The 2022 AIG Women's Open was played from 4 to 7 August in Scotland at Muirfield. It was the 46th Women's British Open, the 22nd as a major championship on the LPGA Tour, and the third championship held under a sponsorship agreement with AIG. It was the first Women's British Open to be hosted at Muirfield.
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 qualified for the event are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified.
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.
Laura Davies Georgia Hall Ariya Jutanugarn Kim In-Kyung Stacy Lewis Mo Martin Catriona Matthew Anna Nordqvist Inbee Park Sophia Popov Hinako Shibuno
Helen Alfredsson, Sophie Gustafson, Jang Jeong, Emilee Klein, Karen Lunn, Liselotte Neumann, Lorena Ochoa, Pak Se-ri, Jiyai Shin, Annika Sörenstam, Sherri Steinhauer, Karen Stupples, Yani Tseng, and Karrie Webb did not play
2. The top 10 finishers and ties from the 2021 Women's British Open.
Louise Duncan Leonie Harm Moriya Jutanugarn Minjee Lee Nanna Koerstz Madsen Madelene Sagström Lizette Salas Patty Tavatanakit
Marissa Steen did not play
3. The top 15 on the final 2021 LET Order of Merit.
Pia Babnik Carlota Ciganda Olivia Cowan Lydia Hall Alice Hewson Charley Hull Stephanie Kyriacou Sanna Nuutinen Lee-Anne Pace Magdalena Simmermacher Marianne Skarpnord Maja Stark Atthaya Thitikul
4. The top 5 on the 2022 LET Order of Merit not already exempt as of 11 July.
Casandra Alexander Becky Brewerton Johanna Gustavsson Whitney Hillier Michele Thomson
5. The top 35 on the final 2021 Race to the CME Globe points list.
Pajaree Anannarukarn Céline Boutier Matilda Castren Chun In-gee Ally Ewing Mina Harigae Nasa Hataoka Brooke Henderson Megan Khang Kim Hyo-joo Kim Sei-young Ko Jin-young Lydia Ko Jessica Korda Nelly Korda Jennifer Kupcho Lee Jeong-eun Gaby López Leona Maguire Ryann O'Toole Ryu So-yeon Yuka Saso Lexi Thompson Amy Yang
6. The top 25 on the 2021 Race to the CME Globe points list not already exempt as of 11 July.
Brittany Altomare Ashleigh Buhai Chella Choi Allisen Corpuz Perrine Delacour Gemma Dryburgh Jodi Ewart Shadoff Cheyenne Knight Maude-Aimee Leblanc Alison Lee Andrea Lee Caroline Masson Stephanie Meadow Annie Park Paula Reto Sarah Schmelzel Jenny Shin Lauren Stephenson Thidapa Suwannapura Emma Talley Kelly Tan Albane Valenzuela Lilia Vu Lindsey Weaver-Wright Angel Yin
7. The top 50 in the Women's World Golf Rankings as of 27 June.
An Na-rin Choi Hye-jin Ayaka Furue Hong Jung-min Hsu Wei-ling Minami Katsu Lee Jeong-eun Lin Xiyu Yuna Nishimura Yealimi Noh Su-Hyun Oh Amy Olson Emily Kristine Pedersen Mel Reid Sophia Schubert
8. The top 3 on the JLPGA Money List not already exempt as of the Suntory Ladies Open (12 June)
Kotone Hori Mao Saigo Sayaka Takahashi
9. The top 2 on the KLPGA Money List not already exempt as of 27 June
10. Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA Tour events in the 2022 calendar year.
Marina Alex Manon De Roey Linn Grant Esther Henseleit Ji Eun-hee Tiia Koivisto Bronte Law Meghan MacLaren Jana Melichova (a) Morgane Métraux Ana Peláez
11. Winners of the 2021 JLPGA Money List and KLPGA Money List.
12. Winners of the last five editions of the U.S. Women's Open
Kim A-lim
13. Winners of the last five editions of the Chevron Championship
14. Winners of the last five editions of the Women's PGA Championship
Hannah Green Park Sung-hyun
15. Winners of the last five editions of The Evian Championship
Angela Stanford
16. The leading two (not otherwise exempt) in the 2022 Suntory Ladies Open
Saiki Fujita Miyū Yamashita
17. The 2021 Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific champion, 2021 Women's Amateur Latin America champion, 2022 Women's Amateur Championship champions, 2022 European Ladies Amateur Championship champion, the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur champion, the 2021 Mark H. McCormack Medal winner, and the highest ranked women in the World Amateur Golf Ranking from Great Britain and Ireland as of week 25, and provided they are still amateurs at the time of the championship.
Jess Baker (a) Anna Davis (a) Savannah De Bock (a) Mizuki Hashimoto (a) Caley McGinty (a) Valery Plata (a) Rose Zhang (a)
18. 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.
Mariajo Uribe
19. The leading three players (not otherwise exempt) in the 2022 Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open
Carmen Alonso Wichanee Meechai Chanettee Wannasaen
Final Qualifying Final Qualifying event was played over 18 holes on 1 August at North Berwick. 12 qualifying places were available for the championship.
Aditi Ashok Nicole Broch Estrup Jennifer Chang Peiyun Chien Lauren Coughlin Diksha Dagar Hayley Davis Céline Herbin Janie Jackson Ingrid Lindblad (a) Ursula Wikström Liz Young
Round summaries First round Thursday, 4 August 2022
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hinako Shibuno 65 −62 Jessica Korda 66 −5T3 Louise Duncan 67 −4 Gaby López T5 Céline Boutier 68 −3 Chun In-gee Jodi Ewart Shadoff Minjee Lee Maja StarkT10 Choi Hye-jin 69 −2 Inbee Park Miyū Yamashita
Second round Friday, 5 August 2022
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Chun In-gee 68-66=134 −8T2 Ashleigh Buhai 70-65=135 −7 Madelene Sagström 70-65=1354 Inbee Park 69-67=136 −6T5 Hannah Green 71-66=137 −5 Miyū Yamashita 69-68=137T7 Céline Boutier 68-70=138 −4 Stephanie Kyriacou 70-68=138 Minjee Lee 68-70=138 Hinako Shibuno 65-73=138
Third round Saturday, 6 August 2022
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Ashleigh Buhai 70-65-64=199 −14T2 Chun In-gee 68-66-70=204 −9 Hinako Shibuno 65-73-66=204T4 Inbee Park 69-67-70=206 −7 Madelene Sagström 70-65-71=206T6 Stephanie Kyriacou 70-68-70=208 −5 Minjee Lee 68-70-70=208 Miyū Yamashita 69-68-71=208T9 Choi Hye-jin 69-70-70=209 −4 Brooke Henderson 70-70-69=209 Kim Hyo-joo 73-66-70=209 Park Sung-hyun 72-69-68=209 Maja Stark 68-71-70=209 Atthaya Thitikul 71-69-69=209
Final round Sunday, 7 August 2022 PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money (US$)T1 Ashleigh Buhai 70-65-64-75=274 −10 Playoff Chun In-gee 68-66-70-70=2743 Hinako Shibuno 65-73-66-71=275 −9 488,285T4 Minjee Lee 68-70-70-69=277 −7 309,546 Leona Maguire 71-69-71-66=277 Madelene Sagström 70-65-71-71=277T7 Céline Boutier 68-70-74-67=279 −5 160,700 Nasa Hataoka 71-69-71-68=279 Brooke Henderson 70-70-69-70=279 Lydia Ko 71-70-70-68=279 Stephanie Kyriacou 70-68-70-71=279 Atthaya Thitikul 71-69-69-70=279
Playoff The sudden-death playoff was held over the 18th hole until there was a winner. PlacePlayerScoresPrize money (US$)1 Ashleigh Buhai 4-5-4-4=17 1,095,0002 Chun In-gee 4-5-4-5=18 673,743
References
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Coverage on the LPGA Tour site Coverage on the Ladies European Tour