The 15th Hole of the Erin Hills Golf Course in Hartford, Wis. on Friday, July 12, 2024. (Copyright USGA/Fred Vuich)

2025 U.S. Women’s Open Fact Sheet

Photo credit: USGA/Fred Vuich

Following is the fact sheet for the 2025 Women’s U.S. Open. In it you can find just about everything you would want to know about the present event as well as pass championships.

 This was put together by ACES editor Dennis Miller.

 

80th U.S. Women’s Open Championship Presented by Ally – Fact Sheet

May 29-June 1, 2025, Erin Hills, Erin, Wis.

PAR AND YARDAGE

Erin Hills will be set up at 6,835 yards and will play to a par of 36-36–72. The yardage for each round of the championship will vary due to course setup and conditions.

HOLE BY HOLE

Hole    1 2 3 4  5 6 7 8 9 Total
Par       5 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 36
Yards 535 318 435 397 439 184 550 417 139 3,414
Hole    10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Par       4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 5 36
Yards 419 407 394 166 508 349 176 447 555 3,421

 

ARCHITECTS

Erin Hills, located 35 miles northwest of Milwaukee in the Kettle Moraine region, was designed by the team of Dr. Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry and Ron Whitten. The public facility opened for play in 2006. Covering 652 acres, the area was shaped by the last glacier to cover south central Wisconsin. The course features bentgrass greens and fine fescue fairways. The design team oversaw a major renovation to the layout in 2010.

WHO CAN ENTER

The championship is open to any female professional golfer or female amateur with a Handicap Index® not exceeding 2.4. Entries will open in February 2025.

ENTRIES

The USGA accepted 1,897 entries for the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster (Pa.) Country Club, the second-highest total in championship history. Since 2014, the USGA has annually surpassed the 1,500 mark in entries, with a record 2,107 entries accepted for the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links. There were 1,874 entries for the 2022 championship at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, in Southern Pines, N.C.

QUALIFYING

Qualifying, played over 36 holes, will be conducted at more than 20 U.S. and international sites in the months of April and May.

CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD The starting field of 156 golfers will be cut after 36 holes to the low 60 scorers (and ties).

SCHEDULE OF PLAY

Eighteen holes of stroke play are scheduled each day from May 29 (Thursday) through June 1 (Sunday). In the event of a tie after 72 holes, a two-hole aggregate playoff will take place following the completion of Sunday’s final round.

TELEVISION COVERAGE

NBCUniversal (NBC, USA Network, Peacock) will provide live coverage of all four rounds of the 80th U.S. Women’s Open Championship. The broadcast schedule will be announced at a later date.

CHAMPION

Yuka Saso became the first player in USGA history to win the U.S. Women’s Open for two different countries, and the youngest to capture multiple titles. When Saso claimed her first title in 2021 at The Olympic Club, in San Francisco, Calif., she represented the Philippines, the country of her mother. A few months later, she switched national allegiances to Japan, the country of her father. Saso carded a 2-under 68 in the final round at Lancaster (Pa.) Country Club for a 72-hole score of 4-under 276, three strokes better than countrywoman and 2019 AIG Women’s British Open champion Hinako Shibuno. Saso also rallied from three behind to start Sunday’s play as most of the leading contenders faded – including 54-hole co-leaders Minjee Lee, Wichanee Meechai and Andrea Lee. Ally Ewing, who fired a final-round, bogey-free 66, and Andrea Lee shared third at even-par 280. With her victory, Saso became the youngest to win multiple Women’s Open titles at 22 years, 11 months and 13 days. That’s some 18 months younger than Hall of Famers Hollis Stacy and Mickey Wright.

WHAT THE WINNER RECEIVES

Among the benefits enjoyed by the U.S. Women’s Open winner are:

►A U.S. Women’s Open exemption for the next 10 years ►An exemption to the next five Chevron Championships

►An exemption to the next five AIG Women’s Opens

►An exemption to the next five KPMG Women’s PGA Championships

►An exemption to the next five Amundi Evian Championships

►Custody of Harton S. Semple Trophy for one year, the Mickey Wright Medal and a replica trophy

 

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY

This is the 80th U.S. Women’s Open Championship. The first U.S. Women’s Open, played at Spokane (Wash.)

