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27-05-2025
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Top players highlight the full field for the 2025 U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills
TOWN OF ERIN – The U.S. Women's Open begins Monday, May 26, with practice rounds for the 156 participants in the tournament at Erin Hills, 90 of which were fully exempt into the field and did not have to go through qualifying stages to get in. Among those exempt were eight U.S. Women's Open champions, beginning with two-time winner and defending champion Yuka Saso (2021, 2024). Other past champions include 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). Advertisement Corpuz played in the 2008 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links at Erin Hills as a 10-year-old. "It's awesome," she said on May 26 after her practice round. "I wish I remembered more of it from when I was younger, but I just remember how awesome this property is and how nice the practice facilities are. I mean, that was my first USGA championship, so I remember just coming on-site and just being really, really impressed, and here I am 17 years later and still really impressed by how you guys run a championship." Allisen Corpuz plays her shot from the second tee during the third round of the 2025 Ford Championship presented by Wild Horse Pass at Whirlwind Golf Club. Along with being a championship that is open to any player who could qualify, it is also perhaps the most democratic of the five majors on the LPGA Tour – there has not been a repeat champion since Karrie Webb (2000-01) and there have been 21 different champions in the 23 tournaments since then. Advertisement Only Saso and Inbee Park (2008 and 2013) have won the tournament multiple times since Webb's back-to-back. "I could call myself a two-time major champion, and better than that, two-time U.S. Women's Open champion," Saso said after her practice round at Erin Hills on May 26. "I think it's a great tournament to have beside my name, and – I don't know, maybe because I dreamed of winning this, and winning it twice is much better." Not only does the championship rarely produce back-to-back winners, but the defending champion is also hardly ever in contention the next year. The last time a defending champion finished in the top 10 was in 2020 when Jeongeun Lee (who goes by Jeongeun Lee6 for scoring purposes to differentiate herself from other Korean golfers with the same name) finished sixth. Lee6 was the first defending champ to crack the top 10 since Juli Inkster followed up her 2002 title with an eighth-place finish in 2003. The top LPGA Tour players in the world are at Erin Hills The U.S. Women's Open is the second major championship on the LPGA Tour's schedule, and as expected the top players in the Women's World Golf Rankings are all teeing it up. Advertisement The entire top 20 in the world rankings are in the field. That group is headlined by world No. 1 Nelly Korda, who has held that position for 52 weeks per GolfWeek. Since joining the LPGA Tour in 2017, the 26-year-old has held the No. 1 spot on five different occasions. The rest of the top 20 include: No. 2: Jeeno Thitikul (Thailand)No. 3: Lydia Ko (New Zealand)No. 4: Ruoning Yin (China)No. 5: Haeran Ryu (South Korea)No. 6: Lilia Vu (United States)No. 7: Hyojoo Kim (South Korea)No. 8: Hannah Green (Australia)No. 9: Jin Young Ko (South Korea)No. 10: Laurean Coughlin (United States)No. 11: Angel Yin (United States)No. 12: Celine Boutier (France)No. 13: Mao Saigo (Japan)No. 14: Ayaka Furue (Japan)No. 15: Charley Hull (England)No. 16: Miyu Yamashita (Japan)No. 17: Rio Takeda (Japan)No. 18: Yealimi Noh (United States)No. 19: Amy Yang (South Korea)No. 20: Esther Henseleit (Germany) Advertisement More: Yuka Saso, Nelly Korda among top golfers looking to capture U.S. Women's Open title at Erin Hills Former USGA champions in the field The USGA hosts multiple junior and amateur tournaments every year and the 2025 U.S. Women's Open field includes 19 other past national champions: U.S. Women's Amateur championsLydia Ko (2012), Gabriela Ruffels (2019), Rose Zhang (2020), Saki Baba (2022) and Rianne Malixi (2024). U.S. Girls' JuniorJenny Shin (2006), Lexi Thompson (2008), Ariya Jutanugarn (2011), Minjee Lee (2012), Yealimi Noh (2018), Rose Zhang (2021), Kiara Romero (2023) and Rianne Malixi (2024). Advertisement U.S. Women's Mid-AmateurHana Ryskova (2024). U.S. Senior Women's OpenLeta Lindley (2024). U.S. Women's Amateur Four-BallHailee Cooper (2016), Sarah Lim (2024) and Asterisk Talley (2024) U.S. Women's Amateur Public LinksYani Tseng (2004). The U.S. Women's Open has a major amateur presence Of the 156 players teeing it up in the first round of the tournament on May 29, 26 (or 16.6%) are amateurs. And they are some of the very best in the world and potentially represent the next wave of great young players headed to the LPGA Tour. As of May 21, 10 of the top 50 players in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking will be competing at Erin Hills: Advertisement No. 1: Lottie Woad (2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur champion)No. 3: Kiara Romero (2023 U.S. Girls' Junior champion)No. 5: Rianne Malixi (2024 U.S. Women's Amateur and U.S. Girls' Junior champion)No. 10: Farah O'Keefe (2024 Big 12 Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year)No. 11: Maria Jose Marin (2025 NCAA Division I champion)No. 14: Paula Martin Sampedro (2024 Pac-12 Golfer of the Year)No. 16: Asterisk Talley (2024 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball champion)No. 19: Carla Bernat Escuder (2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur champion)No. 20: Carolina Lopez-Chacarra (2024 All-ACC)No. 22: Kary Hollenbaugh (2024 All-Big Ten first team)No. 46: Vanessa Borovilos (2024 Golf Channel Honorable Mention All-American) U.S. Women's Open field complete The USGA waited until the conclusion of the Mexico Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba on May 25 to have its full field, as the organization held a spot open for that tournament's champion if they were not already in the fold. Chisato Iwaim won the tournament, but she was already exempt into the U.S. Women's Open – which meant the first alternate from local qualifying got in. That player is 32-year-old Dana Fall of Mesa, Arizona. It will be her first appearance in the major championship. Full field for the 2025 U.S. Women's Open Here is the entire 156-person field for the U.S. Women's Open, as of May 26 (in alphabetical order): Advertisement Hanna Alberto Narin An Pajaree AnannarukarnDottie Ardina Amari Avery Saki Baba Pia Babnik Sohyun Bae Carla Bernat Escuder Brooke Biermann Celine Borge Vanessa Borovilos Celine Boutier Ashleigh Buhai Hye-Jin Choi In Gee Chun Carlota Ciganda Hailee Cooper Allisen Corpuz Lauren Coughlin Abbey Daniel Celeste Dao Daniela Darquea Klara Davidson Spilkova Manon De Roey Amanda Doherty Gemma Dryburgh Lindy Duncan Jennifer Elliott Dana Fall Maria Fassi Rayee Feng Ayaka Furue Isi Gabsa Linn Grant Hannah Green Nataliya Guseva Nasa Hataoka Sophie Hausmann Nanoko Hayashi Brooke Henderson Esther Henseleit Kary Hollenbaugh Yusang Hou Weiling Hsu Anna Huang Charley Hull Youmin Hwang Hinata Ikeba Jinhee Im Chisato Iwai Akie Iwai Kotona Izumida Jiwon Jeon Leah John Moriya Jutanugarn Ariya Jutanugarn Gabriella Kano Nicha Kanpai Minami Katsu Gurleen Kaur Yui Kawamoto Megan Khang Sei Young Kim A Lim Kim Hyo Joo Kim Suji Kim Grace Kim Auston Kim Hazuki Kimura Jin Young Ko Lydia Ko Sakura Koiwai Katelyn Kong Nelly Korda Aline Krauter Jennifer Kupcho Shiho Kuwaki Steph Kyriacou Andrea Lee Minjee Lee Sophia Lee Jude Lee Jeongeun Lee Ilhee Lee Mi Hyang Lee Jeongeun Lee6 Napat Lertsadwattana Katie Li Sarah Lim Ingrid Lindblad Leta Lindley Gaby Lopez Julia Lopez Ramirez Carolina Lopez-Chacarra Dasom Ma Nanna Koerstz Madsen Leona Maguire Rianne Malixi Maria José Marin Paula Martin Sampedro Caley McGinty Wichanee Meechai Kim Metraux Aira Nagasawa Lauren Nguyen Yuna Nishimura Yealimi Noh Anna Nordqvist Emily Odwin Farah O'Keefe Sung Hyun Park Sophia Popov Seunghui Ro Kiara Romero Pauline Roussin Bouchard Gabriela Ruffels Hana Ryskova Haeran Ryu Madelene Sagstrom Mao Saigo Yuka Saso Sarah Schmelzel Hinako Shibuno Jenny Shin Jiyai Shin Elina Sinz Andie Smith Maja Stark Linnea StromJasmine Suwannapura Ai Suzuki Rio Takeda Asterisk Talley Chiara Tamburlini Kelly Tan Patty Tavatanakit Jeeno Thitikul Lexi Thompson Peiying Tsai Yani Tseng Albane Valenzuela Kailie Vongsaga Lilia Vu Chanettee Wannasaen Dana Williams Lottie Woad Miyu Yamashita Jing Yan Amy Yang Angel Yin Ruoning Yin Hyunjo Yoo Ina Yoon Arpichaya Yubol Rose Zhang This story was updated to add new information. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Top players highlight field for 2025 U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills
