US Women’s Open Preview 2025

The US Womens Open goes to Erin Hills for the first time in 2025. The Wisconsin venue hosted the US Women’s Amateur Public Links in 2008.

As is the way in recent years, the US Women’s Open is the second major of the season. Mao Saigo was the victor at the Chevron Championship in April.

1946 saw the first edition of the US Women’s Open, with the first edition of the tournament being a match play competition. A year later, the event reverted to stroke play, and it has stayed that way ever since.

The tournament has been played at some incredible venues around the country, with Erin Hills playing host to the event for the first time. The course hosted Brooks Koepka’s US Open win in 2017.

Players from both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour will be in action in Wisconsin, aiming to get their hands on the Harton S. Semple Trophy.

2025 US Women’s Open Preview: The Details

• Dates: May 29-June 1, 2025
• Course: Erin Hills, Wisconsin, United States
• Par: 72
• Length: 7,731 yards
• Prize purse: TBC
• Defending champion: Yuka Saso (-4)

US Women’s Open Preview: Useful links

• Who is in the field for the 2025 US Women’s Open?
• Who has won the US Women’s Open?
• A brief history of the US Women’s Open
• How do players qualify for the tournament?
• How can I watch the US Women’s Open?
• What is the prize money for the 2025 US Women’s Open?
• Round 1 tee times for the 2025 US Women’s Open
• Round 2 tee times for the 2025 US Women’s Open

2025 US Womens Open Preview

When and where will the US Womens Open take place?

The 2025 edition of the US Women’s Open will take place from May 29 – June 1. The event will be played at Erin Hills in Wisconsin.

Who won last year’s US Womens Open?

Yuka Saso won her second US Women’s Open title at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania, beating her fellow Japanese star Hinaku Shibuno by three shots.

You can check out all the past winners of the tournament here.

What is the history around the event?

The US Women’s Open is the oldest of the five current women’s major championships, dating back to 1946. It is the only major to have been recognised by the LPGA since the association’s founding in 1950.

The first ever US Women’s Open was played in a match-play format, with Patty Berg defeating Betty Jameson 5&4 over 36 holes at Spokane Country Club.

Since then, the tournament has been a four-round, stroke-play competition. Betsy Rawls and Mickey Wright have both won the event on four occasions.

Check out the detailed history of the tournament here.

Which golfers have been the most successful at the US Women’s Open?

Betsy Rawls and Mickey Wright are both four-time winners of the event. Rawls was the winner in 1951, 1953, 1957 and 1960, with Wright winning the first of her four US Women’s Open titles in 1958.

She would defend her title in 1959, before winning the event again in both 1961 and 1964. Six decades on, and no other golfers has joined the American duo on four victories.

Only four non-Americans have won this tournament on multiple occasions. Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam is a three-time victor, having gone back to back in 1995 and 1996. She then won her third a decade later, and she remains the most recent European to win the US Women’s Open.

Australia’s Karrie Webb won the event in back-to-back years to kick off the 21st Century, with South Korea’s Inbee Park also a two-time champion. She won for the first time in 2008 before winning the US Women’s Open again five years later. Then, we have Saso.

How do golfers qualify for the US Women’s Open?

There are a number of ways that players can get into the field at the US Women’s Open:

• Winners of the US Women’s Open in the last ten years
• Top ten and ties from last year’s US Women’s Open
• Winner of the 2024 US Senior Women’s Open
• Winner of the 2024 US Women’s Amateur
• Winners of the 2024 US Girls’ Junior and US Women’s Mid-
  Amateur Championships and the US Women’s Amateur runner-up
• Winners of the Chevron Championship, Women’s PGA Championship, Amundi Evian Championship and AIG Women’s Open in the last five years
• The top 30 30 points leaders from the 2024 LPGA Race to the CME Globe season
• Winners of LPGA Tour events since last year’s US Women’s Open
• Winner of the most recent Augusta National Women’s Amateur
• Winner of the most recent Women’s Amateur Championship
• Winner of the most recent Mark H. McCormack Medal
• Winner of the most recent NCAA Division I Individual Championship
• Top 10 on this year’s Race to CME Globe Points list on April 2
• Top 75 ranked players in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings from week 12
• Top 75 ranked players in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings on May 27, 2024 (if not already exempt)
• Winner of 2024 Olympic Gold Medal
• Special exemptions
• Qualifiers from US Women’s Open qualifying

You can see the full field for the 2025 US Women’s Open here.

Is there a cut at the US Women’s Open?

As with all of the major championships, there will be a cut at the end of Friday’s play.

The tournament has the biggest field of the five women’s majors – 156 players take to the course come Thursday.

However, only 60 and ties will play the weekend, meaning more than half the field will go home after just two rounds. To see the full explainer on the cut rules at the US Women’s Open, take a look at our piece here.

Could there be a playoff to decide the winner?

If there are two or more players tied at the top after four rounds, then the tournament will be decided on a playoff.

Players will compete in a two-hole aggregate playoff, which will take place after the final round on Sunday afternoon.

The player with the lowest score after the two holes is the winner. If the players still can’t be separated then they will enter a sudden-death playoff until a winner can be determined.

The last playoff at the US Women’s Open came in 2021, when Yuka Saso got the better of Nasa Hataoka to win her maiden major championship.

For more on the exact rules to decide the winner of the competition, check out our piece on the playoff rules here.

How can I watch the US Women’s Open?

The event will be broadcast around the world by various broadcast partners. In the United Kingdom, action from all four days of the tournament will be shown live on Sky Sports.

• Thursday May 29 – Round 1 – Sky Sports Mix at 5 pm and Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Golf from 11 pm
• Friday May 30 – Round 2 – Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports Main Event from 5pm
• Saturday May 31 – Round 3 – Sky Sports Main Event from 6 pm
• Sunday June 1 – Round 4 – Sky Sports Mix from 7pm

Where will the US Women’s Open visit next?

In 2026, Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles will host the US Women’s Open.

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