Country Club in 1946, was the only one held at match play. The Women’s Professional Golfers Association (WPGA) conducted the inaugural championship, won by Patty Berg. The WPGA conducted the Women’s Open until 1949, when the newly formed Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) took over operation of the championship. The LPGA ran the Women’s Open for four years but in 1953 asked the United States Golf Association to conduct the championship, which it has done ever since.

The youngest winners of the U.S. Women’s Open are Inbee Park (2008) and Yuka Saso (2021). Each player captured the championship at the age of 19 years, 11 months, 17 days. Babe Didrikson Zaharias, who won the 1954 Women’s Open at age 43 years, 6 months, is the oldest winner.

In 1967, Catherine Lacoste, daughter of French tennis player Rene Lacoste and 1927 British Ladies Amateur champion Simone Thion de la Chaume, became, to this date, the only amateur to win the U.S. Women’s Open. Seven other amateurs – most recently Hye-Jin Choi in 2017 – have finished as runner(s)-up.

In 2020, the championship was moved from its original June dates to mid-December due to the global COVID-

19 pandemic. For the first time in U.S. Women’s Open history, the championship was played on two courses

(Cypress Creek Course and Jackrabbit Course at Champions Golf Club) to account for reduced daylight in December. The previous latest championship dates occurred when Babe Didrikson Zaharias was crowned the 1950 champion on Sept. 30.

PURSE

The 2024 purse was $12 million, the highest among women’s golf’s major championships; the winner earned $2.4 million. The 2025 purse will be announced at a later date.

ERIN HILLS NOTES

►The 80th U.S. Women’s Open is the fifth USGA championship to be conducted at Erin Hills

►This will be the 18th USGA championship and third U.S. Women’s Open to be held in Wisconsin

►Erin Hills joins Hazeltine National Golf Club, Cherry Hills Country Club and Atlanta Athletic Club as the only courses to host a U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open, U.S. Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT ERIN HILLS – Erin Hills has previously hosted four USGA championships. Brooks

Koepka won the first of his two consecutive U.S. Open Championships in 2017 with a four-stroke victory over

54-hole leader Brian Harman and Hideki Matsuyama. He fired a final-round 67 for a 72-hole total of 16-under 272. The U.S. Amateur Championship was conducted in 2011 when Kelly Kraft defeated Patrick Cantlay, 2 up, in the 36-hole final. Tiffany Joh defeated Kimberly Kim, 6 and 5, to win the 2008 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship. In 2022, Matthew McClean posted a 3-and-1 triumph over fellow countryman Hugh Foley in the U.S. Mid-Amateur’s all-Irish final.

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT ERIN HILLS

2008 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links: Tiffany Joh def. Kimberly Kim, 6 and 5

2011 U.S. Amateur:  Kelly Kraft def. Patrick Cantlay, 2 up

2017 U.S. Open: Brooks Koepka (272) by four strokes over Brian Harman, Hideki Matsuyama

2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur: Matthew McClean def. Hugh Foley, 3 and 1

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN WISCONSIN

This will be the 18th USGA championship played in Wisconsin and the third U.S. Women’s Open contested in the state. Blackwolf Run, in Kohler, hosted the previous two Women’s Opens, with Se Ri Pak claiming the title in 1998 and Na Yeon Choi winning in 2012.

Recent USGA Championships in Wisconsin (champion in parentheses)

1951 U.S. Amateur Public Links, Brown Deer Park G.C., Milwaukee (Dave Stanley)

1966 U.S. Amateur Public Links, Brown Deer Park G.C., Milwaukee (Lamont Kaser)

1969 Walker Cup Match, Milwaukee C.C., River Hills (USA)

1977 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links, Yahara Hills G.C., Madison (Kelly Fuiks)

1977 U.S. Amateur Public Links, Brown Deer Park G.C., Milwaukee (Jerry Vidovic)

1986 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links, SentryWorld, Stevens Point (Cindy Schreyer)

1988 U.S. Senior Amateur, Milwaukee C.C., River Hills (Clarence Moore)

1998 U.S. Women’s Open, Blackwolf Run, Kohler (Se Ri Pak)

  • S. Senior Open, Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wis. (Brad Bryant)
  • S. Women’s Amateur Public Links, Erin Hills, Erin (Tiffany Joh)

2008 U.S. Mid-Amateur, Milwaukee C.C., River Hills (Steve Wilson)

  • S. Amateur, Erin Hills, Erin (Kelly Kraft)
  • S. Women’s Open, Blackwolf Run, Kohler (Na Yeon Choi)