USA Today
31-03-2025
- Business
- USA Today
2025 Ford Championship prize money payouts for each LPGA player at Whirlwind Golf Club
2025 Ford Championship prize money payouts for each LPGA player at Whirlwind Golf Club The LPGA returned to the U.S. for the first time since early February with the 2025 Ford Championship just outside Phoenix. The $2.25 million purse marked the first time for some in the field of 144 to earn a paycheck in more than a month. The winner at Whirlwind Golf Club earned $337,500. A total of 74 players made the cut. While Hyo Joo Kim made the headlines with her playoff victory, it was a meaningful week for a player like Lindy Duncan, who has struggled at times to keep her card in recent years but posted an early top-5 finish to set herself up well for the rest of the year. LPGA Hall of Famer Lydia Ko continued her march to the top of the all-time money list with her T-6 showing, good for a $58,674 payday. Ko came into the week trailing all-time leader Annika Sorenstam by $1,988,588. Here's the breakdown of how much money each player earned at the LPGA Ford Championship.
USA Today
31-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
LPGA goes to a playoff with Hyo Joo Kim outlasting Lilia Vu to win 2025 Ford Championship
LPGA goes to a playoff with Hyo Joo Kim outlasting Lilia Vu to win 2025 Ford Championship CHANDLER, Ariz. — There's a Western-themed attraction just south of Phoenix called Rawhide, where guests can take a step back in time to the Old West. There's a branding room, a saloon, a make-believe jail and actors re-enacting gun fights on Main Street. Next door to Rawhide is another place known for shootouts and the some of the best players on the LPGA engaged in just that Sunday at Whirldwind Golf Club during the final round of the 2025 Ford Championship. Lilia Vu started the final round with the lead at 18 under. Charley Hull was in the final group with her at 16 under. There were seven others within four shots of the lead and on a course where you gotta keep up, it didn't take long for some serious jockeying to take place atop the leaderboard. Allisen Corpuz, whose only other win is the 2023 U.S. Women's Open, birdied four straight on the front nine on Nos. 5-6-7-8 to get to 19 under to climb within a shot of the lead. Vu birdied the first two holes Sunday and was the first to 20 under. Hyo Joo Kim was the second after she made birdie on the 10th. Corpuz later joined the 20-under club with a birdie on 11. Jeeno Thitikul then birdied the 13th to become the fourth player to reach 20 under for the week. And that's how Sunday felt. If you blinked, you missed something. A variety of contenders challenged for the lead Sunday Kim, who started the final round five shots back, posted the round of the day Sunday with an 8-under 64. She went on a birdie binge with circles on her card at Nos. 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11 to climb into contention. She stepped back with a bogey on 12 but then made back-to-back birdies on 16 and 17 to get to 22 under. She would par 18, sign for that 64 then play the waiting game to see if her score would hold up. Corpuz would birdie just two of her final 10 holes to finish at 21 under. Thitikul closed with four straight pars to finish at 20 under. So it was up to Vu, at 21 under with two holes to play, to try to catch Kim. On 17, after a 275-yard drive, Vu had to wait for the green to clear to hit her second into the par 5. She ended up in a greenside bunker but proceeded to hit a stellar sand shot to about a foot and tapped in for birdie to tie for the lead at 22 under. On 18, Vu had to wait again, this time on the tee box for close to 15 minutes, as Nanna Koerstz Madsen had to track down her