This is the 79th U.S. Women’s Open Championship is the tenth in the state of Pennsylvania.
This is the 79th U.S. Women’s Open Championship Presented by Ally and the tenth in the state of Pennsylvania.
The first U.S. Women’s Open, played at Spokane (Wash.) Country Club in 1946 and won by Patty Berg, was the only one conducted at match play. The Women’s Professional Golfers Association (WPGA) conducted three U.S. Women’s Opens, and in 1949, the newly formed Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) took over operation of the championship. The LPGA ran the Women’s Open for four years, but in 1953 asked the United States Golf Association (USGA) to conduct the championship, which it has done ever since.
The youngest winners of the U.S. Women’s Open are Inbee Park and Yuka Saso, who each won the championship at 19 years, 11 months and 17 days. Babe Didrikson Zaharias, who won the 1954 Women’s Open at 43 years and 7 days, is the oldest winner.
In 1967, Catherine Lacoste, of France, the daughter of hall-of-fame tennis player Rene Lacoste and 1927 British Ladies Amateur champion Simone Thion de la Chaume, became the only amateur to win the U.S. Women’s Open. Seven other amateurs, most recently Hye-Jin Choi in 2017, have had runner-up or co-runner-up finishes.
WHO’S HERE
Among the 156 golfers in the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open, there are:
U.S. Women’s Open champions (8)
In Gee Chun (2015), Allisen Corpuz (2023), Ariya Jutanugarn (2018), A Lim Kim (2020), Brittany Lang (2016), Minjee Lee (2022), Jeongeun Lee6 (2019), Yuka Saso (2021)
U.S. Women’s Open runners-up (9)
Hye-Jin Choi (2017), Nasa Hataoka (2021), Charley Hull (2023), Hyo Joo Kim (2018), Jin Young Ko (2020), Brittany Lang (2005), Anna Nordqvist (2016), Jiyai Shin (2023), Amy Yang (2012, 2015)
U.S. Women’s Amateur champions (6)
Kristen Gillman (2014, 2018), Danielle Kang (2010, 2011), Lydia Ko (2012), Gabriela Ruffels (2019), Megan Schofill (2023), Rose Zhang (2020)
U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champions (1)
Kimberly Dinh (2023)
U.S. Girls’ Junior champions (7)
Ariya Jutanugarn (2011), Minjee Lee (2012), Yealimi Noh (2018), Jenny Shin (2006), Kiara Romero (2023), Lexi Thompson (2008), Rose Zhang (2021)
U.S. National Junior Team members (1)
Asterisk Talley (2024)
USA Curtis Cup Team members (16)
Allisen Corpuz (2021), Mariel Galdiano (2016, 2018), Megha Ganne (2022), Kristen Gillman (2018), Jennifer Kupcho (2018), Brittany Lang (2004), Alison Lee (2014), Andrea Lee (2016, 2018), Lucy Li (2018), Ally (McDonald) Ewing (2014), Lauren Stephenson (2018), Latanna Stone (2022), Bailey Tardy (2016), Lexi Thompson (2010), Lilia Vu (2018), Rose Zhang (2021, 2022)
GB&I Curtis Cup Team members (4)
Georgia Hall (2014), Charley Hull (2012), Leona Maguire (2010, 2012, 2016), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (2008)
NCAA Division I champions (3)
Adela Cernousek (2024, Texas A&M), Jennifer Kupcho (2018, Wake Forest University), Rose Zhang (2022, 2023, Stanford)
Olympic Medalists (2)
Lydia Ko (New Zealand – 2016, silver; 2020, bronze), Nelly Korda (USA – 2020, gold)
Augusta National Women’s Amateur champions (3)
Jennifer Kupcho (2019), Lottie Woad (2024), Rose Zhang (2023)
Drive, Chip & Putt National Finalists (6)
Megha Ganne, Lucy Li, Alexa Pano, Caroline Smith, Latanna Stone, Asterisk Talley
Players with Most U.S. Women’s Open Appearances (2024 included)
Brittany Lang (20), Lexi Thompson (18), Amy Yang (18), Danielle Kang (16)
Active Consecutive U.S. Women’s Open Appearances (2024 included)
Brittany Lang (20, 2005-24), Lexi Thompson (18, 2007-24), Amy Yang (18, 2007-24), Danielle Kang (16, 2007-24), Anna Nordqvist (15, 2009-23), Jenny Shin (14, 2008-24), Carlota Ciganda (13, 2012-24), Moriya Jutanugarn, (13, 2011-24), Lydia Ko (13, 2012-24)
