2024 AIG Women's Open
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
CourseOld Course
Dates22–25 August 2024
OrgThe R&A
TourLadies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Par72
Yardage6,784 yards (6,203 m)
Field144 players, 82 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Purse$9,500,000
Winners share$1,350,000
ChampionLydia Ko
Score281 (−7)
Previous2023
Next2025
Coordinates56.343°N 2.803°W

The 2024 AIG Women's Open was played from 22 to 25 August at the Old Course at St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. It was the 48th Women's British Open, the 24th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour, and the fifth championship held under a sponsorship agreement with AIG. It was the third Women's British Open to be hosted at St Andrews.

Lydia Ko won by two strokes over Nelly Korda, Jiyai Shin, Lilia Vu, and Yin Ruoning. It was her third major championship and came two weeks after winning the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

Course

Main article: Old Course at St Andrews


The 18th hole at the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland

Course layout

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Burn375410Bobby Jones3414
2Dyke400411High (In)1653
3Cartgate (Out)366412Heathery (In)3514
4Ginger Beer413413Hole O'Cross (In)4304
5Hole O'Cross (Out)525514Long5775
6Heathery (Out)370415Cartgate (In)4154
7High (Out)361416Corner of the Dyke3804
8Short173317Road4394
9End349418Tom Morris3544
Out3,33236In3,45236
Source:[2][3]Total6,78472

Field

The field was made up of 144 players. As with previous tournaments, most players earned exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, previous major championships, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings. The rest of the field earned entry by successfully competing in qualifying tournaments open to any female golfer, professional or amateur, with a low handicap.

Exemptions

Players who were qualified for the event are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified.[4][5][6]

1. Winners of the Women's British Open, aged 60 or younger at the scheduled end of the championship, provided they are still active members of a recognised tour.

2. The top 10 finishers and ties from the 2023 Women's British Open.

3. The top 15 on the final 2023 LET Order of Merit.

4. The top 5 on the 2024 LET Order of Merit not already exempt (as of 22 July 2024).

5. The top 35 on the final 2023 Race to the CME Globe points list.

6. The top 25 on the 2023 Race to the CME Globe points list not already exempt (as of 22 July 2024).

7. The top 50 in the Women's World Golf Rankings (as of 8 July 2024).

Addition players added at Championship Committee's discretion.

8. The top 3 on the JLPGA Money List not already exempt as of the Suntory Ladies Open.

9. The top 2 on the KLPGA Money List not already exempt (as of 8 July 2024).

10. Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA Tour events in the 2024 calendar year.

11. Winner of the 2023 JLPGA Money List.

12. Winners of the 2023 KLPGA Money List.

13. Winners of the last five editions of the Chevron Championship.

14. Winners of the last five editions of the Women's PGA Championship.

15. Winners of the last five editions of the U.S. Women's Open.

16. Winners of the last five editions of The Evian Championship.

17. The leading two (not otherwise exempt) in the 2024 Suntory Ladies Open.

18. Gold medal winner at the 2024 Olympics.

19. A minimum of leading three golfers, not otherwise exempt, from the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open.

20. Winner of the 2023 and 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur.

21. The 2023 and 2024 Mark H. McCormack Medal winner.

22. Winner of the 2023 and 2024 Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific

23. Winner of the 2023 Women's Amateur Latin America.

24. Winner of the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur.

25. Winner of the 2024 Women's Amateur Championship.

26. Winner of the 2024 European Ladies Amateur Championship.

27. Women's Amateur Series winner (If winner is already exempt, then the highest ranked women in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, not already exempt, as of week 30.).

28. Any player who did not compete in the previous year's Women's British Open due to maternity, who subsequently received an extension of membership for the maternity from the player's home tour in the previous year, provided she was otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's Women's British Open.

