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]

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

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][a]

1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last 10 years (2014–2023)

• Park Sung-hyun and Michelle Wie West did not play

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

• Trish Johnson did not play

4. Winner of the 2023 U.S. Women's Amateur

• Megan Schofill (a)

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)

• Mirim Lee and Lilia Vu (9,10,11,17) did not play

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)

• Lottie Woad (a)

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)

• Ingrid Lindblad (a)

15. Winner of the 2024 NCAA Division I Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur)

• Adela Cernousek (a)^[b]

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]

Date	Location	Venue	Field	Spots	Qualifiers[a]
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]

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]

Place	Player	Score	To par
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

Second round

Friday, May 31, 2024

Place	Player	Score	To par
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

Third round

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
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

Final round

Sunday, June 2, 2024

Champion

Low amateurs

(a) = amateur

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
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
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[c]	70	E

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	4
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	−1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1
Ewing	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E
An.Lee	−4	−4	−4	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	E
Yubol	+1	+1	+1	E	E	+1	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	+1	+1
Meechai	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	E	E	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+2	+2
Lee	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−3	−2	−2	E	E	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

Source:^[16]

Notes

References

External links

• Official website