The biggest tournament in women’s professional golf has arrived.
The U.S. Women’s Open is held at Lancaster Country Club, where the world’s best female players gathered in 2015. That year, South Korean Jeong Ji-woo won with stunning birdies on the 16th and 17th holes.
Since then, Chun has become a fixture in the Lancaster community. She started a foundation to support Lancaster Country Club employees and their dependents with educational scholarships. As a result, the Central Pennsylvania community has embraced her wholeheartedly and calls Chun one of their own.
But the town is welcoming the tournament, which is set to break attendance records and set new standards for volunteer numbers, with hospitality packages selling out months in advance.
The William Flynn designed course plays at 6,500 to 6,700 yards with greens measuring 11.5 on the stimpmeter. The United States Golf Association (USGA) cuts the rough from 2.5 to 4 inches on Wednesdays and increases it to 5 to 6 inches on weekends. This is a classic old school golf course with dramatic elevation changes and amazing views. Each hole is unique and this beautiful course is a place to challenge the best female players in the world while also entertaining others.
But this year’s tournament will add a new category: women’s professional golf. Ally Financial has partnered with the USGA to increase the total prize money to $12 million, a record for women’s golf. In 2015, the USGA awarded competitors $4.5 million in prize money.
On top of that, the two biggest news stories this week involve Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson.
Korda, who has won six of her last seven LPGA events, is looking to win her second consecutive major title in Lancaster, which would mark the most successful season since Annika Sorenstam won 10 tournaments, including two majors, in 2005.
Now, at 29, Thompson has made the shocking announcement that she will retire from professional golf at the end of this season. She made her professional golf debut at the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open when she was just 12 years old, and the Florida native has played in the tournament every time since, so she felt the announcement was necessary now.
U.S. Women’s Open:
where: Lancaster Country Club — Meadowcreek and Dogwood (Par 70 / 6,629 yards)
when: May 30th – June 2nd, 2024
wallet: $12,000,000 / 1st place: $2,000,000
Defending champions: Arisen Corpus
How to watch the U.S. Women’s Open:
NBC Sports will have 26 hours of live coverage, from the first round on Thursday to the final round on Sunday.
The complete broadcast schedule is below. All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time.
Thursday, May 30: 12:00pm-2:00pm (Peacock), 2:00pm-8:00pm (USA Network)
Friday, May 31: 12:00pm-2:00pm (Peacock), 2:00pm-8:00pm (USA Network)
June 1 (Saturday) 1:00-3:00pm (Peacock), 3:00-6:00pm (NBC)
June 2 (Sunday) 2-3pm (Peacock), 3-4pm (USA Network), 4-7pm (NBC)
The broadcast is available to stream on Peacock here.
Additionally, Peacock will stream two featured groups in the morning and two featured groups in the afternoon from Thursday through Sunday. The streaming service will also simulcast NBC’s broadcasts on Saturday and Sunday.
