories were considered official, from the conclusion of the 2024 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2025 U.S. Women's Open (only events that awarded a full point allocation for the Race to the CME Globe)

• Moriya Jutanugarn
• Kim Hyo-joo (16,17)
• Ingrid Lindblad
• Yealimi Noh (17)
• Madelene Sagström (17)
• Linnea Ström
• Thidapa Suwannapura

12. Winner of the 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur (must be an amateur)

• Carla Bernat Escuder (a)

13. Winner of the 2024 Women's Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)

• Melanie Green forfeited her exemption by turning professional.

14. Winner of the 2024 Mark H. McCormack Medal (No. 1 in World Amateur Golf Ranking; must be an amateur)

• Lottie Woad (a)

15. Winner of the 2025 NCAA Division I Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur)

• María José Marín (a)

16. From the 2025 Race to CME Globe, the top 10 point leaders as of April 3, 2025

17. From the current Women's World Golf Rankings, the top 75 players and anyone tying for 75th place as of March 24, 2025

• Pajaree Anannarukarn
• Bae So-hyun
• Carlota Ciganda
• Esther Henseleit
• Charley Hull
• Hwang You-min
• Akie Iwai
• Chisato Iwai
• Yui Kawamoto
• Kim Su-ji
• Shiho Kuwaki
• Stephanie Kyriacou
• Gaby López
• Ma Da-som
• Nanna Koerstz Madsen
• Leona Maguire
• Ro Seung-hui
• Gabriela Ruffels
• Sarah Schmelzel
• Jenny Shin
• Jiyai Shin
• Ai Suzuki
• Chiara Tamburlini
• Lexi Thompson
• Albane Valenzuela
• Miyū Yamashita
• Yoo Hyun-jo
• Ina Yoon

18. From the current Women's World Golf Rankings, the top 75 players and anyone tying for 75th place as of May 26, 2025 (if not previously exempt)

• Manon De Roey
• Lindy Duncan
• Lee Mi-hyang

19. Winner of the 2024 Olympic gold medal

20. Special exemptions

• None

Qualifying

Qualifying took place April 13 to May 24, 2024, via 36-hole stroke-play qualifiers at 26 different sites, 23 of them in the United States and one each in Italy, Canada and Japan.^[4]