Played in 2015 U.S. Open at Lancaster Country Club (36)
Celine Boutier (MC), Carlota Ciganda (MC), In Gee Chun (Won), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (MC), Ally Ewing (MC), Mariel Galdiano (T-42), Kristen Gillman (MC), Georgia Hall (MC), Brooke Henderson (T-5), Charley Hull (T-42), Wei-Ling Hsu (MC), Ariya Jutanugarn (MC), Moriya Jutanugarn (MC), Danielle Kang (T-47), Kim Kaufman (T-35), Megan Khang (T-35), Hyo Joo Kim (MC), Sei Young Kim (T-42), Lydia Ko (T-12), Brittany Lang (T-14), Alison Lee (T-26), Mi Hyang Lee (T-14), Minjee Lee (MC), Amelia Lewis (MC), Xiyu Lin (MC), Gaby Lopez (MC), Caroline Masson (MC), Stephanie Meadow (MC), Sydnee Michaels (T-20), Anna Nordqvist (MC), Ryann O’Toole (T-20), Jenny Shin (19), Ai Suzuki (T-32), Lexi Thompson (T-42), Mariajo Uribe (MC), Amy Yang (2)
First-Time U.S. Women’s Open Competitors (40)
Casandra Alexander, Celine Borge, Samantha Brown, Adela Cernousek, Lauren Coughlin, Kimberly Dinh, Isabella Fierro, Maisie Filler, Saiki Fujita, Junia Gabasa, Chiara Horder, Cindy Hsu, Jin Hee Im, Sora Kamiya, Min Byeol Kim, Su Ji Kim, Ayako Kimura, Katie Li, Hsin-Yu Lu, Harriet Lynch, Keeley Marx, Alexa Melton, Yuka Nii, Amiyu Ozeki, Kiara Romero, Kokona Sakurai, Megan Schofill, Elina Sinz, Pimpisa Sisutham, Caroline Smith, Latanna Stone, Rio Takeda, Asterisk Talley, Alana Uriell, Savannah Vilaubi, Chanettee Wannasaen, Lottie Woad, Madison Young, Arpichaya Yubol, Amelie Zalsman
Countries Represented (27)
Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Paraguay, People’s Republic of China, Philippines, Republic of Ireland, Republic of Korea, Scotland, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States of America
States Represented (20)
Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah
CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD
The 156-player field includes 87 fully exempt golfers and eight U.S. Women’s Open champions. Qualifying, conducted over 36 holes, was held at 26 sites between April 15 and May 20 – three international sites (Canada, Germany and Japan) and 23 U.S. sites.
Amateur Players in the Field (21)
Samantha Brown, Adela Cernousek, Kimberly Dinh, Aine Donegan, Maisie Filler, Junia Gabasa, Megha Ganne, Chiara Horder, Huai-Chien Hsu, Katie Li, Ingrid Lindblad, Keeley Marx, Catherine Park, Kiara Romero, Megan Schofill, Pimpisa Sisutham, Caroline Smith, Latanna Stone, Asterisk Talley, Lottie Woad, Amelie Zalsman
Top-Ranked Amateur Players in the Field
Nine amateurs are in the top 50 of the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™ as of May 22:
No. 1 – Ingrid Lindblad
No. 4 – Lottie Woad
No. 13 – Catherine Park
No. 15 – Megan Schofill
No. 28 – Kiara Romero
No. 31 – Adela Cernousek
No. 38 – Megha Ganne
No. 40 – Latanna Stone
No. 47 – Maisie Filler
Notable Amateur Storylines
Ingrid Lindblad, 24, of Sweden, is the No. 1 player in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking and is making her third U.S. Women's Open start by virtue of being the winner of the 2023 Mark H. McCormack Medal winner. Lindblad just missed posting a top-10 finish at Pine Needles in 2022 after shooting an opening-round 65, the lowest 18-hole score by an amateur in championship history. The Louisiana State University All-American won the 2021 European Ladies Amateur and led Sweden to victory in the 2022 Women's World Amateur Team Championship in France. She also represented Sweden in the 2023 WWATC in the United Arab Emirates. Lindblad has twice represented the International Team in the Palmer Cup (2020, 2021). In 2022, she was the runner-up to Anna Davis, along with LSU teammate Latanna Stone, in the Augusta National Women's Amateur.
