Korda leads the field for the US Women's Open as the PGA Tour heads north to Canada
UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION
U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN
Site: Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Course: Lancaster CC. Yardage: 7,084. Par: 70.
Prize money: $12 million. Winner’s share: TBA.
Television: Thursday-Friday, noon to 2 p.m. (Peacock), 2-8 p.m. (USA Network); Saturday, 1-3 p.m. (Peacock), 3-6 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 2-3 p.m. (Peacock), 3-4 p.m. (USA Network), 4-7 p.m. (NBC).
Defending champion: Allisen Corpuz.
Last year: Corpuz closed with a 3-under 69 for a three-shot victory at Pebble Beach to become the first American in 20 years to make the U.S. Women’s Open her first LPGA victory.
Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.
Last LPGA tournament: Nelly Korda won the Mizuho Americas Open.
Notes: Nelly Korda goes for her second major of the year and her seventh win in her last eight tournaments. ... This is the second time the U.S. Women’s Open has come to Lancaster. In Gee Chun won in 2015. ... The 21 amateurs in the field are the fewest for the Women’s Open since 2017. ... No one has won back to back in the U.S. Women’s Open since Karrie Webb in 2000 and 2001. ... Sung Hyun Park, who won the Open in 2017, has not played anywhere this year and is not in the field. ... Brittany Lang is making her 21st U.S. Women’s Open appearance, the most of anyone in the field. ... Lilia Vu, a double major winner last year on the LPGA and the No. 2 player in women’s golf, was forced to withdraw with a nagging back injury. This is the second major she has missed this year. Vu began the year at No. 1 in the women’s world ranking. ... Asterisk Talley is the youngest player in the field at age 15. Jane Reynolds, 39, is the oldest in the field.