Date	Location	Venue	Field	Spots	Qualifiers[a]
Apr 14	Atlanta, Georgia	Druid Hills Golf Club	78	3	Abbey Daniel, Sophie Hausmann, Napat Lertsadwattana
Apr 17	Richardson, Texas	Canyon Creek Country Club	78	2	Hailee Cooper, Isi Gabsa
Apr 21	Sacramento, California	Del Paso Country Club	84	3	Leah John, Gabriella Kano (a), Sophia Lee (a)
Apr 21	San Jacinto, California	Soboba Springs Golf Course	78	2	Amari Avery, Jude Lee (a)
Apr 22	Chiba Prefecture, Japan	Boso Country Club	132	5	Nanoko Hayashi, Hinata Ikeba, Kotona Izumida, Aira Nagasawa (a), Pei-Ying Tsai
Apr 28	Durham, North Carolina	Duke University Golf Club	78	2	Carolina López-Chacarra (a), Andie Smith (a)
Apr 28	Belleville, Illinois	St. Clair Country Club	78	2	Brooke Biermann (a), Lauren Nguyen (a)
Apr 28	New Smyrna Beach, Florida	Sugar Mill Country Club	78	2	Daniela Darquea, Farah O'Keefe (a)
Apr 28	San Francisco, California	The Olympic Club	84	3	Sarah Lim (a), Paula Martín Sampedro (a), Emily Odwin (a)
Apr 29	Milan, Italy	Golf Club Ambrosiano	60	2	Pia Babnik, Klára Spilková
Apr 30	Springfield, Virginia	Springfield Golf & Country Club	78	2	Nicha Kanpai (a), Katie Li (a)
May 1	New Albany, Ohio	New Albany Country Club	82	3	Kary Hollenbaugh (a), Anna Huang, Elina Sinz
May 5	Phoenix, Arizona	Arizona Country Club	71	2	Hou Yu-Sang, Yani Tseng
May 5	Peabody, Massachusetts	Salem Country Club	30	1	Celeste Dao
May 6	Oradell, New Jersey	Hackensack Golf Club	53	2	Rayee Feng (a), Lee Jeong-eun
May 6	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Shannopin Country Club	39	1	Caley McGinty
May 7	Montgomery, Texas	Bentwater Yacht & Country Club	72	2	Hanna Alberto, Jennifer Elliott
May 7	Ojai, California	Soule Park Golf Club	71	2	Katelyn Kong (a), Ilhee Lee
May 9	Honolulu, Hawaii	Honolulu Country Club	29	1	Saki Baba
May 9	North Palm Beach, Florida	Lost Tree Club	78	2	Hsu Wei-ling, Dana Williams
May 12	Elgin, Illinois	Elgin Country Club	78	2	Vanessa Borovilos (a), Kailie Vongsaga
May 12	Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada	The Vancouver Golf Club	44	1	Kelly Tan
May 13	Molalla, Oregon	Arrowhead Golf Club	44	2	Jeon Ji-won, Kiara Romero (a)
May 13	Naples, Florida	Grey Oaks C.C.	78	4	Amanda Doherty, Gurleen Kaur, Auston Kim, Julia López Ramírez
May 13	Prior Lake, Minnesota	The Meadows at Mystic Lake	71	3	Minami Katsu, Grace Kim, Jing Yan
May 13	Westminster, Colorado	Walnut Creek Golf Preserve	60	2	Celine Borge, Pauline Roussin

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:

• Dottie Ardina (Phoenix)
• Gemma Dryburgh (Atlanta)
• Dana Fall (San Jacinto)
• María Fassi (Westminster)
• Hazuki Kimura (a) (Chiba Prefecture)
• Aline Krauter (Naples)
• Kim Métraux (Milan)
• Yuna Nishimura (Prior Lake)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Im Jin-hee	68	−4
	Kim A-lim
	Julia López Ramirez
	Yealimi Noh
	Rio Takeda
	Angel Yin
T7	Nasa Hataoka	69	−3
	Hwang You-min
	Chisato Iwai
	Yui Kawamoto
	Chiara Tamburlini

Second round

Friday, May 30, 2025

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Mao Saigo	70-66=136	−8
T2	Kim A-lim	68-71=139	−5
	Nelly Korda	72-67=139
	Yealimi Noh	68-71=139
	Sarah Schmelzel	71-68=139
	Hinako Shibuno	70-69=139
	Maja Stark	70-69=139
T8	Linn Grant	71-69=140	−4
	Im Jin-hee	68-72=140
	Chiara Tamburlini	69-71=140
	Jing Yan	71-69=140

Third round

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Maja Stark	70-69-70=209	−7
2	Julia López Ramírez	68-74-68=210	−6
T3	Mao Saigo	70-66-75=211	−5
	Hinako Shibuno	70-69-72=211
	Rio Takeda	68-73-70=211
6	Nelly Korda	72-67-73=212	−4
T7	Linn Grant	71-69-73=213	−3
	Minjee Lee	73-69-71=213
	Sarah Schmelzel	71-68-74=213
T10	Gaby López	70-73-71=214	−2
	Yealimi Noh	68-71-75=214
	Yin Ruoning	71-72-71=214

