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2022 U.S. Women’s Open prize money payouts for each player

The 77th U.S. Women’s Open featured a $10 million purse.

A year ago, 19-year-old Yuka Saso earned $1 million for winning the U.S. Women’s Open at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco.

In 2022, thanks a big boost in the total purse, Mina Harigae pocketed $1,080,000.

For finishing second.

Minjee Lee won the 77th U.S. Women’s Open to claim the big prize, banking $1.8 million for winning at Pine Needles Golf & Country Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina.

In January, the U.S. Golf Association announced an increase in the tournament’s purse to $10 million and with presenting sponsor ProMedica on board, the plans are to keep going, with the goal of a $12 million purse coming in the near future.

By comparison, Jennifer Kupcho earned $750,000 for winning the first LPGA major of 2022, the Chevron Championship.

Take a look at the complete money list from the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open.

Finish	Player	Score	Earnings
1	Minjee Lee	-13	$1,800,000
2	Mina Harigae	-9	$1,080,000
3	Hye-Jin Choi	-7	$685,040
4	Jin Young Ko	-6	$480,230
5	Lydia Ko	-5	$399,980
T6	Anna Nordqvist	-4	$337,200
T6	Bronte Law	-4	$337,200
T8	Nelly Korda	-2	$261,193
T8	Leona Maguire	-2	$261,193
T8	Megan Khang	-2	$261,193
T11	Moriya Jutanugarn	-1	$209,060
T11	Xiyu Lin	-1	$209,060
T11	Ingrid Lindblad (a)	-1	$0
14	Sei Young Kim	E	$187,170
T15	Cheyenne Knight	+2	$151,730
T15	In Gee Chun	+2	$151,730
T15	Brooke M. Henderson	+2	$151,730
T15	Andrea Lee	+2	$151,730
T15	Eun-Hee Ji	+2	$151,730
T20	Pajaree Anannarukarn	+3	$113,850
T20	Sakura Koiwai	+3	$113,850
T20	Charley Hull	+3	$113,850
T20	Lexi Thompson	+3	$113,850
T24	Frida Kinhult	+4	$87,248
T24	Ally Ewing	+4	$87,248
T24	Atthaya Thitikul	+4	$87,248
T24	Allisen Corpuz	+4	$87,248
T28	Jeongeun Lee6	+5	$67,902
T28	Ryann O’Toole	+5	$67,902
T28	Carlota Ciganda	+5	$67,902
T28	Nasa Hataoka	+5	$67,902
T28	Sung Hyun Park	+5	$67,902
T28	Hannah Green	+5	$67,902
T34	A Lim Kim	+6	$51,042
T34	Celine Boutier	+6	$51,042
T34	Lizette Salas	+6	$51,042
T34	Georgia Hall	+6	$51,042
T34	Marissa Steen	+6	$51,042
T34	Lilia Vu	+6	$51,042
T40	Jennifer Kupcho	+7	$41,410
T40	Rose Zhang (a)	+7	$0
T40	Alison Lee	+7	$41,410
T40	Amanda Doherty	+7	$41,410
T44	Brittany Altomare	+8	$34,200
T44	Pia Babnik	+8	$34,200
T44	Mao Saigo	+8	$34,200
T44	Somi Lee	+8	$34,200
T48	Saki Baba (a)	+9	$0
T48	Bailey Shoemaker (a)	+9	$0
T50	Marina Alex	+10	$24,748
T50	Linnea Johansson	+10	$24,748
T50	Matilda Castren	+10	$24,748
T50	Lauren Hartlage	+10	$24,748
T50	Caroline Masson	+10	$24,748
T50	Isi Gabsa	+10	$24,748
T50	Angel Yin	+10	$24,748
T50	In Kyung Kim	+10	$24,748
T58	Yealimi Noh	+11	$21,735
T58	Na Rin An	+11	$21,735
T60	Sofia Garcia	+12	$21,220
T60	Allison Emrey	+12	$21,220
T60	Amy Olson	+12	$21,220
T63	Tiffany Chan	+13	$20,500
T63	Grace Kim	+13	$20,500
T63	Danielle Kang	+13	$20,500
T63	Jessica Korda	+13	$20,500
67	Annie Park	+14	$19,980
68	Bianca Pagdanganan	+15	$19,780
69	Yuna Takagi	+19	$19,570
70	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	+21	$19,370