tee shot in the desert scrub. Vu's tee shot was left but somehow skirted around a fairway bunker. Her second from about 120 yards out was online but landed hard and released firmly off the back of the green, leaving her a tricky up-and-down to force a playoff. Vu chipped her third to about seven feet and with the way she was putting all week, most expected her to roll it in and she did, pouring it in for par. What happened in the playoff at the 2025 Ford Championship? The first playoff of the LPGA season, but the fourth in Vu's career, took the duo back to the 18th tee. Both golfers found the green in two, but Kim was much closer. Vu was up first to putt. From about 20 feet, her ball rolled along the long shadow she was casting on the green as daylight was running out but it came up short left. Kim then had a putt from about five feet and she drained it for a birdie to win the 2025 Ford Championship. Kim is the sixth different winner in six tournaments in 2025. It's her seventh LPGA win. How the top 3 finished at the 2025 Ford Championship Hyo Joo Kim, 22 under* 2. Lilia Vu, 22 under 3. Allisen Corpuz How some notables finished at the 2025 Ford Championship 4. Jeeno Thitikul, 20 under T-6. Yealimi Noh, 18 under T-6. Lydia Ko, 18 under T-11. Charley Hull, 17 under T-22. Nelly Korda, 14 under T-38. Lexi Thompson, 11 under
USA Today
30-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Nelly Korda stumbles, a rookie bombs a 3-wood, Lilia Vu rallies to lead Ford Championship
Nelly Korda stumbles, a rookie bombs a 3-wood, Lilia Vu rallies to lead Ford Championship CHANDLER, Ariz. — Wind was an afternoon visitor the first two days at Whirldwind Golf Club. On Saturday, it was a constant companion throughout the day at the 2025 Ford Championship, it showed on the scorecards being signed at the Cattail Course 15 miles south of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. There were 74 golfers who made the cut and of the 148 rounds they played over the first two days, just eight scores were over par. Saturday, of the 74 rounds played, there were 13 over-par rounds and another nine even-par rounds. Who leads the 2025 Ford Championship after 54 holes? The same golfer who led after 36 holes, and that is Lilia Vu. After a 1-under front nine, she made birdie on the par-3 11th to get to 16 under and take a one-shot lead. Two holes later, Vu was leading by three. Just as she built that lead, though, she gave it back in a hurry with a double bogey at 14. Combined with a birdie by Charley Hull on 16 just minutes later and things were knotted up at 15 under. Then Vu put the gas pedal down: On 15, she poured in a long bending putt for birdie to get to 16 under On 16, she stuffed her approach close for a kick-in birdie to get to 17 under On 17, she was on in two and two-putted for a third straight birdie to get to 18 under Talk about your double-bogey bounce-backs. "I think I didn't think too much about that double bogey. Obviously I was upset with it, but I know where my game is at, and that's not going to really knock me down," she said. "My caddie actually said on the hole after, all I have to do is get you on the green, and whatever happens happens." Hull would sneak in a side-door birdie on 18 to post a third-round 68 and get to 16 under. Vu would par her final hole and sign for a 4-under 68 as well to take two-shot lead into the final round. She'll play alongside Hull in Sunday's final round. Stat of the day Nelly Korda, the tournament's defending champ who's seeking her first win in 2025, was 9-for-9 making birdie on the par 5s so far this week. But that streak ended on the second par 5, No. 6, on Saturday when Korda missed with the putter from just off the green. She would take par there as well as the par-5 12th and 17th. Korda was tied for second after 36 holes but couldn't keep pace in the third round. A bogey on the 16th, and her first three-putt of the week, dropped her to even par on the day and four back of the lead. She bogeyed the last for a 1-over round of 73 and tumble down the board to a tie for 19th. She'll start the final round seven shots of the pace. Round of the day Yahui Zhang is a 19-year-old LPGA rookie from China who said ahead of the third round, the wind was swirling in her thoughts. "I was quite worry about today, the score I got at the morning, because the wind I saw on the app is really big and the pin place is quite difficult when I saw on the email," she said. "So I just talking with my father and I just, just do it. I'm the rookie. What I'm worry about? Just like that." Just like that, indeed, as Zhang went out and posted the round of the day, a 7-under 65 in just her second LPGA event after spending last year on the Epson Tour. She was 8 under with six birdies and an eagle until a closing-hole bogey but she has made her presence known this week. Shot of the day Also Zhang, who drove the par-4 fifth hole with her 3-wood, running her ball down the 264-yard hole and then drained a putt from seven feet for an eagle 2. "So I was thinking, first I was thinking use driver, but I think that's too much, and also, and then I think just use 3-wood and the wind is right to left, and at the first two hole the wind is quite blow pretty more to my ball," she explained. "So I just thinking I should aiming more right. If I can play on the green, I just play on the green. If I can play the bunker beside the green, I just put that there. I mean, just want ball safe at there. I didn't expect that my ball there is only three yards far to the hole I just said, 'Oh, I got chance for eagle.' If I can't putting, it's still a birdie. I just try it. I just do it. Just kind of like that." Just kind of like that. Zhang has posted scores of 69-68-65, each round an improvement over the previous one and she's in the thick of it in just her second LPGA start. Quote of the day Vu was asked about any off-course distractions she's been enjoying recently. "My caddie and I have been discussing "White Lotus" [a series on HBO] with the recent episode. He hasn't been caught up, but his wife is here now, so they can watch the episode together, and I expect him tomorrow to give me his spiel on it because he's not caught up yet," she said. How does the Ford Championship leaderboard look? Vu leads by two at 18 under, with Hull two back. Sunday's penultimate group will be Ayaka Furue and Nanna Koerstz-Madsen, who are tied for third at 15 under. There's a five-way tie for fifth at 14 under and a four-way tie for 10th at 13 under, a group that includes Lydia Ko and Yealimi Noh.
USA Today
29-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Jin Young Ko, Rose Zhang lead list of notables who missed the cut at 2025 Ford Championship
Jin Young Ko, Rose Zhang lead list of notables who missed the cut at 2025 Ford Championship CHANDLER, Ariz. — It's the best field the LPGA has had so far in 2025. The 2025 Ford Championship started with every one of the top 10, 19 of the top 20 and 40 of the 50 players in the Rolex Rankings. After 36 holes, nine of those top 10 golfers have advanced to the weekend with six in the top 10. The cut Friday came in at 4 under, and that meant quite a few notable names didn't secure weekend tee times. It also meant time to turn in the keys to the vehicles that the Arizona Ford Dealers made available for free for all the players in the tournament. Notables who missed the cut at 2025 Ford Championship The lone top-10 player to end her week short is eighth-ranked Jin Young Ko. She rallied late Thursday with a birdie-eagle finish to get to even par but didn't parlay that into a much-needed low second-round score. While she did eagle the 17th hole Friday, she also carded three bogeys and two double bogeys to shoot a 1-over 73. Georgia Hall shot 4 under Friday, but her 2 over Thursday round did her in this week. Stacy Lewis had a similar week, opening 3 over and then going 5 under but she too came up short. Anna Nordqvist, who played college golf up the road at Arizona State and who was recently named the European captain for the 2026 Solheim Cup, shot consecutive 72s to finish even par. Rio Takeda won the Blue Bay LPGA three weeks ago, the last event before this week, but scores of 69 and 75 will keep her away from the weekend. Rose Zhang, playing in her first event since finishing her most recent term at Stanford and just her second this season, shot 73-71 to finish her week even par.
