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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last 10 years (2014–2023)
Chun In-gee (7,17) Allisen Corpuz (2,10,17) Ariya Jutanugarn (10,17) Kim A-lim (17) Brittany Lang Minjee Lee (8,10,11,17) Lee Jeong-eun Yuka Saso (10,17)
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
Ayaka Furue (10,16,17) Nasa Hataoka (10,17) Charley Hull (10,17) Kim Hyo-joo (10,11,17) Ryu Hae-ran (10,11,17) Jiyai Shin (17) Maja Stark (10,17) Bailey Tardy (11,16) Rose Zhang (10,17)
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)
Kimberly Dinh (a) Kiara Romero (a) Latanna Stone (a)
6. Winners of the Chevron Championship (2020–2024)
Nelly Korda (7,10,11,16,17) Jennifer Kupcho (17) Patty Tavatanakit (11,16,17)
Mirim Lee and Lilia Vu (9,10,11,17) did not play
7. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship (2019–2023)
Hannah Green (10,11,16,17) Kim Sei-young (17) Yin Ruoning (10,17)
8. Winners of The Evian Championship (2019–2023)
Céline Boutier (10,11,16,17) Brooke Henderson (10,16,17) Ko Jin-young (10,17)
9. Winners of the Women’s British Open (2019–2023)
Ashleigh Buhai (10,17) Anna Nordqvist (17) Sophia Popov Hinako Shibuno
10. The top 30 point leaders from the 2023 LPGA Race to the CME Globe Final Points.
Carlota Ciganda (17) Linn Grant (11,17) Georgia Hall (17) Megan Khang (11,17) Cheyenne Knight (17) Alison Lee (17) Lin Xiyu (17) Leona Maguire (17) Atthaya Thitikul (17) Amy Yang (11,17) Angel Yin (11,17)
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)
Mone Inami Lydia Ko (16,17) Alexa Pano Chanettee Wannasaen (17)
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) Adéla Cernousek (a)
16. From the 2024 Race to CME Globe, the top 10 point leaders as of April 3, 2024
Lee Mi-hyang (17) Sarah Schmelzel (17)
17. From the current Women's World Golf Rankings, the top 75 players and anyone tying for 75th place as of April 3, 2024
Aditi Ashok Choi Hye-jin Gemma Dryburgh Jodi Ewart Shadoff Ally Ewing Alexandra Försterling Im Jin-hee Akie Iwai Chisato Iwai Sora Kamiya Danielle Kang Kim Su-ji Kim Min-byeol Sakura Koiwai Andrea Lee Lee So-mi Gaby López Yuna Nishimura Ryann O'Toole Park Hyun-kyung Madelene Sagström Mao Saigo Kokona Sakurai Jenny Shin Ai Suzuki Lexi Thompson Albane Valenzuela Miyū Yamashita
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)
Lauren Coughlin Esther Henseleit Gabriela Ruffels Rio Takeda
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.
Date Location Venue Field Spots QualifiersApr 15 Coquitlam, British Columbia The Vancouver Golf Club 46 2 Amelia Garvey, Madison YoungApr 15 El Macero, California El Macero Country Club 72 3 Megha Ganne (a), Sabrina Iqbal (a), Alexa MeltonApr 16 Waikoloa Village, Hawaii The Village Course at Waikoloa 35 1 Yuka NiiApr 22 Chiba Prefecture, Japan Boso Country Club 121 5 Saiki Fujita, Yui Kawamoto, Ayako Kimura, Amiyu Ozeki, Peiying TsaiApr 23 San Jacinto, California Soboba Springs Golf Course 77 2 Mariel Galdiano, Hsin-Yu LuApr 25 Alexandria, Virginia Belle Haven Country Club 69 2 Ruixin Liu, Jean ReynoldsApr 29 Ojai, California Soule Park Golf Course 74 3 Joo Soo-bin, Catherine Park (a), Yuri YoshidaApr 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 JutanugarnApr 30 Greensboro, North Carolina Starmount Forest Country Club 72 2 Pauline Roussin, Lauren StephensonApr 30 Seattle, Washington Rainier Golf & Country Club 71 3 Caroline Inglis, Jeon Ji-won, Emily Kristine PedersenMay 1 Winchester, Massachusetts Winchester Country Club 60 3 Sofia García, Katie Li (a), Lucy LiMay 2 Columbus, Ohio Ohio State University Golf Club 71 3 Isabella Fierro, Hsu Wei-ling, Wichanee MeechaiMay 6 Scottsdale, Arizona Pinnacle Peak Country Club 72 3 Kim Kaufman, Alana Uriell, Savannah VilaubiMay 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 SzokolMay 6 Dunwoody, Georgia Dunwoody Country Club 43 2 Arpichaya Yubol, Kristen GillmanMay 6 Wayzata, Minnesota Woodhill Country Club 33 1 Kaitlyn Papp BuddeMay 7 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Shannopin Country Club 54 2 Rachel Rohanna, Marissa SteenMay 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 MichaelsMay 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 MassonMay 13 Pearland, Texas Golfcrest Country Club 74 2 Adéla Cernousek (a), Elina Sinz (a)May 20 Michendorf, Germany Golf & Country Club Seddiner See 3 Casandra Alexander, Pia Babnik, Mariajo Uribe
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:
Harriet Lynch (Fresno) Sarah Kemp (New Smyrna Beach) Agathe Laisné (Columbus) Amelia Lewis (Winchester) Stephanie Meadow Yealimi Noh (Seattle) An Na-rin (Haworth) Junia Gabasa (a) (Pearland) Ssu-Chia Cheng (Seattle) Julia Misemer (a) (El Macero)
Round summaries First round Thursday, May 30, 2024
Tee times were assigned to 134 professionals and 22 amateurs. 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.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Yuka Saso 68 −2T2 Adéla Cernousek (a) 69 −1 Andrea Lee Wichanee MeechaiT5 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
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Wichanee Meechai 69-67=136 −42 Andrea Lee 69-69=138 −2T3 Minjee Lee 70-69=139 −1 Yuka Saso 68-71=139T5 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.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Andrea Lee 69-69-67=205 −5 Minjee Lee 70-69-66=205 Wichanee Meechai 69-67-69=2054 Hinako Shibuno 71-70-66=207 −35 Yuka Saso 68-71-69=208 −2T6 Im Jin-hee 73-68-70=211 +1 Sakura Koiwai 72-69-70=211T8 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
ChampionLow amateurs(a) = amateur(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Yuka Saso (c) 68-71-69-68=276 −4 2,400,0002 Hinako Shibuno 71-70-66-72=279 −1 1,296,000T3 Ally Ewing 74-72-68-66=280 E 664,778 Andrea Lee 69-69-67-75=2805 Arpichaya Yubol 72-72-68-69=281 +1 456,375T6 Ayaka Furue 71-72-71-68=282 +2 365,406 Wichanee Meechai 69-67-69-77=282 Atthaya Thitikul 74-72-68-68=282T9 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