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U.S. Women’s Open: American Mina Harigae takes home $1,080,000, the largest second-place prize in women’s golf history

In 2020, Mina Harigae played on the Cactus Tour and took home paychecks in the neighborhood of $2,000.

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. – Mina Harigae’s biggest takeaways from finishing runner-up at the 77th U.S. Women’s Open?

That she can handle this kind of moment. That she belongs.

Those are the intangibles, at least. Practically speaking, Harigae cashed in on the biggest prize in LPGA history for a woman who didn’t win. Her historic $1,080,000 payday at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club is quite literally life-changing. Going into this week, she’d made $84,721 on the season and $2.9 million over the course of her 12-year career. (Minus taxes and expenses, of course.)

Forget private jets. On the eve of the championship, Harigae said a payday like that would give her enough money in the bank to book commercial flights months into the future.

While the steady Minjee Lee built an insurmountable lead, Harigae found herself tied with Lydia Ko and Hyejin Choi down the stretch Sunday. A birdie on the par-5 15th, however, gave Harigae the breathing room needed to hold on to solo second. The rookie Choi earned $685,043 for third.

For more perspective, consider that when Ko won the Gainbridge LPGA, she earned $300,000. This week she earned $399,982 for solo fifth.

“I’m not going to lie,” said Harigae, “my stomach hurt the last couple holes coming down. I was really stressed out, but I was really just focusing on one shot at a time, making solid contact, and just hitting good putts.”

It wasn’t that long ago, 2019 in fact, that Harigae was in neighboring Pinehurst, North Carolina, competing in LPGA Q-Series, fighting to keep her card.

In 2020, Harigae played on the Cactus Tour when the LPGA was shut down during the pandemic, winning four times with crazy low scores and taking home paychecks in the neighborhood of $2,000. She hadn’t had a sponsor in years at that point, and the generosity of friends and family helped keep her going.

2022 U.S. Women's Open — Mina Harigae plays her tee shot on the 18th hole during the final round of the 77th U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club on June 5, 2022 in Southern Pines, North Carolina. (Photo: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

“I felt very helpless,” she told Golfweek last year. “It felt like I was racing against time … the walls were closing in on me.”

Fast forward to 2021, and a more mature, joy-filled Harigae found herself one of U.S. captain Pat Hurst’s three Solheim Cup picks. A remarkable rise for a player who showed such great promise as a youngster, winning four California State Women’s Amateurs and the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links.

This week she took her progress to a new level.

“This is definitely top one or two highlights of my career,” said Harigae, who is still in search of her first LPGA title. “Obviously, just the prize money, but solo second in a major, and that’s my best by far. Really happy with it.”

Next year the U.S. Women’s Open heads to Pebble Beach for the first time. Harigae gew up in Monterey, California, and her parents own Takara Sushi in Pacific Grove. Harigae estimates that she’s played Pebble Beach more than 30 times and her lowest round there in compeition is a 7-under 65.

“Just have so many great memories at Pebble Beach,” she said, “and it’s my favorite place on earth. I’m really looking forward to it next year.”

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Angela Park finished runner-up at the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles and, a few years later, fell off of the golf map

“I just kind of fell off the map and went a completely different route.”

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. – Fifteen years ago at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club, Johnny Miller called Angela Park’s swing the best in women’s golf. A then 18-year-old Park tied for second with Lorena Ochoa at the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open and looked poised to become a force on the LPGA.

In a few short years, however, Park was off the tour. She won $2.1 million in four seasons on the LPGA and then abruptly moved on.

“I ultimately decided to step back from the game because I no longer had the desire to play,” said Park via email. “It was just simple as that.”

