The major season is well and truly underway, but who are betting tips for the second women’s major of the golf season – the US Women’s Open?
We’ve seen Scottie Scheffler win the Masters, Nelly Korda victorious at the Chevron Championship and Xander Schauffele take a maiden major at the PGA Championship.
The US Women’s Open is the second women’s major (and fourth major) championship of the season, but who will be victorious at Lancaster Country Club?
Obviously, the World No 1 is the clear favourite and the woman to beat… Can defending champion Allisen Corpuz go back-to-back? Could we see a young prodigy, like Rose Zhang, take their first major?
Who will win? Matt Coles takes a look at some of his favourites for the second women’s major of the year…
US Women’s Open golf betting tips and preview
Venue: Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Date: May 30-June 2, 2024
Course stats: Par 70, 6,583 yards
Defending champion: Allisen Corpuz (-9)
Nelly Korda @ 7/2 with bet365
She is the favourite for a reason. Well, plenty of reasons!
Korda has been in the best form of any golfer on the planet over the first few months of 2024. She six wins in her last seven tournaments, with her only “failure” seeing her come home in a tie for 7th at the Cognizant Founders Cup.
The American won the LPGA Drive On Championship at the end of January, before taking almost two months off. Korda returned with victories at the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship, Ford Championship presented by KCC and the T-Mobile Match Play by MGM Rewards, all in consecutive weeks.
That was backed up with her second major title as she won the Chevron Championship to make it five consecutive wins on tour. The Mizuho Americas Open was also added to the trophy cabinet to give her six wins in less than five months.
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In the process, she moved back to the summit of the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings. She is by far and away the favourite to win the opening major of the season, sitting at just 7/2.
Brooke Henderson @ 25/1 with bet365
The leading Canadian on the LPGA Tour is one of my picks this week, as she has major form and played well at Lancaster Country Club back in 2015.
She was one of the challengers to Korda on the final day of the Chevron Championship earlier this season, eventually finishing in a tie for 3rd. Henderson also finished inside the top ten at the 2015 US Women’s Open at Lancaster.
The Canadian is currently 25/1 to win the Chevron Championship this week, for what would be a second major title, and a first in eight years.
Gabriela Ruffels @ 45/1 with bet365
Could this finally be the time that Charley Hull breaks down the major door, one that she has knocked on plenty of ties in the past?
The Englishwoman finished runner-up at both the US Women’s Open and the AIG Women’s Open in 2023, and has also come close at the Chevron. She came home T2 at the ANA in the year that Lydia Ko took the victory.
Could Hull become just the third English golfer to win a women’s major this century? She is currently 45/1 to do so this week in Texas.
Maja Stark @ 66/1 with bet365
With a trio of top-three finishes in her last five events, Maja Stark is one of the most in-form players in women’s golf right now.
She started the LPGA Tour season slowly the Solheim Cup star has exploded into contention in recent weeks. Her good run started with a T3 finish at the Ford Championship presented by KCC.
That continued into the first women’s major of the season – the Chevron Championship. She finished runner-up behind Nelly Korda, and then also finished 2nd a week later at the JM Eagle LA Championship.
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At 66/1, Stark might be considered an outside bet, but with the run of form the Swede is in, she’s certainly worth a few quid this week at Lancaster.
Alexandra Forsterling @ 125/1 each way with bet365
Germany’s Alexandra Forsterling is my outside bet this week, and again, it’s another European in red-hot form.
The German has won four times in the Ladies European Tour in the last ten months, including wins in the Aramco Team Series and on home soil at the Amundi German Masters.
Forsterling is a name that is yet to break out on the LPGA Tour, but could this be the week for Forsterling? She is 125/1 for victory in Pennsylvania.
Other Big Name Odds
18/1 – Rose Zhang
22/1 – Atthaya Thitikul, Jin Young Ko
25/1 – Hannah Green, Nasa Hataoka, Ayaka Furue
30/1 – Hyo Joo Kim, Minjee Lee
33/1 – Charley Hull, Patty Tavatanakit
35/1 – Ruoning Yin
40/1 – Megan Khan, Jennifer Kupcho
50/1 – Linn Grant, Lydia Ko, Celine Boutier, Madelene Sagstrom
55/1 – Leona Maguire, Carlota Ciganda
80/1 – Allisen Corpuz, Andrea Lee
90/1 – Lexi Thompson
100/1 – Anna Nordqvist
140/1 – In Gee Chun, Georgia Hall
150/1 – Lottie Woad, Gaby Lopez
1500/1 – Brittany Lang
Fancy a punt on this week’s action? Take a look at the latest odds with bet365.
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