Lottie Woad, 20, of England, earned her first U.S. Women's Open start in dramatic style by converting birdie putts on Nos. 17 and 18 to post a one-stroke victory over Bailey Shoemaker in the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur. Woad, the 2022 R&A Girls' Junior champion, posted a final-round 69 for an 8-under-par total of 208. The Florida State sophomore represented England in the 2022 and 2023 Women's World Amateur Team Championships in France and the United Arab Emirates, respectively, and was also on the International side for the 2023 Palmer Cup.
Megha Ganne, 20, of Holmdel, N.J., will make her third U.S. Women’s Open start as an amateur after earning medalist honors at the El Macero (Calif.) Country Club qualifier. The sophomore recently helped secure Stanford’s NCAA Women’s Golf Championship title over UCLA by winning her individual singles match. Ganne made national headlines three years ago at the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open at The Olympic Club when she earned a spot in Sunday’s final pairing before finishing tied for 14th, which was good enough for low-amateur honors. The member of the victorious 2022 USA Curtis Cup Team (she was an alternate for the 2021 Match) missed the cut in the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open at the Country Club of Charleston. Ganne advanced to the semifinals of the 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Old Waverly Golf Club.
Asterisk Talley, 15, of Chowchilla, Calif., is one of two 15-year-olds in this year's U.S. Women's Open. Talley, whose first name means Little Star in Greek, will compete in her first U.S. Women's Open after shooting 5-under-par 137 to garner the second and final spot from the San Joaquin Country Club qualifier in Fresno, Calif. This year, the high school freshman has won the prestigious Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, finished eighth in the Augusta National Women's Amateur and then claimed the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball title with partner Sarah Lim at Oak Hills C.C. She is a member of the inaugural U.S. National Junior Team, a program under the umbrella of the USGA’s new U.S. National Development Program.
Amateur Players in Recent U.S. Women’s Opens
Year Number Made Cut Top Finisher
2023 28 4 Benedetta Moresco (T33)
2022 29 4 Ingrid Lindblad (T11)
2021 31 4 Megha Ganne (T14)
2020 24 6 Kaitlyn Papp (T9)
2019 26 5 Gina Kim (T12)
2018 29 7 Patty Tavatanakit (T5)
2017 21 5 Hye-Jin Choi (2)
2016 26 3 Hye-Jin Choi (T38)
2015 23 5 Megan Khang (T35)
2014 36 6 Brooke Henderson (T10)
2013 19 6 Casie Cathrea (T25)
2012 28 3 Lydia Ko (T39)
2011 25 5 Moriya Jutanugarn (T39)
2010 29 6 Jennifer Johnson (T41)
Oldest and Youngest
Jean Reynolds, at age 39, is the oldest player in this year’s U.S. Women’s Open field. Brittany Lang, the 2016 champion at CordeValle, and Saiki Fujita are both 38. Asterisk Talley, who won this year’s U.S. Amateur Four-Ball title with partner Sarah Lim, is the youngest at age 15 (born Feb. 15, 2009). Amelia Zalsman, who is also 15, was born five months before Talley (Sept. 30, 2008).
The average age of the championship field is 26.15.
Oldest U.S. Women’s Open Champions (years/months/days)
43/0/7 Babe Didrikson Zaharias, 1954
42/0/13 Juli Inkster, 2002
41/2/20 Meg Mallon, 2004
Youngest U.S. Women’s Open Champions (years/months/days)
19/11/17 Inbee Park, 2008
19/11/17 Yuka Saso, 2021
20/9/8 Se Ri Pak, 1998
20/11/2 In Gee Chun, 2015
Championship Birthdays
Six players in the U.S. Women’s Open field will celebrate a birthday during championship week. Jeongeun Lee6, the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open champion, and Minjee Lee, the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open champion, are among this group.
Name Birthdate Age (on birthday)
Ayaka Furue 5-27-00 24
Minjee Lee 5-27-96 28
So Bin Joo 5-28-04 20
Jeongeun Lee 5-28-96 28
Carlota Ciganda 6-1-90 34
Amelia Garvey 6-2-00 24
Sisters in the Field
For the ninth consecutive year, and 10th time overall, sisters Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn, of Thailand, are both in the field. Twins Chisato and Akie Iwai of Japan will play in their second consecutive U.S. Women’s Open together. The Jutanugarns and Iwais are two of eight sets of sisters to have competed in the same U.S. Women’s Open.