U.S. Women’s Open first round tee times (ET):
(* — indicates start on the 10th hole)
6:45 a.m. — Rachel Rohanna, Alana Uriel, Caroline Smith (A)
6:45am* — Sophia Popov, Amelia Garvey, Kim Kaufman
6:56am — Sabrina Iqbal, Yui Kawamoto, Jeon Jiwon
6:56am* — Lauren Stevenson, Caroline Inglis, Pei-Yin Tsai
7:07am — Ishi Gabusa, Maud Aimée Leblanc, Agathe Laissez-Faire
7:07am* — Elizabeth Sokol, Yuka Arai, Katie Lee (A)
7:18am — Caroline Masson, Hoai Cheng Su (A), Cassandra Alexander
7:18am* — Sarah Kemp, Mariajo Uribe, Hinako Shibuno
7:29am — Yearimi Noh, Seo Mi Lee, Ain Donegan (A)
7:29am* — Alexandra Forsterling, Pinpisa Sistam (A), Sora Kamiya
7:40am — Bailey Tardy, Akie Iwai, Cheyenne Knight
7:40am* — Min Byul Kim, Gemma Dryburgh, Maisie Filler (A)
7:51am — Anna Nordqvist, Se-young Kim, Miyu Yamashita
7:51am* — Jennifer Kupcho, Lynn Grant, Lottie Ward (A)
8:02 a.m. — Alisen Corpus, Megan Shofill (A), Luoning Ying
8:02am* — Gaby Lopez, Ingrid Lindblad (A) Jiayi Xin
8:13 a.m. — Leona Maguire, Madeleine Sagstrom, Patty Tabatanakit
8:13am* — Nelly Korda, Nasa Hataoka, Megan Kang
8:24am — Ayaka Furue, Maya Stark, Hyo-joo Kim
8:24am* — Lydia Ko, Charlie Hull, Jinyoung Ko
8:35 a.m. — Gabriella Raffels, Andrea Lee, Albane Valenzuela
8:35am* — Sakura Koiwai, Xiyu Lin, Angel Yoon
8:46 AM — Wichanee Meechai, Ruixin Liu, Saiki Fujita
8:46am* — Chisato Iwai, Adela Chernosek (A), Aditi Ashok
8:57am — Keely Marx (A), Sofia Garcia, Marissa Steen
8:57am* — Mariel Galdiano, Sue Bing Zhu, Caitlin Pappu Badi
12:30pm — Kimberly Ding (A), Alexa Melton, Cynthia Lu
12:30pm* — Sydney Michaels, Samantha Brown (A), Savannah Bilaubi
12:41pm — Kristen Gilman, Asterisk Talley (A), Isabella Fierro
12:41pm* — Amelie Salsman (A), Harriet Lynch, Jean Reynolds
12:52pm — Nalin Ang, Steph Kiriakou, Yuri Yoshida
12:52pm* — Madison Young, Sue Chia Chen, Junior Gabasa (A)
1:03pm — Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Yuna Nishimura, Rio Takeda
1:03pm* — Nanna Keltz-Madsen, Moriya Jutanugarn, Wei-Lin Shu
1:14pm — Jeong Eun Lee 6, Brittany Lang, Ah Lim Kim
1:14pm* — Chiara Horder (A), Emily Christine Pedersen, Kokona Sakurai
1:25pm — Lucy Li, Alexa Pano, Hyejin Choi
1:25pm* — Ryan O’Toole, Mone Inami, Sarah Schmeltzel
1:36pm — Ying Zhi Chun, Ratana Stone (A), Daniel Kang
1:36pm* — Ariya Jutanugarn, Chiara Romero (A), Jenny Singh
1:47pm — Amy Yang, Ataya Titikul, Celine Boutier
1:47pm* — Allie Ewing, Ashley Buhai, Mega Ganneh (A)
1:58pm — Lexi Thompson, Rose Chan, Minjee Lee
1:58pm* — Catherine Park (A), Carlota Ciganda, Lim Jinhee
2:09pm — Brooke Henderson, Yuka Saso, Hannah Green
2:09pm* — Georgia Hall, Mao Saigo, Soo Ji Kim
2:20pm — Allison Lee, Helan Liu, Lauren Coughlin
2:20pm* — Ai Suzuki, Hyun Kyung Park, Chanetty Wannasaeng
2:31pm — Esther Henseleit, Mihyang Lee, Stephanie Meadow
2:31pm* — Alpichaya Ubol, Celine Borge, Ayako Kimura
2:42pm — Pia Babnik, Amelia Lewis, Elina Schintz
2:42pm* — Amiyu Ozeki, Yan Liu, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard
