The field for the first major of the year is taking shape as 111 of the 144 spots at Royal Troon have been filled. The AIG Women’s Open Championship will be contested Aug. 20-23 in Scotland and the top-ranked Americans have committed to play: Nelly Korda (No. 2), Danielle Kang (No. 4) and Lexi Thompson (No. 9).
Canada’s Brooke Henderson (No. 7) will make her first start since the coronavirus break at Royal Troon. Other top-10 players in the field include Japan’s Nasa Hataoka (No. 5) and Minjee Lee (No. 8).
Notably absent from the field are a number of South Korean stars including top-ranked Jin Young Ko, who won two majors last year and finished third at Woburn. Ko has yet to compete on the LPGA this season.
Sung Hyun Park, Sei Young Kim, Hyo Joo Kim, Jeong Eun Lee6, So Yeon Ryu and M.J. Hur round out the Korean players ranked in the top 20 who are skipping the event.
Defending champion Hinako Shibuno of Japan has signed up to play. Seven-time major winner Inbee Park, who won this championship in 2015, will also be there as the top-ranked Korean (No. 11). Other notable players include past champions Stacy Lewis (2013), Ariya Jutanguarn (2016), In-Kyung Kim (2017), Catriona Matthew (2009) and Georgia Hall (2018).
The field thus far
| Marina Alex | USA |
| Brittany Altomare | USA |
| Aditi Ashok | IND |
| Carly Booth | SCO |
| Lina Boqvist | SWE |
| Celine Boutier | FRA |
| Ashleigh Buhai | RSA |
| Hannah Burke | ENG |
| Ayean Cho | KOR |
| Hyejin Choi | KOR |
| In Gee Chun | KOR |
| Carlota Ciganda | SPA |
| Cydney Clanton | USA |
| Olivia Cowan | GER |
| Tonje Daffinrud | NOR |
| Diksha Dagar | IND |
| Laura Davies | ENG |
| Manon De Roey | BEL |
| Perrine Delacour | FRA |
| Gemma Dryburgh | SCO |
| Julia Engstrom | SWE |
| Jodi Ewart Shadoff | ENG |
| Dana Finkelstein | USA |
| Laura Fuenfstueck | GER |
| Sandra Gal | GER |
| Kristen Gillman | USA |
| Hannah Green | AUS |
| Georgia Hall | ENG |
| Nasa Hataoka | JPN |
| Caroline Hedwall | SWE |
| Brooke Henderson | CAN |
| Esther Henseleit | GER |
| Celine Herbin | FRA |
| Alice Hewson | ENG |
| Whitney Hillier | AUS |
| Charley Hull | ENG |
| Mone Inami | JPN |
| Nuria Iturrioz | ESP |
| Ariya Jutanugarn | THA |
| Moriya Jutanugarn | THA |
| Danielle Kang | USA |
| Minami Katsu | JPN |
| Yui Kawamoto | JPN |
| Cristie Kerr | USA |
| Megan Khang | USA |
| Christina Kim | USA |
| In Kyung Kim | KOR |
| Katherine Kirk | AUS |
| Cheyenne Knight | USA |
| Lydia Ko | NZL |
| Jessica Korda | USA |
| Nelly Korda | USA |
| Jennifer Kupcho | USA |
| Steph Kyriacou | AUS |
| Karolin Lampert | GER |
| Brittany Lang | USA |
| Nicole Broch Larsen | DEN |
| Bronte Law | ENG |
| Mi Hyang Lee | KOR |
| Minjee Lee | AUS |
| MinYoung2 Lee | KOR |
| Camilla Lennarth | SWE |
| Stacy Lewis | USA |
| Xiyu Lin | CHN |
| Pernilla Lindberg | SWE |
| Yu Liu | CHN |
| Gaby Lopez | MEX |
| Meghan MacLaren | ENG |
| Nanna Koerstz Madsen | DEN |
| Leona Maguire | IRE |
| Caroline Masson | GER |
| Catriona Matthew | SCO |
| Ally McDonald | USA |
| Stephanie Meadow | NIR |
| Olivia Mehaffey (a) | NIR |
| Azahara Munoz | ESP |
| Emma Nilsson | SWE |
| Yealimi Noh | USA |
| Anna Nordqvist | SWE |
| Sanna Nuutinen | FIN |
| Su Oh | AUS |
| Amy Olson | USA |
| Annie Park | USA |
| Inbee Park | KOR |
| Gerina Piller | USA |
| Morgan Pressel | USA |
| Mel Reid | ENG |
| Gabriela Ruffels (a) | AUS |
| Madelene Sagstrom | SWE |
| Lizette Salas | USA |
| Alena Sharp | CAN |
| Hinako Shibuno | JPN |
| Jenny Shin | KOR |
| Marianne Skarpnord | NOR |
| Monique Smit | RSA |
| Sarah Smith | AUS |
| Jennifer Song | USA |
| Klara Spilkova | CZR |
| Angela Stanford | USA |
| Linnea Strom | SWE |
| Jasmine Suwannapura | THA |
| Charlotte Thompson | ENG |
| Lexi Thompson | USA |
| Momoko Ueda | JPN |
| Anne van Dam | NED |
| Lindsey Weaver | USA |
| Ursula Wikstrom | FIN |
| Christine Wolf | AUT |
| Jing Yan | CHN |
| Amy Yang | KOR |
| Angel Yin | USA |
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