The 2025 U.S. Women's Open presented by Ally was the 80th U.S. Women's Open, played May 29 to June 1 at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin. Venue
The course had previously hosted the 2017 U.S. Open.
Field The field for the U.S. Women's Open is made up of players who gain 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 1,904 entries for the championship.
Exemptions This list details the exemption criteria for the 2025 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 (2015–2024)
Chun In-gee (7) Allisen Corpuz (17) Ariya Jutanugarn (17) Kim A-lim (10,11,16,17) Lee Jeong-eun Minjee Lee (2,8,16,17) Park Sung-hyun Yuka Saso (2,10,17)
2. From the 2024 U.S. Women's Open, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place
Ayaka Furue (8,10,11,16,17) Sakura Koiwai Andrea Lee Wichanee Meechai Hinako Shibuno Rio Takeda (11,16,17) Atthaya Thitikul (10,11,16,17) Arpichaya Yubol
3. Winner of the 2024 U.S. Senior Women's Open Leta Lindley
4. Winner of the 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur Rianne Malixi (5)
5. Winners of the 2024 U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur and the 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)
Hana Ryskova Asterisk Talley
6. Winners of the Chevron Championship (2021–2025)
Nelly Korda (7,10,11,17) Jennifer Kupcho (10,17) Mao Saigo (10,11,17) Patty Tavatanakit (10,17) Lilia Vu (9,10,11,17)
7. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship (2020–2024)
Kim Sei-young (10,17) Amy Yang (11) Yin Ruoning (10,11,17)
8. Winners of The Evian Championship (2020–2024)
Céline Boutier (10,17) Brooke Henderson (10,17)
9. Winners of the Women’s British Open (2020–2024)
Ashleigh Buhai (17) Lydia Ko (10,11,16,17,19) Anna Nordqvist Sophia Popov
10. The top 30 point leaders from the 2024 LPGA Race to the CME Globe Final Points.
An Na-rin Choi Hye-jin (17) Lauren Coughlin (11,17) Linn Grant (17) Hannah Green (11,17) Nataliya Guseva (17) Nasa Hataoka (17) Im Jin-hee (17) Megan Khang (17) Ko Jin-young (16,17) Ryu Hae-ran (11,17) Maja Stark (17) Chanettee Wannasaen (11,17) Angel Yin (11,17) Rose Zhang (17)
11. Winners of individual LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories were considered official, from the conclusion of the 2024 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2025 U.S. Women's Open (only events that awarded a full point allocation for the Race to the CME Globe)
Moriya Jutanugarn Kim Hyo-joo (16,17) Ingrid Lindblad Yealimi Noh (17) Madelene Sagström (17) Linnea Ström Thidapa Suwannapura
12. Winner of the 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur (must be an amateur) Carla Bernat Escuder (a)
13. Winner of the 2024 Women's Amateur Championship (must be an amateur) Melanie Green forfeited her exemption by turning professional.
14. Winner of the 2024 Mark H. McCormack Medal (No. 1 in World Amateur Golf Ranking; must be an amateur) Lottie Woad (a)
15. Winner of the 2025 NCAA Division I Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur) María José Marín (a)
16. From the 2025 Race to CME Globe, the top 10 point leaders as of April 3, 2025
17. From the current Women's World Golf Rankings, the top 75 players and anyone tying for 75th place as of March 24, 2025
Pajaree Anannarukarn Bae So-hyun Carlota Ciganda Esther Henseleit Charley Hull Hwang You-min Akie Iwai Chisato Iwai Yui Kawamoto Kim Su-ji Shiho Kuwaki Stephanie Kyriacou Gaby López Ma Da-som Nanna Koerstz Madsen Leona Maguire Ro Seung-hui Gabriela Ruffels Sarah Schmelzel Jenny Shin Jiyai Shin Ai Suzuki Chiara Tamburlini Lexi Thompson Albane Valenzuela Miyū Yamashita Yoo Hyun-jo Ina Yoon
18. From the current Women's World Golf Rankings, the top 75 players and anyone tying for 75th place as of May 26, 2025 (if not previously exempt)
Manon De Roey Lindy Duncan Lee Mi-hyang
19. Winner of the 2024 Olympic gold medal
20. Special exemptions None
Qualifying Qualifying took place April 13 to May 24, 2024, via 36-hole stroke-play qualifiers at 26 different sites, 23 of them in the United States and one each in Italy, Canada and Japan.
