2024 Women's British Open

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The 2024 AIG Women's Open was played from 22 to 25 August at the Old Course at St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. It was the 48th Women's British Open, the 24th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour, and the fifth championship held under a sponsorship agreement with AIG. It was the third Women's British Open to be hosted at St Andrews.

Lydia Ko won by two strokes over Nelly Korda, Jiyai Shin, Lilia Vu, and Yin Ruoning. It was her third major championship and came two weeks after winning the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

Course


The 18th hole at the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland

Course layout

Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Burn 375 4 10 Bobby Jones 341 4
2 Dyke 400 4 11 High (In) 165 3
3 Cartgate (Out) 366 4 12 Heathery (In) 351 4
4 Ginger Beer 413 4 13 Hole O'Cross (In) 430 4
5 Hole O'Cross (Out) 525 5 14 Long 577 5
6 Heathery (Out) 370 4 15 Cartgate (In) 415 4
7 High (Out) 361 4 16 Corner of the Dyke 380 4
8 Short 173 3 17 Road 439 4
9 End 349 4 18 Tom Morris 354 4
Out 3,332 36 In 3,452 36
Source:[2][3] Total 6,784 72

Field

The field was made up of 144 players. As with previous tournaments, most players earned exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, previous major championships, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings. The rest of the field earned entry by successfully competing in qualifying tournaments open to any female golfer, professional or amateur, with a low handicap.

Exemptions

Players who were qualified for the event are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified.[4][5][6]

1. Winners of the Women's British Open, aged 60 or younger at the scheduled end of the championship, provided they are still active members of a recognised tour.

2. The top 10 finishers and ties from the 2023 Women's British Open.

3. The top 15 on the final 2023 LET Order of Merit.

4. The top 5 on the 2024 LET Order of Merit not already exempt (as of 22 July 2024).

5. The top 35 on the final 2023 Race to the CME Globe points list.

6. The top 25 on the 2023 Race to the CME Globe points list not already exempt (as of 22 July 2024).

7. The top 50 in the Women's World Golf Rankings (as of 8 July 2024).

Addition players added at Championship Committee's discretion.

  • Hwang You-min, Lee Ye-won, Park Hyun-kyung, Park Ji-young, Park Min-ji did not play

8. The top 3 on the JLPGA Money List not already exempt as of the Suntory Ladies Open.

9. The top 2 on the KLPGA Money List not already exempt (as of 8 July 2024).

10. Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA Tour events in the 2024 calendar year.

11. Winner of the 2023 JLPGA Money List.

12. Winners of the 2023 KLPGA Money List.

13. Winners of the last five editions of the Chevron Championship.

14. Winners of the last five editions of the Women's PGA Championship.

15. Winners of the last five editions of the U.S. Women's Open.

16. Winners of the last five editions of The Evian Championship.

17. The leading two (not otherwise exempt) in the 2024 Suntory Ladies Open.

18. Gold medal winner at the 2024 Olympics.

19. A minimum of leading three golfers, not otherwise exempt, from the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open.

20. Winner of the 2023 and 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur.

21. The 2023 and 2024 Mark H. McCormack Medal winner.

22. Winner of the 2023 and 2024 Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific

  • Wu Chun-wei (a)

23. Winner of the 2023 Women's Amateur Latin America.

  • Ela Anacona (a)

24. Winner of the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur.

25. Winner of the 2024 Women's Amateur Championship.

26. Winner of the 2024 European Ladies Amateur Championship.

27. Women's Amateur Series winner (If winner is already exempt, then the highest ranked women in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, not already exempt, as of week 30.).

28. Any player who did not compete in the previous year's Women's British Open due to maternity, who subsequently received an extension of membership for the maternity from the player's home tour in the previous year, provided she was otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's Women's British Open.

Final Qualifying

Final Qualifying was played over 18 holes on 19 August at the Crail Golfing Society with 12 qualifying places available.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 22 August 2024

Place Player Score To par
1 England Charley Hull 67 −5
T2 United States Nelly Korda 68 −4
China Yin Ruoning
T4 United States Andrea Lee 69 −3
South Korea Lee Mi-hyang
Japan Mao Saigo
South Korea Jenny Shin
Thailand Patty Tavatanakit
United States Lilia Vu
T10 South Korea Kim Hyo-joo 70 −2
Japan Momoko Osato

Second round

Friday, 23 August 2024

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Nelly Korda 68-68=136 −8
T2 England Charley Hull 67-72=139 −5
United States Lilia Vu 69-70=139
4 China Yin Ruoning 68-72=140 −4
T5 South Africa Casandra Alexander 73-68=141 −3
South Africa Ashleigh Buhai 72-69=141
Chinese Taipei Pei-Yun Chien 72-69=141
New Zealand Lydia Ko 71-70=141
Sweden Louise Rydqvist (a) 74-67=141
Japan Mao Saigo 69-72=141

