2023 U.S. Women's Open

The 2023 U.S. Women's Open is the 78th U.S. Women's Open, to be held July 6 to July 9 at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California.

2023 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 6–9, 2023
LocationPebble Beach, California, U.S.
36°34′07″N 121°57′02″W
Course(s)Pebble Beach Golf Links
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,505 yards (5,948 m)
Field156 players
CutLow 60 scorers and ties after 36 holes
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Minjee Lee is the defending champion.[1][2][3]

Venue
Main article: Pebble Beach Golf Links

The course has previously hosted the U.S. Open for men six times. This is the first U.S. Women's Open held on the course.[4]

Pebble Beach Golf Links, hole 7

Field

The field for the U.S. Women's Open is made up of players who gain entry through qualifying events and those who are exempt from qualifying. The exemption criteria include provision for recent major champions, winners of major amateur events, and leading players in the Women's World Golf Rankings.

The organizer has accepted a record number of entries for the championship, 2,107 players.[5]

Exemptions

This list details the exemption criteria for the 2023 U.S. Women's Open and the players exempt as of February 8, 2023. Many players are exempt in multiple categories.[6][lower-alpha 1]

1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last 10 years (2013–2022)

2. From the 2022 U.S. Women's Open, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place

3. Winner of the 2022 U.S. Senior Women’s Open

4. Winner of the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur

5. Winners of the 2022 U.U. 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)

7. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship (2018–2023)

8. Winners of The Evian Championship (2018–2022)

9. Winners of the Women’s British Open (2018–2022)

10. The top 30 point leaders from the 2022 LPGA Race to the CME Globe Final Points.

11. Winners of individual LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are 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 award a full point allocation for the Race to the CME Globe)

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)

  • Champion crowned on May 22, 2023

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

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

Qualifying takes 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.[7][8]

DateLocationVenueFieldSpotsQualifiers[lower-alpha 1]
May 9Naples, FloridaThe Club of Mediterra692Lindy Duncan, Brooke Matthews
May 9Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaShannopin Country Club542Amelia Garvey, Angela Zhang (a)
May 15Coquitlam, CanadaVancouver Golf Club582Laureen Kim (a), Gabriela Ruffels
May 15Druid Hills Golf ClubAtlanta, Georgia782Sarah Edwards (a), Benedetta Moresco (a)
May 15Echo Lake Country ClubWestfield, New Jersey814Haeji Kang, Annie Park, Jenny Shin, Natthakritta Vongtaveelap

Notes
  1. (a) – denotes amateur

References
  1. Shefter, David. "Fast Facts for 2023 U.S. Women's Open". USGA. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "Pebble Beach Welcomes the 78th U.S. Women's Open Championship". Pebble Beach Company. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  5. Paisley, Kent (May 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.
  6. "Currently Exempt Players for 78th U.S. Women's Open". USGA. February 8, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  7. "2023 U.S. Women's Open Qualifying Results". USGA. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  8. 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.
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