Date Location Venue Field Spots Qualifiers Apr 14 Atlanta, Georgia Druid Hills Golf Club 78 3 Abbey Daniel, Sophie Hausmann, Napat Lertsadwattana Apr 17 Richardson, Texas Canyon Creek Country Club 78 2 Hailee Cooper, Isi Gabsa Apr 21 Sacramento, California Del Paso Country Club 84 3 Leah John, Gabriella Kano (a), Sophia Lee (a) Apr 21 San Jacinto, California Soboba Springs Golf Course 78 2 Amari Avery, Jude Lee (a) Apr 22 Chiba Prefecture, Japan Boso Country Club 132 5 Nanoko Hayashi, Hinata Ikeba, Kotona Izumida, Aira Nagasawa (a), Pei-Ying Tsai Apr 28 Durham, North Carolina Duke University Golf Club 78 2 Carolina López-Chacarra (a), Andie Smith (a) Apr 28 Belleville, Illinois St. Clair Country Club 78 2 Brooke Biermann (a), Lauren Nguyen (a) Apr 28 New Smyrna Beach, Florida Sugar Mill Country Club 78 2 Daniela Darquea, Farah O'Keefe (a) Apr 28 San Francisco, California The Olympic Club 84 3 Sarah Lim (a), Paula Martín Sampedro (a), Emily Odwin (a) Apr 29 Milan, Italy Golf Club Ambrosiano 60 2 Pia Babnik, Klára Spilková Apr 30 Springfield, Virginia Springfield Golf & Country Club 78 2 Nicha Kanpai (a), Katie Li (a) May 1 New Albany, Ohio New Albany Country Club 82 3 Kary Hollenbaugh (a), Anna Huang, Elina Sinz May 5 Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Country Club 71 2 Hou Yu-Sang, Yani Tseng May 5 Peabody, Massachusetts Salem Country Club 30 1 Celeste Dao May 6 Oradell, New Jersey Hackensack Golf Club 53 2 Rayee Feng (a), Lee Jeong-eun May 6 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Shannopin Country Club 39 1 Caley McGinty May 7 Montgomery, Texas Bentwater Yacht & Country Club 72 2 Hanna Alberto, Jennifer Elliott May 7 Ojai, California Soule Park Golf Club 71 2 Katelyn Kong (a), Ilhee Lee May 9 Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu Country Club 29 1 Saki Baba May 9 North Palm Beach, Florida Lost Tree Club 78 2 Hsu Wei-ling, Dana Williams May 12 Elgin, Illinois Elgin Country Club 78 2 Vanessa Borovilos (a), Kailie Vongsaga May 12 Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada The Vancouver Golf Club 44 1 Kelly Tan May 13 Molalla, Oregon Arrowhead Golf Club 44 2 Jeon Ji-won, Kiara Romero (a) May 13 Naples, Florida Grey Oaks C.C. 78 4 Amanda Doherty, Gurleen Kaur, Auston Kim, Julia López Ramírez May 13 Prior Lake, Minnesota The Meadows at Mystic Lake 71 3 Minami Katsu, Grace Kim, Jing Yan May 13 Westminster, Colorado Walnut Creek Golf Preserve 60 2 Celine Borge, Pauline Roussin
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:
Dottie Ardina (Phoenix) Gemma Dryburgh (Atlanta) Dana Fall (San Jacinto) María Fassi (Westminster) Hazuki Kimura (a) (Chiba Prefecture) Aline Krauter (Naples) Kim Métraux (Milan) Yuna Nishimura (Prior Lake)
Round summaries First round Thursday, May 29, 2025
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Im Jin-hee 68 −4 Kim A-lim Julia López Ramirez Yealimi Noh Rio Takeda Angel YinT7 Nasa Hataoka 69 −3 Hwang You-min Chisato Iwai Yui Kawamoto Chiara Tamburlini
Second round Friday, May 30, 2025
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Mao Saigo 70-66=136 −8T2 Kim A-lim 68-71=139 −5 Nelly Korda 72-67=139 Yealimi Noh 68-71=139 Sarah Schmelzel 71-68=139 Hinako Shibuno 70-69=139 Maja Stark 70-69=139T8 Linn Grant 71-69=140 −4 Im Jin-hee 68-72=140 Chiara Tamburlini 69-71=140 Jing Yan 71-69=140
Third round Saturday, May 31, 2025
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Maja Stark 70-69-70=209 −72 Julia López Ramírez 68-74-68=210 −6T3 Mao Saigo 70-66-75=211 −5 Hinako Shibuno 70-69-72=211 Rio Takeda 68-73-70=2116 Nelly Korda 72-67-73=212 −4T7 Linn Grant 71-69-73=213 −3 Minjee Lee 73-69-71=213 Sarah Schmelzel 71-68-74=213T10 Gaby López 70-73-71=214 −2 Yealimi Noh 68-71-75=214 Yin Ruoning 71-72-71=214
Final round Sunday, June 1, 2025
ChampionLow amateur(a) = amateur(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Maja Stark 70-69-70-72=281 −7 2,400,000T2 Nelly Korda 72-67-73-71=283 −5 1,052,621 Rio Takeda 68-73-70-72=283T4 Choi Hye-jin 71-70-75-68=284 −4 486,262 Mao Saigo 70-66-75-73=284 Yin Ruoning 71-72-71-70=284T7 Hailee Cooper 71-72-72-70=285 −3 358,004 Hinako Shibuno 70-69-72-74=285T9 Linn Grant 71-69-73-73=286 −2 281,341 Ariya Jutanugarn (c) 72-69-75-70=286 Angel Yin 68-75-73-70=286