Park, 33, requested an email exchange because her hands are now literally full with 3-month-old Noah, her first child with husband of four years, Steve.

Park turned pro on the same day as close friend Inbee Park, on the Monday after the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship (now the Chevron). Both were 17 years old and bound for the Epson Tour.

Inbee, of course, is now an LPGA Hall of Famer and seven-time major winner. Angela never won on the LPGA but certainly had more than enough talent to hoist many trophies. She was the 2007 Louise Suggs Rolex LPGA Rookie of Year, topping both In-Kyung Kim and Inbee Park.

Angela Park celebrates a birdie on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Women’s Open Championship at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club on July 1, 2007 in Southern Pines, North Carolina. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images)

“I do, of course, wonder how my life would have been different if I just kept playing,” said Park, “but I do believe all things happen for a reason, and I was bound to live the life I live now.”

Park can’t remember the last time she picked up a golf club. The job of mom is more difficult, she said, than competitive golf. She lives in Southern California and is going back to school to become a pharmacist.

“I had many different jobs in different fields since I had no idea what I would find joy in again,” she wrote. “It took a long time to finally decide on this route. It’s a bit late, but I think better now than never.”

Park spent the first nine years of her life in Brazil, but her South Korean-born parents wanted a better education for their children and moved the family to California. It was in the U.S. that Park fell in love with the game. Her mother stayed behind in Brazil to run the family’s embroidery factory while her father oversaw her development.

Morgan Pressel grew up playing junior golf against Park, and said the pair pushed each other.

“A spectacular player,” said Pressel, “really solid all around, nothing overly flashy.”

Lorena Ochoa of Mexico (L) wipes her eyes as she and fellow runner-up Angela Park attend the trophy ceremony at the U.S. Women’s Open Championship at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club on July 1, 2007, in Southern Pines, North Carolina. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images)

Park remembers being hyper-focused at Pine Needles, executing “some amazing shots under pressure.” Those memories fuel confidence in her ability to accomplish other goals. She led after the first round at Pine Needles and co-led after the second. A final-round 70 put her in a share of second, two back of winner Cristie Kerr.

Park doesn’t really follow the LPGA or speak to many of the players she used to compete against.

“I just kind of fell off the map,” she said, “and went a completely different route.”

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U.S. Women’s Open: See the breakdown for the historic $10 million purse

For the first time in women’s golf history, the top two players will earn seven figures. The U.S. Women’s Open features a $10 million purse.

SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina – For the first time in women’s golf history, the top two players in a field will earn seven figures. The 77th U.S. Women’s Open features a historic $10 million purse, nearly double last year’s, thanks to the addition of ProMedica as presenting sponsor.

The winner on Sunday at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club will earn $1,800,000. Runner-up will take home $1,080,000.

No player on the LPGA has made $1 million this season. Jennifer Kupcho, winner of the year’s first major tops the tour with $917,112. She earned $750,000 for capturing the Chevron Championship.

For more perspective, consider that $1.5 million purses on the LPGA pay out six figures to the top two finishers. This week, the player who places 22nd will earn $102,905.

Players who missed the cut this week earned $8,000, double last year’s amount.

Purse breakdown

Place	Earnings
1	$1,800,000
2	$1,080,000
3	$685,043
4	$480,225
5	$399,982
6	$354,658
7	$319,738
8	$286,363
9	$259,169
10	$238,052
11	$217,245
12	$200,866
13	$187,166
14	$172,745
15	$160,384
16	$150,083
17	$141,842
18	$133,602
19	$125,361
20	$117,120
21	$110,013
22	$102,905
23	$96,003
24	$89,617
25	$84,054
26	$79,316
27	$75,711
28	$72,518
29	$69,427
30	$66,337
31	$63,247
32	$60,156
33	$57,066
34	$54,285
35	$52,019
36	$49,753
37	$47,589
38	$45,529
39	$43,469
40	$41,409
41	$39,349
42	$37,289
43	$35,228
44	$33,168
45	$31,108
46	$29,254
47	$27,400
48	$25,649
49	$24,619
50	$23,588
51	$22,970
52	$22,455
53	$22,043
54	$21,837
55	$21,631
56	$21,425
57	$21,219
58	$21,013
59	$20,807
60	$20,601
61	$20,395
62	$20,189
63	$19,983
64	$19,777
65	$19,571
66	$19,365