2017 U.S. Open, Erin Hills, Erin (Brooks Koepka)

2019 U.S. Girls’ Junior, SentryWorld, Stevens Point (Lei Ye)

  • S. Mid-Amateur, Erin Hills, Erin (Matthew McClean)
  • S. Senior Open, SentryWorld, Stevens Point (Bernhard Langer)

LONGEST U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN COURSES

7,026 yards, The Broadmoor (East Course), first round, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2011

6,986 yards, The Broadmoor (East Course), third round, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2011

6,944 yards, The Broadmoor (East Course), second round, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2011

6,860 yards, The Broadmoor (East Course), fourth round, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2011

6,799 yards, Blackwolf Run, second round, Kohler, Wis., 2012

6,783 yards, CordeValle, first round, San Martin, Calif., 2016

6,782 yards, Blackwolf Run, fourth round, Kohler, Wis., 2012

LONGEST PAR 3s IN U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN HISTORY

257 yards, 8th, fourth round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2010

243 yards, 8th, first round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2010

234 yards, 8th, fourth round, Interlachen C.C., Edina, Minn., 2008

233 yards, 8th, second round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2010

230 yards, 8th, third round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2010

LONGEST PAR 4s IN U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN HISTORY

468 yards, 10th, second round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2011

464 yards, 10th, third round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2011

464 yards, 13th, second round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2011

460 yards, 15th, third round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2010

460 yards, 18th, second round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2010

LONGEST PAR 5s IN U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN HISTORY

623 yards, 17th, second round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2011

606 yards, 17th, third round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2011

603 yards, 17th, fourth round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2011

602 yards, 12th, second round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2010

602 yards, 12th, third round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2010

 

THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED

Last international winner: Yuka Saso, 2024

Last to defend title: Karrie Webb, 2001

Last to win Women’s Open on first attempt: A Lim Kim, 2020

Last to win Women’s Open on second attempt: Sung Hyun Park, 2017

Last amateur to win Women’s Open: Catherine Lacoste, 1967

Last start-to-finish winner: Annika Sorenstam, 2006

Last winner to birdie the 72nd hole: A Lim Kim, 2020

Last winner to birdie the 72nd hole to force playoff: So Yeon Ryu, 2011

Last winner to birdie the 72nd hole to win by one stroke: A Lim Kim, 2020

Last to win with four sub-par rounds: Allisen Corpuz, 2023

Last to win without a round in the 60s: Eun-Hee Ji, 2009

Last to win with a round of 74: A Lim Kim, second round, 2020

Last to win with a round of 75: Brittany Lang, second round, 2016

Last to win with a round in the 80s: Mickey Wright, 80, second round, 1961

Last player to win after being in local qualifying: Hilary Lunke, 2003

Last player to win after being in final qualifying: Birdie Kim, 2005

Last winner younger than 20: Yuka Saso, 19, 2021

Last winner between ages 20-29: Yuka Saso, 22, 2024

Last winner between ages 30-39: Brittany Lang, 30, 2016

Last winner over age 40: Meg Mallon, 41, 2004

Last defending champion to miss the cut: Allisen Corpuz, 2024

FUTURE U.S. WOMEN’S OPENS IN THIS DECADE

2026: June 4-7, The Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Calif.

2027: Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio

2028: Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club

2029: Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Village of Pinehurst, N.C.

CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY

Prior to the USGA taking over administration of the U.S. Women’s Open in 1953, champions received a trophy donated by the Spokane Athletic Round Table, a men’s fraternal order. The USGA declined the group’s offer to continue sponsorship and instead provided a sterling silver, two-handled trophy produced by the silversmith J.E. Caldwell and Co., of Philadelphia.

The original trophy was replicated in July of 1992 by the family and friends of longtime USGA committee member Harton S. Semple. Semple was President of the USGA in 1973 and 1974, in addition to holding various posts on the Executive Committee for nine years. His daughter, Carol Semple Thompson, has been one of the most successful women’s amateur players in history. The Harton S. Semple Cup was first presented to Patty Sheehan at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club in 1992, and the original U.S. Women’s Open trophy is on display at the USGA Museum in Far Hills, N.J.

MERCHANDISE

2025 U.S. Women’s Open merchandise is available online at usgashop.com.