The 2026 U.S. Women's Open presented by Ally was the 81st U.S. Women's Open, held June 4–7 at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California.
Nelly Korda won her fourth major title (and second consecutive), one stroke ahead of runners-up Charley Hull and Gaby López. This was Korda's first victory at the U.S. Women's Open.
Venue
Field The field for this U.S. Women's Open was made up of players who gained entry through qualifying events and those who were exempt from qualifying. The exemption criteria included provision for recent major champions, winners of major amateur events, and leading players in the Women's World Golf Rankings.
The USGA accepted 1,897 entries for the championship.
Exemptions This list details the exemption criteria for the 2026 U.S. Women's Open and the players exempt. Many players were exempt in multiple categories.
1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last 10 years (2016–2025)
Allisen Corpuz (17) Ariya Jutanugarn (2,17) Kim A-lim (10,17) Brittany Lang Lee Jeong-eun Minjee Lee (7,8,10,17) Park Sung-hyun Yuka Saso Maja Stark (2,17)
2. From the 2025 U.S. Women's Open, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place
Choi Hye-jin (10,17) Hailee Cooper Linn Grant (10,11,17) Nelly Korda (6,7,10,11,16,17) Mao Saigo (6,10,17) Hinako Shibuno Rio Takeda (10,17) Angel Yin (10,17) Yin Ruoning (7,17)
3. Winner of the 2025 U.S. Senior Women's Open Becky Morgan
4. Winner of the 2025 U.S. Women's Amateur Megha Ganne (a)
5. Winners of the 2025 U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur and the 2025 U.S. Women's Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)
Aphrodite Deng (a) Ina Kim-Schaad (a)
Brooke Biermann (a) did not play
6. Winners of the Chevron Championship (2022–2026)
Jennifer Kupcho (10,11,17) Lilia Vu (9,17)
7. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship (2021–2025)
Chun In-gee Amy Yang (17)
8. Winners of The Evian Championship (2021–2025)
Céline Boutier (10,11,17) Ayaka Furue (10,17) Brooke Henderson (10,11,17) Grace Kim (17)
9. Winners of the Women's British Open (2021–2025)
Ashleigh Buhai Lydia Ko (10,16,17) Anna Nordqvist Miyū Yamashita (10,11,17)
10. The top 30 point leaders from the 2025 LPGA Race to the CME Globe Final Points.
Carlota Ciganda (11,17) Lindy Duncan (17) Nasa Hataoka (11,17) Charley Hull (11,17) Im Jin-hee (17) Akie Iwai (11,17) Chisato Iwai (16,17) Minami Katsu (17) Kim Hyo-joo (11,16,17) Kim Sei-young (11,17) Andrea Lee (17) Lee So-mi (17) Gaby López (17) Yealimi Noh (17) Jeeno Thitikul (11,16,17)
Ryu Hae-ran (16,17) did not play
11. Winners of individual LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories were considered official, from the conclusion of the 2025 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2026 U.S. Women's Open (only events that awarded a full point allocation for the Race to the CME Globe)
Lauren Coughlin (17) Hannah Green (16,17) Hwang You-min (17) Lee Mi-hyang (16,17) Wang Xinying (17) Lottie Woad (17)
12. Winner of the 2026 Augusta National Women's Amateur (must be an amateur) María José Marín (a)
13. Winner of the 2025 Women's Amateur Championship (must be an amateur) Paula Martín Sampedro (a)
14. Winner of the 2025 Mark H. McCormack Medal (No. 1 in World Amateur Golf Ranking; must be an amateur) Kiara Romero (a)
15. Winner of the 2026 NCAA Division I Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur) Farah O'Keefe (a)
16. From the 2026 Race to CME Globe, the top 10 point leaders as of April 1, 2026
Auston Kim (17) Zhang Weiwei
17. From the current Women's World Golf Rankings, the top 75 players and anyone tying for 75th place as of March 23, 2026
Casandra Alexander Pajaree Anannarukarn Yuna Araki Jenny Bae Esther Henseleit Hong Jung-min Sora Kamiya Yui Kawamoto Megan Khang Kim Min-sol Ko Jin-young Sakura Koiwai Stephanie Kyriacou Ingrid Lindblad Nanna Koerstz Madsen Mimi Rhodes Madelene Sagström Shuri Sakuma Jiyai Shin Fuka Suga Ai Suzuki Chiara Tamburlini Patty Tavatanakit Chanettee Wannasaen Yoo Hyun-jo Ina Yoon
Bang Shin-sil, Lee Ye-won, Ro Seung-hui, Sarah Schmelzel and Sung Yu-jin did not play
18. From the current Women's World Golf Rankings, the top 75 players and anyone tying for 75th place as of May 25, 2026 (if not previously exempt)
Ko Ji-won Shiho Kuwaki Lee Da-yeon Liu Yan Julia López Ramirez Leona Maguire Rose Zhang
19. Deferred exemptions under USGA Championships Family Policy
Ally Ewing Alison Lee Lin Xiyu Michelle Wie
20. Special exemptions Yani Tseng
Qualifying Qualifying took place April 26 to May 13, 2026, via 36-hole stroke-play qualifiers at 26 different sites, 23 of them in the United States and one each in England, Canada and Japan.
