2023 U.S. Women's Open

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

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 British 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.

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)
Kumkang Park (Westfield)
Chizuru Komiya (a, Japan)
Joy Chou (St. Louis)
Amanda Doherty (Alexandria)
Kaili Xiao (a, Novato)

Round summaries

First round
Thursday, July 6, 2023

Second round
Friday, July 7, 2023

Third round
Saturday, July 8, 2023

Fourth round
Sunday, July 9, 2023

Notes

References

External links

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