Final Qualifying

Final Qualifying was played over 18 holes on 19 August at the Crail Golfing Society with 12 qualifying places available.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 22 August 2024

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Charley Hull67−5
T2Nelly Korda68−4
Yin Ruoning
T4Andrea Lee69−3
Lee Mi-hyang
Mao Saigo
Jenny Shin
Patty Tavatanakit
Lilia Vu
T10Kim Hyo-joo70−2
Momoko Osato

Second round

Friday, 23 August 2024

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Nelly Korda68-68=136−8
T2Charley Hull67-72=139−5
Lilia Vu69-70=139
4Yin Ruoning68-72=140−4
T5Casandra Alexander73-68=141−3
Ashleigh Buhai72-69=141
Pei-Yun Chien72-69=141
Lydia Ko71-70=141
Louise Rydqvist (a)74-67=141
Mao Saigo69-72=141

Third round

Saturday, 24 August 2024

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Jiyai Shin71-71-67=209−7
2Lilia Vu69-70-71=210−6
3Nelly Korda68-68-75=211−5
T4Lydia Ko71-70-71=212−4
Jenny Shin69-73-70=212
T6Im Jin-hee74-68-71=213−3
Alexa Pano75-69-69=213
Atthaya Thitikul72-71-70=213
Yin Ruoning68-72-73=213
T10Casandra Alexander73-68-73=214−2
Esther Henseleit77-71-66=214
Charley Hull67-72-75=214
Mao Saigo69-72-73=214
Albane Valenzuela74-74-66=214
Lottie Woad (a)72-70-72=214

Final round

Sunday, 25 August 2024

Champion
Smyth Salver winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Lydia Ko71-70-71-69=281−71,425,000
T2Nelly Korda68-68-75-72=283−5594,759
Jiyai Shin (c)71-71-67-74=283
Lilia Vu (c)69-70-71-73=283
Yin Ruoning68-72-73-70=283
6Ariya Jutanugarn (c)72-72-71-70=285−3319,336
T7Casandra Alexander73-68-73-72=286−2236,366
Akie Iwai74-70-73-69=286
Mao Saigo69-72-73-72=286
T10Pajaree Anannarukarn75-73-68-71=287−1160,250
Linn Grant77-71-68-71=287
Im Jin-hee74-68-71-74=287
Nanna Koerstz Madsen73-73-70-71=287
Alexa Pano75-69-69-74=287
Lottie Woad (a)72-70-72-73=2870
Angel Yin78-70-69-70=287160,250
Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T17Jenny Shin69-73-70-76=288E121,000
Atthaya Thitikul72-71-70-75=288
Anne van Dam73-74-73-68=288
T20Charley Hull67-72-75-75=289+1108,235
Albane Valenzuela74-74-66-75=289
T22Céline Boutier77-69-71-73=290+291,414
Ashleigh Buhai (c)72-69-78-71=290
Georgia Hall (c)71-72-76-71=290
Andrea Lee69-73-75-73=290
Lee So-mi74-73-69-74=290
Momoko Osato70-76-77-67=290
Linnea Ström71-73-74-72=290
T29Minami Katsu75-71-74-71=291+368,572
Yui Kawamoto73-72-73-73=291
Kim Hyo-joo70-74-71-76=291
Alison Lee75-69-72-75=291
Julia López Ramirez (a)72-74-74-71=2910
Paula Reto77-69-76-69=29168,572
Sarah Schmelzel73-73-73-72=291
Rose Zhang72-76-69-74=291
T37Nicole Broch Estrup76-70-73-73=292+445,568
Choi Hye-jin74-74-71-73=292
Carlota Ciganda75-73-70-74=292
Ally Ewing73-69-76-74=292
Ayaka Furue75-73-73-71=292
Nasa Hataoka75-73-71-73=292
Esther Henseleit77-71-66-78=292
Grace Kim77-71-73-71=292
Kim Sei-young76-72-71-73=292
Leona Maguire73-72-71-76=292
Wichanee Meechai73-72-77-70=292
Amy Yang74-73-70-75=292
T49Kristen Gillman77-71-71-74=293+530,688
Caroline Inglis78-66-74-75=293
Gaby López72-75-69-77=293
Ryu Hae-ran78-69-72-74=293
Arpichaya Yubol75-73-72-73=293
Zhang Weiwei72-75-73-73=293
T55Haruka Kawasaki71-74-76-73=294+624,943
Lee Mi-hyang69-74-75-76=294
Lin Xiyu78-70-72-74=294
Lee-Anne Pace74-73-73-74=294
Lexi Thompson76-71-71-76=294
T60An Na-rin74-74-72-75=295+719,105
Gabriella Cowley77-70-73-75=295
Alexandra Försterling76-72-71-76=295
Lily May Humphreys74-72-77-72=295
Nuria Iturrioz75-70-73-77=295
Stephanie Kyriacou76-68-72-79=295
Marta Martín74-73-72-76=295
Louise Rydqvist (a)74-67-78-76=2950
Shuri Sakuma72-73-74-76=29519,105