Third round

Saturday, 24 August 2024

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Jiyai Shin 71-71-67=209 −7
2 United States Lilia Vu 69-70-71=210 −6
3 United States Nelly Korda 68-68-75=211 −5
T4 New Zealand Lydia Ko 71-70-71=212 −4
South Korea Jenny Shin 69-73-70=212
T6 South Korea Im Jin-hee 74-68-71=213 −3
United States Alexa Pano 75-69-69=213
Thailand Atthaya Thitikul 72-71-70=213
China Yin Ruoning 68-72-73=213
T10 South Africa Casandra Alexander 73-68-73=214 −2
Germany Esther Henseleit 77-71-66=214
England Charley Hull 67-72-75=214
Japan Mao Saigo 69-72-73=214
Switzerland Albane Valenzuela 74-74-66=214
England Lottie Woad (a) 72-70-72=214

Final round

Sunday, 25 August 2024

Champion
Smyth Salver winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 New Zealand Lydia Ko 71-70-71-69=281 −7 1,425,000
T2 United States Nelly Korda 68-68-75-72=283 −5 594,759
South Korea Jiyai Shin (c) 71-71-67-74=283
United States Lilia Vu (c) 69-70-71-73=283
China Yin Ruoning 68-72-73-70=283
6 Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn (c) 72-72-71-70=285 −3 319,336
T7 South Africa Casandra Alexander 73-68-73-72=286 −2 236,366
Japan Akie Iwai 74-70-73-69=286
Japan Mao Saigo 69-72-73-72=286
T10 Thailand Pajaree Anannarukarn 75-73-68-71=287 −1 160,250
Sweden Linn Grant 77-71-68-71=287
South Korea Im Jin-hee 74-68-71-74=287
Denmark Nanna Koerstz Madsen 73-73-70-71=287
United States Alexa Pano 75-69-69-74=287
England Lottie Woad (a) 72-70-72-73=287 0
United States Angel Yin 78-70-69-70=287 160,250
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T17 South Korea Jenny Shin 69-73-70-76=288 E 121,000
Thailand Atthaya Thitikul 72-71-70-75=288
Netherlands Anne van Dam 73-74-73-68=288
T20 England Charley Hull 67-72-75-75=289 +1 108,235
Switzerland Albane Valenzuela 74-74-66-75=289
T22 France Céline Boutier 77-69-71-73=290 +2 91,414
South Africa Ashleigh Buhai (c) 72-69-78-71=290
England Georgia Hall (c) 71-72-76-71=290
United States Andrea Lee 69-73-75-73=290
South Korea Lee So-mi 74-73-69-74=290
Japan Momoko Osato 70-76-77-67=290
Sweden Linnea Ström 71-73-74-72=290
T29 Japan Minami Katsu 75-71-74-71=291 +3 68,572
Japan Yui Kawamoto 73-72-73-73=291
South Korea Kim Hyo-joo 70-74-71-76=291
United States Alison Lee 75-69-72-75=291
Spain Julia López Ramirez (a) 72-74-74-71=291 0
South Africa Paula Reto 77-69-76-69=291 68,572
United States Sarah Schmelzel 73-73-73-72=291
United States Rose Zhang 72-76-69-74=291
T37 Denmark Nicole Broch Estrup 76-70-73-73=292 +4 45,568
South Korea Choi Hye-jin 74-74-71-73=292
Spain Carlota Ciganda 75-73-70-74=292
United States Ally Ewing 73-69-76-74=292
Japan Ayaka Furue 75-73-73-71=292
Japan Nasa Hataoka 75-73-71-73=292
Germany Esther Henseleit 77-71-66-78=292
Australia Grace Kim 77-71-73-71=292
South Korea Kim Sei-young 76-72-71-73=292
Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire 73-72-71-76=292
Thailand Wichanee Meechai 73-72-77-70=292
South Korea Amy Yang 74-73-70-75=292
T49 United States Kristen Gillman 77-71-71-74=293 +5 30,688
United States Caroline Inglis 78-66-74-75=293
Mexico Gaby López 72-75-69-77=293
South Korea Ryu Hae-ran 78-69-72-74=293
Thailand Arpichaya Yubol 75-73-72-73=293
China Zhang Weiwei 72-75-73-73=293
T55 Japan Haruka Kawasaki 71-74-76-73=294 +6 24,943
South Korea Lee Mi-hyang 69-74-75-76=294
China Lin Xiyu 78-70-72-74=294
South Africa Lee-Anne Pace 74-73-73-74=294
United States Lexi Thompson 76-71-71-76=294
T60 South Korea An Na-rin 74-74-72-75=295 +7 19,105
England Gabriella Cowley 77-70-73-75=295
Germany Alexandra Försterling 76-72-71-76=295
England Lily May Humphreys 74-72-77-72=295
Spain Nuria Iturrioz 75-70-73-77=295
Australia Stephanie Kyriacou 76-68-72-79=295
Spain Marta Martín 74-73-72-76=295
Sweden Louise Rydqvist (a) 74-67-78-76=295 0
Japan Shuri Sakuma 72-73-74-76=295 19,105
Singapore Shannon Tan 75-69-76-75=295
Thailand Patty Tavatanakit 69-73-73-80=295
T71 Chinese Taipei Pei-Yun Chien 72-69-76-79=296 +8 13,988
Belgium Manon De Roey 72-75-76-73=296
Sweden Johanna Gustavsson 73-74-75-74=296
Austria Emma Spitz 76-72-74-74=296
Sweden Maja Stark 73-73-73-77=296
T76 France Emma Grechi 73-74-74-76=297 +9 10,661
