The oldest golf major in women's golf, the U.S. Women's Open, was founded in 1946 and is one of the 15 golf championships run by the United States Golf Association (USGA). It was run by the LPGA for the first four years and the Women's Professional Golfers Association (WPGA) for the first three before becoming a USGA event in 1953.
The week following Memorial Day has been the customary date of the event since 2018. The second major of the LPGA season, the U.S. Women's Open, offers the biggest money in women's golf. The purse almost doubled in size from its previous $5.5 million (2019–2021) to $10 million beginning in 2022. The USGA declared that the winners of the men's and women's open competitions in 2024 will now split 20% of the total purse, or $2.4 million for the winner of the women's open this year.
Who won the U.S. Women’s Open in 2024?
Yuka Saso achieved her second victory at the US Women's Open in 2024, having won the event in 2021 as well, at Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She won by three strokes over Hinako Shibonu, with a score of 276, under 4, earning the $2.4 million winner's share of the $12 million purse.
Saso finished with a final-round score of 68 to win the 2024 US Women's Open Championship, and her back nine included four birdies in a five-hole stretch. Ally Ewing and Andrea Lee finished tied for third place at even par.
Though Saso left her four-back to Minjee Lee after four-putting the par-3 sixth hole, it would turn out to be her last error in the final round. Lee, who was tied for first place at the start of the round, took the lead after making a birdie on the opening hole.
Lee had a two-shot lead going into the tenth tee, but she would bogey the tenth and find the water on the twelfth, making a double bogey. Lee ultimately finished tied for ninth place, with a disappointing final round score of 78 and a total of 283, over 3.
U.S. Women’s Open Winners List Year-by-Year
The U.S. Women’s Open winners list year-by-year is as follows:
| Year | Champion | Score | To Par | MoV | Runner(s)-up | Purse ($) | Winner's ($) | Venue |
| 2024 | Yuka Saso (2) | 276 | −4 | 3 | Hinako Shibuno | 12,000,000 | 2,400,000 | Lancaster Country Club, Meadowcreek/Dogwood Course |
| 2023 | Allisen Corpuz | 279 | −9 | 3 | Charley Hull, Jiyai Shin | 11,000,000 | 2,000,000 | Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| 2022 | Minjee Lee | 271 | −13 | 4 | Mina Harigae | 10,000,000 | 1,800,000 | Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club |
| 2021 | Yuka Saso | 280 | −4 | PO | Nasa Hataoka | 5,500,000 | 1,000,000 | Olympic Club, Lake Course |
| 2020 | Kim A-lim | 281 | −3 | 1 | Ko Jin-young, Amy Olson | 5,500,000 | 1,000,000 | Champions Golf Club |
| 2019 | Lee Jeong-eun | 278 | −6 | 2 | Ryu So-yeon, Lexi Thompson, Angel Yin | 5,500,000 | 1,000,000 | Country Club of Charleston |
| 2018 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 277 | −11 | PO | Kim Hyo-joo | 5,000,000 | 900,000 | Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club |
| 2017 | Park Sung-hyun | 277 | −11 | 2 | Choi Hye-jin (a) | 5,000,000 | 900,000 | Trump National Golf Club |
| 2,016 | Brittany Lang | 282 | −6 | PO | Anna Nordqvist | 4,500,000 | 810,000 | CordeValle Golf Club |
| 2,015 | Chun In-gee | 272 | −8 | 1 | Amy Yang | 4,500,000 | 810,000 | Lancaster Country Club |
| 2,014 | Michelle Wie | 278 | −2 | 2 | Stacy Lewis | 4,000,000 | 720,000 | Pinehurst Resort, Course No. 2 |
