2024 U.S. Women's Open Explained

2024 U.S. Women's Open
Dates:May 30 – June 2, 2024
Location:Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Course:Lancaster Country Club Meadowcreek / Dogwood Course
Org:USGA
Tour:LPGA Tour
Par:70
Field:156 players, 75 after cut
Cut:148 (+8)
Purse:$12,000,000
Winners Share:$2,400,000
Champion: Yuka Saso
Score:276 (−4)
Previous:2023
Next:2025
Map:USA#USA Pennsylvania
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Lancaster Country Club
Coordinates:40.0617°N -76.2708°W

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

See 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]

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

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
Apr 15 The Vancouver Golf Club 46 2 Amelia Garvey, Madison Young
Apr 15 El Macero Country Club 72 3 Megha Ganne (a), Sabrina Iqbal (a), Alexa Melton
Apr 16 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 Soboba Springs Golf Course 77 2 Mariel Galdiano, Hsin-Yu Lu
Apr 25 Belle Haven Country Club 69 2 Ruixin Liu, Jean Reynolds
Apr 29 Soule Park Golf Course 74 3 Joo Soo-bin, Catherine Park (a), Yuri Yoshida
Apr 29 Rockwall Golf & Athletic Club 78 2 Áine Donegan (a), Hsu Huai-Chien (a)
Apr 30 Walnut Creek Golf Preserve 71 3 Celine Borge, Isi Gabsa, Moriya Jutanugarn
Apr 30 Starmount Forest Country Club 72 2 Pauline Roussin, Lauren Stephenson
Apr 30 Rainier Golf & Country Club 71 3 Caroline Inglis, Jeon Ji-won, Emily Kristine Pedersen
May 1 Winchester Country Club 60 3 Sofia García, Katie Li (a), Lucy Li
May 2 71 3 Isabella Fierro, Hsu Wei-ling, Wichanee Meechai
May 6 Pinnacle Peak Country Club 72 3 Kim Kaufman, Alana Uriell, Savannah Vilaubi
May 6 San Joaquin Country Club 64 2 Gabriela Ruffels, Asterisk Talley (a)
May 6 Sugar Mill Country Club 49 2 Stephanie Kyriacou, Elizabeth Szokol
May 6 Dunwoody Country Club 43 2 Arpichaya Yubol, Kristen Gillman
May 6 Woodhill Country Club 33 1 Kaitlyn Papp Budde
May 7 Shannopin Country Club 54 2 Rachel Rohanna, Marissa Steen
May 8 36 1 Samantha Brown (a)
May 10 The Club at Admirals Cove 56 2 Maisie Filler (a), Sydnee Michaels
May 13 Bradenton Country Club 64 2 Pimpisa Sisutham (a), Amelie Zalsman (a)
May 13 Briarwood Country Club 65 2 Keeley Marx (a), Caroline Smith (a)
May 13 69 4 Maude-Aimée LeBlanc, Liu Yan, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Caroline Masson
May 13 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]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 68 −2
T2 Adela Cernousek (a) 69 −1
Andrea Lee
Wichanee Meechai
T5 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

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 69-69-67=205 −5
70-69-66=205
69-67-69=205
4 71-70-66=207 −3
5 68-71-69=208 −2
T6 73-68-70=211 +1
72-69-70=211
T8 74-67-71=212 +2
74-69-69=212
72-72-68=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 −4 2,400,000
2 71-70-66-72=279 −1 1,296,000
T3 74-72-68-66=280 E 664,778
69-69-67-75=280
5 72-72-68-69=281 +1 456,375
T6 71-72-71-68=282 +2 365,406
69-67-69-77=282
74-72-68-68=282
T9 72-69-70-72=283 +3 271,733
Minjee Lee (c) 70-69-66-78=283
74-69-69-71=283

Scorecard

Final round

Hole1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
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 −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

BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+
Source:[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lancaster Country Club to Host 2024 US Womens Open Championship . LPGA . November 27, 2018.
  2. U.S. Women's Open offering record-setting purse in 2024 . Golf Magazine . Zephyr . Melton . February 1, 2024.
  3. The USGA is making a quirky change to the prize money payouts for its winners in 2024 . Golf Digest . Ryan . Herrington . May 29, 2024.
  4. News: Yuka Saso, 22, captures second U.S. Women's Open title . June 2, 2024 . ESPN . June 2, 2024.
  5. Web site: Corpuz Among 8 Past Champs Exempt for 2024 U.S. Women's Open . USGA . Brian . DePasquale . April 4, 2024.
  6. Web site: Currently Exempt Players for 79th U.S. Women's Open . USGA . March 10, 2024 . April 24, 2024.
  7. Web site: Road to Lancaster C.C. Begins With 26 Qualifying Sites . USGA . Brian . DePasquale . February 13, 2024.
  8. Web site: 2024 U.S. Women's Open Qualifying Results . USGA . May 15, 2024.
  9. Web site: Uribe, Alexander and Babnik qualify for 2024 U.S. Women's Open . Ladies European Tour . May 20, 2024.
  10. Web site: USGA announces final additions to field for 79th U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally . USGA . Julia . Pine . May 27, 2024.
  11. Web site: USGA . 2024 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship: Tee Times . 31 May 2024.
  12. News: Saso survives brutal starts of US Women's Open that sent Korda to an 80 . Associated Press News . Doug . Ferguson . May 30, 2024 . May 31, 2024.
  13. News: Yuka Saso's 68 shines as stars falter at U.S. Women's Open . ESPN . Associated Press . May 30, 2024.
  14. Web site: USGA . Tee Times Round 3 . June 1, 2024.
  15. News: U.S. Women's Open pres. by Ally 2024 - LPGA Golf Leaderboard . 2024-06-03 . ESPN.

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