Switzerland Morgane Métraux 76-72-73-76=297
T78 Argentina Ela Anacona (a) 72-76-72-78=298 +10 0
United States Auston Kim 73-75-70-80=298 10,127
United States Bailey Tardy 76-72-72-78=298
81 South Korea Kim In-Kyung (c) 73-73-78-75=299 +11 9,726
82 Finland Ursula Wikström 77-71-71-81=300 +12 9,459
CUT France Perrine Delacour 74-75=149 +5
United States Megan Khang 74-75=149
Japan Sakura Koiwai 71-78=149
England Bronte Law 73-76=149
Northern Ireland Stephanie Meadow 77-72=149
Sweden Madelene Sagström 78-71=149
Thailand Thidapa Suwannapura 77-72=149
Japan Hikaru Yoshimoto 72-77=149
Thailand Trichat Cheenglab 77-73=150 +6
United States Lauren Coughlin 76-74=150
Finland Noora Komulainen 76-74=150
United States Jennifer Kupcho 73-77=150
United States Lucy Li 74-76=150
Japan Yuna Nishimura 78-72=150
United States Yealimi Noh 78-72=150
Sweden Lisa Pettersson 76-74=150
Germany Sophia Popov (c) 76-74=150
Japan Rio Takeda 77-73=150
Chinese Taipei Yani Tseng (c) 73-77=150
United States Allisen Corpuz 78-73=151 +7
England Jodi Ewart Shadoff 78-73=151
England Annabell Fuller 75-76=151
Australia Hannah Green 77-74=151
Spain María Hernández 75-76=151
England Alice Hewson 77-74=151
Japan Chisato Iwai 76-75=151
South Korea Haeji Kang 80-71=151
Scotland Catriona Matthew (c) 77-74=151
Japan Yuka Saso 75-76=151
India Aditi Ashok 76-76=152 +8
United States Lauren Hartlage 76-76=152
South Korea Kim A-lim 77-75=152
Sweden Sara Kjellker 75-77=152
United States Ryann O'Toole 77-75=152
Republic of Ireland Lauren Walsh 75-77=152
Thailand Chanettee Wannasaen 79-73=152
United States Marina Alex 80-73=153 +9
India Diksha Dagar 77-76=153
Canada Brooke Henderson 77-76=153
United States Cheyenne Knight 78-75=153
Australia Minjee Lee 78-75=153
Germany Patricia Isabel Schmidt 76-77=153
Czech Republic Klára Spilková 76-77=153
Chinese Taipei Wu Chun-wei (a) 75-78=153
Japan Miyū Yamashita 76-77=153
Scotland Gemma Dryburgh 79-75=154 +10
South Korea Ko Jin-young 76-78=154
Czech Republic Jana Melichová 81-73=154
England Amy Taylor 83-71=154
Sweden Anna Nordqvist (c) 79-76=155 +11
Denmark Emily Kristine Pedersen 74-81=155
Japan Ai Suzuki 76-79=155
Germany Olivia Cowan 78-78=156 +12
United States Stacy Lewis (c) 80-76=156
Australia Hira Naveed 80-76=156
Switzerland Chiara Tamburlini 81-75=156
Australia Gabriela Ruffels 81-76=157 +13
Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn 79-79=158 +14
Japan Hinako Shibuno (c) 80-78=158
Australia Karrie Webb (c) 82-77=159 +15
Japan Kokona Sakurai 82-78=160 +16
DQ Spain Ana Peláez[a] 72-74=146 +2

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4
New Zealand Ko −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −6 −6 −6 −7
United States Korda −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5
South Korea Shin −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −4 −5
United States Vu −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5
China Yin −3 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Peláez was disqualified following her second round due to her caddie using a distance-measuring device.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Lydia Ko wins Women's Open for third career major title". ESPN. Associated Press. 25 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Five things to know about the 2024 AIG Women's Open, The Old Course". Ladies European Tour. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. ^ Tugwood, Ross (15 August 2024). "AIG Women's Open 2024: St Andrews – Old Course Guide". Today's Golfer. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Entry conditions" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  5. ^ "AIG Women's Open – Tournament Entries". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. ^ "AIG Women's Open Field 2024". aigwomensopen.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  7. ^ "In position to make cut, LPGA rookie disqualified from AIG Women's Open". NBC Sports. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  8. ^ "AIG Women's Open – Results". LPGA. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
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