Final round

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Champion

Low amateur

(a) = amateur

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Maja Stark	70-69-70-72=281	−7	2,400,000
T2	Nelly Korda	72-67-73-71=283	−5	1,052,621
	Rio Takeda	68-73-70-72=283
T4	Choi Hye-jin	71-70-75-68=284	−4	486,262
	Mao Saigo	70-66-75-73=284
	Yin Ruoning	71-72-71-70=284
T7	Hailee Cooper	71-72-72-70=285	−3	358,004
	Hinako Shibuno	70-69-72-74=285
T9	Linn Grant	71-69-73-73=286	−2	281,341
	Ariya Jutanugarn (c)	72-69-75-70=286
	Angel Yin	68-75-73-70=286

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T12	Hannah Green	72-70-73-72=287	−1	229,198
	Charley Hull	72-73-71-71=287
T14	Ko Jin-young	73-72-70-73=288	E	179,245
	Yealimi Noh	68-71-75-74=288
	Sarah Schmelzel	71-68-74-75=288
	Chiara Tamburlini	69-71-75-73=288
	Ina Yoon	71-70-79-68=288
T19	Gaby López	70-73-71-75=289	+1	138,804
	Julia López Ramírez	68-74-68-79=289
	Madelene Sagström	72-69-77-71=289
T22	Esther Henseleit	73-72-74-71=290	+2	110,035
	Chisato Iwai	69-73-74-74=290
	Andrea Lee	71-71-73-75=290
	Minjee Lee (c)	73-69-71-77=290
T26	Kim A-lim (c)	68-71-77-75=291	+3	91,570
	Lydia Ko	73-71-73-74=291
T28	Aline Krauter	73-69-73-77=292	+4	82,017
	Pauline Roussin	71-74-75-72=292
	Jing Yan	71-69-75-77=292
T31	Allisen Corpuz (c)	72-73-73-75=293	+5	71,065
	Auston Kim	73-69-77-74=293
	Anna Nordqvist	76-69-73-75=293
	Lottie Woad (a)	72-70-76-75=293		0
35	Ingrid Lindblad	72-72-74-76=294	+6	64,129
T36	Saki Baba	75-70-77-73=295	+7	53,855
	Nataliya Guseva	75-70-79-71=295
	Yui Kawamoto	69-76-70-80=295
	Carolina López-Chacarra (a)	76-69-74-76=295		0
	Farah O'Keefe (a)	72-71-77-75=295
	Ryu Hae-ran	75-70-73-77=295		53,855
	Miyū Yamashita	71-74-77-73=295
	Amy Yang	74-69-80-72=295
	Yoo Hyun-jo	73-71-76-75=295
T45	Amari Avery	71-73-76-76=296	+8	39,232
	Céline Boutier	71-74-72-79=296
	Sophie Hausmann	72-73-79-72=296
	Akie Iwai	72-71-79-74=296
	Sakura Koiwai	72-72-79-73=296
	Kiara Romero (a)	73-72-84-67=296		0
T51	Gemma Dryburgh	72-69-78-78=297	+9	31,334
	Rayee Feng (a)	72-70-75-80=297		0
	Im Jin-hee	68-72-79-78=297		31,334
54	Chun In-gee (c)	72-70-80-76=298	+10	29,083
55	María José Marín (a)	73-72-77-77=299	+11	0
T56	Hwang You-min	69-72-81-78=300	+12	27,501
	Shiho Kuwaki	70-75-79-76=300
58	Celine Borge	72-72-84-75=303	+15	26,527
59	Klára Spilková	73-71-76-84=304	+16	26,041
60	Wichanee Meechai	72-73-82-80=307	+19	25,797
CUT	Pajaree Anannarukarn	70-76=146	+4
	Ashleigh Buhai	74-72=146
	Daniela Darquea	73-73=146
	Hsu Wei-ling	72-74=146
	Jeon Ji-won	70-76=146
	Ma Da-som	71-75=146
	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	73-73=146
	Paula Martín Sampedro (a)	72-74=146
	Ro Seung-hui	71-75=146
	Yuka Saso (c)	74-72=146
