2023 U.S. Women’s Open: Here’s a dozen noteworthy qualifiers for historic Pebble Beach, including celebrated amateurs and a very pregnant pro

Pebble Beach will host its first U.S. Women’s Open and 14th USGA championship in July.

U.S. Women’s Open qualifying tournaments stretched across 23 sites for the historic championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Entries for this year’s event crossed the 2,000 mark for the first time as 2,107 players applied.

Pebble Beach will host its first U.S. Women’s Open and 14th USGA championship July 6-9. Thirty-six hole qualifiers for the championship were held May 9 through June 7.

A number of college and amateur stars advanced as well as one former U.S. Women’s Open contender, who will be seven months pregnant when the championship is contested.

Pebble Beach Golf Links has previously hosted six U.S. Opens (1972, 1982, 1992, 2000, 2010, 2019), five U.S. Amateurs (1929, 1947, 1961, 1999, 2018) and two U.S. Women’s Amateurs (1940, 1948).

Here are a dozen noteworthy amateurs and professionals who advanced through qualifying: