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USA Today
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U.S. Women's Open 2025 live updates, leaderboard for Sunday's final round
U.S. Women's Open 2025 live updates, leaderboard for Sunday's final round Let's have a Sunday. The 80th U.S. Women's Open is three rounds in and now there are 18 holes (barring a playoff) to determine a champion. The Open is the second of five majors on the LPGA circuit. Mao Saigo, who won the Chevron Championship, is seeking to be the first women's golfer to go back-to-back in the majors in a decade. U.S. Women's Open leaderboard Keep tabs on the USWO and all week with our official hub and leaderboard. You can also find tee times there. Maja Stark will start the final round at 7 under and with a one-shot lead on Julia Ramirez. Where to watch the 2025 U.S. Women's Open Sunday's final round is exclusively on NBC from 2 p.m. ET to 7 p.m. ET. What is the U.S. Women's Open playoff format? The USGA uses a two-hole aggregate playoff format if there are any ties after 72 holes. If there are still golfers tied after the two holes, the format flips to sudden death until a winner is determined. The USGA went to this format for the Women's Open in 2018. The previous format was a three- or four-hole aggregate, used from 2007 to 2017. From 1953, when the tournament started, until 2006, the Women's Open playoff was 18 holes held the day after the final round. What's the purse for the U.S. Women's Open? The 2025 U.S. Women's Open will have the largest purse in women's golf, with a total of $12 million being distributed among the professionals in the four-round tournament at Erin Hills. With 26 amateur players in the 156-person field and the cut line being the top 60 players and ties, it's impossible to break down a projected payout. The USGA awards $10,000 to professionals who do not make the weekend. -- Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel How good is Erin Hills? Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin – site of the 2025 U.S. Women's Open – opened in 2006 with a design by Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry and Ron Whitten. Erin Hills was also the site of the 2017 U.S. Open won by Brooks Koepka and the 2011 U.S. Amateur won by Kelly Kraft, among other top-tier events. The USGA will return to Erin Hills, about an hour's drive west of Milwaukee, multiple times in the coming years. Drone view of Erin Hills Golf, the site of the 2025 U.S. Women's Open Check out a drone view of Erin Hills Golf Course, the site of the 2025 U.S. Women's Open May 29-June 1 Erin Hills ties for No. 60 on Golfweek's Best ranking of all modern courses in the United States. It also ranks No. 6 among all public-access courses in a staggeringly strong Wisconsin. Erin Hills is listed at 6,835 yards for the Women's Open, but that will change daily depending on course setup. Par is 72. Where is Erin Hills Golf Course? Erin Hills is in Erin, Wisconsin, about 40 miles northwest of Milwaukee. The course opened in 2006.
Japan Today
10 hours ago
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- Japan Today
Maja Stark avoids mistakes to take 1-shot lead into final round of the U.S. Women's Open
Maja Stark, of Sweden, putts on the seventh hole during the third round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Erin Hills Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Erin, Wis. (AP Photo/Matt York) golf By STEVE MEGARGEE Maja Stark shot a 2-under 70 and avoided the mistakes that befell other contenders Saturday to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills. The 25-year-old from Sweden had a 7-under 209 total. Julia Lopez Ramirez of Spain was second after a 68, the best score of the day. The Japanese trio of Rio Takeda (70), Hinako Shinobu (72) and second-round leader Mao Saigo (75) followed at 5 under. Top-ranked Nelly Korda was 4 under after a 73. Saigo took a three-shot lead into the day but slumped as Erin Hills proved much tougher for the entire field than it had seemed the last couple of days. Saigo made three straight bogeys at Nos. 4- 6 to drop into a tie for first. She made an 8 1/2-foot birdie putt on No. 12 to move back into sole possession of the lead, but Stark tied her with a 21 1/2-foot birdie on the par-3 16th. Saigo then bogeyed the last two to fall two back. Speedier greens and tricker pin placements wreaked havoc with just about everyone on the course, leading to plenty of double bogeys and triple bogeys. The most notable example of this came on the par-4 15th, when Esther Henseleit's eagle putt from 55 feet away rolled 90 feet beyond the hole and went into the rough. Henseleit ended up with a double bogey. Plenty of other contenders faced similar misfortune. A Lim Kim, who entered Saturday in a six-way tie for second place, birdied No. 1 to get to 6 under, then went 7 over for the next four holes. Kim bogeyed No. 2, double-bogeyed No. 3, triple-bogeyed No. 4 and bogeyed No. 5. She ended up with a 77. Jinhee Im and Yealimi Noh also had been part of that six-way tie for second at the start of the day. Im birdied two of her first three holes to get to 6 under before she triple-bogeyed the par-4 fourth. Noh also was at 6 under before a double bogey on No. 3. Im ended up with a 79, and Noh shot 75. Korda also struggled early before coming on strong late. Korda had a 40 on the front nine with four bogeys and no birdies, but rallied with three birdies on her last five holes. This U.S. Women's Open won't have a repeat champion. Yuka Saso, who won this event in 2021 and 2024, missed the cut. © Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