	Asterisk Talley (a)	71-75=146
	Yani Tseng	75-71=146
	Chanettee Wannasaen	76-70=146
	Rose Zhang	76-70=146
	Pia Babnik	73-74=147	+5
	Nasa Hataoka	69-78=147
	Moriya Jutanugarn	75-72=147
	Jennifer Kupcho	76-71=147
	Jude Lee (a)	72-75=147
	Linnea Ström	72-75=147
	Atthaya Thitikul	75-72=147
	Lexi Thompson	73-74=147
	An Na-rin	77-71=148	+6
	María Fassi	76-72=148
	Minami Katsu	72-76=148
	Kim Hyo-joo	75-73=148
	Kim Su-ji	77-71=148
	Leona Maguire	76-72=148
	Sophia Popov	75-73=148
	Kailie Vongsaga	73-75=148
	Ayaka Furue	75-74=149	+7
	Kim Sei-young	78-71=149
	Stephanie Kyriacou	74-75=149
	Lee Il-hee	73-76=149
	Lee Jeong-eun	79-70=149
	Lee Mi-hyang	75-74=149
	Albane Valenzuela	74-75=149
	Carla Bernat Escuder (a)	73-77=150	+8
	Vanessa Borovilos (a)	76-74=150
	Carlota Ciganda	78-72=150
	Manon De Roey	73-77=150
	Nanoko Hayashi	74-76=150
	Brooke Henderson	75-75=150
	Kotona Izumida	77-73=150
	Grace Kim	72-78=150
	Lee Jeong-eun (c)	76-74=150
	Caley McGinty	76-74=150
	Emily Odwin (a)	75-75=150
	Ai Suzuki	72-78=150
	Patty Tavatanakit	76-74=150
	Tsai Pei-ying	75-75=150
	Bae So-hyun	77-74=151	+9
	Lindy Duncan	74-77=151
	Isi Gabsa	77-74=151
	Kary Hollenbaugh (a)	76-75=151
	Anna Huang	74-77=151
	Nicha Kanpai (a)	74-77=151
	Gabriela Ruffels	73-78=151
	Jiyai Shin	75-76=151
	Thidapa Suwannapura	76-75=151
	Arpichaya Yubol	72-79=151
	Brooke Biermann (a)	80-72=152	+10
	Lauren Coughlin	76-76=152
	Hou Yu-Sang	74-78=152
Yuna Nishimura	79-73=152
Park Sung-hyun (c)	77-75=152
Jenny Shin	77-75=152
Elina Sinz	80-72=152
Amanda Doherty	78-75=153	+11
Napat Lertsadwattana	80-73=153
Katie Li (a)	77-76=153
Kelly Tan	75-78=153
Hanna Alberto	75-79=154	+12
Jennifer Elliott	78-76=154
Leah John	79-75=154
Megan Khang	77-77=154
Leta Lindley	76-78=154
Aira Nagasawa (a)	76-78=154
Hana Ryskova (a)	78-76=154
Andie Smith (a)	78-76=154
Abbey Daniel	78-77=155	+13
Dana Fall	74-81=155
Hazuki Kimura (a)	80-76=156	+14
Katelyn Kong (a)	81-75=156
Sarah Lim (a)	76-81=157	+15
Rianne Malixi (a)	79-78=157
Celeste Dao	77-81=158	+16
Gurleen Kaur	78-80=158
Gabriella Kano (a)	79-80=159	+17
Dottie Ardina	81-79=160	+18
Hinata Ikeba	79-81=160
Sophia Lee (a)	79-81=160
Kim Métraux	81-80=161	+19
Lilia Vu	80-82=162	+20
Dana Williams	80-84=164	+22
Lauren Nguyen (a)	86-81=167	+25

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	5
Stark	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−8	−7
Korda	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5
Takeda	−5	−6	−6	−6	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5
Choi	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4
Saigo	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4
Yin	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:^[5]

Notes

1. (a) – denotes amateur