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Best 2022 U.S. Women’s Open apparel and accessories

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Australia’s Minjee Lee co-leads U.S. Women’s Open at site where mentor, Karrie Webb, once won

Webb won her second consecutive U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles in 2001.

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — The first time Minjee Lee came to the U.S. Women’s Open, she was a guest of LPGA and World Golf Hall of Famer Karrie Webb. But the young Aussie wasn’t just a fan outside the ropes. Lee actually stayed the week at Webb’s rental house, as a perk for winning the Karrie Webb Scholarship. That was nine years ago at Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, New York.

The next year, Lee qualified for her first U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst No. 2, just down the road from this week’s venue in Southern Pines, where Lee happens to pace the field at 9-under 133 along with American Mina Harigae.

Webb happened to win her second consecutive U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles in 2001. Lee didn’t get a chance to pick her brain about the place but has enjoyed seeing Webb’s picture around.

Karrie Webb (L) and Minjee Lee of Australia walk to the 4th green during round one of the International Crown on July 24, 2014, in Owings Mills, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

Lee, 26, won her first major title last summer at the Amundi Evian Championship and has seven career LPGA victories overall. She liked getting an up-close look at Webb’s strict routine that summer. A young Lee was already quite disciplined and felt like Webb’s example let her know she was on the track.

“We ate with her every day,” said Lee. “It was just very chill. She’s super cool, you know, when she’s not on the golf course. And she knows that.”

It was after a young Webb watched her hero, Greg Norman, compete in the 1986 Queensland Open that she came home and told her parents that she wanted to play professionally. She even stayed at Norman’s Florida estate as a bonus for being the overall girls champion in his junior golf foundation.

Webb never forgot the experience, and in 2008 brought the first winner of the Karrie Webb Scholarship to the U.S. Women’s Open at Interlachen. In 2019, Webb was on hand at Hazeltine National when another one of her scholarship winners, Hannah Green, won the KPMG Women’s PGA championship.

Green was a two-time scholarship recipient, attending her first professional golf tournament at the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She enjoyed it so much that in 2017, she went on her own to stay with Webb at the Women’s Open at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, while competing on the Epson Tour.

Lee won the Cognizant Founders Cup three weeks ago. She’s especially pleased with her putting at Pine Needles, having worked in recent weeks on her speed. Through two rounds, she ranks fifth in the field in Strokes Gained: Putting.

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Annika Sorenstam, Michelle Wie West among notable names to miss the cut at the U.S. Women’s Open

Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie West are among several notable names going home early at the U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles.

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie West came into the 77th U.S. Women’s Open not expecting to win, of course. But they certainly wanted to play the weekend.

The task proved too much for both, however, with Wie West carding 73-74 to finish 5 over for the tournament, two shots outside the cut line of 3 over. The field of 156 was cut to the top 60 and ties.

Sorenstam, 51, playing in her first LPGA major since 2008, shot 74-81 to finish at 13 over.

“It was an amazing week,” said Wie West, who announced plans to step away from the tour after this. “It’s definitely a bittersweet week. I wish I would have ended on making the cut and all of that.

“Obviously, no matter what, missing the cut sucks, but overall, I had a very positive experience.”

Here are some of the notable names leaving Pine Needles early.

U.S. Women’s Open: Find out what putting change led Mina Harigae to nine birdies and an opening 64

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. – Mina Harigae hasn’t felt confident on the greens all year. Until today. The 32-year-old carded nine birdies in a sizzling 7-under 64 to take the first-round lead at the 77 th U.S. Women’s Open. Her effort ties the …

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. – Mina Harigae hasn’t felt confident on the greens all year.