Date Location Venue Field Spots Qualifiers Apr 20 Mutsuzawa, Japan Boso Country Club 132 4 Miyuu Goto, Oh Soo-min (a), Sayaka Takahashi, Wu Chia Yen Apr 20 Galveston, Texas Galveston Country Club 78 2 Brianna Do, Zhang Yue Apr 27 New Smyrna Beach, Florida Sugar Mill Country Club 71 2 Sofia Rivera (a), Siuue Wu (a) Apr 27 Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Country Club 78 2 Sarah Hammett (a), Kaleiya Romero Apr 27 Corral de Tierra, California Corral De Tierra Country Club 22 2 Muni He, Meja Örtengren (a) Apr 28 Seattle, Washington Rainier Golf & Country Club 52 2 Lauren Kim (a), Catherine Park (a) Apr 28 Monroe, North Carolina Rolling Hills Country Club 68 2 Gurleen Kaur, Chloe Kovelesky (a) Apr 28 St. Louis, Missouri Meadowbrook Country Club 78 2 Zoe Cusack (a), Addie Dobson (a) May 4 New Albany, Ohio New Albany Country Club 78 2 Veronika Kedronova (a), Nellie Ong (a) May 5 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Shannopin Country Club 38 1 Melanie Green May 5 Atlanta, Georgia Piedmont Driving Club 75 2 Johanna Sjursen (a), Thidapa Suwannapura May 6 Naples, Florida Wilderness Country Club 56 2 Ana Belac, Paula Francisco (a) May 6 Springfield, Virginia Springfield Golf & Country Club 66 2 Thanana Kotchasanmanee (a), Katherine Muzi May 7 Mendota Heights, Minnesota Somerset Country Club 40 2 Anna Huang, Danielle Kang May 8 Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu Country Club 27 1 Lin Jie-En (a) May 11 Rancho Santa Fe, California Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club 68 2 Zeng Liqi, Katelyn Kong (a) May 11 Marlborough, Massachusetts Marlborough Country Club 29 1 Yuri Yoshida May 11 West Orange, New Jersey Essex County Country Club 63 4 Nataliya Guseva, Minji Kang, Gina Kim, Dewi Weber May 11 Richmond, California Richmond Country Club 67 2 Anita Lumpongpoung (a), Asterisk Talley (a) May 11 Schererville, Indiana Briar Ridge Country Club 53 2 Paula Reto, Athena Singh (a) May 11 Fort Meade, Florida Streamsong Resort 47 2 Pei-Yun Chien, Carla Bernat May 11 Denham, England Buckinghamshire Golf Club 50 2 Lois Lau, Olivia Mehaffey May 11 Coquitlam, Canada Vancouver Golf Club 30 1 Amy Seung Hyun Lee May 12 Westminster, Colorado Walnut Creek Golf Preserve 43 1 Bianca Pagdanganan May 13 Azle, Texas Cross Timbers Golf Course 64 2 Pauline del Rosario, Napat Lertsadwattana May 13 Bermuda Dunes, California Bermuda Dunes Country Club 69 2 Lucy Li, Kaylyn Noh
Alternates who gained entry The following players gained a place in the field having finished as the leading alternates in the specified final qualifying events:
Jaravee Boonchant (Mendota Heights) Laney Frye (West Orange) Natsumi Hayakawa (Japan) Bronte Law (England) Amiyu Ozeki (Japan) Karis Davidson (Seattle)
Round summaries First round Thursday, June 4, 2026 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jennifer Kupcho 66 −52 Kim Sei-young 67 −4T3 Minji Kang 68 −3 Gaby López Hinako Shibuno Yoo Hyun-jo Ina YoonT8 Karis Davidson 69 −2 Nasa Hataoka Minjee Lee Jiyai Shin Patty Tavatanakit Yin Ruoning
Second round Friday, June 5, 2026 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Alison Lee 70-68=138 −4 Yin Ruoning 69-69=138T3 Chun In-gee 71-68=139 −3 Kim Sei-young 67-72=139 Jennifer Kupcho 66-73=139 Gaby López 68-71=139 Hinako Shibuno 68-71=139 Yoo Hyun-jo 68-71=139T9 Casandra Alexander 70-70=140 −2 Lauren Coughlin 72-68=140 Sora Kamiya 72-68=140 Nelly Korda 73-67=140
Third round Saturday, June 6, 2026 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Kim Sei-young 67-72-68=207 −6 Nelly Korda 73-67-67=207 T3 Chun In-gee 71-68-69=208 −5 Jennifer Kupcho 66-73-69=208T5 Nasa Hataoka 69-72-68=209 −4 Gaby López 68-71-70=209 Yin Ruoning 69-69-71=209T8 Charley Hull 73-72-65=210 −3 Alison Lee 70-68-72=210 Yoo Hyun-jo 68-71-71=210
Final round Sunday, June 7, 2026 Champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Nelly Korda 73-67-67-69=276 −8 2,500,000T2 Charley Hull 73-72-65-67=277 −7 1,089,774 Gaby López 68-71-70-68=2774 Chun In-gee 71-68-69-70=278 −6 581,5355 Kim Sei-young 67-72-68-72=279 −5 484,535T6 Nasa Hataoka 69-72-68-72=281 −3 429,748 Kiara Romero (a) 73-70-70-68=2810T8 Pajaree Anannarukarn 73-70-72-67=282 −2 319,831 Allisen Corpuz 71-70-70-71=282 Jennifer Kupcho 66-73-69-74=282 María José Marín (a) 70-73-68-71=2820 Maja Stark 71-72-68-71=282 319,831 Yin Ruoning 69-69-71-73=282
Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par544343444454434354 Korda −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 Hull −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −7 −8 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 López −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 Chun −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 Kim −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 Hataoka −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 Romero E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 Kupcho −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 Yin −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6 −5 −3 −2 −2 −2 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {| class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%" |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey
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