| 2,013 | Inbee Park (2) | 280 | −8 | 4 | I.K. Kim | 3,250,000 | 585,000 | Sebonack Golf Club |
| 2,012 | Na Yeon Choi | 281 | −7 | 4 | Amy Yang | 3,250,000 | 585,000 | Blackwolf Run, composite course |
| 2,011 | Ryu So-yeon | 281 | −3 | PO | Hee Kyung Seo | 3,250,000 | 585,000 | Broadmoor Golf Club, East Course |
| 2010 | Paula Creamer | 281 | −3 | 4 | Na Yeon Choi, Suzann Pettersen | 3,250,000 | 585,000 | Oakmont Country Club |
| 2009 | Ji Eun-hee | 284 | E | 1 | Candie Kung | 3,250,000 | 585,000 | Saucon Valley Country Club |
| 2008 | Inbee Park | 283 | −9 | 4 | Helen Alfredsson | 3,250,000 | 585,000 | Interlachen Country Club |
| 2007 | Cristie Kerr | 279 | −5 | 2 | Angela Park, Lorena Ochoa | 3,100,000 | 560,000 | Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club |
| 2006 | Annika Sörenstam (3) | 284 | E | PO | Pat Hurst | 3,100,000 | 560,000 | Newport Country Club |
| 2005 | Birdie Kim | 287 | 3 | 2 | Brittany Lang (a), Morgan Pressel (a) | 3,100,000 | 560,000 | Cherry Hills Country Club |
| 2004 | Meg Mallon (2) | 274 | −10 | 2 | Annika Sörenstam | 3,100,000 | 560,000 | The Orchards Golf Club |
| 2003 | Hilary Lunke | 283 | −1 | PO | Angela Stanford, Kelly Robbins | 3,100,000 | 560,000 | Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, Witch Hollow Course |
| 2002 | Juli Inkster (2) | 276 | −4 | 2 | Annika Sörenstam | 3,000,000 | 535,000 | Prairie Dunes Golf Club |
| 2001 | Karrie Webb (2) | 273 | −7 | 8 | Pak Se-ri | 2,900,000 | 520,000 | Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club |
| 2000 | Karrie Webb | 282 | −6 | 5 | Cristie Kerr, Meg Mallon | 2,750,000 | 500,000 | Merit Club |
| 1999 | Juli Inkster | 272 | −16 | 5 | Sherri Turner | 1,750,000 | 315,000 | Old Waverly Golf Club |
| 1998 | Pak Se-ri | 290 | 6 | PO | Jenny Chuasiriporn (a) | 1,500,000 | 267,500 | Blackwolf Run, composite course |
| 1997 | Alison Nicholas | 274 | −10 | 1 | Nancy Lopez | 1,300,000 | 232,500 | Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, Witch Hollow Course |
| 1996 | Annika Sörenstam (2) | 272 | −8 | 6 | Kris Tschetter | 1,200,000 | 212,500 | Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club |
| 1995 | Annika Sörenstam | 278 | −2 | 1 | Meg Mallon | £1,000,000 | 175,000 | Broadmoor Golf Club, East Course |
| 1994 | Patty Sheehan (2) | 277 | −7 | 1 | Tammie Green | £850,000 | 155,000 | Indianwood Golf and Country Club, Old Course |
| 1993 | Lauri Merten | 280 | −8 | 1 | Helen Alfredsson, Donna Andrews | £800,000 | 144,000 | Crooked Stick Golf Club |
| 1992 | Patty Sheehan | 280 | −4 | PO | Juli Inkster | £700,000 | 130,000 | Oakmont Country Club |
| 1991 | Meg Mallon | 283 | −1 | 2 | Pat Bradley | £600,000 | 110,000 | Colonial Country Club |
| 1990 | Betsy King (2) | 284 | −4 | 1 | Patty Sheehan | £500,000 | 85,000 | Atlanta Athletic Club, Riverside Course |
| 1989 | Betsy King | 278 | −2 | 4 | Nancy Lopez | £450,000 | 80,000 | Indianwood Golf and Country Club, Old Course |
| 1988 | Liselotte Neumann | 277 | −7 | 3 | Patty Sheehan | £400,000 | 70,000 | Baltimore Country Club, Five Farms, East Course |
| 1987 | Laura Davies | 285 | −3 | PO | Ayako Okamoto, JoAnne Carner | £325,000 | 55,000 | Plainfield Country Club |
| 1986 | Jane Geddes | 287 | −1 | PO | Sally Little | £300,000 | 50,000 | NCR Country Club |
| 1985 | Kathy Baker | 280 | −8 | 3 | Judy Clark | 250,000 | 41,975 | Baltusrol Golf Club, Upper Course |