Danielle and Dina Ammaccapane (8) – 1991-93, 1996, 1998-99, 2001-02
Alice Bauer and Marlene Bauer Hagge (12) – 1947, 1949-55, 1957-58, 1964, 1966
Chisato and Akie Iwai (1) - 2023
Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn (10) – 2011, 2015-24
Jessica and Nelly Korda (7) – 2013, 2016-22
Aree and Naree Song (2) – 2003, 2005
Annika and Charlotta Sorenstam (8) – 1997, 1999-2005
Hollis Stacy and Martha Stacy Leach (1) – 1980
Pennsylvania Connections
This year’s U.S. Women’s Open features one player who calls Pennsylvania home, Rachel Rohanna of Marianna. She is the head women’s golf coach at Waynesburg University.
The U.S. Women’s Open Course
Designed by William Flynn and opened in 1920, Lancaster was renovated in 2007 under the guidance of Ron Forse, who restored many of the original design features. Along with hosting the U.S. Women’s Open in 2015, the course was a local qualifying site for the 2008 U.S. Women’s Open, and it also hosted the 2002 and 2007 Pennsylvania Opens, the 1990 and 2005 Pennsylvania Women’s Amateurs and seven Pennsylvania State Amateur Championships.
Longest Course in Championship History
7,047 yards - The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2011
Shortest Course in Championship History
6,010 yards Brooklawn C.C., Fairfield, Conn., 1979
Longest Par-3 Holes in Championship History
252 yards 8th, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2010
227 yards 8th, Interlachen C.C., Edina, Minn., 2008
211 yards 13th, Newport (R.I.) C.C., 2006
211 yards 5th, Pine Needles Lodge & G.C., Southern Pines, N.C., 2007
Longest Par-4 Holes in Championship History
459 yards 18th, Cherry Hills C.C., Cherry Hills Village, Colo., 2005
458 yards 16th, Pinehurst R. & C.C. (No. 2), Village of Pinehurst, N.C., 2014
455 yards 3rd, Blackwolf Run, Kohler, Wis., 2012
Longest Par-5 Holes in Championship History
603 yards 17th, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2011
602 yards 12th, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2010
602 yards 16th, Blackwolf Run, Kohler, Wis., 2012
590 yards 5th, Blackwolf Run, Kohler, Wis., 2012
What the Winner Receives
In addition to prize money, the champion will receive the Mickey Wright Medal, custody of the Harton S. Semple Trophy for the ensuing year and an exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Women’s Open Championships.
The 2024 purse is $12M.
The Last Time it Happened at a U.S. Women’s Open Championship
Minjee Lee: last international winner (2022)
Karrie Webb: last to defend title (2001)
A Lim Kim: last champion to win Women’s Open on first attempt (2020)
So Yeon Ryu: last winner to win Women’s Open on second attempt (2011)
Catherine Lacoste: last amateur to win Women’s Open (1967)
Annika Sorenstam: last start-to-finish winner (2006 – playoff)
A Lim Kim: last winner to birdie the 72nd hole (2020)
So Yeon Ryu: last winner to birdie the 72nd hole to force playoff (2011)
A Lim Kim: last winner to birdie the 72nd hole to win by one stroke (2020)
Allisen Corpuz: last to win with four sub-par rounds (2023)
Eun-Hee Ji: last to win without a round in the 60s (2009)
Hilary Lunke: last player to win after competing in local qualifying (2003)
Birdie Kim: last player to win after competing in sectional qualifying (2005)
Yuka Saso, 19: last winner younger than 20 (2021)
Allisen Corpuz, 25: last winner between ages 20-29 (2023)
Brittany Lang, 30: last winner between ages 30-39 (2016)
Meg Mallon, 41: last winner over age 40 (2004)
Yuka Saso: last defending champion to miss the cut (2022)
Title Defense
Should Allisen Corpuz win, she would become the eighth player to successfully defend her championship title. She would join Mickey Wright (1958-59), Donna Caponi (1969-70), Susie Maxwell Berning (1972-73), Hollis Stacy (1977-78), Betsy King (1989-90), Annika Sorenstam (1995-96) and Karrie Webb (2000-01).
In 2020, Jeongeun Lee6 became the first defending champion since Juli Inkster in 2003 to finish in the Top 10.
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