2024 U.S. Women's Open

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]

2024 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesMay 30 – June 2, 2024
LocationLancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
40.0617°N 76.2708°W / 40.0617; -76.2708
Course(s)Lancaster Country Club Meadowcreek / Dogwood Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,546 yards (5,986 m)
Field156 players, 75 after cut
Cut148 (+8)
Prize fund$12,000,000
Winner's share$2,400,000
Champion
Yuka Saso
276 (−4)
Location map
Lancaster Country Club
Location in the United States
Lancaster Country Club
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]

Venue
Main article: Lancaster Country Club

The course had previously hosted the 2015 U.S. Women's Open.

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 1,897 entries for the championship.[5]

Exemptions

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)

  • Kimberly Dinh (a)
  • Kiara Romero (a)
  • Latanna Stone (a)

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)

  • Chiara Horder (a)

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

  • Bang Shin-sil, Hwang You-min, Lee Da-yeon, Lee Ye-won, Park Ji-young, Park Min-ji did not play.

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

  • None

Qualifying

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]

DateLocationVenueFieldSpotsQualifiers[lower-alpha 1]
Apr 15Coquitlam, British ColumbiaThe Vancouver Golf Club462Amelia Garvey, Madison Young
Apr 15El Macero, CaliforniaEl Macero Country Club723Megha Ganne (a), Sabrina Iqbal (a), Alexa Melton
Apr 16Waikoloa Village, HawaiiThe Village Course at Waikoloa351Yuka Nii
Apr 22Chiba Prefecture, JapanBoso Country Club1215Saiki Fujita, Yui Kawamoto, Ayako Kimura, Amiyu Ozeki, Peiying Tsai
Apr 23San Jacinto, CaliforniaSoboba Springs Golf Course772Mariel Galdiano, Hsin-Yu Lu
Apr 25Alexandria, VirginiaBelle Haven Country Club692Ruixin Liu, Jean Reynolds
Apr 29Ojai, CaliforniaSoule Park Golf Course743Joo Soo-bin, Catherine Park (a), Yuri Yoshida
Apr 29Rockwall, TexasRockwall Golf & Athletic Club782Áine Donegan (a), Hsu Huai-Chien (a)
Apr 30Westminster, ColoradoWalnut Creek Golf Preserve713Celine Borge, Isi Gabsa, Moriya Jutanugarn
Apr 30Greensboro, North CarolinaStarmount Forest Country Club722Pauline Roussin, Lauren Stephenson
Apr 30Seattle, WashingtonRainier Golf & Country Club713Caroline Inglis, Jeon Ji-won, Emily Kristine Pedersen
May 1Winchester, MassachusettsWinchester Country Club603Sofia García, Katie Li (a), Lucy Li
May 2Columbus, OhioOhio State University Golf Club713Isabella Fierro, Hsu Wei-ling, Wichanee Meechai
May 6Scottsdale, ArizonaPinnacle Peak Country Club723Kim Kaufman, Alana Uriell, Savannah Vilaubi
May 6Fresno, CaliforniaSan Joaquin Country Club642Gabriela Ruffels, Asterisk Talley (a)
May 6New Smyrna Beach, FloridaSugar Mill Country Club492Stephanie Kyriacou, Elizabeth Szokol
May 6Dunwoody, GeorgiaDunwoody Country Club432Arpichaya Yubol, Kristen Gillman
May 6Wayzata, MinnesotaWoodhill Country Club331Kaitlyn Papp Budde
May 7Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaShannopin Country Club542Rachel Rohanna, Marissa Steen
May 8St. Louis, MissouriSunset Country Club361Samantha Brown (a)
May 10Jupiter, FloridaThe Club at Admirals Cove562Maisie Filler (a), Sydnee Michaels
May 13Bradenton, FloridaBradenton Country Club642Pimpisa Sisutham (a), Amelie Zalsman (a)
May 13Deerfield, IllinoisBriarwood Country Club652Keeley Marx (a), Caroline Smith (a)
May 13Haworth, New JerseyHaworth Country Club694Maude-Aimée LeBlanc, Liu Yan, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Caroline Masson
May 13Pearland, TexasGolfcrest Country Club742Adela Cernousek (a), Elina Sinz (a)
May 20Michendorf, GermanyGolf & Country Club Seddiner See3Casandra Alexander, Pia Babnik, Mariajo Uribe[9]

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:[10]

Round summaries

First round

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]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Yuka Saso68−2
T2 Adela Cernousek (a)69−1
Andrea Lee
Wichanee Meechai
T5 Pia Babnik70E
Alexandra Försterling
Chisato Iwai
Kim Sei-young
Minjee Lee
Catherine Park (a)
Megan Schofill (a)
Jenny Shin
Asterisk Talley (a)
Yuri Yoshida

