1,904 Entries Accepted for U.S. Women's Open; Saso Among 8 Past Champs in Field

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Eight champions and 24 of the top 25 players in the world are among the 1,904 entries accepted by the USGA for the 80th U.S. Women’s Open Championship Presented by Ally. The U.S. Women’s Open will be held for the first time at Erin Hills, in Erin, Wis., from May 29-June 1.

The number of entries ranks second all-time to the record total of 2,107 who entered to play in 2023 at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links. More than 1,800 players filed entries for the fourth consecutive year. The USGA accepted entries for the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open from golfers in 46 U.S. states and 60 foreign countries.

“The USGA is excited to once again conduct an Open Championship at Erin Hills, a public facility that has been supportive of both professional and amateur golf,” said USGA Chief Championships Officer John Bodenhamer. “The number of entries represents the worldwide interest in competing in this championship. We continue to state that it matters where a player wins her Open and this year’s champion will be proud to hoist the Harton S. Semple Trophy at Erin Hills.”

Yuka Saso, of Japan, carded a final-round 68 to win last year’s championship with a 72-hole score of 4-under-par 276 at Lancaster (Pa.) Country Club. She became the youngest (22 years, 11 months, 13 days) to capture multiple U.S. Women’s Open titles and is one of eight champions exempt from qualifying. Joining Saso are In Gee Chun (2015), Sung Hyun Park (2017), Ariya Jutanugarn (2018), Jeongeun Lee6 (2019), A Lim Kim (2020), Minjee Lee (2022) and Allisen Corpuz (2023).

World No. 1 Nelly Korda, of Bradenton, Fla., who won her second major championship last year, is among 84 exempt players currently in the field. Korda will compete in her 11th U.S. Women’s Open. Jeeno Thitikul, of Thailand, who is the No. 2-ranked player and won last year’s CME Group Tour Championship, will play in her fourth Women’s Open. World No. 3 Lydia Ko, of New Zealand, recorded her 23rd LPGA victory in March. The 2024 Olympic gold medalist is set to compete in her 14th Women’s Open and owns five top-15 finishes.

To be eligible, a player must have a Handicap Index® not exceeding 2.4, or be a professional. Qualifying, which will be contested over 36 holes at 23 sites across the United States, plus one each in Canada, Japan and Italy, will take place between April 15-May 13.

Eun-Hee Ji, the 2009 champion, will attempt to qualify for the championship. She is scheduled to compete at The Meadows at Mystic Lake, in Prior Lake, Minn., on May 13.

The championship’s youngest entrant is 9-year-old Holliday Sun, an amateur from Clyde Hill, Wash. Mercedese Large, a 61-year-old amateur from West Hartford, Conn., is the oldest.

Alessandra Fanali, a 25-year-old professional from Italy, was the first entrant on Feb. 12. Kayla Smith, a 24-year-old amateur from Burlington, N.C., submitted her entry five minutes before the deadline of 5 p.m. EDT on April 2.

The number of fully exempt players is expected to increase with the inclusion of additional categories. The winner of any LPGA co-sponsored event prior to the start of the U.S. Women’s Open will earn an exemption. Additionally, any player who is among the top 75 points leaders and anyone tying for 75th from the Rolex World Rankings as of May 19, who was not previously exempt, will be added to the championship field. The winners of the 2025 Chevron Championship, 2025 Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship and 2025 NCAA Women’s Division I Championship will also earn exemptions, the latter two categories stipulating the player must remain an amateur.

Erin Hills is hosting its fifth USGA championship, which includes the 2017 U.S. Open when Brooks Koepka won by four strokes over Hideki Matsuyama and Brian Harman. Erin Hills will be the site of the third U.S. Women’s Open played in that state of Wisconsin, and also becomes the 16th course nationally to host both Open championships.

The list of the 84 golfers who are fully exempt into the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open (as of April 2):

Narin An
Pajaree Anannarukarn
Sohyun Bae
Celine Boutier
Ashleigh Buhai
Hye-Jin Choi
In Gee Chun
Carlota Ciganda
Allisen Corpuz
Lauren Coughlin
Ayaka Furue
Linn Grant
Hannah Green
Nataliya Guseva
Nasa Hataoka
Brooke Henderson
Esther Henseleit
Charley Hull
Youmin Hwang
Jin Hee Im
Akie Iwai
Chisato Iwai
Ariya Jutanugarn
Moriya Jutanugarn
Yui Kawamoto
Megan Khang
A Lim Kim
Hyo Joo Kim
Sei Young Kim
Su Ji Kim
Jin Young Ko
Lydia Ko
Sakura Koiwai
Nelly Korda
Jennifer Kupcho
Shiho Kuwaki
Stephanie Kyriacou
Andrea Lee
Minjee Lee
Jeongeun Lee6
Leta Lindley
Gaby Lopez
Da Som Ma
Nanna Koertz Madsen
Leona Maguire
a-Rianne Malixi
Wichanee Meechai
Yealimi Noh
Anna Nordqvist
Sung Hyun Park
Sophia Popov
Seung Hui Ro
Gabriela Ruffels
a-Hana Ryskova
Hae Ran Ryu
Madelene Sagstrom
Mao Saigo
Yuka Saso
Sarah Schmelzel
Hinako Shibuno
Jenny Shin
Jiyai Shin
Maja Stark
Linnea Strom
Jasmine Suwannapura
Ai Suzuki
Rio Takeda
a-Asterisk Talley
Chiara Tamburlini
Patty Tavatanakit
Jeeno Thitikul
Lexi Thompson
Albane Valenzuela
Lilia Vu
Chanettee Wannasaen
a-Lottie Woad
Miyu Yamashita
Amy Yang
Angel Yin
Ruoning Yin
Hyunjo Yoo
Ina Yoon
Arpichaya Yubol
Rose Zhang

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