Until today.

The 32-year-old carded nine birdies in a sizzling 7-under 64 to take the first-round lead at the 77^th U.S. Women’s Open. Her effort ties the second-lowest round in championship history. It also marks her first round in the 60s in 36 previous career rounds at the Women’s Open.

Harigae leads amateur Ingrid Lindblad of Sweden by one stroke.

“It was Jordan Spieth-esque out there today,” she said as she walked off the flash podium late Thursday evening.

Harigae’s 24 putts leads the field. She credited boyfriend Travis Kreiter for finding the key to such a wildly successful day on the greens. All of a sudden, her stroke felt like 2021 again.

“She has a tendency to get her left shoulder up and out,” Kreiter said, “and kind of hit putts weak and right. I just had her hit putts and I put my finger on the top of the grip while she hit putts and she started to hit it more solid.”

Harigae, who enjoyed a breakout season last year making the U.S. Solheim Cup team, made a 10-footer for birdie on the first hole that Kreiter said got her going. Her white-hot round included two bogeys, including one on the par-5 10th.

While she played at Pine Needles as an amateur in the 2007 Women’s Open, she only remembered the putting green and first and last holes. The California native spent one semester at Duke, but feels more of a tie to North Carolina due to her affinity for Michael Jordan.

“Must be the shoes, right?” she said, smiling.

U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles: Friday tee times, TV/streaming info

Friday is the second round of the 77th U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles.

The 77th U.S. Women’s Open heads to the second round Friday at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina, which last hosted the event in 2007.

World No. 1 Jin Young Ko is playing this week alongside Lexi Thompson, who lost last year’s event in heartbreaking fashion at The Olympic Club, and Jennifer Kupcho, who won the first major of the year at the Chevron Championship.

Annika Sorenstam won at Pine Needles in 1996 and returns to Southern Pines to compete in her first major championship in 13 years. She’s playing the first two rounds with fellow U.S. Women’s Open champ So Yeon Ryu up-and-coming Swede Ingrid Lindblad of LSU. Sorenstam opened with a 74, while Lindblad shot a 65, a record low score for an amateur at the USWO.

Last year’s champion, Yuka Saso, is playing with three-time major winner Anna Nordqvist and amateur Jensen Castle.

Other marquee groups:

Lydia Ko, Jessica Korda, Hannah Green
Nasa Hataoka, Brooke Henderson, Minjee Lee
Nelly Korda, Danielle Kang, Attahaya Thitikul
Michelle Wie West, Brittany Lang, Sung Hyun Park
Rose Zhang, Lucy Li, Anna Davis

The U.S. Golf Association received a record 1,874 entries for this year’s event. A field of 156 golfers will compete for a $1.8 million first-place prize.

The Donald Ross design first opened in 1928 and was owned by World Golf Hall of Famer Peggy Kirk Bell and her husband Bullet. The course this week measures 6,638 yards and will play as a par 71.

The U.S. Women’s Open is using split tees, the 1st and the 9th, this week.