Second round

Friday, May 31, 2024

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Wichanee Meechai69-67=136−4
2 Andrea Lee69-69=138−2
T3 Minjee Lee70-69=139−1
Yuka Saso68-71=139
T5 Hsu Wei-ling72-69=141+1
Im Jin-hee73-68=141
Chisato Iwai70-71=141
Sakura Koiwai72-69=141
Lee Mi-hyang74-67=141
Megan Schofill (a)70-71=141
Hinako Shibuno71-70=141
Asterisk Talley (a)70-71=141

Third round

Saturday, June 1, 2024

71 professionals and 4 amateurs survived Friday's cut in order to play the weekend.[14]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Andrea Lee69-69-67=205−5
Minjee Lee70-69-66=205
Wichanee Meechai69-67-69=205
4 Hinako Shibuno71-70-66=207−3
5 Yuka Saso68-71-69=208−2
T6 Im Jin-hee73-68-70=211+1
Sakura Koiwai72-69-70=211
T8 Lee Mi-hyang74-67-71=212+2
Rio Takeda74-69-69=212
Arpichaya Yubol72-72-68=212

Final round

Sunday, June 2, 2024

Champion
Low amateurs
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Yuka Saso (c)68-71-69-68=276−42,400,000
2 Hinako Shibuno71-70-66-72=279−11,296,000
T3 Ally Ewing74-72-68-66=280E664,778
Andrea Lee69-69-67-75=280
5 Arpichaya Yubol72-72-68-69=281+1456,375
T6 Ayaka Furue71-72-71-68=282+2365,406
Wichanee Meechai69-67-69-77=282
Atthaya Thitikul74-72-68-68=282
T9 Sakura Koiwai72-69-70-72=283+3271,733
Minjee Lee (c)70-69-66-78=283
Rio Takeda74-69-69-71=283

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444443534443544434
Saso−2−3−3−3−3−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−3−3−4−5−4−4
Shibuno−3−3−2−1−1−1−2−1−1EE−1−1−1−1−1−1−1
Ewing+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+3+3+2+2+1+1+1EEE
An.Lee−4−4−4−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−1E
Yubol+1+1+1EE+1+1EE−1−1−1−1−1−1E+1+1
Meechai−4−3−3−3−3EEEE+1+2+2+2+2+2+1+2+2
Lee−6−6−5−5−5−4−4−4−3−2−2EE+2+3+3+3+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[16]

Notes
  1. (a) – denotes amateur
  2. already in field via qualifying
  3. Kim withdrew during her round on Friday due to a back injury.[15]

References
  1. "Lancaster Country Club to Host 2024 US Womens Open Championship". LPGA. November 27, 2018.
  2. Melton, Zephyr (February 1, 2024). "U.S. Women's Open offering record-setting purse in 2024". Golf Magazine.
  3. Herrington, Ryan (May 29, 2024). "The USGA is making a quirky change to the prize money payouts for its winners in 2024". Golf Digest.
  4. "Yuka Saso, 22, captures second U.S. Women's Open title". ESPN. June 2, 2024. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  5. DePasquale, Brian (April 4, 2024). "Corpuz Among 8 Past Champs Exempt for 2024 U.S. Women's Open". USGA.
  6. "Currently Exempt Players for 79th U.S. Women's Open". USGA. March 10, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  7. DePasquale, Brian (February 13, 2024). "Road to Lancaster C.C. Begins With 26 Qualifying Sites". USGA.
  8. "2024 U.S. Women's Open Qualifying Results". USGA. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  9. "Uribe, Alexander and Babnik qualify for 2024 U.S. Women's Open". Ladies European Tour. May 20, 2024.
  10. Pine, Julia (May 27, 2024). "USGA announces final additions to field for 79th U.S. Women's Open Presented by Ally". USGA.
  11. "2024 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship: Tee Times". USGA. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  12. Ferguson, Doug (May 30, 2024). "Saso survives brutal starts of US Women's Open that sent Korda to an 80". Associated Press News. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  13. "Yuka Saso's 68 shines as stars falter at U.S. Women's Open". ESPN. Associated Press. May 30, 2024.
  14. "Tee Times Round 3". USGA. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  15. Nichols, Beth Ann (May 31, 2024). "Early contender Sei Young Kim withdraws from 2024 U.S. Women's Open". Golfweek. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  16. "U.S. Women's Open pres. by Ally 2024 - LPGA Golf Leaderboard". ESPN. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
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