Yomiuri Shimbun
10 hours ago
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- Yomiuri Shimbun
Maja Stark Avoids Mistakes to Take 1-Shot Lead into Final Round of the U.S. Women's Open
The Associated Press Maja Stark, of Sweden, putts on the seventh hole during the third round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at Erin Hills Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Erin, Wis. ERIN, Wis. (AP) — Maja Stark could tell pretty early Saturday that Erin Hills would provide much more of a challenge than it had in the first two days of the U.S. Women's Open. Yet she found a way to avoid the mistakes that befell so many other competitors during a brutal third round. Now the 25-year-old from Sweden is in position to earn the $2.4 million prize in the biggest event of the women's golf season. Stark shot a 2-under 70 to give her a 7-under 209 total and a one-shot advantage heading into the final round Sunday. Julia Lopez Ramirez of Spain was second after a 68, the best score of the day. 'I think I'm just going to try to play freely,' Stark said. 'I think that no one has ever played well when they've been playing scared, and I think that's been my habit before, to just kind of try to hang on to it.' The Japanese trio of Rio Takeda (70), Hinako Shibuno (72) and second-round leader Mao Saigo (75) followed at 5 under. Top-ranked Nelly Korda was 4 under after a 73. Speedier greens and tricker pin placements wreaked havoc with just about everyone on the course, leading to plenty of double bogeys and triple bogeys. One example of this came on the par-4 15th, when Esther Henseleit's eagle putt from 55 feet away rolled 90 feet beyond the hole and went into the rough. Henseleit ended up with a double bogey. 'It's so hard because they tend to put holes that are right on the edges of the slopes, so you can see going into the grain and up until the hole, and then after the hole you just see that the grain is going the other way,' Stark said. 'It's just so hard to get the distances right. It's really scary when you know if you putt this five feet by, then that's gone.' The struggles of the field helped Lopez Ramirez make a surprising surge less than three months after an appendectomy. Lopez Ramirez hasn't finished higher than a tie for 29th in any of her seven LPGA Tour appearances this season, though the 22-year-old rookie was the Southeastern Conference player of the year in 2023 and 2024 at Mississippi State. 'I do believe that obviously when you're in college and you're about to win an event you have the same nerves,' Lopez Ramirez said. 'That's the most you care in that moment. You just want to win that tournament.' Saigo took a three-shot lead into the day but made three straight bogeys at Nos. 4-6 to drop into a tie for first. She made an 8 1/2-foot birdie putt on No. 12 to move back into sole possession of the lead, but Stark tied her with a 21 1/2-foot birdie on the par-3 16th. Saigo then bogeyed the last two to fall two back. She said the pin placements caused her the biggest problems on Saturday. 'The first thing is I'd like to rest well and then tomorrow (come out) refreshed and I'd like to start from zero,' Saigo said through an interpreter. Plenty of other contenders faced similar misfortune. A Lim Kim, who entered Saturday in a six-way tie for second place, birdied No. 1 to get to 6 under, then went 7 over for the next four holes. Kim bogeyed No. 2, double-bogeyed No. 3, triple-bogeyed No. 4 and bogeyed No. 5. She ended up with a 77. Jinhee Im birdied two of her first three holes to get to 6 under before she triple-bogeyed the par-4 fourth. Noh also was at 6 under before a double bogey on No. 3. Im ended up with a 79, and Noh shot 75. Korda also struggled early before coming on strong late. Korda had a 40 on the front nine with four bogeys and no birdies, but rallied with three birdies on her last five holes. 'It's just a golf course where you may not hit it in the right spot and it'll go down 40 feet and instead of being almost tap-in range, now you have a 40-foot chip where it's running off the back, as well,' Korda said. 'You just know that your mentality is that you're going to make mistakes, but you can also bounce back here.'