1st tee

Time	Golfers
7:15 a.m.	Frida Kinhult
	Saki Baba (a)
	Yuna Takagi
7:26 a.m.	Isi Gabsa
	Marissa Steen
	Karissa Kilby (a)
7:37 a.m.	Lauren Kim (a)
	Wenbo Liu
	Lydia Hall
7:48 a.m.	Bianca Pagdanganan
	Maude-Aimee LeBlanc
	Sara Im (a)
7:59 a.m.	Stephanie Meadow
	Annabell Fuller (a)
	Bronte Law
8:10 a.m.	Pauline Roussin
	Paula Reto
	Bailey Shoemaker (a)
8:21 a.m.	Michelle Wie West
	Brittany Lang
	Sung Hyun Park
8:32 a.m.	Hae Ran Ryu
	Yuna Nishimura
	Amy Yang
8:43 a.m.	Celine Boutier
	Patty Tavatanakit
	Sei Young Kim
8:54 a.m.	Lizette Salas
	Leona Maguire
	Jeongeun Lee6
9:05 a.m.	Na Rin An
	Ayaka Furue
	Charley Hull
9:16 a.m.	Alexandra Forsterling (a)
	Yuri Onishi
	Smilla Sonderby
9:27 a.m.	Ilhee Lee
	Karen Kim
	Natsumi Hayakawa
12:45 p.m.	Anna Morgan (a)
	Gabby Lemieux
	Ingrid Gutierrez
12:56 p.m.	Lauren Kim
	Mariel Galdiano
	Melanie Green (a)
1:07 p.m.	Emma McMyler (a)
	Sarah Kemp
	Dottie Ardina
1:18 p.m.	Caroline Masson
	Angela Stanford
	Mel Reid
1:29 p.m.	So Mi Lee
	Pia Babnik
	Louise Duncan (a)
1:40 p.m.	Ariya Jutanugarn
	Stacy Lewis
	Yealimi Noh
1:51 p.m.	Marina Alex
	Ally Ewing
	Gaby Lopez
1:58 p.m.	Mirim Lee
	Angel Yin
	Brittany Altomare
2:02 p.m.	A Lim Kim
	Mao Saigo
	Madelene Sagstrom
2:24 p.m.	Lexi Thompson
	Jennifer Kupcho
	Jin Young Ko
2:35 p.m.	Annika Sorenstam
	So Yeon Ryu
	Ingrid Lindblad (a)
2:46 p.m.	Tiffany Chan
	Lauren Gomez (a)
	Daniela Darquea
2:57 p.m.	Nika Ito (a)
	Alyaa Abdul
	Kylee Choi (a)

9th tee

Time	Golfers
7 a.m.	Blakesly Brock (a)
	Alexa Pano
	Sofia Garcia
7:11 a.m.	Gabriela Ruffels
	Laney Frye (a)
	Cheyenne Knight
7:22 a.m.	Robynn Ree
	Muni He
	Malak Bouraeda (a)
7:33 a.m.	Na Yeon Choi
	Pernilla Lindberg
	In-Kyung Kim
7:44 a.m.	Momoko Ueda
	Moriya Jutanugarn
	Bohyun Park (a)
7:55 a.m.	Hinako Shibuno
	Georgia Hall
	Sophia Popov
8:06 a.m.	In Gee Chun
	Megan Khang
	Ryann O’Toole
8:17 a.m.	Mina Harigae
	Carlota Ciganda
	Hyejin Choi
8:28 a.m.	Hyo Joo Kim
	Nanna Koerstz Madsen
	Xiyu Janet Lin
8:39 a.m.	Danielle Kang
	Nelly Korda
	Atthaya Thitikul
8:50 a.m.	Rose Zhang (a)
	Lucy Li
	Anna Davis (a)
9:01 a.m.	Lauren Hartlage
	Ami Gianchandani (a)
	Julianne Alvarez
9:12 a.m.	Jeonghyun Lee (a)
	Britney Yada
	Yunxuan Michelle Zhang (a)
12:30 p.m.	Allison Emrey
	Nicole Garcia
	Lauren Miller (a)
12:41 p.m.	Kathleen Scavo
	Alicia Joo (a)
	Jillian Hollis
12:52 p.m.	Grace Kim
	Minsol Kim (a)
	Catherine Park (a)
1:03 p.m.	Bailey Davis (a)
	Gemma Dryburgh
	Amanda Doherty
1:14 p.m.	Allisen Corpuz
	Annie Park
	Lilia Vu
1:25 p.m.	Eun-Hee Ji
	Andrea Lee
	Ai Suzuki
1:36 p.m.	Alison Lee
	Amy Olson
	Matilda Castren
1:47 p.m.	Yuka Saso
	Jensen Castle (a)
	Anna Nordqvist
2:09 p.m.	Maja Stark
	Pajaree Anannarukarn
	Sakura Koiwai
2:13 p.m.	Nasa Hataoka
	Minjee Lee
	Brooke Henderson
2:20 p.m.	Hannah Green
	Jessica Korda
	Lydia Ko
2:31 p.m.	Pornanong Phatlum
	Jaye Marie Green
	Mayu Ha.m.ada
2:42 p.m.	Beth Wu
	Auston Kim
	Linnea Johansson