| 1984 | Hollis Stacy (3) | 290 | 2 | 1 | Rosie Jones | £225,000 | 36,000 | Salem Country Club |
| 1983 | Jan Stephenson | 290 | 6 | 1 | JoAnne Carner, Patty Sheehan | £200,000 | 32,780 | Cedar Ridge Country Club |
| 1982 | Janet Alex | 283 | −5 | 6 | Beth Daniel, Donna White, JoAnne Carner, Sandra Haynie | 175,000 | 27,315 | Del Paso Country Club |
| 1981 | Pat Bradley | 279 | −9 | £1 | Beth Daniel | 150,000 | 22,000 | La Grange Country Club |
| 1980 | Amy Alcott | 280 | −4 | £9 | Hollis Stacy | 140,000 | 20,047 | Richland Country Club |
| 1979 | Jerilyn Britz | 284 | E | £2 | Debbie Massey, Sandra Palmer | 125,000 | 19,000 | Brooklawn Country Club |
| 1978 | Hollis Stacy (2) | 289 | 5 | £1 | JoAnne Carner, Sally Little | 100,000 | 15,000 | Country Club of Indianapolis |
| 1977 | Hollis Stacy | 292 | 4 | 2 | Nancy Lopez | 75,000 | 11,040 | Hazeltine National Golf Club |
| 1976 | JoAnne Carner (2) | 292 | 8 | PO | Sandra Palmer | 60,000 | 9,054 | Rolling Green Golf Club |
| 1975 | Sandra Palmer | 295 | 7 | 4 | JoAnne Carner, Sandra Post, Nancy Lopez (a) | 55,000 | 8,044 | Atlantic City Country Club |
| 1974 | Sandra Haynie | 295 | 7 | 1 | Beth Stone, Carol Mann | 40,000 | 6,073 | La Grange Country Club |
| 1973 | Susie Berning (3) | 290 | 2 | 5 | Gloria Ehret, Shelley Hamlin | 40,000 | 6,000 | Country Club of Rochester |
| 1972 | Susie Berning (2) | 299 | 11 | 1 | Kathy Ahern, Pam Barnett, Judy Rankin | 40,000 | 6,000 | Winged Foot Golf Club, East Course |
| 1971 | JoAnne Carner | 288 | E | 7 | Kathy Whitworth | 31,000 | 5,000 | Kahkwa Club |
| 1970 | Donna Caponi (2) | 287 | 3 | 1 | Sandra Haynie, Sandra Spuzich | 20,000 | 4,000 | Muskogee Golf Club |
| 1969 | Donna Caponi | 294 | 2 | 1 | Peggy Wilson | 31,040 | 5,000 | Scenic Hills Country Club |
| 1968 | Susie Berning | 289 | 5 | 3 | Mickey Wright | 25,000 | 5,000 | Moselem Springs Golf Club |
| 1967 | Catherine Lacoste (a) | 294 | 6 | 2 | Susie Maxwell, Beth Stone | 25,000 | 0 | The Homestead |
| 1966 | Sandra Spuzich | 297 | 9 | 1 | Carol Mann | 20,000 | 4,000 | Hazeltine National Golf Club |
| 1965 | Carol Mann | 290 | 2 | 2 | Kathy Cornelius | 17,780 | 3,800 | Atlantic City Country Club |
| 1964 | Mickey Wright (4) | 290 | −2 | PO | Ruth Jessen | 9,900 | 2,090 | San Diego Country Club |
| 1963 | Mary Mills | 289 | −3 | 3 | Louise Suggs, Sandra Haynie | 9,000 | 1,900 | Kenwood Country Club |
| 1962 | Murle Lindstrom | 301 | 13 | 2 | Ruth Jessen, Jo Ann Prentice | 8,000 | 1,800 | Dunes Golf and Beach Club |
| 1961 | Mickey Wright (3) | 293 | 5 | 6 | Betsy Rawls | 8,000 | 1,800 | Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course |
| 1960 | Betsy Rawls (4) | 292 | 4 | 1 | Joyce Ziske | 7,200 | 1,710 | Worcester Country Club |
| 1959 | Mickey Wright (2) | 287 | 7 | 2 | Louise Suggs | 7,200 | 1,800 | Churchill Valley Country Club |
| 1958 | Mickey Wright | 290 | −2 | 5 | Louise Suggs | 7,200 | 1,800 | Forest Lake Country Club |
| 1957 | Betsy Rawls (3) | 299 | 7 | 6 | Patty Berg | 7,200 | 1,800 | Winged Foot Golf Club, East Course |
| 1956 | Kathy Cornelius | 302 | 7 | PO | Barbara McIntire (a) | 6,000 | 1,500 | Northland Country Club |
| 1955 | Fay Crocker | 299 | 11 | 4 | Mary Lena Faulk, Louise Suggs | 7,500 | 2,000 | Wichita Country Club |
| 1954 | Babe Zaharias (3) | 291 | 3 | 12 | Betty Hicks | 7,500 | 2,000 | Salem Country Club |
| 1953 | Betsy Rawls (2) | 302 | 6 | PO | Jackie Pung | 7,500 | 2,000 | Country Club of Rochester |