U.S. Women’s Open second round tee times (ET):
(* — indicates start on the 10th hole)
6:45am — Sydney Michaels, Samantha Brown (A), Savannah Bilaubi
6:45am* — Kimberly Ding (A), Alexa Melton, Xin Yu (Cynthia) Lu
6:56am — Amelie Salsman (A), Harriet Lynch, Jean Reynolds
6:56am* — Kristen Gilman, Asterisk Talley (A), Isabella Fierro
7:07am — Madison Young, Sue Chia Chen, Junior Gabasa (A)
7:07am* — Na Lin Ahn, Steph Kiriakou, Yuri Yoshida
7:18 AM — Nanna Keltz-Madsen, Moriya Jutanugarn, Wei-Lin Shu
7:18am* — Jodie Ewart Shadoff, Yuuna Nishimura, Rio Takeda
7:29am — Chiara Horder (A), Emily Christine Pedersen, Kokona Sakurai
7:29am* — Jeong Eun Lee6, Brittany Lang, Ah Lim Kim
7:40am — Ryan O’Toole, Mone Inami, Sarah Schmeltzel
7:40am* — Lucy Li, Alexa Pano, Hyejin Choi
7:51am — Ariya Jutanugarn, Chiara Romero (A), Jenny Singh
7:51am* — Ying Zhi Chun, Ratana Stone (A), Daniel Kang
8:02 AM — Allie Ewing, Ashley Buhai, Mega Ganneh (A)
8:02am* — Amy Yang, Attaya Thitikul, Celine Boutier
8:13am — Katherine Park (A), Carlota Ciganda, Jinhee Lim
8:13am* — Lexi Thompson, Rose Chan, Minjee Lee
8:24am — Georgia Hall, Mao Saigo, Soo Ji Kim
8:24am* — Brooke Henderson, Yuka Saso, Hannah Green
8:35am — Ai Suzuki, Hyun Kyung Park, Chanetty Wannasaeng
8:35am* — Allison Lee, Helan Liu, Lauren Coughlin
8:46 AM — Alpichaya Ubol, Celine Borge, Ayako Kimura
8:46am* — Esther Henseleit, Mihyang Lee, Stephanie Meadow
8:57 AM — Amiyu Ozeki, Yan Liu, and Pauline Roussin-Bouchard
8:57am* — Pia Babnik, Amelia Lewis, Elina Schintz
12:30pm — Sophia Popov, Amelia Garvey, Kim Kaufman
12:30pm* — Rachel Rohanna, Alana Uriel, Caroline Smith (A)
12:41pm — Lauren Stevenson, Caroline Inglis, Pei-Yin Tsai
12:41pm* — Sabrina Iqbal, Yui Kawamoto, Jeon Jiwon
12:52pm — Elizabeth Sokol, Yuka Arai, Katie Lee (A)
12:52pm* — Ishi Gabsa, Maud Amy Leblanc, Agathe Laissez-Faire
1:03pm — Sarah Kemp, Maria Jose Uribe, Hinako Shibuno
1:03pm* — Caroline Masson, Hoai Cheng Su (A), Cassandra Alexander
1:14pm — Alexandra Forsterling, Pinpisa Sistam (A), Sora Kamiya
1:14pm* — Yearimi Noh, Seo Mi Lee, Ain Donegan (A)
1:25pm — Min Byul Kim, Gemma Dryburgh, Maisie Filler (A)
1:25pm* — Bailey Tardy, Akie Iwai, Cheyenne Knight
1:36pm — Jennifer Kupcho, Lynn Grant, Lottie Ward (A)
1:36pm* — Anna Nordqvist, Kim Saeyoung, Yamashita Miyu
1:47pm — Gaby Lopez, Ingrid Lindblad (A), Jiayi Xin
1:47pm* — Alisen Corpus, Megan Shofill (A), Luoning Yin
1:58pm — Nelly Korda, Nasa Hataoka, Megan Kang
1:58pm* — Leona Maguire, Madeleine Sagstrom, Patty Tabatanakit
2:09pm — Lydia Ko, Charlie Hull, Jinyoung Ko
2:09pm* — Ayaka Furue, Maya Stark, Kim Hyo-joo
2:20pm — Sakura Koiwai, Xiyu Lin, Angel Yoon
2:20pm* — Gabriella Raffels, Andrea Lee, Albane Valenzuela
2:31pm — Chisato Iwai, Adela Chernosek (A), Aditi Ashok
2:31pm* — Wichanee Meechai, Ruixin Liu, Aki Fujita
2:42pm — Mariel Galdiano, Sue Bing Zhu, Caitlin Papp Badi
2:42pm* — Keely Marx (A), Sofia Garcia, Marissa Steen
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