The 2023 U.S. Women's Open was the 78th U.S. Women's Open, held July 6 to 9 at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California.
Allisen Corpuz won by three strokes over Charley Hull and Jiyai Shin. It was her first LPGA Tour win.
Venue
The course had previously hosted the U.S. Open for men six times. This was the first U.S. Women's Open held on the course.
Course layout
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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 a record number of entries for the championship, 2,107 players.
The purse for the tournament was a record $11 million with a record winner's share of $2 million. Those who did not make the cut, received a payment of $8,000.
Exemptions This list details the exemption criteria for the 2023 U.S. Women's Open and the players exempt. Many players were exempt in multiple categories.
1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last 10 years (2013–2022)
Chun In-gee (7,10,17) Ariya Jutanugarn Kim A-lim Brittany Lang Lee Jeong-eun (17) Minjee Lee (2,8,10,17) Park Sung-hyun (7) Yuka Saso (10) Michelle Wie West
2. From the 2022 U.S. Women's Open, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place
Choi Hye-jin (10,17) Mina Harigae (17) Megan Khang (10,17) Ko Jin-young (6,8,10,11,16,17) Lydia Ko (10,11,17) Nelly Korda (7,10,11,16,17) Bronte Law Leona Maguire (10,11,17) Anna Nordqvist (9,17)
3. Winner of the 2022 U.S. Senior Women's Open Jill McGill
4. Winner of the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur Saki Baba (a)
5. Winners of the 2022 U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur and the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)
Krissy Carman (a) Monet Chun (a) Yana Wilson (a)
6. Winners of the Chevron Championship (2019–2023)
Jennifer Kupcho (10,11,17) Mirim Lee Patty Tavatanakit (17) Lilia Vu (10,11,16,17)
7. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship (2018–2023)
Hannah Green (10,11,16,17) Kim Sei-young (17) Yin Ruoning (11,16,17)
8. Winners of The Evian Championship (2018–2022)
Brooke Henderson (10,11,16,17) Angela Stanford
9. Winners of The Women's Open (2018–2022)
Ashleigh Buhai (10,11,17) Georgia Hall (10,16,17) Hinako Shibuno (17)
10. The top 30 point leaders from the 2022 LPGA Race to the CME Globe Final Points.
Marina Alex (17) Céline Boutier (11,16,17) Jodi Ewart Shadoff (11,17) Ayaka Furue (11,16,17) Nasa Hataoka (17) Charley Hull (11,17) Danielle Kang (17) Kim Hyo-joo (17) Andrea Lee (11,17) Lin Xiyu (17) Gaby López (11,17) Nanna Koerstz Madsen (17) Madelene Sagström (17) Atthaya Thitikul (11,16,17) Lexi Thompson (17)
11. Winners of individual LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories were considered official, from the conclusion of the 2022 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2023 U.S. Women's Open (only events that awarded a full point allocation for the Race to the CME Globe)
Pajaree Anannarukarn Gemma Dryburgh (17) Ally Ewing (17) Grace Kim Paula Reto (17) Maja Stark (17) Rose Zhang (19)
12. Winner of the 2023 Augusta National Women's Amateur (must be an amateur)
13. Winner of the 2022 Women's Amateur Championship (must be an amateur) Jessica Baker (a)
14. Winner of the 2022 Mark H. McCormack Medal (No. 1 in World Amateur Golf Ranking; must be an amateur)
15. Winner of the 2023 NCAA Division I Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur)
16. From the 2023 Race to CME Globe, the top 10 point leaders as of May 3, 2023
17. From the current Women's World Golf Rankings, the top 75 players and anyone tying for 75th place as of May 3, 2023
An Na-rin Aditi Ashok Chella Choi Carlota Ciganda Allisen Corpuz Linn Grant Chisato Iwai Ji Eun-hee Minami Katsu Haruka Kawasaki Cheyenne Knight Alison Lee Lee Da-yeon Lee So-mi Yuna Nishimura Ryann O'Toole Park Min-ji Ryu Hae-ran Mao Saigo Lizette Salas Jiyai Shin Momoko Ueda Miyū Yamashita Amy Yang Angel Yin Yuri Yoshida
Jessica Korda, Mone Inami, Lim Hee-jeong did not play..
18. From the current Women's World Golf Rankings, the top 75 players and anyone tying for 75th place as of July 3, 2023
Akie Iwai Albane Valenzuela
19. Special exemptions
Ryu So-yeon Annika Sörenstam
Qualifying Qualifying took place May 9 to June 7, 2023, via 36-hole stroke-play qualifiers at 26 different sites, 23 of them in the United States and one each in Belgium, Canada and Japan.