TV, streaming information

Friday, June 3

Second round

1 to 3 p.m., Peacock
3 to 8 p.m., USA Network

Saturday, June 4

Third round

Noon to 1 p.m., Peacock
1 to 3 p.m., USA Network
3 to 6 p.m., NBC

Sunday, June 5

Final round

1 to 3 p.m., USA Network
3 to 7 p.m., NBC

U.S. Women’s Open: Annika Sorenstam opens with 74 in first LPGA major start in 14 years

Annika Sorenstam will have her work cut out Friday to make the cut at the 77th U.S. Women’s Open.

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. – In what likely feels like another life, Annika Sorenstam would’ve found another gear. Maybe two gears.

But now, 14 years removed her last LPGA major, the mother of two and full-time businesswoman is out of gears. She has learned to roll with what she has, and in the opening round of the 77th U.S. Women’s Open, her best of the day resulted in a 3-over 74. She’ll have her work cut out Friday to make the cut in her first LPGA major since 2008.

“I don’t get as mad as I used to,” she said. “I kind of bounce it off. By the end of the day, the kids want to do something, I probably have to cook dinner, just all those things that I enjoy doing off the golf course. I can’t get upset anymore.”

Sorenstam, who won her second of three U.S. Women’s Opens at Pine Needles in 1996, earned her way into the field this week via her victory at the 2021 U.S. Senior Women’s Open. The 10-time major winner is here because. she loved the matriarch of Pine Needles, the late Peggy Kirk Bell, and because Sorenstam’s family wanted to her play. Sorenstam also wanted to tee it up alongside all the players who have grown up competing in her junior events and winning awards that are named after her.

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In that respect, the day couldn’t have possibly gone better. Swedish amateur Ingrid Lindblad, who won the ANNIKA Invitational in 2019, played alongside Sorenstam as she carded a 6-under 65, the lowest round by an amateur in championship history. She also leads the field by two.

“She fist-pumped me for a few birdies,” said a smiling Lindblad, “and it was fun.”

In her prime, Sorenstam was singularly focused inside the ropes. Now, she’s a master at multi-tasking, worrying about whether or not her two kids, Will and Ava, are drinking enough water and re-applying sunblock.

“There’s a lot of thoughts going in, and then it’s like, OK, trigger,” said Sorenstam, snapping her fingers. “Now you’ve got to play; you’ve got to hit a hybrid.”

But, that’s why the 72-time LPGA winner is here in the first place. To make new memories at an old, familiar place.

On Wednesday, Sorenstam and her husband fielded a rare call from 11-year-old Will during their practice round at Pine Needles. He’d aced the fifth hole at The Cradle at Pinehurst from 50 yards. Sorenstam got a blow-by-blow account several times that night.

“He has a friend in Nevada, Mason, and Mason is a good player,” said Sorenstam. “Mason hasn’t had a hole-in-one I’ve just found out.

“Joshua Poulter has not had a hole-in-one, either. He was first and I got to hear that a few times. We’re making memories in different ways.”

Sorenstam won’t leave anything out there Friday at Pine Needles. She has nothing to lose. But she also knows there are some holes that won’t allow her to be aggressive as she tries to make the cut.

The 51-year-old is one of two players over 40 in the field of 156, joined by 44-year-old Angela Stanford. She’s the only one who competed in three previous Women’s Opens hosted at Pine Needles.

After the round, Sorenstam thought she might go practice after lunch if the weather had cooled down enough.

“Unless my kids want to go to The Cradle again,” she said. “Then we’ll have to see. Otherwise they’ll have to cradle me some more.”

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