Shannon Tan75-69-76-75=295
Patty Tavatanakit69-73-73-80=295
T71Pei-Yun Chien72-69-76-79=296+813,988
Manon De Roey72-75-76-73=296
Johanna Gustavsson73-74-75-74=296
Emma Spitz76-72-74-74=296
Maja Stark73-73-73-77=296
T76Emma Grechi73-74-74-76=297+910,661
Morgane Métraux76-72-73-76=297
T78Ela Anacona (a)72-76-72-78=298+100
Auston Kim73-75-70-80=29810,127
Bailey Tardy76-72-72-78=298
81Kim In-Kyung (c)73-73-78-75=299+119,726
82Ursula Wikström77-71-71-81=300+129,459
CUTPerrine Delacour74-75=149+5
Megan Khang74-75=149
Sakura Koiwai71-78=149
Bronte Law73-76=149
Stephanie Meadow77-72=149
Madelene Sagström78-71=149
Thidapa Suwannapura77-72=149
Hikaru Yoshimoto72-77=149
Trichat Cheenglab77-73=150+6
Lauren Coughlin76-74=150
Noora Komulainen76-74=150
Jennifer Kupcho73-77=150
Lucy Li74-76=150
Yuna Nishimura78-72=150
Yealimi Noh78-72=150
Lisa Pettersson76-74=150
Sophia Popov (c)76-74=150
Rio Takeda77-73=150
Yani Tseng (c)73-77=150
Allisen Corpuz78-73=151+7
Jodi Ewart Shadoff78-73=151
Annabell Fuller75-76=151
Hannah Green77-74=151
María Hernández75-76=151
Alice Hewson77-74=151
Chisato Iwai76-75=151
Haeji Kang80-71=151
Catriona Matthew (c)77-74=151
Yuka Saso75-76=151
Aditi Ashok76-76=152+8
Lauren Hartlage76-76=152
Kim A-lim77-75=152
Sara Kjellker75-77=152
Ryann O'Toole77-75=152
Lauren Walsh75-77=152
Chanettee Wannasaen79-73=152
Marina Alex80-73=153+9
Diksha Dagar77-76=153
Brooke Henderson77-76=153
Cheyenne Knight78-75=153
Minjee Lee78-75=153
Patricia Isabel Schmidt76-77=153
Klára Spilková76-77=153
Wu Chun-wei (a)75-78=153
Miyū Yamashita76-77=153
Gemma Dryburgh79-75=154+10
Ko Jin-young76-78=154
Jana Melichová81-73=154
Amy Taylor83-71=154
Anna Nordqvist (c)79-76=155+11
Emily Kristine Pedersen74-81=155
Ai Suzuki76-79=155
Olivia Cowan78-78=156+12
Stacy Lewis (c)80-76=156
Hira Naveed80-76=156
Chiara Tamburlini81-75=156
Gabriela Ruffels81-76=157+13
Moriya Jutanugarn79-79=158+14
Hinako Shibuno (c)80-78=158
Karrie Webb (c)82-77=159+15
Kokona Sakurai82-78=160+16
DQAna Peláez[a]72-74=146+2

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444454434434454444
Ko−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−7−6−6−6−7
Korda−5−5−5−5−6−5−6−6−7−8−8−8−8−6−6−6−5−5
Shin−7−7−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−5−5−4−5
Vu−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−5−4−5−5−6−6−6−6−5
Yin−3−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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Notes

  1. ^ Peláez was disqualified following her second round due to her caddie using a distance-measuring device.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Lydia Ko wins Women's Open for third career major title". ESPN. Associated Press. 25 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Five things to know about the 2024 AIG Women's Open, The Old Course". Ladies European Tour. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. ^ Tugwood, Ross (15 August 2024). "AIG Women's Open 2024: St Andrews – Old Course Guide". Today's Golfer. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Entry conditions". The R&A. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  5. ^ "AIG Women's Open – Tournament Entries". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. ^ "AIG Women's Open Field 2024". aigwomensopen.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  7. ^ "AIG Women's Open – Results". LPGA. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  8. ^ "In position to make cut, LPGA rookie disqualified from AIG Women's Open". NBC Sports. 2024-08-23. Retrieved 2024-08-25.