The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that three additional players have earned full exemptions into the 78th U.S. Women’s Open Championship, to be contested July 6-9 at Pebble Beach Golf Links, based on the current Women’s Rolex World Golf Rankings, bringing the number of fully exempt players to 89. Additionally, two alternates from qualifying were added to the field.
Akie Iwai, of Japan, who had qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open on May 29 in Japan, is now fully exempt based on her No. 50 ranking. This will be her first appearance in the championship. Now that Iwai is fully exempt, Chizuru Komiya, first alternate from the Japan qualifying site, has been added to the field and will also make her championship debut.
Albane Valenzuela also earned an exemption based on the Women’s Rolex World Golf Rankings as of July 3. Valenzuela, of Switzerland, who is No. 67 in the rankings, is playing in her fourth U.S. Women’s Open, and first since 2019. The 25-year-old recorded her best finish at a major earlier this year at the Chevron Championship, finishing T4. Valenzuela has made the 36-hole cut twice in a U.S. Women’s Open, including a top-25 finish in 2018 at Shoal Creek in Birmingham, Ala.
So Young Lee, of Korea, is also fully exempt into the championship, having moved to No. 75 in the rankings. As of Monday, July 3, she had not yet confirmed her place in the field. Should she decline, the spot would be given to the next person on the reallotment list.
The USGA held four spots in the field for those players who could potentially qualify by moving into the top 75 of the Rankings, as of July 3. Since Iwai, Valenzuela and Lee were the only players to earn an exemption, one additional alternate from qualifying was added to the field. Joy Chou, of Taiwan, first alternate from the St. Louis, Mo., site, becomes the 156th player in the field. Chou, a graduate of Iowa State University, currently competes on the Epson Tour.
The U.S. Women’s Open is making its debut at Pebble Beach, which has previously hosted six U.S. Opens, most recently in 2019. The iconic venue is also set to host the U.S. Women’s Open in 2035, 2040 and 2048.
There were 26 U.S. Women’s Open qualifying sites, including international sites in Canada, Japan and Belgium. The USGA accepted 2,107 entries by the deadline of May 3, the highest total in championship history.
The list of the 89 golfers who are fully exempt into the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open (as of Monday, July 3):
Marina Alex. 10, 17
Alison Lee, 17
Na Rin An, 17
Andrea Lee, 10, 11, 17
Pajaree Anannarukarn, 11
Da Yeon Lee, 17
Aditi Ashok, 17
Minjee Lee, 1, 2, 8, 10, 17
a-Saki Baba, 4
Mirim Lee, 6
a-Jessica Baker, 13
So Mi Lee, 17
Celine Boutier, 10, 11, 16, 17
So Young Lee, 18
Ashleigh Buhai, 9, 10, 11, 17
Jeongeun Lee6. 1, 17
a-Krissy Carman, 5
Xiyu Lin, 10, 17
Chella Choi, 17
Gaby Lopez, 10, 11, 17
Hye-Jin Choi, 2, 10, 17
Nanna Koertz Madsen, 10, 17
In Gee Chun, 1, 7, 10, 11, 17
Leona Maguire, 2, 10, 11, 17
a-Monet Chun, 5
Jill McGill, 3
Carlota Ciganda, 17
Yuna Nishimura, 17
Allisen Corpuz, 17
Anna Nordqvist, 2, 9, 17
Gemma Dryburgh, 11, 17
Ryann O'Toole, 17
Ally Ewing, 11, 17
Min Ji Park, 17
Ayaka Furue, 10, 11, 16, 17
Sung Hyun Park, 1, 7
Linn Grant, 17
Paula Reto, 11, 17
Hannah Green, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17
Hae Ran Ryu, 17
Georgia Hall, 9, 10, 16, 17
So Yeon Ryu, 19
Mina Harigae, 2, 17
Madelene Sagstrom, 10, 17
Nasa Hataoka, 10, 17
Mao Saigo, 17
Brooke Henderson, 8, 10, 11, 16, 17
Lizette Salas, 17
Charley Hull, 10, 11, 17
Yuka Saso, 1, 10, 17
Akie Iwai, 18
Jodi Ewart Shadoff , 10, 11, 17
Chisato Iwai, 17
Hinako Shibuno, 9, 17
Eun-Hee Ji, 17
Jiyai Shin, 17
Ariya Jutanugarn, 1, 18
Annika Sorenstam, 19
Danielle Kang, 10, 17
Angela Stanford, 8
Minami Katsu, 17
Maja Stark, 11, 17
Haruka Kawasaki, 17
Patty Tavatanakit, 6, 17
Megan Khang, 2, 10, 17
Atthaya Thitikul, 10, 11, 16, 17
A Lim Kim, 1, 17
Lexi Thompson, 10, 17
Grace Kim, 11
Momoko Ueda, 17
Hyo Joo Kim, 10, 17
Albane Valenzuela, 18
Sei Young Kim, 7, 17
Lilia Vu, 6, 10, 11, 16, 17
Cheyenne Knight, 17
Michelle Wie West, 1
Jin Young Ko, 2, 6, 8, 10, 11, 16, 17
a-Yana Wilson, 5
Lydia Ko, 2, 10, 11, 17
Miyu Yamashita, 17
Nelly Korda, 2, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17
Amy Yang, 17
Jennifer Kupcho, 6, 10, 11, 17
Angel Yin, 17
Brittany Lang, 1
Ruoning Yin, 7, 11, 16, 17
Bronte Law, 2
Yuri Yoshida, 17
Rose Zhang, 11, 19
Bold – U.S. Women’s Open champion a-amateur
Key to Player Exemptions
1. Winners of the U.S. Women’s Open Championship for the last 10 years (2013-2022)
2. From the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place
3. Winner of the 2022 U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship
4. Winner of the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship
5. Winners of the 2022 U.S. Girls’ Junior and U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championships and the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship runner-up (must be an amateur)
6. Winners of the ANA Inspiration Championship (2019-2023)
7. Winners of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (2018-2023)
8. Winners of the Evian Championship (2018-2022)
9. Winners of the AIG Women’s British Open Championship (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 Championship to the initiation of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open Championship
12. Winner of the 2023 Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)
13. Winner of The 2022 Women’s Amateur Championship conducted by the R&A (must be an amateur)
14. Winner of the 2022 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur)
15. Winner of the 2023 NCAA Women’s Division I Individual Championship (must be an amateur)
16. From the 2023 Race to CME Globe, the top 10 point leaders through the close of entries on May 3, 2023
17. From the current Rolex Rankings, the top 75 point leaders and anyone tying for 75th place as of May 3, 2023
18. From the current Rolex Rankings, the top 75 point leaders and anyone tying for 75th place as of July 3, 2023
19. Special exemptions as selected by the USGA
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