Date Location Venue Field Spots Qualifiers RefMay 9 Naples, Florida The Club of Mediterra 69 2 Lindy Duncan, Brooke Matthews May 9 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Shannopin Country Club 54 2 Amelia Garvey, Angela Zhang (a) May 15 Coquitlam, Canada Vancouver Golf Club 58 2 Lauren Kim (a), Gabriela Ruffels May 15 Atlanta, Georgia Druid Hills Golf Club 78 2 Sarah Edwards (a), Benedetta Moresco (a) May 15 Westfield, New Jersey Echo Lake Country Club 81 4 Haeji Kang, Annie Park, Jenny Shin, Natthakritta Vongtaveelap May 17 Alexandria, Virginia Belle Haven Country Club 72 4 Jaravee Boonchant, María Fassi, Ruixin Liu, Yin Xiaowen May 22 Novato, California Marin Country Club 75 2 Huang Ting-hsuan (a), Dewi Weber May 22 Valencia, California Valencia Country Club 74 2 Zoe Campos (a), Anna Davis (a) May 22 Bradenton, Florida Bradenton Country Club 71 2 Pernilla Lindberg, Beatrice Wallin May 22 Honolulu, Hawaii Oahu Country Club 46 1 Marissa Chow May 22 Mendota Heights, Minnesota Somerset Country Club 46 2 Amy Olson, Bailey Tardy May 24 St. Louis, Missouri Bellerive Country Club 78 2 Jing Yan, Sophie Linder (a) May 24 Galveston, Texas Galveston Country Club 68 2 Dottie Ardina, Aline Krauter May 25 Carrollton, Texas Indian Creek Golf Club (Creek Course) 75 2 Maddison Hinson-Tolchard (a), Farah O'Keefe (a) May 29 Wanze, Belgium Golf Club de Naxhelet 68 3 Manon De Roey, Alice Hewson, Emma Spitz May 29 Chiba Prefecture, Japan Boso Country Club (East/West Courses) 123 5 Akie Iwai (18), Aya Kinoshita, Kana Mikashima, Miyu Sato, Hana Wakimoto May 30 Scottsdale, Arizona Gainey Ranch Golf Club 68 2 Julia Misemer (a), Grace Summerhays (a) May 31 Greensboro, North Carolina Starmount Forest Country Club 702 Emilia Migliaccio (a), Haru Nomura May 31 Columbus, Ohio Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlet Course) 77 2 Teresa Toscano Borrero, Charlotte Thomas Jun 1 Broomfield, Colorado The Broadlands Golf Course65 2 Sadie Englemann (a), Megan Propeck (a) Jun 5 Rancho Santa Fe, California Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club 64 2 Amari Avery (a), Jeneath Wong (a) Jun 5 San Mateo, California The Peninsula Golf & Country Club 72 2 Áine Donegan (a), Kelly Xu (a) Jun 5 Woodburn, Oregon OGA Golf Course 70 2 Minori Nagano (a), Ayako Uehara Jun 7 Jupiter, Florida The Club at Admirals Cove (North/West Courses) 67 2 Laura Sluman, Therese Warner Jun 7 Palatine, Illinois Palatine Hills Golf Course 67 2 Milagros Chaves, Mackenzie Hahn Jun 7 Duxbury, Massachusetts Duxbury Yacht Club 72 3 Celeste Dao (a), Daniela Darquea, Perrine Delacour
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: Jenny Coleman (Atlanta) Moriya Jutanugarn (Galveston) Allysha Mae Mateo (a, Honolulu) Azahara Muñoz (Bradenton) Park Kum-kang (Westfield) Chizuru Komiya (a, Japan) Joy Chou (St. Louis) Amanda Doherty (Alexandria) Kaili Xiao (a, Novato)
Round summaries First round Thursday, July 6, 2023
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Kim Hyo-joo 68 −4 Lin XiyuT3 Allisen Corpuz 69 −3 Áine Donegan (a) Nasa Hataoka Leona Maguire Ryu Hae-ran Bailey TardyT9 Amari Avery (a) 70 −2 Lee Jeong-eun Benedetta Moresco (a) Amy Yang
Second round Friday, July 7, 2023
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bailey Tardy 69-68=137 −7T2 Allisen Corpuz 69-70=139 −5 Kim Hyo-joo 68-71=139 4 Ryu Hae-ran 69-72=141 −3T5 Nasa Hataoka 69-74=143 −1 Leona Maguire 69-74=143T7 Chun In-gee 72-72=144 E Ayaka Furue 74-70=144 Jiyai Shin 71-73=144 Angel Yin 71-73=144
Third round Saturday, July 8, 2023
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Nasa Hataoka 69-74-66=209 −72 Allisen Corpuz 69-70-71=210 −6T3 Kim Hyo-joo 68-71-73=212 −4 Bailey Tardy 69-68-75=212 T5 Ryu Hae-ran 69-72-73=214 −2 Jiyai Shin 71-73-70=214T7 Charley Hull 73-72-71=216 E Angel Yin 71-73-72=216 T9 Ayaka Furue 74-70-73=217 +1 Minjee Lee 72-73-72=217 Maja Stark 72-73-72=217 Rose Zhang 74-71-72=217
Final round Sunday, July 9, 2023
Place Player Score To par Money ($) 1 Allisen Corpuz 69-70-71-69=279 −9 2,000,000 T2 Charley Hull 73-72-71-66=282 −6 969,231 Jiyai Shin 71-73-70-68=282T4 Nasa Hataoka 69-74-66-76=285 −3 482,136 Bailey Tardy 69-68-75-73=285 T6 Ayaka Furue 74-70-73-69=286 −2 369,403 Kim Hyo-joo 68-71-73-74=286 8 Ryu Hae-ran 69-72-73-74=288 E 313,713 T9 Maja Stark 72-73-72-72=289 +1 272,355 Rose Zhang 74-71-72-72=289
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