| 1952 | Louise Suggs (2) | 284 | 8 | 7 | Marlene Bauer, Betty Jameson | 7,500 | 1,750 | Bala Golf Club |
| 1951 | Betsy Rawls | 293 | 5 | 5 | Louise Suggs | 7,500 | 1,500 | Druid Hills Golf Club |
| 1950 | Babe Zaharias (2) | 291 | −9 | 9 | Betsy Rawls (a) | 5,000 | 1,250 | Rolling Hills Country Club |
| 1949 | Louise Suggs | 291 | −9 | 14 | Babe Zaharias | 7,500 | 1,500 | Prince George's Golf and Country Club |
| 1948 | Babe Zaharias | 300 | E | 8 | Betty Hicks | 7,500 | 1,200 | Atlantic City Country Club |
| 1947 | Betty Jameson | 295 | −9 | 6 | Polly Riley (a), Sally Sessions (a) | 7,500 | 1,200 | Starmount Forest Country Club |
| 1946 | Patty Berg | 5 & 4 | Betty Jameson | 19,700 | 5,600 | Spokane Country Club | ||
Multiple U.S. Women’s Open Winners
Over the 78-year history of the U.S. Women's Open, 16 players have claimed multiple wins, including four-time winners Mickey Wright and Betsy Rawls. The event has also been won three times by the legendary Annika Sorenstam (1995, 1996, and 2006); Yuka Saso (2021 and 2024) is the most recent multiple winner.
| Rank | Country | Golfer | Total | Years |
| T1 | United States | Betsy Rawls | 4 | 1951, 1953, 1957, 1960 |
| T1 | United States | Mickey Wright | 4 | 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964 |
| T3 | United States | Babe Zaharias | 3 | 1948, 1950, 1954 |
| T3 | United States | Susie Berning | 3 | 1968, 1972, 1973 |
| T3 | United States | Hollis Stacy | 3 | 1977, 1978, 1984 |
| T3 | Sweden | Annika Sörenstam | 3 | 1995, 1996, 2006 |
| T7 | United States | Louise Suggs | 2 | 1949, 1952 |
| T7 | United States | Donna Caponi | 2 | 1969, 1970 |
| T7 | United States | JoAnne Carner | 2 | 1971, 1976 |
| T7 | United States | Betsy King | 2 | 1989, 1990 |
| T7 | United States | Patty Sheehan | 2 | 1992, 1994 |
| T7 | Australia | Karrie Webb | 2 | 2000, 2001 |
| T7 | United States | Juli Inkster | 2 | 1999, 2002 |
| T7 | United States | Meg Mallon | 2 | 1991, 2004 |
| T7 | South Korea | Inbee Park | 2 | 2008, 2013 |
| T7 | Japan | Yuka Saso | 2 | 2021, 2024 |
U.S. Women’s Open Winners by Nationality
The United States stands solid with 53 wins by 34 winners, producing the most champions, while South Korea follows with 11 wins and 10 winners.
| Rank | Nationality | Wins | Winners | First title | Last title |
| 1 | United States | 53 | 34 | 1946 | 2023 |
| 2 | South Korea | 11 | 10 | 1998 | 2020 |
| T3 | Australia | 4 | 3 | 1983 | 2022 |
| T3 | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 1988 | 2006 |
| 5 | England | 2 | 2 | 1987 | 1997 |
| T6 | France | 1 | 1 | 1967 | 1967 |
| T6 | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 1955 | 1955 |
| T6 | Thailand | 1 | 1 | 2018 | 2018 |
| T6 | Philippines | 1 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 |
| T6 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 |
FAQ's on Women’s U.S. Open Golf
A. Yuka Saso won the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open, her second victory in the event, defeating Hinako Shibonu by three strokes.
A. The 2024 U.S. Women’s Open purse is $12 million, with $2.4 million for the winner.
A. The U.S. Women’s Open has been run by the United States Golf Association (USGA) since 1953.
A. At the U.S. Women’s Open, there are 16 multiple winners, including four-time champions Mickey Wright and Betsy Rawls.
A. The United States leads with 53 wins by 34 different winners at the U.S. Women’s Open.
