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The 2024 U.S. Women's Open presented by Ally was the 79th U.S. Women's Open, played May 30 to June 2 at the Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[1]

DatesMay 30 – June 2, 2024
LocationLancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
40.0617°N 76.2708°W / 40.0617; -76.2708
CourseLancaster Country Club Meadowcreek / Dogwood Course
Organized byUSGA
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2024 U.S. Women's Open presented by Ally
Tournament information
DatesMay 30 – June 2, 2024
LocationLancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
40.0617°N 76.2708°W / 40.0617; -76.2708
CourseLancaster Country Club Meadowcreek / Dogwood Course
Organized byUSGA
TourLPGA 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
Japan Yuka Saso
276 (−4)
Lancaster Country Club is located in the United States
Lancaster Country Club
Lancaster Country Club
Location in the United States
Lancaster Country Club is located in Pennsylvania
Lancaster Country Club
Lancaster Country Club
Location in Pennsylvania
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On February 1, 2024, Ally Financial announced it was becoming the event sponsor, replacing ProMedica as the sponsor of the tournament (all five majors in women's golf have sponsors). 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][a]

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

  • 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]

More information Date, Location ...
DateLocationVenueFieldSpotsQualifiers[a]
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 Club742Adéla Cernousek (a), Elina Sinz (a)
May 20Michendorf, GermanyGolf & Country Club Seddiner See3Casandra Alexander, Pia Babnik, Mariajo Uribe[9]
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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]

More information Place, Player ...
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Japan Yuka Saso68−2
T2France Adéla Cernousek (a)69−1
United States Andrea Lee
Thailand Wichanee Meechai
T5Slovenia Pia Babnik70E
Germany Alexandra Försterling
Japan Chisato Iwai
South Korea Kim Sei-young
Australia Minjee Lee
United States Catherine Park (a)
United States Megan Schofill (a)
South Korea Jenny Shin
United States Asterisk Talley (a)
Japan Yuri Yoshida
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Second round

Friday, May 31, 2024

More information Place, Player ...
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Thailand Wichanee Meechai69-67=136−4
2United States Andrea Lee69-69=138−2
T3Australia Minjee Lee70-69=139−1
Japan Yuka Saso68-71=139
T5Chinese Taipei Hsu Wei-ling72-69=141+1
South Korea Im Jin-hee73-68=141
Japan Chisato Iwai70-71=141
Japan Sakura Koiwai72-69=141
South Korea Lee Mi-hyang74-67=141
United States Megan Schofill (a)70-71=141
Japan Hinako Shibuno71-70=141
United States Asterisk Talley (a)70-71=141
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Third round

Saturday, June 1, 2024

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

More information Place, Player ...
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Andrea Lee69-69-67=205−5
Australia Minjee Lee70-69-66=205
Thailand Wichanee Meechai69-67-69=205
4Japan Hinako Shibuno71-70-66=207−3
5Japan Yuka Saso68-71-69=208−2
T6South Korea Im Jin-hee73-68-70=211+1
Japan Sakura Koiwai72-69-70=211
T8South Korea Lee Mi-hyang74-67-71=212+2
Japan Rio Takeda74-69-69=212
Thailand Arpichaya Yubol72-72-68=212
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Final round

Sunday, June 2, 2024

Champion
Low amateurs
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
More information Place, Player ...
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Japan Yuka Saso (c)68-71-69-68=276−42,400,000
2Japan Hinako Shibuno71-70-66-72=279−11,296,000
T3United States Ally Ewing74-72-68-66=280E664,778
United States Andrea Lee69-69-67-75=280
5Thailand Arpichaya Yubol72-72-68-69=281+1456,375
T6Japan Ayaka Furue71-72-71-68=282+2365,406
Thailand Wichanee Meechai69-67-69-77=282
Thailand Atthaya Thitikul74-72-68-68=282
T9Japan Sakura Koiwai72-69-70-72=283+3271,733
Australia Minjee Lee (c)70-69-66-78=283
Japan Rio Takeda74-69-69-71=283
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Scorecard

Final round

More information Hole ...
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444443534443544434
Japan Saso−2−3−3−3−3−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−3−3−4−5−4−4
Japan Shibuno−3−3−2−1−1−1−2−1−1EE−1−1−1−1−1−1−1
United States Ewing+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+3+3+2+2+1+1+1EEE
United States An.Lee−4−4−4−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−1E
Thailand Yubol+1+1+1EE+1+1EE−1−1−1−1−1−1E+1+1
Thailand Meechai−4−3−3−3−3EEEE+1+2+2+2+2+2+1+2+2
Australia Lee−6−6−5−5−5−4−4−4−3−2−2EE+2+3+3+3+3
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Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[16]

Notes

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

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