NBC Sports
11 hours ago
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- NBC Sports
Amari Avery recounts scary ordeal, how she ended up competing with Gabi Ruffels' clubs
Amari Avery didn't realize she didn't have her clubs until about two hours before her U.S. Women's Open tee time. That's when Avery sat in her hotel room in disbelief. She had hurriedly moved out of her Airbnb that morning following an attempted break-in around 2 a.m. Friday. When her dad, Andre, and boyfriend, Gavin Aurilia, went back to the rental home to retrieve Avery and Aurilia's clubs, each packed inside matching USC-issued travel bags, Aurilia grabbed the wrong set before he was dropped off at the airport to fly to PGA Tour Americas Q-School. 'I sat in my hotel at 12:30 like, I guess I am going to pull out from the U.S. Open after a pretty solid round,' said Avery, who had opened in 1-under 71 Thursday at Erin Hills. 'I was obviously devastated.' She was still reeling from what had transpired earlier, too. Avery said her dad, mom and boyfriend all saw the person who was trying to break in outside the front door. It took police about 15 to 20 minutes arrive, and when they did, the person was gone. Initially, Avery was panicked when Andre woke up she and Gavin in their room, thinking he was an intruder. 'It was just a scary time,' Avery said. After discovering Aurilia's clubs, and not hers, in her possession, Avery scrambled to make calls – to TaylorMade, to her agent, to friends in the field. Eventually, Avery's agent got ahold of USC alum Gabi Ruffels, who is also represented by Wasserman and was competing in the morning wave; Ruffels offered her clubs to Avery. 'I was like, 'Well, how did she play?' Because I was like, if she's playing good, no one in their right mind is giving me their clubs,' Avery said. 'I probably wouldn't, either, and I'm a nice person. But unfortunately for her she missed the cut, but it was fortunate for me, and she's obviously a very class act, great friend of mine, so she lent me the clubs.' Avery, who tried three different sets on the range Friday afternoon before her round, shot 73 with Ruffels' sticks – the final two holes of her round had to be competed Saturday morning with the same clubs. USC head coach Justin Silverstein texted Avery on Friday night to inform her that she'd gained nearly two shots on the greens with Ruffels' putter. 'I felt like Gabi's clubs were honestly pretty good,' Avery said. 'I joked with her last night after I called her, and I said, 'Obviously, thank you so much for lending me the clubs.' I was like, 'I might take your putter.' Like I love my putter, like everyone knows that. But I don't know, my college coach said I gained putts yesterday. I was like, maybe I should take her putter and maybe like an iron or two. But no, it was nice to have my clubs back.' After Aurilia's mother flew Avery's clubs back to Milwaukee from Phoenix, Avery backed up her wild round with a 76. She'll enter Sunday at 4 over, 11 shots back and tied for 41st.
NBC Sports
12 hours ago
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- NBC Sports
Highlights: 2025 U.S. Women's Open, Round 3
Watch the best shots from the third round of the U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills Golf Course in Erin, Wisconsin.
