![]() | |
Tournament information | |
---|---|
Dates | July 6–9, 2023 |
Location | Pebble Beach, California, U.S. 36°34′05″N 121°57′00″W / 36.568°N 121.950°W |
Course(s) | Pebble Beach Golf Links |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72[1] |
Length | 6,509 yards (5,952 m)[2] |
Field | 156 players, 74 after cut |
Cut | 150 (+6) |
Prize fund | $11,000,000 |
Winner's share | $2,000,000 |
Champion | |
![]() | |
279 (−9) | |
Location map | |
Location in the United States Location in California | |
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.[3][4][5]
Allisen Corpuz won by three strokes over Charley Hull and Jiyai Shin. It was her first LPGA Tour win.[6]
Venue
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Pebble_Beach_Golf_Links%2C_hole_7.jpg/220px-Pebble_Beach_Golf_Links%2C_hole_7.jpg)
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.[7]
Course layout
[edit]Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yards | 344 | 509 | 384 | 308 | 187 | 496 | 107 | 395 | 437 | 3,167 | 429 | 367 | 173 | 391 | 542 | 376 | 374 | 175 | 515 | 3,342 | 6,509 |
Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
Field
[edit]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.[8]
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.[9]
Exemptions
[edit]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.[10][a]
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
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[11][b] (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..[12]
18. From the current Women's World Golf Rankings, the top 75 players and anyone tying for 75th place as of July 3, 2023
19. Special exemptions
Qualifying
[edit]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.[13][14]
Alternates who gained entry
[edit]The following players gained a place in the field having finished as the leading alternates in the specified final qualifying events:[a]
- Jenny Coleman[12][20] (Atlanta)
- Moriya Jutanugarn[12][20] (Galveston)
- Allysha Mae Mateo[12][20] (a, Honolulu)
- Azahara Muñoz[12][20] (Bradenton)
- Kumkang Park[12][20] (Westfield)
- Chizuru Komiya[20] (a, Japan)
- Joy Chou[20] (St. Louis)
- Amanda Doherty[20] (Alexandria)
- Kaili Xiao[20] (a, Novato)
Round summaries
[edit]First round
[edit]Thursday, July 6, 2023
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
T1 | ![]() |
68 | −4 |
![]() | |||
T3 | ![]() |
69 | −3 |
![]() | |||
![]() | |||
![]() | |||
![]() | |||
![]() | |||
T9 | ![]() |
70 | −2 |
![]() | |||
![]() | |||
![]() |
Second round
[edit]Friday, July 7, 2023
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
69-68=137 | −7 |
T2 | ![]() |
69-70=139 | −5 |
![]() |
68-71=139 | ||
4 | ![]() |
69-72=141 | −3 |
T5 | ![]() |
69-74=143 | −1 |
![]() |
69-74=143 | ||
T7 | ![]() |
72-72=144 | E |
![]() |
74-70=144 | ||
![]() |
71-73=144 | ||
![]() |
71-73=144 |
Third round
[edit]Saturday, July 8, 2023
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
69-74-66=209 | −7 |
2 | ![]() |
69-70-71=210 | −6 |
T3 | ![]() |
68-71-73=212 | −4 |
![]() |
69-68-75=212 | ||
T5 | ![]() |
69-72-73=214 | −2 |
![]() |
71-73-70=214 | ||
T7 | ![]() |
73-72-71=216 | E |
![]() |
71-73-72=216 | ||
T9 | ![]() |
74-70-73=217 | +1 |
![]() |
72-73-72=217 | ||
![]() |
72-73-72=217 | ||
![]() |
74-71-72=217 |
Final round
[edit]Sunday, July 9, 2023
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
69-70-71-69=279 | −9 | 2,000,000 |
T2 | ![]() |
73-72-71-66=282 | −6 | 969,231 |
![]() |
71-73-70-68=282 | |||
T4 | ![]() |
69-74-66-76=285 | −3 | 482,136 |
![]() |
69-68-75-73=285 | |||
T6 | ![]() |
74-70-73-69=286 | −2 | 369,403 |
![]() |
68-71-73-74=286 | |||
8 | ![]() |
69-72-73-74=288 | E | 313,713 |
T9 | ![]() |
72-73-72-72=289 | +1 | 272,355 |
![]() |
74-71-72-72=289 |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Stewart, Keith (July 5, 2023). "U.S. Women's Open Preview: History Will Not Repeat Itself At Pebble Beach". LPGA. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ a b "2023 U.S. Women's Open – Course". USGA. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ Shefter, David. "Fast Facts for 2023 U.S. Women's Open". USGA. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (May 2, 2023). "Annika Sorenstam accepts special exemption into 2023 U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach". Golfweek. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ Dar, Suhaib Bashir (May 3, 2023). "In a First Time For Women's Golf, US Open to Script Massive History, Marking a Special Return For LPGA Legend Annika Sorenstam". Essentially Sports. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
- ^ Uggetti, Paolo (July 9, 2023). "Allisen Corpuz wins U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach". ESPN.
- ^ "Pebble Beach Welcomes the 78th U.S. Women's Open Championship". Pebble Beach Company. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
- ^ Paisley, Kent (May 5, 2023). "Pebble Beach is hosting the U.S. Women's Open, so the USGA predictably breaks record for number of entries". Australian Golf Digest. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ Kelly, Todd (July 5, 2023). "2023 U.S. Women's Open has $11 million total purse, $2 million to winner". Golfweek. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "Currently Exempt Players for 78th U.S. Women's Open". USGA. February 8, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
- ^ Schlabach, Mark (May 26, 2023). "Stanford women's golf star Zhang turns pro". ESPN. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Nichols, Beth Ann. "Jessica Korda one of three exempt players to withdraw from 2023 U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach". Golfweek. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ "2023 U.S. Women's Open Qualifying Results". USGA. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Women's Open qualifying: Who made it to Pebble Beach". Golf Channel. June 8, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ a b c Nichols, Beth Ann (May 16, 2023). "Gabriela Ruffels, Jenny Shin, Annie Park and two Alabama teammates among those who qualified on Monday for historic U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach". Golfweek. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
- ^ "'Yan'tastic golf earns medalist honors at the US Women's Open qualifier". Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association. May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ "Northern California, 2023 U.S. Women's Open Qualifying Results". Blue Golf. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
- ^ Åsgård, Olof (May 23, 2023). "Lindberg och Wallin klara för U.S. Women's Open" [Lindberg and Wallin ready for the U.S. Women’s Open]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ Leonard, Gean (May 25, 2023). "Galveston Country Club hosts US Women's Open golf qualifier". The Daily News. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Kellam, Sarah (June 28, 2023). "Alternates Added to U.S. Women's Open Field". LPGA.